A 38 man contingent of Rivers United have touched down in Johannesburg South Africa ahead of CAF Confederation Cup first round tie on Wednesday against Bloemfontein Celtic. The Air Peace fight touched down at the Johannesburg airport at 10:24am The delegation is led by the Commissioner for Sports in Rivers State Honorable Boma Iyaye. The
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Bayern forward, Robert Lewandowski has been awarded the FIFA men’s footballer of the year ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. The Poland international led his club to an incredible UEFA Champions League title in August and also won the domestic competitions including the German Bundesliga crown. Lewandowski scored 55 goals in just 47 games
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Manager Slaven Bilic has been shown the exit door by West Brom on Wednesday despite leading his team to secure a hard-fought 1-1 draw at Manchester City on Tuesday night. Bilic who took over at the The Hawthorns in June 2019, replacing Darren Moore and signing a two-year-deal, is being scaked after 18 months. The
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Gerard Houllier, the French coach who won the UEFA Cup, FA Cup and League Cup treble with Liverpool, has died aged 73. Two of the French clubs Houllier managed, Paris Saint-Germain and Lens, confirmed he had died. Houllier, who managed Liverpool from 1998 to 2004, died overnight Sunday to Monday after undergoing hart surgery. His
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Chelsea will play Atletico Madrid in the Champions League round of 16, arguably the most difficult draw that Frank Lampard’s team could have been handed when the draw was made in UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon this morning. As winners of Group E, the West Londoners will play the first leg away from home. Dates and
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The Italian Court of Appeal in Milan has sentenced former Real Madrid forward Robinho to nine years in prison for participating in the gang rape of a young woman at a nightclub in the northern Italian city in 2013. Robinho and his friend, Ricardo Falco, have been accused of raping an Albanian girl who was
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NPFL champions Plateau United and Kano Pillars have crashed out of the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup respectively. Plateau were eliminated after their goalless draw in Tanzania against Simba SC, after losing the first leg of the tie 1-0 at the New Jos Stadium, Jos last Sunday. Pillars also played 0-0 against Senegalese
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Former Real Madrid president, Ramon Calderon, said current supremo Florentino Perez is paying for the sale of Cristiano Ronaldo.Ronaldo is now in his third season with Juventus after being sold by Florentino.Calderon said on Alarabi aljadeed, “He made a big mistake with Cristiano Ronaldo. Perhaps I am partial in this matter because Cristiano signed for
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The former France international midfielder has left the Ligue 1 club after they were knocked out of Europe and with the club 11th in the table.Patrick Vieira has been sacked from his position as manager of Ligue 1 club Nice. Vieira, who took over as manager of the club in 2018, has spent two and
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The N81 million bill to cut Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja has been rejected by the sports ministry. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, revealed this in a tweet on Sunday. The minister explained that fund was not available, adding that there would be an outcry if Nigerians were told that
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Police in Buenos Aires have searched the house and private clinic of Leopoldo Luque as they try to establish if there was negligence in Maradona’s treatment following surgery. The 60-year-old died of a heart attack at his home where he was recuperating. His daughters have pressed for details about their father’s medication. Maradona had a
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Papa Bouba Diop, a former midfielder who represented Senegal more than 60 times and played for several European football clubs, has died at the age of 42, reportedly following a long illness. Diop scored the first goal of the 2002 World Cup held in Japan and South Korea when Senegal shocked reigning champions France by
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Argentina’s Diego Maradona, one of the world’s greatest ever football players, was buried on Thursday amid a global outpouring of grief from the streets of Buenos Aires to Naples in Italy. The death of Maradona at the age of 60 on Wednesday, following a heart attack, has sparked both mourning and celebrations of a true
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Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60, his spokesman announced Wednesday.Renowned along with Brazil’s Pele as one of the greatest footballers of all time, the Argentine World Cup winning captain died of a heart attack, having undergone brain surgery earlier this month, a member of his entourage told AFP. President
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Côte d’Ivoire winger Wilfried Zaha tested positive for COVID-19, his club Crystal Palace confirmed on Monday. Zaha was in line to play for Palace away to Burnley at Turf Moor in the Premier League later on Monday but missed the game as he is in self-isolation. “He has tested positive unfortunately for coronavirus so is
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