Nigeria’s under-18 Women’s Handball Team on Saturday in Monastir, Tunisia, defeated their Angola counterparts 28-24 in the third-place match of the ongoing Africa Women’s Youth Handball Championship. Nigeria bounced back from their semi-final game loss to Egypt by 18-32 on Friday. Speaking later, Nigeria’s coach, Shittu Agboola, said his team played well. “We wanted to
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Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur have similar records heading into the Premier League clash at the Emirates. Both clubs sit on 13 points from their opening five games. Mikel Arteta’s side come into the mouthwatering clash following a 4-0 thumping of PSV in the Champions League in midweek. However, the goals have not been flowing in
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Enyimba Football Club of Aba goalkeeper, Ojo Olorunleke has expressed optimism of side’s victory over Wydad of Morocco. Ojo said Enyimba’s lack of competitive matches will not affect the team during their African Football League clash against Moroccan side. The two-time CAF Champions League winners will face the North African side in the quarter-final of
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About 4,500 athletes will compete for honours in 11 sports events as the seventh edition of the National Youth Games kick off on Saturday (today) in Asaba, Delta State. The Games will be held between September 23 and 30, across multiple venues in Asaba. Sports to feature at the Games include athletics, basketball, cricket, chess,
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Manchester United(Man U) manager, Erik ten Hag, has said his players are not robots, even as he admitted he doesn’t know why the team has conceded so many goals during their poor start to the season. Last season, United recorded more clean sheets in the Premier League than any other club. But so far this
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Former Arsenal player, Adrian Clarke has suggested that the Gunners should have signed James Maddison instead of Kai Havertz. According to Clarke, Maddison would have been a better fit for Arsenal than Havertz. He stated this ahead of Arsenal’s Premier League derby with Tottenham on Sunday. Recall that Maddison joined Tottenham from Leicester City over
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Odion Ighalo was among the goal scorers as Al Wehda thrashed Abha 4-0 in their Saudi Arabia Professional Football League clash. Ighalo was on target in the 88th minute of the encounter. It was the 34-year-old’s fifth goal in five league appearances for Al Wehda. The striker netted a hat-trick in his club’s previous game
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Liverpool legend, Michael Owen has opined that manager, Jurgen Klopp will have ‘slight concerns’ following his team’s Europa League 3-1 win over LASK on Thursday. Liverpool were forced to come from behind against LASK at Raiffeisen Arena to win for the fourth time this season. Florian Flecker gave the host the lead in the first
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Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro must forward his final 23-man squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) latest January 3, 2024. CAF on Thursday directed all the 24 finalists to submit their final squads 10 days before the start of the competition. Peseiro and other coaches are
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Manchester United(Man U) senior players are angry with manager Erik ten Hag over how goalkeeper David de Gea’s career ended brutally. De Gea left Old Trafford this summer after 12 years at the Premier League club. Although his form fluctuated during the latter stages of his United career, the Spaniard won the Golden Gloves award
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Nigerian forward, Ndifreke Effiong has moved to Moroccan club, Olympique De Safi. Effiong linked up with Olympique De Safi from Nigeria Premier Football League side, Akwa United. The 25-year-old scored four goals for the Promise Keepers in the NPFL last season. Effiong signed a two-year contract with the North African club. He left Akwa United
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AC Milan manager, Stefano Pioli has provided an insight on why he started Samuel Chukwueze in his side’s UEFA Champions League clash against Newcastle United on Tuesday night. The encounter at the San Siro ended in a barren draw with the hosts wasting a couple of clear cut chances. Chukwueze was named in the starting line-up
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Plateau State will host the 2023 Annual General Assembly (AGA) of Nigeria National League (NNL). The AGA will now hold on September 29, 2023. The NNL AGA was earlier fixed for the 7th of September,2023 in Abuja , but had to be postponed due to logistics reasons. The NNL confirmed through its social media handle that
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Bayern Munich manager, Thomas Tuchel, will serve a one-match ban against Manchester United in the Champions League on Wednesday night. Tuchel will serve his one-game touchline ban after he was sent off during the quarter-final second-leg clash with Manchester City in April. Bayern were eliminated that night following a 1-1 draw on the night, losing 4-1
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Former Arsenal defender, Lee Dixon has hit out at Chelsea striker, Nicolas Jackson, saying his finishing wouldn’t be out of place in ‘League Two’. Dixon believes Jackson, who joined Chelsea from Villarreal over the summer transfer window, is lacking confidence in front of goal. Jackson has made a somewhat difficult start to life at Chelsea
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