Category: Sport

Botswana will hold a national holiday in honour of Isaac Makwala if he wins 200m gold at the World Championships. Makwala, whose exploits in London have been a major talking point this week, races in the final later on Thursday. On Tuesday he was barred from the 400m final, as officials tried to halt a “very virulent” norovirus outbreak. But he returned and progressed from an individual 200m time trial on Wednesday he was quarantined for Monday’s heats – and celebrated by doing press-ups. The 30-year-old, who said he is…

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Liverpool have rejected a bid of 100 million euros (£90m) from Barcelona for Brazil playmaker Philippe Coutinho. Barca’s second bid for the 25-year-old, which was rejected immediately, comprised an initial 85m euros (£76.8m) plus 15m euros (£13.5m) in add-ons. Liverpool have reiterated that Coutinho – who joined them from Inter Milan for £8.5m in 2013 – is not for sale. Barcelona sold Brazil forward Neymar to Paris St-Germain for a world record transfer of £200m last week. Coutinho who scored 14 goals last term and spent six weeks out with…

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Manchester United were outclassed as Spanish and European champions Real Madrid retained the Uefa Super Cup with victory in a sweltering Skopje. Madrid dominated from the start and led when Casemiro – who earlier hit the bar – slid in a half volley. They doubled their lead when Isco calmly slotted in from eight yards after a neat one-two with Gareth Bale, who started ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo. New £75m striker Romelu Lukaku tapped in before Marcus Rashford scuffed wide. The Europa League winners were given encouragement by Lukaku’s strike,…

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Owen Hargreaves has backed Eden Hazard for the EA SPORTS Player of the Season award for 2017/18. The former Manchester United midfielder believes that Hazard can follow N’Golo Kante’s 2016/17 triumph, albeit with competition from a fellow Belgian at Manchester City. “Hazard, for me, was the player of the year last season – if he’s here this season then he’ll win it,” says Hargreaves, the third pundit after Phil Neville and Michael Owen to reveal his predictions for the fortcoming campaign. “Kevin De Bruyne looks like he’s playing with kids;…

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Brazilian superstar, Neymar has completed world record move to Paris Saint-Germain on Thursday when the French club confirmed he had signed a five year-deal, earning him an estimated 30 million euros ($35.5 million) a year. The deal was signed just hours after the 25-year-old paid off his 222 million euro ($264 million) buyout clause to Barcelona. “I am extremely happy to join Paris Saint-Germain,” said Neymar. “Since I arrived in Europe, the club has always been one of the most competitive and most ambitious. And the biggest challenge, what most…

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Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Information and Culture Minister, has said that the Federal Government will amend the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Code to compel brands to sponsor Nigeria Professional Football League. The Minister made the assertion at the close of the “Two-Day Creative Industry Financing Conference’’, sponsored by the ministry in conjunction with “Think Tank Media and Advertising’’ which closed on Tuesday in Lagos. “We will amend the NBC code to ensure that our Premier League improves. “We will make sure that in the Code, if you spend one million dollars…

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The 1st Afolabi Ayantayo football Championship will kick off on the 18th of July 2017 with four teams gunning for glory. The championship is been put together and sponsored by Hon Dipo Liadi and a few of his friends. Hon Dipo Liadi stated that the Orile Agege APC chairmanship Aspirant Hon Afolabi Ayantayo has expressed his delight when he was briefed about the championship. Hon Dipo also stated that the championship was been sponsored in order to support youth development in the LCDA and to also encourage the incoming chairman…

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Super Eagles’ number one goalkeeper, Carl Ikeme, has been diagnosed with acute leukemia. The Nigeria Football Federation has expressed shock at the news on Thursday evening. NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, was lost for words after the sad news broke in the international media. “What? This is very, very sad. Carl Ikeme diagnosed with acute leukemia? This is harsh.” Sanusi stated that the NFF and the Nigerian Football family would rally round the energetic shot –stopper in his difficult period. “Our thoughts are with Carl at this difficult period.…

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Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo his childhood sweetheart and mother of their two children said “I do” on Friday in his Argentine hometown Rosario, where footballers and celebrities gathered for the “wedding of the century.” Following the private ceremony, the couple appeared happy and relaxed as they walked a red carpet before hundreds of journalists at a hotel and casino complex, Roccuzzo donning a tight, mermaid-style gown by Spanish designer Rosa Clara. The couple’s children Thiago, four, and Mateo, one, had front seats at the ceremony attended by some 260…

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The 2017 GTBank Masters Cup has produced Saint Finbarr’s College Bariga and Queens College Yaba as winners in the male and female champions category. The final matches were decided at the Onikan Stadium, Lagos Thursday where the two schools triumphed over their challengers in a classical manner. In the female final, which preceded the boys’, Queens College put everything to play when they trounced Ansar-Ud-Deen Girls High School, Itire 2-0 in an exciting match that attracted a near capacity crowd which was dominated by students from various schools. The first…

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