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Chinese TV Pulls Arsenal Match After Ozil’s Uighur Comments

December 16, 2019 4:42 pm

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV pulled a game between Arsenal and Manchester City from its programme after the Gunners midfielder Mesut Ozil expressed support for mainly Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang.

Ozil, a German of Turkish origin, condemned China’s crackdown on Uighurs and other minorities in the western region in a tweet on Friday, while criticizing Muslim countries for failing to speak up against abuses.

Sunday’s Premier League game in London between Arsenal and Manchester City was initially scheduled to be broadcast live by CCTV’s sports channel shortly after midnight on Monday, according to an earlier schedule published on the league’s official …

African Players In Europe: City No Match For Mane And Salah

November 11, 2019 4:22 pm
Defending champions Manchester City have become the latest English Premier League club that could not contain irresistible Liverpool attackers Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah.
Mane scored his seventh league goal this season and Salah his sixth as the Reds overcame the champions 3-1 at Anfield to take an eight-point lead 12 rounds into the season.

The dynamic duo now adjust their sights to 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying with Senegalese Mane confronting Congo Brazzaville and Egyptian Salah taking on Kenya this week.

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Oboh Predicts Tough Fight For AJ, Ruiz Re-Match

November 10, 2019 5:48 am

Former British Light Heavyweight boxing champion, Peter Oboh has said that he foresees a very tough encounter between Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz as both heavyweights engage in their re-math slated December 7 in Saudi Arabia.

According to him, even boxing experts in Los Angeles, USA will have problem predicting who will win between the two fighters.

Oboh who won the Common Wealth and WBA International Boxing title said three things that could see Joshua through are Nigerians nature of never say die, self will, and to a larger extent, an element of luck.

“But the real major one which

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Bournemouth End Man United’s 3-Match Winning Run

Bournemouth End Man United’s 3-Match Winning Run

November 2, 2019 5:50 pm

King struck just before interval to condemn Manchester United to another defeat on the road.

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The former Manchester United youngster flicked the ball over Aaron Wan-Bissaka before beating David De Gea as the hosts ended a run of 358 minutes without scoring.

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United enjoyed plenty of the ball but didn’t create enough chances in the game.

The defeat ended United’s

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2019/2020 NPFL: NFF Reads Riot Act To Club, Match Officials

2019/2020 NPFL: NFF Reads Riot Act To Club, Match Officials

November 1, 2019 5:08 am

The Nigeria Football Federation has issued a stern warning to its members, and particularly match officials, to guard against acts and practices that could be seen to encourage match fixing and match manipulation in any way or form in the coming football season.

With the 2019/2020 Nigeria Professional Football League season due to kick off on Sunday, 3rd November, the NFF said it encourages match officials and other workers in football to recognize, resist and report any act, practice or tendency that may appear, remotely or directly, to seek to compromise the integrity of any given football match at any …

Neymar Limps Off As Brazil - Nigeria Match Ends In Draw

Neymar Limps Off As Brazil – Nigeria Match Ends In Draw

October 13, 2019 12:09 pm

The return of Neymar to Champions League action may be delayed after the Paris Saint-Germain forward limped off after just 12 minutes of Brazil’s friendly against Nigeria on Sunday.

The 27-year-old, who played the full 90 minutes against Senegal on Thursday, clutched his hamstring after eight minutes and was replaced by Philippe Coutinho shortly after.

Neymar, who was playing his 101st international, is now a doubt for PSG’s Champions League meeting with Club Brugge on October 22. He has missed the first two rounds because of a UEFA suspension.

He was injured while on national duty back in June when …

Police Rescue Abducted ACP, Arrest Two Suspects

Our Manpower Cannot Match High Crime Rate – IGP Adamu

October 10, 2019 3:52 am

The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mohammed Adamu, Wednesday said that terrorism, kidnappings and other criminal activities were putting pressure on the limited logistics, manpower and other assets of the police.

In order to curb the security challenges, IGP Adamu said he introduced the community policing model, which he said involved the engagement of citizens in identifying and prioritising prevalent communal security threats as they affected their localities.

Speaking during a visit to the Force Headquarters, Abuja, by the Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Mohammed Maigairi, IGP Adamu said the community policing officers would be deployed to complement the conventional policemen …

FA Cup defeat: Man City hits Watford 6-0 in final match

FA Cup defeat: Man City hits Watford 6-0 in final match

May 18, 2019 11:24 pm

It was a game of humiliation as Manchester City scored six goals to defeat Watford in the final match of the 2019 English FA Cup.

The win ensured Man City became the first English men’s team to win a treble in the same football season having earlier lifted the Premier League  and Carabao Cup.

Raheem Sterling scored a hat-trick, while David Silva, Kevin de Bruyne and Gabriel Jesus also netted to cap a glorious campaign with the biggest margin of victory in a FA Cup final since 1903.

Watford’s wait to win their first ever major piece of silverware goes …

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