Year: 2016
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Nigeria Football
Sir Alex Ferguson praises Arsenal’s Alex Iwobi
Manchester United great Sir Alex Ferguson admits he’s been ‘impressed’ with Arsenal winger Alex Iwobi this season. The 20-year-old emerged…
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Basketball
Spurs continue winning start to season, Wade debuts for Bulls
The San Antonio Spurs made it two wins from two NBA games after defeating the Sacramento Kings 102-94. After upstaging…
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Basketball
Wade doesn´t ´plan on losing´ World Series bet to LeBron
Former NBA team-mates LeBron James and Dwyane Wade have a wager going between the two for the MLB World Series…
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La Liga
Fabio Cannavaro wants Zinedine Zidane job
Fabio Cannavaro admits that he would jump at the chance to become head coach of Real Madrid or Italy. The…
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Football
Ronaldo talks about Messi, Cole and Pepe
Cristiano Ronaldo has downplayed the significance of his rivalry with Lionel Messi and stressed that there is a mutual respect…
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Football
Del Bosque: Mourinho had a point on Conte
Former Real Madrid and Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has offered support to Jose Mourinho following his touchline disagreement with…
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La Liga
Barcelona lash out at ´totally reprehensible´ RFEF comments
Barcelona have hit out at the Royal Spanish Football Federation’s (RFEF) conduct in dealing with the bottle-throwing incident that marred the…
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Transfer
Neymar would have cost PSG €430m, claims father
Paris Saint-Germain would have needed to pay €430million to prise Neymar away from Barcelona before he signed a new contract, according to the…
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Capital One
EFL Cup quarter-finals full draw
Liverpool will host Leeds United and Manchester United will face West Ham in the EFL Cup quarter-finals following the draw…
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Serie A
Juventus 4 Sampdoria 1: Rapid start sets champions on their way
Juventus bounced back from defeat to AC Milan last time out to record a 4-1 victory over Sampdoria in Turin. The…
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Bundesliga
Bayern Munich 3 Augsburg 1: Green´s first goal sends holders through
Julian Green scored his first competitive goal for Bayern Munich as Carlo Ancelotti’s side advanced to the third round of the…
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Golf
McIlroy gives perfect explanation for Tiger´s success
Rory McIlroy was his usual amiable self ahead of the WGC-HSBC Champions, and he had some interesting things to say…
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Basketball
NBA Game 1 Recap: Westbrook leads Thunder, Lakers shock Rockets and Spurs too good for Warriors
The Oklahoma City Thunder and Miami Heat made winning starts to the NBA season, while Anthony Davis stole the show.…
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Basketball
Davis drops 50 in Pelicans lose to Nuggets, DeRozan stars in Raptors victory
Anthony Davis was spectacular in the New Orleans Pelicans’ NBA loss as DeMar DeRozan excelled for the Toronto Raptors. Davis…
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EPL
Mourinho: Chelsea, Madrid and Inter fans don’t compare to Manchester United’s
Jose Mourinho claimed he had never experienced support like that enjoyed by Manchester United after a 1-0 victory over local…
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Football
Zidane: Nacho´s goal better than my Champions League final volley
Zinedine Zidane was left marvelling at Nacho Fernandez’s goal in Real Madrid’s 7-1 Copa del Rey win over Cultural Leonesa,…
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Nigeria Football
Wenger wants Iwobi to start scoring goals
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has told Alex Iwobi to improve his finishing. The Nigeria international, 20, has developed into a…
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La Liga
Cultural Leonesa 1 Real Madrid 7: Morata and Asensio star in BBC´s absence
Alvaro Morata and Marco Asensio led the way as a much-changed Real Madrid eased to a 7-1 win at third-tier Cultural Leonesa…
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Serie A
Inter 2 Torino 1: Icardi double alleviates pressure on De Boer
Mauro Icardi struck twice, including an 88th-minute winner, as Inter secured a much-needed 2-1 victory over in-form Torino at San Siro to ease…
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Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund 1 Union Berlin 1 (aet, 3-0 pens): Weidenfeller shootout heroics seal progress
Goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller spared Borussia Dortmund’s blushes with a pair of shootout saves to help them progress to the third…
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Capital One
Manchester United 1 Manchester City 0: Mata extends Guardiola´s winless run
Juan Mata scored the winner as Manchester United bounced back from their humiliating defeat at Chelsea with a 1-0 derby…
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FA Cup
West Ham 2 Chelsea 1: Crowd trouble tarnishes Hammers´ route to quarter-finals
West Ham reached the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup as they beat Chelsea 2-1 on Wednesday, although the tie was…
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La Liga
Valencia fined for bottle thrown at Barcelona players
Valencia have been fined 1,500 euros (£1,340) after a water bottle was thrown from the stands at Barcelona’s players during…
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Boxing
Klitschko eyes Joshua fight in spring
Wladimir Klitschko says he wants to fight British heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua “March or April”. A planned December bout fell through because…
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Football
Harry Kane ‘not bothered’ by Ballon D’or snub
Harry Kane is “not bothered” that he was not shortlisted for the Ballon D’Or award, according to team-mate Eric Dier.…
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FA Cup
Are you ready for a night of derbies?
Five down, three to go, and what a night of EFL Cup action we have in store for you tonight.…
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Off the Pitch
Guardiola still waiting for Yaya to say sorry
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola wants to recall midfielder Yaya Toure but is still waiting for an apology from the…
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Football
Living alone is a disaster – Mourinho
Jose Mourinho says living alone in Manchester has become a “bit of a disaster” and is beginning to tire of…
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Boxing
Promoter Barry Hearn calls for probe into Anthony Ogogo loss
Promoter Barry Hearn says the British Boxing Board of Control should look into the circumstances of Anthony Ogogo’s loss to…
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Basketball
Kawhi stars as Spurs crush Warriors, Lebron records triple-triple in Cavs win
The San Antonio Spurs stunned the Golden State Warriors, while the Cleveland Cavaliers started the NBA season with a win.…
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