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January 12, 2021 No Responses

Manchester United To Face Liverpool In FA Cup

Premier League rivals Manchester United and Liverpool will meet at Old Trafford in the fourth round of the FA Cup later this month. Non-league Chorley will host Premier League Wolverhampton Wanderers after beating a depleted Derby County in the third...

January 10, 2021 No Responses

Ajayi Wins 59th First Bank Lagos Open Golf Championship

Ikoyi Club based category-1 amateur golfer, Ajayi Tajudeen has emerge winner of the 59th edition of the FirstBank sponsored Lagos Open Golf Championship. Ajayi closed with 1-under par 70 for a total of 7-over the course par to win the Ch...

January 9, 2021 No Responses

Liverpool Rout Aston Villa To Reach FA Cup Fourth Round

Liverpool scored three goals in five second half minutes to reach the FA Cup fourth round with a 4-1 win at Aston Villa on Friday. This was after the home side were forced to field academy players due to a...

January 8, 2021 No Responses

FRSC Records 10,522 Road Accidents, 4,794 Deaths In 2020

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says no fewer than 10, 522 Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) were recorded nationwide in 2020 involving 17,614 vehicles. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Bisi Kazeem, disclosed this in an.....

January 6, 2021 No Responses

Bell, Man City Legend Dies At 74

Manchester City legend Colin Bell has died, aged 74, after a short illness, the Premier League club have announced. The former England midfielder made 501 appearances for City between 1966 and 1979, scoring 153 goals. He won 48 caps for...

January 5, 2021 No Responses

Liverpool Succumbs To Defeat At Southampton

Liverpool’s Premier League title defence suffered a setback as they fell to defeat at Southampton on Monday. Danny Ings’ superb second-minute lob over Reds goalkeeper Alisson, from a James Ward-Prowse free-kick, settled the contest against his form...

January 3, 2021 No Responses

Arsenal Thrash West Brom 4-0

A rare Kieran Tierney goal, a superb team effort finished by Bukayo Saka and a brace from Alexandre Lacazette gave Arsenal their third Premier League win in a row on Saturday. They beat West Bromwich Albion 4-0 in snowy conditions...

January 2, 2021 No Responses

Manchester United Close In On Liverpool With Win Over Aston Villa

Manchester United closed in on the pole position in the English Premier League (EPL) on Friday after a 2-1 home win over Aston Villa. The victory put them level on points and games played with champions and leaders Liverpool. Manchester...

January 1, 2021 No Responses

Manchester Giants Get January Dates For Rescheduled EPL Games

Manchester United and Manchester City will play their rescheduled fixtures from the opening weekend of the season in January, the Premier League announced on Thursday. Both Manchester clubs did not play on the opening weekend in September due to their...

December 29, 2020 No Responses

FIFA To Finance Construction Of Technical Centre In Mali

The International Football Federation (FIFA) will finance the construction of a technical centre, at Kabala, near the Malian capital, Bamako, a sports source told PANA on Monday. FIFA will also implement a Technical Support Programme (TSP) to strengthen the Na...