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‘Unopposed’ Infantino to continue for next four years as FIFA president
FIFA president Gianni Infantino is getting four more years in charge of football’s governing body after no candidate stepped up to challenge him. FIFA said the 52-year-old Swiss lawyer was the only person to enter the race by the time the deadline passed – exactly four months before election day on March 16 in Kigali, Rwanda. Infantino won a five-candidate…
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Injured Sadio Mane ruled out of 2022 World Cup for Senegal
Senegal forward, Sadio Mane is out of the World Cup due to a leg injury he sustained while playing for Bayern Munich. The 30-year-old picked up an injury to his right fibula in Bayern’s 6-1 Bundesliga win over Werder Bremen last Tuesday. Despite the injury, Mane was named in Senegal’s 26-man squad for the World Cup but the former Liverpool…
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World Cup-bound Portugal ease past Eagles in Lisbon
Two well-taken goals in each half, propelled Portugal to a 4-0 defeat of the Super Eagles on Thursday in the first-ever senior international clash between both nations, with the Eagles failing to measure up to the 2016 European champions in Lisbon. Diogo Dalot and Joao Felix ran rings round the Eagles’ defence and set up Bruno Fernandes for the first…
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Bukayo Saka funds 120 life-changing operations for Nigerian children
Arsenal and England star, Bukayo Saka has helped fund 120 life-changing operations for children in Nigeria. Saka, 21, is preparing to take part in his first World Cup after earning a call-up to Gareth Southgate’s England squad – but that hasn’t distracted him from matters elsewhere. In co-operation with youth charity BigShoe, the winger played a crucial role in medical procedures for children of Kano that…
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How does FIFA make money from football?
Business is rarely this simple. If you manufacture a product which everybody wants to buy, but which costs you almost nothing to make, you are going to accrue a lot of money rather quickly. In a nutshell, this is how FIFA, football’s world governing body, makes money. In 2018, when the World Cup was hosted in Russia, FIFA made more…
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China’s businesses get top billing at World Cup after team flops
China may not be sending a side to Qatar, but Chinese businesses will have top billing as sponsors at the 2022 World Cup. Chinese brands are the biggest sponsors of the tournament — even outspending the slate of American companies that includes iconic names such as Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Budweiser. China’s sponsors have ponied up $1.395bn for the competition, which…
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I have been betrayed by Manchester United – Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo has accused Manchester United of a lack of “empathy” after club officials doubted him when he returned late for pre-season due to his daughter’s illness. The Portuguese star, 37, and his partner Georgina Rodriguez, 28, revealed that their son had died at birth on April 18, but his twin daughter survived. The couple described his death as “the…
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PHOTO NEWS: Makinde, daughter complete marathon race in US
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde ran Half Marathon in US on Sunday with daughter, Feyi. The governor disclosed this in via his twitter page that the race with his daughter, Feyi, took place in Berkeley, San Francisco, United States of America on Sunday. Makinde wrote: “Just finished running the Berkeley Half Marathon with my daughter, Feyi, in San Francisco. Happy…
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Pereira beats Adesanya to win UFC middleweight title
Israel Adesanya suffered a devastating first defeat at middleweight to lose his belt to old kickboxing rival Alex Pereira in a classic UFC 281 showdown. The Brazilian, in only his fifth fight in the organisation, looked on course to lose a decision before he plucked victory from the jaws of defeat and delivered a late TKO. Madison Square Garden erupted…
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Journalist emerges winner of Obasa’s 50th birthday table tennis tournament
A journalist working with Lagos State Television, Shakiru Adeleye, has emerged winner of the table tennis tournament organised in honour of the 50th birthday of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Mudashiru Obasa. Adeleye, who is the Vice Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Correspondents Association (LAHACA), defeated Olaosebikan Ebenezer 11-8 and 11-7.…
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