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Juventus reached their second Champions League final in three seasons with a comfortable aggregate victory over Monaco. Already leading 2-0 from the first leg, the Italian side extended their advantage when Mario Mandzukic stabbed in after his initial header was saved. Dani Alves doubled their lead on the night with an instinctive volley from goalkeeper Danijel Subasic’s punched clearance. Kylian Mbappe turned in Joao Moutinho’s low cross to pull one back in the second half, but the Ligue 1 side could not pull off an unlikely comeback. Juventus, who have…

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Inter Milan have sacked Stefano Pioli after six months as head coach. The 51-year-old replaced Frank de Boer in November, signing a contract until the end of June 2018. With three matches remaining, Inter are seventh in Serie A, three points adrift of AC Milan and the final qualifying spot for the Europa League, and are winless in seven league games. Youth team coach Stefano Vecchi will take charge of the first team for the rest of the season. Pioli was Inter’s ninth manager since Jose Mourinho left in 2010.…

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Chelsea moved to within one win of the Premier League title and confirmed Middlesbrough’s relegation with a consummate performance and emphatic victory at Stamford Bridge. Antonio Conte’s side can become champions with victory against West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on Friday night while Middlesbrough must contemplate a future back in the Championship after they were swept aside on Monday. The Blues had already created a succession of chances before Diego Costa turned in man of the match Cesc Fabregas’ pass after 23 minutes. And the contest was effectively over…

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Chelsea boss Antonio Conte says second-placed Tottenham “have an advantage” over the Premier League leaders because Mauricio Pochettino has been in charge at White Hart Lane since 2014. Conte is close to winning the title in his first season in English football. His side can move seven points clear with three games left if they beat Middlesbrough on Monday. “I think Tottenham have an advantage, if you compare Tottenham to Chelsea,” said the Italian. “This is my first season and I found a lot of situations, a lot of players.…

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Jose Mourinho said he was “happy” Arsenal fans could finally celebrate beating one of his sides as the Gunners kept alive their top-four hopes with a 2-0 victory over Manchester United. The win was Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger’s first in 16 competitive meetings with United boss Mourinho. “I left Highbury and they were crying, I left Emirates and they were crying,” Mourinho said of past games at Arsenal. “Finally today they sing, they swing the scarves. It’s nice for them.” He added: “It is the first time I leave and…

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James Milner missed a second-half penalty as Liverpool’s hopes of securing a Premier League top-four spot suffered a blip in a goalless draw against Southampton. It was a terrible spectacle for the supporters inside Anfield. Liverpool rarely tested Saints keeper Fraser Forster, bar the penalty and Marko Grujic’s header late in the game. The visitors, meanwhile, failed to muster even one effort on target. The Reds’ best chance to score came in the 66th minute when they won a penalty after Southampton’s Jack Stephens was judged to have handled Lucas’…

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The Nigeria Professional Football League top scorer, Stephen Odey is at the center on an alleged age falsification scandal which reports claim have already put paid to his ambition of joining Danish football team, FC Midtjylland. It was reported that Odey’s planned move to FC Midtjylland has collapsed due to age falsification. It was discovered that the age Odey presented in his passport was totally different from what was on his certificate. . The Danish club have asked Odey to leave their Sports Complex immediately due to the development. Share…

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has disclosed that the Federal Government of Nigeria will soon invite Anthony Joshua, the newly-crowned unified World heavyweight boxing champion, to the country. This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Lagos. He said the government has congratulated Joshua, the British professional boxer of Nigerian descent who recently defeated Ukranian Wladimir Klitschko to become the unified World Heavyweight Champion. Mohammed said Nigeria is proud to be associated with the new champion, whose Nigerian heritage he has publicly acknowledged. ”My…

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Anthony Olufemi Joshua has defeated veteran Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko in a world heavyweight title fight epic in front of 90,000 people at Wembley on Saturday, taking victory on an 11th round stoppage. Joshua added the WBA title to his IBF belt but only after being knocked to the canvas by the 41-year-old Klitschko in the sixth round. The Ukrainian was also sent crashing to the floor in the fifth round and twice more in the pivotal 11th as the 27-year-old British fighter took his record to 19 wins in 19…

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England-born Anthony Olufemi Joshua, whose parents are from Nigeria, will be fighting against Klitschko in the most significant heavyweight fight ever to be held in Britain, which will reportedly earn the pair upwards of $13 million each. Joshua, 27, has shown no signs of strain in dealing with the scale of Saturday’s bout. A crowd of over 90,000, Britain’s largest attendance for a boxing event since 1939 — is expected at London’s Wembley Stadium, with millions more watching on television in over 140 countries “It’s a military mindset,” said Joshua,…

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