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Saturday, August 2nd, 2014
Manchester United set up Liverpool clash in Champions Cup Final after humiliating Real Madrid 3-1 in front of a record 109, 318 fans to see a soccer game in the United States. Goals from Young, Wayne and Hernandez mean Manchester United and Liverpool – English football’s bitterest rivals – will meet in Miami on Monday […]
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2014
Chelsea legend Frank Lampard could be in line for a shock return to the Premier League with Manchester City. The England veteran looked to have quit English football when he joined MLS side New York City FC last month. Lampard left Chelsea at the end of last season after 13 seasons and a club record […]
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Friday, August 1st, 2014
Arturo Vidal’s move to Manchester United edged closer after his agent jetted into the UK to finalise a switch to Old Trafford. Chilean newspaper El Mercurio claimed earlier this week that Vidal has already verbally agreed to join United, who will smash their transfer record by stumping up £47m to bring him to the club. […]
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Thursday, July 31st, 2014
Seychelles have cancelled Saturday’s 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sierra Leone because of fears over the Ebola virus. Sierra Leone were prevented earlier on Thursday from boarding a plane at Kenya’s Nairobi Airport that would have taken them to Seychelles for the second-leg tie. The decision to stop the team travelling was taken […]
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2014
Chelsea controversial boss Jose Mourinho says Romelu Lukaku doesn’t have what it takes to play for the London team after the Belgian sealed a permanent deal with Everton. Lukaku became Toffees’ record signing when he finally said goodbye to Chelsea after his £28million Move on Wednesday, and Mourinho accused the striker of lacking the required […]
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2014
The Commonwealth Games Federation, CGF, has queried the Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, over the inconsistency in the use of jerseys by Nigerian athletes at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. An official of Team Nigeria, who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed that the federation warned Nigeria to either desist from such or face […]
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2014
Nigerian gold medalist Chika Amalaha has been provisionally suspended from the Commonwealth Games for failing a drug test. The 16-year-old won weightlifting gold with a combined total of 196kg in the women’s 53kg category. Her ‘A’ sample was found to contain amiloride and hydrochlorothiazide, which are both prohibited as diuretics and masking agents. Amalaha will […]
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2014
…Victory Excites Sports Minister Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare has won the women’s 100m gold at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Glasgow setting a new record of 10.85 seconds. Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown took silver and her compatriot Kerron Stewart bronze. Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Minister of Sports, Dr. Tanmmy Danaagogo, has expressed joy over the victory of Nigeria’s sprinter […]
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Monday, July 28th, 2014
Louis van Gaal will not get drawn into any mind-games with Jose Mourinho this season and he says he still regards the Chelsea manager as his “friend”. Mourinho controversially claimed earlier this week that United were paying over the odds for Luke Shaw, a £27 million signing from Southampton who reportedly now earns in the […]
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Monday, July 28th, 2014
Jamie Carragher says Barcelona new signing Luis Suarez ‘bullied’ Daniel Sturridge while the two were playing for Liverpool last season. Liverpool legend Carragher, who has backed Sturridge to be the main man at Anfield this season said the underrated England international got the rough end of the stick from Suarez at times last season. “I’m […]
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Sunday, July 27th, 2014
Following the directive by the state House of Assembly, the Nasarawa state Chief Judge, Justice Sulaimon Dikko has constituted a seven – man investigative panel to look into allegations of gross misconduct and financial misappropriation against Governor Umaru Tanko al – Makura Justice Dikko while inaugurating the panel in Lafia, the state capital stated that […]
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Sunday, July 27th, 2014
Lille striker Divock Origi will complete a £12.5million move in the next few days after choosing Liverpool ahead of Arsenal, Tottenham and Atletico Madrid.S Origi’s father Mike has flown to the United States to meet with Liverpool officials in Boston to conclude a deal which will see the 19-year-old loaned back to the French club […]
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Saturday, July 26th, 2014
Liverpool will miss the services of new signing Adam Lallana for six weeks before he has even kicked a ball for the Reds. The £25million summer signing from Southampton damaged knee ligaments in a training camp in Boston, USA on Thursday, and will miss up to seven games. That is a bitter blow for the […]
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Friday, July 25th, 2014
Manuel Pellegrini is confident Manchester City can cut the red tape and sign Nigerian wonderkid Kelechi Iheanacho. Iheanacho scored in Man City’s 4-1 win over Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday. The former Golden Eaglets attacking midfielder starred at the Under 17 World Cup last year. The 17 year-old caught the eye in Manchester City’s 4-1 […]
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Friday, July 25th, 2014
West Brom boss Alan Irvine admits never having seen Super Eagles striker Brown Ideye in the flesh before making him the club’s £10million record signing. The Baggies’ previous biggest spend of £6m on Stephane Sessegnon was broken by the fee paid to Dynamo Kiev for Ideye last week. But Irvine, who has ‘’100% faith in […]
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Thursday, July 24th, 2014
Frank Lampard has been officially unveiled as MLS player after completing his New York City FC move. The 36-year-old has put pen to paper on a two-year-deal with Manchester City’s expansion franchise and will begin in 2015 He was officially unveiled as a NYCFC player in a press conference in the Big Apple on Thursday […]
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Thursday, July 24th, 2014
Less than a week after the lift of ban by FIFA, the embattled President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Aminu Maigari, has been sacked. His impeachment in Abuja on Thursday was hinged on financial misappropriation and poor administration at a meeting of the body Executive Committee. Our Abuja Correspondent gathered that a communique […]
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014
Cesc Fabregas has revealed how Jose Mourinho put Chelsea before his own family to persuaded him to join the Blues. Former Arsenal skipper Fabregas was in two minds over whether he could actually cross the London divide and become a Stamford Bridge player when Barcelona agreed to sell him. But any doubts were swept away […]
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Monday, July 21st, 2014
Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini is plotting a shock bid to hijack Didier Drogba’s return to Chelsea. Pellegrini is on the look out for a new striker after losing Alvaro Negredo to a broken foot, and it is understood Pellegrini could turn to veteran star Drogba as he looks to lure a top class goalscorer […]
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Saturday, July 19th, 2014
West Brom have shattered their transfer record with the £10m signing of out of favour Super Eagles striker Brown Ideye. The Dynamo Kiev player held talks with the Baggies Friday and has sealed a deal worth an initial £9m with a further £1m to come in add-ons.Ideye penned a three-year deal with a further year’s […]
