Category: Sports
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Super Sand Eagles coach, Adamu Ejo is dead
The Head Coach of Nigeria’s beach soccer national team fondly referred to as the Super Sand Eagles, Audu Adamu Ejo, is dead. According to reports, Adamu died late Saturday night in Kogi State where he hails from. He was undergoing treatment for diabetes before his death. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed the sad…
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Villarreal made me a better player – Man Utd defender
Manchester United defender Eric Bailly has warned his teammates to be mindful of ‘special’ Villarreal ahead of the Europa League final on May 26. Wednesday’s encounter would unite the centre-back with his former club where he spent a year and a half before his move to Old Trafford in June 2016. Although he has spent…
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Gareth Bale considering early retirement
Tottenham loanee Gareth Bale is considering an early retirement. Bale, who is currently on loan at Tottenham, is due to return to the Spanish capital at the end of the season. The Welshman has just over 12 months left to run on his current deal, and while it always seemed unlikely Bale would look to…
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No need for major squad surgery this summer if… – Chelsea chief
Chelsea technical chief Petr Cech insists Thomas Tuchel’s squad doesn’t require major surgery this summer. Tuchel’s side are set to face Manchester City in the Champions League final on Saturday and Cech believes that lifting the trophy would “probably kick everybody even higher in terms of their career – and we can really build on…
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Werder Bremen relegated, Lewandowski gets scoring record on 41
Four-time champions Werder Bremen lost 2-4 against Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday to be relegated for the second time in club history. But, as for Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski, he bettered the Bundesliga scoring record to 41 goals in a season. Lars Stindl, Marcus Thuram, Ramy Bensebaini and Florian Neuhaus scored for Gladbach as the…
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Lewandowski breaks Mueller’s 49-year scoring record
Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski said it felt like being in a “science fiction film” as he scored his 41st Bundesliga goal of the season on Saturday to break Gerd Mueller’s 49-year-old German league record for a single campaign. Lewandowski scored in the 90th minute of Bayern’s 5-2 home win over Augsburg having equalled Mueller’s…
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Title-holders Al Ahly advance to CAF Champions League semi-finals
Defending champions Al Ahly qualified for the 2020/2021 CAF Champions League semi-finals for the fourth time in five years with a 3-1 aggregate win over Mamelodi Sundowns on Saturday. This was after Al Ahly played to a 1-1 draw with the South Africans in the second leg in Pretoria. Their healthy 2-0 win in the…
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Former Lagos Chief Judge, Ayotunde Phillips Re-Elected Into FIFA Ethics Committee
A former Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Ayotunde Phillips, has been re-elected as a member of the FIFA Ethics Committee for another four-year term in office. Her re-election was ratified at the virtual 71st FIFA Congress held in Zurich, Switzerland on Friday and monitored by Channels Television. The election followed a motion – to…
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Kane: Mourinho wanted us to be men, leaders – some couldn’t do that
Tottenham striker Harry Kane has questioned the maturity of his teammates in their approach to former manager Jose Mourinho. Kane admits Mourinho expected his players to be “professional” and “be men”, demands which some struggled to handle. Discussing Mourinho and former Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino, Kane told The Overlap YouTube channel: “It was pretty much…
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Colombia dropped as Copa America co-host
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) says Colombia will no longer co-host this year’s Copa America amid civil unrest and surging coronavirus cases. The tournament — which was due to be held jointly by Colombia and Argentina — is slated to begin on June 13, having been postponed by a year because of the pandemic.…