Report available to Fox Channel has it that China’s women’s football team has been placed in quarantine in a Brisbane hotel after arriving for an Olympic qualifying competition over concerns about the deadly coronavirus, reports said Wednesday. Queensland state chief health officer Jeannette Young said no one from the group had shown any symptoms and
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Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta has claimed his first win in an impressive fashion as his side outplayed Manchester United to secure just a second victory in 16 games with a 2-0 win at the Emirates. Nicolas Pepe and Sokratis Papastathopoulos struck before half-time to reward arguably Arsenal’s finest 45 minutes of the season so far.
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Bayern Munich on Sunday confirmed interim boss Hansi Flick will remain head coach “until at least” the end of the season after winning eight of his 10 games in charge. “FC Bayern and Hansi Flick have agreed” that he “will remain head coach… at least until the end of the current season,” the club said
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Barcelona and Real Madrid drew 0-0 in a highly-charged Clasico on Wednesday against a background of Catalan independence protests. The result kept Barcelona on top of La Liga after the first goalless draw between the two bitter rivals in 17 years. Outside the Camp Nou, police clashed with protesters with reports of dozens of people
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The World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Anthony Joshua, is to present his title belts to President Muhammadu Buhari, at a date to be decided soon. The Minister of Sports, Mr. Sunday Dare, disclosed this to the Federal Executive Council in Abuja on Wednesday. The session was presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Dare, briefed the council
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Nigeria’s own Anthony Joshua on Saturday defeated Mexican Andy Ruiz at the Diriyah Arena, Saudi Arabia to reclaim his IBF, WBA and WBO titles. Joshua had lost the titles to Ruiz in a shocking defeat in New York. The Mexican gained more momentum during the round nine, made more attempts to pin the former world
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Manchester City suffers another heavy blow as Manchester United dash their hopes of retaining the Premier League title with a 2-1 derby win at the Etihad, that leaves the champions 14 points adrift of runaway leaders Liverpool. Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford scored the goals for the visitors, who withstood a late City rally after
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Leo Messi has posted a picture of his family flying back to Barcelona on Instagram to celebrate his historic 6th Ballon d’Or. Barca captain was accompanied on this special day by his wife Antonela Rocuzzo and their sons Thiago and Mateo. He posts on Instagram: “Thanks to France Football and the journalists who voted for
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Kelechi Iheanacho says his performance against Everton on Sunday came as a result of hard work in training, reports Leicester City website. The Nigerian forward assisted Jamie Vardy before scoring the winner at King Power Stadium. The Nigerian’s first Premier League appearance of the season saw him replace Ayoze Pérez on 62 minutes before he
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Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) men’s team and the NSCDC women’s team have won the 2019 National Volleyball Premier League, which ended at the weekend at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja. Civil Defence, who defeated Customs’ male team 3-2 (21-25, 25-18, 22-25, 25-22, 15-9) at the final round of games, could not gather enough points to win the
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