November 2019

Leonard Nails Winner For Clippers As James Powers Lakers

November 23, 2019 3:42 pm

Kawhi Leonard nailed the go-ahead basket with just 15 seconds remaining to lift the Los Angeles Clippers to an entertaining 122-119 win over the Houston Rockets on Friday night.

Leonard finished with 24 points and six rebounds, while Paul George had 19 points and eight rebounds for the Clippers, who won their fourth consecutive game.

“It feels great. We are trying to build something,” Leonard said. “We made a few little mistakes in the first half, but we ended up closing it out in the fourth though.

“We are building. This is just our second game with everyone playing again …

Cannavaro Boost As Guangzhou Win Feisty China Title Clash

November 23, 2019 3:41 pm

Fabio Cannavaro revived his chances of holding onto his job at Guangzhou Evergrande as his side went two points clear at the top of the Chinese Super League on Saturday with two games left.

Brazilian Anderson Talisca scored a goal in each half in an ill-tempered 2-0 home win over title rivals and reigning champions Shanghai SIPG.

Evergrande are top of the CSL on 66 points with Beijing Guoan second on 64 and SIPG on 62. All three have played 28 games.

The 46-year-old Cannavaro is under fierce pressure to deliver the domestic title after he was temporarily moved aside

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Celtic Thrash Livingston To Edge Ahead Of Rangers

November 23, 2019 3:41 pm

Celtic moved three points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership on Saturday as James Forrest scored twice in a comprehensive 4-0 home win over Livingston.

Odsonne Edouard put the Hoops ahead in the 19th minute with his 10th league goal of the season before Scott Brown added a second after 57 minutes.

Forrest’s second-half double added gloss to the scoreline and ensured Celtic made it eight consecutive wins in all competitions since they lost to Livie last month.

Second-placed Rangers head to Hamilton on Sunday looking to close the gap on their Glasgow rivals.

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Bayern Climb To Second As Gladbach Slip Up In Berlin

November 23, 2019 3:36 pm

Managerless Bayern Munich went second in the Bundesliga on Saturday with a 4-0 romp at Fortuna Duesseldorf as leaders Borussia Moenchengladbach suffered a shock 2-0 defeat at Union Berlin.

Bayern’s interim coach Hansi Flick enjoyed his third straight win since Niko Kovac was sacked earlier this month as Munich moved to within a point of Gladbach.

Despite rumours linking ex-Tottenham coach Mauricio Pochettino to the Bayern vacancy, Flick has been told he will be in charge until at least Christmas.

“I enjoy the here and now. It will be like that until Christmas and I’m just trying to do my …

Russian

Russia Picks New Athletics Chief As Doping Crisis Deepens

November 23, 2019 3:35 pm

Yulia Tarasenko was appointed as interim president of Russia’s athletics body on Saturday following the suspension of previous head Dmitry Shlyakhtin by World Athletics.

Tarasenko, the RUSAF sports director and head of the athletics federation of St. Petersburg, immediately saught to reassure Russian athletes she would fight their corner.

“We’re not in a very joyful mood, the situation is very difficult in the federation, but we think there is a chance to fight for the federation,” she said.

“We represent athletes and they should not suffer,” the new acting president Tarasenko told journalists.

Tarasenko was picked from three candidates after

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Man City Overcome Chelsea Test To Maintain Title Hope

November 23, 2019 3:33 pm

Manchester City came from behind to leapfrog Chelsea into third in the Premier League with a 2-1 victory at the Etihad to keep the English champions’ title challenge alive.

Liverpool’s late win at Crystal Palace earlier in the day meant City started 12 points behind the leaders and looked in danger of failing to cut that gap when N’Golo Kante gave Chelsea a deserved lead midway through the first half.

However, Kevin de Bruyne’s deflected strike breathed new life into Pep Guardiola’s men and a trademark left-footed finish from Riyad Mahrez saw City edge a thrilling encounter.

Defeat ends a …

Pressure Grows On Emery As Lacazette Salvages Late Point

November 23, 2019 3:33 pm

Arsenal manager Unai Emery admitted that he and his players had missed a big opportunity to appease the club’s angry supporters after the Gunners were held to a 2-2 draw at home to second-bottom Southampton.

It could have been worse for the under-pressure Spaniard as Alexandre Lacazette’s second equaliser of the day, six minutes into stoppage time, denied Southampton a first win at Arsenal since 1987.

Nevertheless, Emery’s men dropped to seventh place in the Premier League table, below Burnley and only a point ahead of north London rivals Tottenham, who won at West Ham in Jose Mourinho’s first match …

Man City Prepared To Dig Deep After Chelsea Win – De Bruyne

November 23, 2019 3:32 pm

Kevin De Bruyne says Manchester City know the hard work they have to put in after they came from behind to beat Chelsea 2-1 and leapfrog them into third place in the Premier League.

Liverpool’s late win at Crystal Palace earlier on Saturday meant City started 12 points behind the leaders and looked in danger of failing to cut that gap when N’Golo Kante gave Chelsea a deserved lead midway through the first half.

However, De Bruyne’s deflected strike breathed new life into Pep Guardiola’s men and a trademark left-footed finish from Riyad Mahrez saw City edge a thrilling encounter.…

Barcelona Sneak Past Leganes As Atletico Held Again

November 23, 2019 3:31 pm

Barcelona needed a late winner from Arturo Vidal to beat bottom-club Leganes 2-1 on Saturday while Atletico Madrid lost further ground on the leaders by being held to a 1-1 draw away at Granada.

Vidal poked in a fortuitous Barca goal in the 79th minute at Butarque after Luis Suarez headed home a Lionel Messi free-kick to cancel out a brilliant opener from Leganes forward Youssef En-Nesyri.

Barcelona stay top of the table, three points above Real Madrid, who play Real Sociedad later on Saturday, and three above Atletico, even though Diego Simeone’s side have played one game more.

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Higuain, Dybala Keep Juve Top Of Serie A

November 23, 2019 3:31 pm

Gonzalo Higuain grabbed a second-half brace to fire Juventus to a 3-1 win at Atalanta that kept the champions top of Serie A on Saturday, while Napoli extended their winless league run to five games with a lacklustre 1-1 draw at AC Milan.

Maurizio Sarri’s Juve left it late to seal victory in Bergamo after Robin Gosens had nodded Atalanta ahead after 56 minutes.

But Higuain hit back with two goals in eight minutes before Dybala marked his 200th Serie A appearance with the third goal one minute into injury time.

Juve open up a four-point lead on second-placed Inter …

Elon Musk Net-Worth Plummets By $768 Million

November 23, 2019 1:43 pm
Tesla’s share price plunged by 6% since the close of the market Friday and that takes $768 million out of Musk’s pocket., in a report by TMZ.This might be because of the Thursday night’s unveiling of the Cybertruck at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, CA.

Tesla unveiled its futuristic pickup truck at a promotional event in Los Angeles, but when it came to showing off the vehicle’s durability, things didn’t quite go as planned.

CEO Elon Musk claimed the car was “bulletproof” against a 9mm handgun. But when he

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Nigerians React To The Social Media Bill

November 23, 2019 1:41 pm
Earlier today, the hashtag trending on twitter was #saynotosocialmediabill#. The bill, ‘Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulations Bill, 2019’ was introduced on Tuesday, November 5 and according to the sponsor of the legislation, it will curb fake news on the internet.

However, Nigerians are not ready to have this bill and there have been different reactions and actions taken to end this bill. Below are some of these reactions:

Comrade Deji Adeyanju@adeyanjudeji

Every Senator that endorses the Social Media or Hate Speech Bill should receive VISA BAN.

Join us as we next week.

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