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Aisha Buhari Cup Approved by FIFA

World football–overseeing body, FIFA, on Wednesday furnished the Local Organizing Committee with a last approval to arrange the maiden edition of the Aisha Buhari Invitational Women's Tournament, also called the Aisha Buhari Cup.  The six-country invitational is being coordinated to pay tribute to the name and Office of the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr (Mr ...Read more
2021-09-10
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Man City Makes £100m offer for Jack Grealish

Man City made £100m offer for Jack Grealish on Friday; Grealish's move would overshadow Paul Pogba's 2016 exchange to Manchester United and become greatest in English football history. Jack Grealish will go through a Manchester City clinical on Thursday in ahead of his proposed £100m move from Aston Villa.  City presented their proposal on Friday and it is per ...Read more
2021-08-05
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Oympics: Nigerian Okagbare, Nwokocha Qualifies for 100m

Two Nigerian competitors will be running in the semifinals of the ladies' 100m subsequent to Blessing Okagbare and Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha qualified from their separate heats Friday in Tokyo, Japan. This is the first time since 2012. Nwokocha needed to run another individual best of 11.00 seconds to qualify for the semifinal round in her introduction at the Games.  The 20 year ol ...Read more
2021-07-30
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Opening Ceremony of 2020 Olympics [with photos]

The opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will begin on Friday 23rd July 2021. It will be conducted before a nearly empty stadium due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This year's Olympics has been fraught with controversy. Though the venue is a stadium with  68,000-capacity. only a few hundred spectators comprising officials and dignitaries, including Japan’s Emperor Na ...Read more
2021-07-24
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The opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will begin on Friday 23rd July 2021. It will be conducted before a nearly empty stadium due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This years Olympics has been fraught with controversy. Though the venue is a stadium with  68,000-capacity. only a few hundred spectators comprising officials and dignitaries, including Japan’s Emperor Naruhit ...Read more
2021-07-24
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Greek-Nigerian Giannis Antetokounmpo Leads NBA Team to Victory

Greek-Nigerian professional basketball player, Giannis Sina Antetokounmpo directed his group, Milwaukee Bucks to the 2021 NBA Championship where they went head to head against Phoenix Suns. Antetokounmpo scored 50 points in a series, securing 105-98 Game 6 triumph that finished the Bucks' 50-year title dry spell and established his heritage among the pantheon of Milwaukee Bucks' greats. ...Read more
2021-07-22
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Racer Lewis Hamilton Faces Racial Abuse On Social Media

Lewis Hamilton was the victim of numerous racially charged attacks during, and after his controversial win in the British Grand Prix, as announced by a joint statement by Formula One, the FIA and his Mercedes team.  The seven-time champion won a race that saw title holder Max Verstappen, Red Bull driver, lose the race after hitting a wall.    Hamilton was hit by a 10 second ...Read more
2021-07-20
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UEFA: Away Goal Rule Abolished Ahead of Champions and Europa Leagues

  UEFA has affirmed the away goals rule, which has been in use since 1965, will be nullified from European competitions, with the change being instituted on schedule for the 2021-22 season.  The away goals rule has been utilized for over 50 years, yet will at this point will not be used to determine knockout matches in UEFA club competitions including the Champions League and Eu ...Read more
2021-06-24
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National Championships: Okagbare smashes record, inches closer to Onyali’s mark

Gift Okagbare has established another public record and is presently three successes from equalling Mary Onyali's imprint in the wake of hustling to her eighth public 100 meters title on Thursday at the 2021 National Championships/Olympic Games preliminary in Lagos.  The 32-year-old Olympics, World, and Commonwealth Games medallist raged to a 10.63 seconds public record to win the l ...Read more
2021-06-18
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Osaka withdraws from Wimbledon, targets Olympics

  Japanese star Naomi Osaka has been removed from Wimbledon, her representative affirmed Thursday, weeks after the world number two pulled out of the French Open referring to her battle with discouragement and tension.  "Naomi will not be playing Wimbledon this year," Osaka's representative Stuart Duguid said in an email to AFP. "She is taking some close to ho ...Read more
2021-06-18
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Chelsea’s Tomori makes Milan move permanent with four-year deal

Chelsea protector Fikayo Tomori has made his credit move to AC Milan lasting concurring on a four-year manage the Serie A sprinters up on Thursday.  The 23-year-early English player showed up to keep going January borrowed with the club practising their alternative to purchasing for a detailed 28 million euro ($33.4 million).  "AC Milan is pleased to declare the practising ...Read more
2021-06-18
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Tennis: Naomi Osaka Opts out of Wimbledon

Four-time grandslam Champion, Japan's Naomi Osaka won't play at Wimbledon this year.However, she intends to return on schedule for the Tokyo Olympics.  The four-time Grand Slam champion will invest energy with loved ones having additionally opted out from the French Open in May.  At that point, Osaka, 23, said she would be taking a break from tennis subsequent to encount ...Read more
2021-06-18
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Djokovic defeats Tsitsipas for second French Open title, 19th grand slam

 Novak Djokovic of Serbia beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 7/8; 2/6; 6/3; 6/2; 6/4 for his subsequent French Open title and a lifelong nineteenth thousand hammer. It was Djokovic's 6th vocation triumph in their eight professional gatherings.  In the primary set, Djokovic saved a set point in the tenth game and broke Tsitsipas to lead 6-5. Nonetheless, he lost the twelfth game to six-all ...Read more
2021-06-14
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One killed, many students abducted as gunmen attack school in Niger

One individual was killed, and numerous understudies were captured when shooters assaulted Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina in Rafi's nearby government space of Niger State on Sunday. The town is around 11 Kilometers from Kagara town, where shooters stole countless understudies in February 2021. Although the school owner, Yakubu Idris, revealed to Premium Times that the underst ...Read more
2021-05-31
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Brentford end 74-year wait for promotion to Premier League

Brentford was elevated to the Premier League without precedent for a very long time on Saturday as they beat Swansea 2-0 in a Championship play-off conclusive worth around £180 million ($255 million) to the victors. Thomas Frank's side finished their fantasy rise on account of first-half objectives from Ivan Toney and Emiliano Marcondes at Wembley. Swansea's Jay Fulton was s ...Read more
2021-05-31
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A funny thing happened on the way to the stadium — Chelsea fan

Chelsea fan Jack Ambler will review the Champions League prevail upon Manchester City in more ways than one as his £450 ($638) ticket went to waste, and he watched it with a Portuguese couple. The 27-year-old made a trip to Porto for the last with three companions. Notwithstanding, while they made it to the arena and saw Kai Havertz's first-half objective secure the 1-0 success ...Read more
2021-05-31
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Chelsea shatter dream of Guardiola’s Man City to win Champions League final

Chelsea won the Champions League for the second time as a Kai Havertz objective got a strained 1-0 triumph over Manchester City in Saturday's last in Porto, breaking Pep Guardiola's fantasy about lifting the prize for the third time, ten years on from his previous victory. Havertz adjusted Ederson to score three minutes before half-time at the Estadio. Dragao and the Chelsea players ...Read more
2021-05-31
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Tuchel set for new deal and hungry for more after Chelsea Champions League triumph

 While Manchester City had been working towards what they thought was their second in the Champions League for a very long time under Pep Guardiola, Chelsea appeared with their triumph in Saturday's last in Porto what can be accomplished in only four months. That is how long has passed since Thomas Tuchel became mentor, supplanting Frank Lampard with Chelsea 10th in the Premier Leag ...Read more
2021-05-31
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Mane makes sure of top-four finish for Liverpool

Liverpool got a spot in next season's Champions League by clearing to the side Crystal Palace 2-0 as 10,000 fans returned to Anfield on Sunday.  Sadio Mane struck either side of half-time as the Reds enrolled an eighth win in their last ten rounds of the period to complete third in the Premier League.  Jurgen Klopp's men needed to commend the club's first-class win f ...Read more
2021-05-24
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Leicester blow Champions League chance as Kane signs off with Golden Boot

Leicester blew the opportunity to fit the bill for the Champions League for simply the second time in the club's set of experiences as the Foxes lost 4-2 to Tottenham on Sunday.  Jamie Vardy twice put Brendan Rodgers' men ahead from the punishment spot.  Be that as it may, Harry Kane, on what could be his last debut for Spurs, a Kasper Schmeichel's objective, and a l ...Read more
2021-05-24
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Chelsea secure Champions League spot despite Villa defeat

Chelsea qualified for next season's Champions League on Sunday, notwithstanding a 2-1 loss at Aston Villa as Leicester's misfortune against Tottenham saved the Blues' central four spots in an exciting finish to the Premier League season.  Thomas Tuchel's side was 14 minutes from passing up a primary four completion when they followed at Villa Park while Liverpool and Lei ...Read more
2021-05-24
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Aguero signs off in style in Man City romp

Sergio Aguero closed down for Manchester City in style on Sunday, scoring twice in a 5-0 romp for the Premier League champions against Everton.  City's record goalscorer, leaving the club after following week's Champions League last, hit a quickfire twofold in the wake of falling off the seat with 25 minutes remaining.  His endeavors added to before strikes from Kevin De ...Read more
2021-05-24
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Ronaldo starts on bench for crunch Juve game at Bologna

Cristiano Ronaldo will begin the seat for Juventus' last Serie A round of the period at Bologna, where they need success on Sunday to have any expectation of fitting the bill for the Champions League.  Andrea Pirlo selected Paulo Dybala and Alvaro Morata flanked by Federico Chiesa and Dejan Kulusevski.  A success against 11-set Bologna may not be sufficient, with the consequ ...Read more
2021-05-24
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Leicester beat Chelsea to win first FA Cup

Youri Tielemans created one of the best FA Cup last objectives yesterday, to give Leicester City the prize without precedent for their set of experiences with triumph over Chelsea at Wembley. The Belgian settled a firmly challenged experience with a fabulous right-foot drive that flew past Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga into the top corner from 25 yards in the 63rd moment. It sent c ...Read more
2021-05-16
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Man City clinch Premier League title after Man Utd defeat

Manchester City has delegated Premier League champions for the third time in four seasons after Manchester United collided with a 2-1 loss against Leicester on Tuesday. Enthusiasm Guardiola's side is ten focuses clear of second positioned United and have wrapped up the title with three games to save. Amidst an exhausting run of three games in five days, United director Ole Gunnar Sols ...Read more
2021-05-12
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Thiago Alcantara explains celebration after breaking Liverpool goal duck against Southampton

Thiago Alcantara is at last misguided for Liverpool, with his objective duck broken in a Premier League meeting with Southampton, and the Spain global has been clarifying his festival. At the 26th season of asking, following a move from Bayern Munich in the late spring of 2020, the 30-year-old midfielder at last opened his record for the Reds in a 2-0 win over the Saints. He might have be ...Read more
2021-05-10
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Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa rejoins Kano Pillars

Super Eagles commander Ahmed Musa has rejoined Kano Pillars FC over ten years after he left the club. Musa will be with the Pillars for the rest of the 2020/21 Nigeria Professional Football League season (NPFL). Musa recently played for the Pride of Kano in 2009. He finished the season as the top scorer in the Nigeria Professional Football League with 18 objectives before moving to VVV-Ve ...Read more
2021-04-14
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Qualifiers of Africa Cup

  Algeria  Mainstream name: Desert Foxes  Rankings: 3 Africa, 31 world  Mentor: Djamel Belmadi  Results: Zambia 5-0 home, 3-3 away, Botswana 5-0 1-0, Zimbabwe 3-1 2-2  Scorers: 4 – Baghdad Bounedjah, 3 – Riyad Mahrez, 2 – Youcef Belaili, Sofiane Feghouli, Islam Slimani, 1 – Ramy Bensebaini, Farid Boulaya, Andy Delort, Rachi ...Read more
2021-04-01
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