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Chelsea will face Everton in the quarter-final of the English FA Cup after thrashing Manchester City 5-1 at Stamford Bridge. The EPL defending champions punished Manuel Pellegrini’s controversial decision to field a remarkably inexperienced team as Eden hazard inspired a 5-1 demolition of Manchester City in the FA Cup fifth round. Chelsea beat Everton in the FA Cup final in 2009 when Guus Hiddink was in charge of the Blues. Also Westham United also advanced to the quarterfinals of the FA with a whooping 5-1 win over second-tier Blackburn Rovers.…

Rafa Nadal’s below-par season has continued with the former world number one dumped from the Rio Open semi-finals with a 6-7(6) 7-6(3) 6-4 defeat by unseeded Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas on Saturday, the Reuters report. The top seed pipped Cuevas in a first set tie-break and denied his opponent two set points in the second but succumbed to his first defeat against the world number 45. “I lost an opportunity, that’s it,” Spaniard Nadal said after being denied his 100th ATP final by claycourt specialist Cuevas who fired 48 winners to…

Football superstar, Lionel Messi has broken another record on Wednesay, he scored his 300th goal for Barcelona in Spain’s La Liga. The five-time world player of the year was on target for the Spanish league leaders against Sporting Gijon Wednesday. His 25th minute strike ensured he became the first player in history to score 300 goals in Spain’s top division. Not content with that, he added his second six minutes later with a wonderfully struck effort with the outside of the boot. Messi was just 17 when he scored his…

Guus Hiddink tells UEFA.com that drawing a line under past disappointments was crucial to getting Chelsea back on track following José Mourinho’s departure. Since Guus Hiddink took temporary charge of Chelsea on 19 December following José Mourinho’s departure, the English champions have not lost a game – a great situation as they prepare to take on Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League. The Dutchman spoke to UEFA.com about his second spell with the Londoners and the disappointment of missing out on the 2009 final. UEFA.com: What’s it like being…

Disgraced FIFA president Sepp Blatter appeared before a FIFA’s appeals committee on Tuesday to fight an eight-year ban from the sport for ethics violations.   Blatter arrived at FIFA headquarters in Zurich 90 minutes before the start of the hearing at 0800 GMT. His hearing follows a similar appeal by the fallen head of European football, Michel Platini, on Monday.   Blatter and Platini were banned by FIFA’s ethics committee in December after being found guilty of breaches surrounding a mysterious 2 million Swiss franc ($2 million, 1.8 million euros)…

The Lagos State Government says it will ensure that physically challenged people were engaged more in competitions in the sports they practised this year. The Chairman, Lagos State Sports Commission, Deji Tinubu made the assertion on Sunday when he spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). “This year, the government will promote more the sports for the physically challenged as part of its policy to bring the dividends of democracy to everyone. “What we are excited about is the sports for the physically challenged; this is something that is…

Italian great Andrea Pirlo says his former Juventus teammate Paul Pogba should follow in the footsteps of Ivory Coast star Yaya Toure. Pirlo, who currently plies his trade in the MLS for New York City FC, was a teammate of the young Frenchman at Juve between 2012 and 2015 He believes that Pogba – regarded as a player who will dominate the game in the same way that Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have in recent years – could learn from the example of the Elephants star. “Maybe Toure is…