Tag: league
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NPFL: Enyimba rally back to beat hosts Gombe United
Enyimba International Football Club of Aba on Saturday staged a stunning comeback to beat hosts Gombe United 2-1 at the Pantami Township Stadium in Gombe. Enyimba came from behind to win the Group A Match Day 7 fixture of the abridge
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Llorente gives Leeds first league win against Watford
Leeds picked up their first victory in the Premier League this season as defender Diego Llorente returned from injury to score the winner over Watford. Llorente, who picked up a hamstring injury in the defeat by Liverpool, instinctively poked it in from close range after a corner delivery bounced off Watford’s Juraj Kucka at the…
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Serie A to kickstart Sept. 19
The 2020/2021 season of Italy’s top flight football league will start on Sept. 19, the Italian football federation has said. A news agency in Italy reported on Monday that all arrangements had been concluded for the Serie A resumption. The last Serie A season ended on Aug. 2. This was after it was interrupted for…
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La Liga announces date to restart
La Liga could resume as early as 28 May in the best-case scenario as the league discusses its options, says its president Javier Tebas. No Spanish side has played a competitive game since 11 March, when Atletico Madrid knocked holders Liverpool out of the Champions League. Tebas says training will not return until emergency measures…
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Stanbic IBTC unveiled as major sponsor as varsity league kicks off
Stanbic IBTC Group has announced its sponsorship of the Higher Institutions Football League (HIFL), which kicked off on Wednesday (1 August 2018). Stanbic IBTC said the sponsorship is in tandem with the company’s determination to help grow and develop a vibrant and productive youth population. According to Stanbic IBTC, their involvement is equally informed by…
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NRA committed to better officiating in Nigerian league competitions, Azeez says
Tade Azeez, the President of Nigeria Referees Association (NRA), has assured that the association was committed to ensuring a better officiating of league competitions in the country. Azeez told the NewsGuru in Abuja that the NRA under his administration would do this through a guaranteed qualitative health level of referees. He said this meant that…