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January 14, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Tennis Federation Unveils 2021 programmes

The Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) has unveiled its 2021 activities aimed at enhancing the development of the game in the country. Dayo Abulude, the Secretary General of the Federation, said on Wednesday in Abuja that the Federation would be organisimg various...

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 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 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...

December 28, 2020 No Responses

Ronaldo Gets Player Of The Century Award

Cristiano Ronaldo, knocked out three other top contenders, for the Player of the Century crown at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai on Sunday. The Juventus forward attended the awards to receive the top prize for which Lionel Messi, Mohamed...

December 27, 2020 No Responses

Man City Beat Newcastle 2-0

Manchester City breezed to a 2-0 home win over Newcastle United thanks to goals in each half from Ilkay Gundogan and Ferran Torres. The victory lifted City to fifth in the English Premier League (EPL) on Saturday. City went ahead...

December 22, 2020 No Responses

Chelsea Close In On Top Four With 3-0 Win Over West Ham

Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham scored a late opportunistic double to secure a 3-0 home win for Chelsea over West Ham United in the English Premier League (EPL) on Monday. This was after Brazilian defender Thiago Silva had fired them in...

December 17, 2020 No Responses

Ronaldo Misses Penalty As Juventus Draw Again

Cristiano Ronaldo had a penalty saved as Juventus drew for the sixth time in 12 Serie A games, this time against Atalanta. Federico Chiesa put the champions ahead with a fine strike from outside the box, his first league goal...

December 16, 2020 No Responses

Real Madrid Beat Athletic Bilbao

Karim Benzema scored twice as Real Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao to move level on points at the top of La Liga. Athletic’s Raul Garcia was sent off early on after two bookings for fouls on Toni Kroos, who put Real...

December 6, 2020 No Responses

Manchester City Cruise To 2-0 Win Over Fulham

Manchester City provisionally broke into the Premier League top four after first-half goals from Raheem Sterling and Kevin de Bruyne gave them a comfortable 2-0 home win over struggling Fulham on Saturday. The result lifted City into fourth place on...

December 4, 2020 No Responses

Arsenal Win In front Of Fans

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said the return of fans to Emirates Stadium as they outclassed Rapid Vienna in the Europa League made it a “very special night”. It had been 271 days since Arsenal fans had last been at their...