Category: SPORTS

Arsenal forward, Alex Iwobi, has arrived at the Super Eagles camp in Abuja ahead of the crucial 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against the Pharaohs of Egypt. Iwobi who arrived Sunday afternoon is the first to arrive among the 20 foreign-based players invited by interim Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, for the crucial double-header against the Pharaohs of Egypt. Iwobi, who has been enjoying a good run of form of late, was in action for the Gunners on Saturday in the game against Everton. He scored against the…

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Barcelona extended their lead at the top of La Liga to nine points despite blowing a two-goal advantage to draw 2-2 at Villarreal on Sunday. Ivan Rakitic and a controversial Neymar penalty had Barca on course for a 13th consecutive La Liga win before half-time. Yet, Villarreal were more than worthy of a point and got their reward after the break through Cedric Bakambu and Jeremy Mathieu’s own goal. Real Madrid can move to within 10 points of Barca ahead of the meeting between the two sides in two weeks…

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Bayer Leverkusen rejoined the fight for a Champions League qualifying berth on Sunday with a 2-0 win at VfB Stuttgart that saw them break back into the German Bundesliga’s top six. Goals by Julian Brandt and Karim Bellarabi handed Leverkusen a win that put them level on points with fifth-placed Borussia Moenchengladbach and two points behind Schalke, who sit in the fourth place that offers a spot in next season’s Champions League play-offs. Germany Under-21 star Brandt gave the vistors the lead at Stuttgart’s Mercedes Benz Arena on 11 minutes…

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Late equalisers in each half from Chelsea’s Cesc Fabregas kept West Ham United out of the Premier League top four following a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. West Ham had the better of the first half and took a deserved lead through Manuel Lanzini, only for an error by Winston Reid in injury time to give Chelsea a free-kick that Fabregas curled home. Andy Carroll restored West Ham’s lead a minute after taking the field as a substitute, but Fabregas levelled again from a penalty after Chelsea substitute…

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Spanish giants, Barcelona have cruised into the quarter finals of the UEFA Champions League after beating Arsenal on Wednesday night. Neymar set the Catalonians ahead of the game with a fantastic goal after Luis Suarez’s assist in the 18th minute. The Gunners seemed to wake up from sleep in the second half as Mohamed Elneny levelled the score  in the 51st minutes. Consequently, Suarez and Lionel Messi helped Barcelona secure win at the Nou Camp with goals in the 65th and 88th minutes respectively. The Catalans qualify with a 5-1…

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Bayern Munich squeezed into the Champions League quarterfinal after coming from behind to beat Juventus 6-4 on aggregate in a thrilling tie. The Germans were trailing as the match entered injury time at the end of regulation time in the second leg only for Thomas Muller to head home a thumping equaliser. The five-time European champions pushed on in extra-time as goals from Thiago and Kingsley Coman — on loan at Bayern from Italians Juve — sealed a win that seemed improbable midway through the second half. After 73 minutes,…

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Ifeanyi Ubah FC recorded the biggest victory of Sunday in one of the Week Six Nigeria Professional Football League matches played at the weekend, thrashing Ikorodu United 4-1 in Nnewi. Nico Dao started the onslaught for the home team as early as the 11th minute of the game before adding his and the clubs’ second goal seven minute later off Alberico Da Silva’s cross. Stephen Nwaiwu’s free kick in the 52nd minute halved the deficit but Okereke Maduabuchi restored Ifeanyi Ubah’s two-goal lead with a deflected effort from range in…

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