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Liverpool draw Real Madrid in Champions League last 16
Liverpool have drawn holders Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League in a repeat of last season’s final. Fourteen-time winners Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 in last year’s final in Paris thanks to a goal from Vinicius Junior in the 59th minute. Premier League champions Manchester City face German side RB Leipzig, while Tottenham play Italian giants AC Milan.…
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Colombia defeat Nigeria 5-6, reach U-17 Women’s W’Cup final
Nigeria’s U-17 women’s national team, the Flamingos, on Wednesday, lost 5-6 to Colombia in a penalty shootout during the competition’s semi-finals. The Powerpuff Girls beat Flamingos to reach the final of the U-17 Women’s World Cup in India. The game ended with no goal from both team without the extra time and settled with a penalty shoot-out.
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National Sports Festival kicks off November 28, Osinbajo commends Delta for hosting
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has commended Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa for making his state the host of the 2022 National Sports Festival. Lighting the torch of the Festival that will travel round the country in Abuja, Tuesday evening, Osinbajo expressed his delight by kicking off the process that signifies the commencement of the fiesta. The Vice President represented President…
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LaLiga hosts El Clásico viewing party for football lovers in Lagos
Lagos, being one of the most passionate places for world football, hosted a very special event on Sunday, a viewing party for the biggest club football game in the world, El Clasico. The event which was held at Sea Lounge in Lekki had fans, journalists, Celebrities, members of the diplomatic corps, and ex Nigerian midfielder and LaLiga Ambassador, Mutiu Adepoju…
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Arsenal defeat Leeds United 1-0 to top Premier League
Premier League leaders Arsenal held on to win at Leeds in a dramatic finish after the match had been delayed by about 40 minutes because of a power outage. There was drama in stoppage time when referee Chris Kavanagh sent off Arsenal’s Gabriel for kicking out at Leeds striker Patrick Bamford and awarded the hosts a penalty, but both decisions…
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250th El Clasico: Real Madrid beat Barcelona 3-1
Clinical Real Madrid beat Barcelona in the 250th El Clasico to go top of La Liga and inflict their rivals’ first league defeat of the season. Karim Benzema scored Real’s opener after Vinicius Jr’s shot had been saved into his path by Marc-Andre ter Stegen. Federico Valverde doubled the champions’ lead before half-time with a lovely 20-yard drive. Ferran Torres…
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World Athletics nominates Tobi Amusan for Athlete of the Year award
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has earned more global recognition has she has been nominated for the 2022 World Athletics Athlete of the Year. Amusan’s nomination along with nine other women track and field athletes was announced by World Athletics on Wednesday. The 25-year-old took the world by stormed when she ran 12.12s to break the women’s 100m hurdles World Record in…
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Qatar hires 3rd cruise ship as floating hotel for World Cup
A third cruise ship was hired by World Cup organizers in Qatar on Monday to operate as a soccer fan hotel docked in Doha Port to add much-needed rooms for the tournament. Geneva-based MSC Cruises announced the agreement only six weeks before the World Cup is scheduled to start on Nov. 20. The 1,075-cabin MSC Opera will be available from…
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PHOTO NEWS: Abiodun donates house, N5m to Tobi Amusan
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun on Tuesday donated a house and N5 million to women’s 100m hurdles world record holder, Tobi Amusan. Abiodun made the donation when the world champion visited him in his office in Oke Mosan, Abeokuta on Tuesday. He also appointed Amusan as a Youth Ambassador in the state.
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Algeria defeat Super Eagles 2-1 in Oran
A controversial penalty tucked in by Riyad Mahrez and a 28-yard scorcher by Youcef Atal condemned the Super Eagles to a narrow defeat against Algeria’s Fennecs in an international friendly in Oran on Tuesday night. Nigeria had gone ahead in the 9th minute when France –based Terem Moffi escaped the attentions of Algerian defenders and hooked the ball into the net…
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