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Real, Barca set up title showdown
The fight for the La Liga title will go down to the last day of the season after convincing wins for Real Madrid and Barcelona on Sunday left them locked together on 87 points at the top of the table. Madrid remain in the driving seat after the European champions…
Read More »Champions League: Madrid hoping to join Juventus in finals
Real Madrid is hoping to join Italian club, Juventus at the UEFA Champions League finals on June 3. Madrid coach, Zinedine Zidane will not allow his side to ease up on rivals Atletico as they take a 3-0 advantage into Wednesday’s second leg of their Champions League semi-final clash. Cristiano…
Read More »Juventus berth in Champions League final
Italian giants, Juventus have qualified for the finals of the UEFA Champions League in Cardiff after beating Monaco 2-1 on home turf to clinch an aggregate 4-1. Juventus scored twice in the first half on Tuesday, with goals by Maro Mandzukic and Daniel Alves in the 33rd and 45th minute.…
Read More »Brazil leads FIFA rankings after more than 6 years
Brazil dethroned arch-rivals Argentina and returned to the summit of football’s world rankings for the first time in almost seven years, the ruling body FIFA published on Thursday. World Cup qualifying wins over Uruguay and Paraguay put the resurgent Selecao top for the first time since the 2010 World Cup…
Read More »Milla, Weah, to lead dozens African football legends to Lagos
A list of Africa’s football legends will storm Lagos for the clash of legends, a Charity/Peace football match. The event which is being organised by Kanu Heart Foundation and Nelson Mandela Foundation for charitable initiatives will see the likes of George Weah, Didier Drogba & Roger Milla among others African…
Read More »FIFA bans Messi for cursing
Argentine football star, Lionel Messi has incurred the wrath of world soccer ruling body, FIFA, following his harsh words against a referee during a match. For this, he will stay out of Argentina’s 2018 world cup Qualifying Campaign. The Barcelona star was punished for reportedly insulting the mother of Brazilian…
Read More »Eagles ties Senegal in international friendly
The Super Eagles of Nigeria survived the Teranga Lions of Senegal scare in Thursday international friendly played in London. The match ended 1-1. Senegal’s playmaker Moussa Sow had put his team in front in the 54th minute of the game before a hard fighting Kelechi Iheanacho stole the show for…
Read More »Footballer returns after serving 7 years for killing ex-girlfriend and feeding her body to dog
Football star, Bruno Ferdinandes de Souza, has returned to the round leather game after serving 7-year jail term for killing his ex-girlfriend and feeding her body to dogs. Bruno who was once tipped to play for Brazil was released last month on a technicality with his lawyers preparing for an…
Read More »Rangers joins Rivers United out of CAF Champions League
Rangers International Football Club has joined their Nigerian counterpart, Rivers United to exit the Caf Champions League. Though they beat Zamalek FC of Egypt 2-1 on Sunday, but failed to achieve the target of advancing to the group stage of the 2017 CAF Champions League. In the return leg clash…
Read More »CAF Champions League: Rivers United eliminated
Rivers United crashed out of the CAF Champions League, after failing to uphold their three goal advantage. The Nigerian side squandered a three-goal advantage in the first leg to go down 0-4 to El-Merreikh of Sudan, who won 4-3. United will now compete for the Confederation Cup. The Nigerian team…
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