Month: September 2016
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Champions League
Club Brugge 0 Leicester City 3: Mahrez at the double in historic win
Leicester City made a superb start to life in the Champions League as a pair of goals from Riyad Mahrez helped Claudio Ranieri’s side…
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Serie A
Juventus 0 Sevilla 0: Europa League holders frustrate hosts
Sevilla showed that Juventus will not have it all their on way in Champions League Group H, as the Europa…
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Nigeria Professional Football League
Ikorodu United beat Enyimba to continue their survival chase
Ikorodu United beat Enyimba 3-2 at the Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta to continue their survival chase. Fatai Abdullahi puts the hosts…
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Other Sports
World Hockey League Round 1: Team Ghana shine as Team Nigeria fail
The World Hockey Round 1 was held at the Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium in Accra Ghana over the weekend and…
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RIO 2016
Biles explains banned substance use after cyber-attack
USA Gymnastics has confirmed Simone Biles was given permission to use a banned substance at the Rio Olympic Games after…
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Football
UEFA elects Aleksander Ceferin as new president ahead of Michael van Praag
Aleksander Ceferin has been confirmed as the new president of UEFA after beating fellow candidate Michael van Praag in Wednesday’s…
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Football
Wenger hails ´world class´ Ospina
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger lauded goalkeeper David Ospina as “world class” after his performance against Paris Saint-Germain. The shot-stopper made…
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Nigeria Football
Gernot Rohr Considering Enyeama for World Cup qualifier against Zambia
Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr who will announce his squad for next month’s 2018 World Cup qualifier in Zambia in two weeks…
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Champions League
Wenger: Arsenal benefited from PSG dropping pace
A drop-off in the pace of Paris Saint-Germain’s play enabled Arsenal to earn a 1-1 Champions League draw at the…
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Nigeria Football
Nigerian Referee Invited for CAF FIFA Referees Elite A Course in Egypt
One of the flagships of Nigeria referees in the international scene, Comrade Abel Baba has been selected to join other…
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Nigeria Football
Oboabona: Russia 2018 a must after 2015, 2017 AFCON Failures
Nigeria defender Godfrey Oboabona has said Nigeria Super Eagles cannot afford to miss out on the 2018 World Cup in…
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Champions League
City-Gladbach Champions League tie to be played today
The postponed Champions League Group C match between Manchester City and Borussia Monchengladbach has been rearranged for 7.45pm local time…
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Cricket
Windies part company with head coach Simmons
Phil Simmons’ tenure as head coach of West Indies has come to an end just five months after he guided…
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Nigeria Professional Football League
Our club is built on discipline – Enyimba suspend team masseur Ifeanyi Kalu
Following an incident that occurred in Enyimba’s 1-0 defeat to Niger Tornadoes on Saturday 10th September 2016, Enyimba Football Club has…
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La Liga
Luis Enrique: Messi is football, the best ever
Luis Enrique has described Lionel Messi as the embodiment of total football after he struck a record-breaking hat-trick in Barcelona’s thrashing…
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Champions League
Dynamo Kiev 1 Napoli 2: Milik double the difference
Arkadiusz Milik netted twice to help Napoli come from behind and record a 2-1 win over Dynamo Kiev in their…
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Other Sports
Benfica 1 Besiktas 1: On-loan Talisca denies parent club in stoppage time
Anderson Talisca came back to haunt parent club Benfica, netting a stunning stoppage-time free-kick to earn new side Besiktas a…
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Champions League
PSV 0 Atletico Madrid 1: Saul goal seals victory
A solitary goal from Saul Niguez proved enough for Atletico Madrid to open their Champions League campaign with a hard-fought 1-0 victory…
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Champions League
Bayern Munich 5 Rostov 0: Kimmich double helps hosts rout debutants
Carlo Ancelotti’s first Champions League campaign as Bayern Munich boss got off to the ideal start as his side ran…
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Champions League
Barcelona 7 Celtic 0: Messi hits hat-trick in stunning Camp Nou rout
Barcelona began their quest for a sixth Champions League title with an emphatic 7-0 win over Celtic at Camp Nou.…
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Champions League
Paris Saint-Germain 1 Arsenal 1: Ospina salvages point as Giroud and Verratti see red
Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina proved integral to a 1-1 Champions League draw against Paris Saint-Germain as both teams finished the…
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Boxing
Pacquiao: Mayweather rematch would be exciting
Manny Pacquiao still has designs on a rematch with Floyd Mayweather Jr after dropping a unanimous decision in their May…
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Other Sports
Athletes don’t need training to win medals, says Nigeria’s Minister of Sport, Dalung
While Nigerians are still angry over the poor preparation Team Nigeria had which resulted in their woeful outing at the…
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Golf
Kuchar speculates Tiger could be final Ryder Cup pick
Matt Kuchar said he had heard Tiger Woods may be the final Ryder Cup pick for the United States. Davis…
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Football
Terry out of Liverpool, Leicester games with foot injury
Chelsea captain John Terry has been ruled out of action for approximately 10 days after it was confirmed he has…
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F1
Button hopes McLaren can challenge Ferrari this year
Jenson Button is hopeful McLaren will be able to challenge Ferrari by the end of the Formula One season. After…
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Off the Pitch
Everton donate £200,000 to young Sunderland fan´s cancer treatment fund
Everton have promised to make a donation of £200,000 to a young Sunderland supporter who is attempting to raise funds…
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Nigeria Football
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr rejects Abuja house for being ‘too big’
According to reports, Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has rejected a three-bedroom provided for him in Abuja by the Nigeria…
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La Liga
Mutiu Adepoju: Not playing for Real Madrid my biggest regret
Ex-Nigeria World Cup star Mutiu Adepoju has admitted his failure to break into the Real Madrid first team was his…
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Football
Wenger reveals he turned down PSG because of his love for Arsenal
Arsene Wenger revealed he turned down approaches from Paris Saint-Germain on numerous occasions because of his “love” for Arsenal. Wenger,…
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