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791 Hope Ejairu Nigerian players in Europe have always been putting their football acumen to bare. And this weekend was not exception, as many of them were firing on all cylinders. In the English Premier League, Alex Iwobi played 67 minutes as a right wing back, an unusual position as Leeds United defeated Everton 1 […]
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754 Tottenham played out a goalless draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge to go one point above Liverpool on top of the Premier League log. Wolves recovered from losing top scorer Raul Jimenez to a sickening head injury to inflict Arsenal’s third consecutive home league defeat with a 2-1 win at the Emirates on Sunday. […]
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191 Adeleye Akinbade-Ojo St.Mary’s Stadium witnessed another classic as Manchester United came fron 2 goals down to defeat Southampton 3-2. The Saints raced into lead through Jan Bednarek who headed home James Ward-Prowse’ corner from close range. Ralph Hassenhutl’s doubled their lead after the half-hour mark, again Ward-Prowse was on hand to convert a brilliant […]
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260 Futuro Kings defied incessant pressure as it ran out bravely with a 2-1 win over Rivers United at the Estadio De Mongomo in its CAF Confederations cup preliminary round first leg. Futuro Kings who were lucky not have conceded three goals in the opening 14 minutes of the first half but went ahead just […]
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372 By Taiwo Ibrahim Alaves recorded a shock 2-1 win over Real Madrid at the Alfredo di Stefano Stadium to pile more pressure on Zinedine Zidane. Lucas Perez scored a fifth-minute penalty to give the visitors an early lead, Joselu took advantage of a terrible mistake from Thibaut Courtois to increase Alaves lead just after […]
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541 By Taiwo Ibrahim Liverpool played out a 1-1 draw against Brighton to further dent their title hopes. It was a bad day at the office for the Reds as they conceded two penalties and had two goals ruled out. Diogo Jota gave Liverpool the lead with a fine finish on the hour mark to […]
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248 Simba Sports Club of Tanzania has arrived Jos ahead of Sunday’s CAF Champions League preliminary round first leg tie against host, Plateau United Football Club. The team which landed at the Yakubu Gowon Airport , Heipang , Jos aboard a Max Airline at exactly 5:07pm, were received on arrival by the Chairman of the […]
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432 Former Nigeria U-23 star, Junior Ajayi played a starring role to help Al Ahly to CAF Champions League glory. He was in action for 67 minutes and made three key passes for the Red Devils. Ajayi was part of the Dream Team squad that represented Nigeria at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Al Ahly’s […]
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261 Adeleye Akinbade-Ojo Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti has described Lucas Digne’s training injury as an ”unfortunate situation” after the French international has been ruled out for 2-3 months. “Lucas will be a big loss – he is one of the best left-backs in Europe – but we must be able to adapt.” The former AC […]
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303 By Okiche Joseph The week ten (10) of the exciting English Premier League kicks off on Friday (27th Nov. 2020) at the Selhurst Park when Crystal Palace takes on Newcastle. The past four (4) Premier League games between both sides have produced a combined three (3) goals. On Saturday, Champions, Liverpool will be guests […]
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