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Everton 3 Wolves 2 - Alex Iwobi Scores His First Premiership Goal As Everton Beat Wolves in a Dreadful Encounter

September 2nd, 20190101 The Nigeria international has opened his league goal account for the Toffees on his first appearance at Goodison Park; having scored two goals for Everton this...

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Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Newcastle United: Joelinton gives Steve Bruce first premiership win

August 25th, 20190184 Tottenham didn't know how to break down resilient Newcastle, though they were dominant with ball possession. Newcastle were always dangerous on a counter. They...

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Liverpool 3-1 Arsenal: Mohamed Salah Scores Twice To Beat Wasteful Arsenal

August 24th, 20190152 Liverpool maintained their 100 per cent winning start to the Premier League season with a 3-1 victory over Arsenal on Saturday. Joel Matip’s 41st-minute header...

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Attack on Ike Ekweremadu in Germany, a national embarrassment- Abike Dabiri-Erewa

August 18th, 20190163 The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has condemned in its entirety, the attack on the former deputy senate president and current serving senator of the...

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Man City 2-2 Tottenham: Lucas Moura rescues a point for Spurs

August 18th, 20190124 City were celebrating after Gabriel Jesus appeared to have scored in injury time, but the goal was ruled out because the ball had brushed Aymeric Laporte's arm in the...

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VAR denies Gabriel Jesus’ late winner as Spurs hang on for draw

August 18th, 20190129 History repeated itself on Saturday evening after Manchester City were incredibly denied yet another late goal by VAR against Tottenham. As...

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Samson Siasia reacts to FIFA ban

August 16th, 20190167 former Nigeria coach Samson Siasia has reacted to the life ban and $50,000 fine slammed on him today by FIFA. According to FIFA, he was banned for agreeing to ‘the...

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Manchester United 4-0 Chelsea - Chelsea encountered humiliating defeat at Old Trafford; though they put up a fight with two strikes hitting goal post

August 11th, 20190128 Lampard's side were on top for large patches but ended up being blown away at Old Trafford, where Rashford's double complemented goals from Anthony Martial and debutant...

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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scores the only goal delivering Winner to Arsenal

August 11th, 20190128 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has now scored 33 goals in his first 50 Premier League games, as many as Fernando Torres managed. The Magpies rarely threatened once...

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Tottenham 3-1 Aston Villa: Spurs come from behind to beat stubborn Aston as Harry Kane scores late double

August 10th, 20190128 Villa had handed debuts to four players as Tom Heaton, Bjorn Engles, Trezeguet and Wesley all got the nod. After Lucas Moura missed a fine chance to put Spurs ahead,...

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Wike announces capture of Notorious Cultist,Bobrisky by Army

August 9th, 20190178 Less than 24 hours after Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike placed a N30million bounty on notorious cultist, Bobrisky of Gokana, the Nigerian Army has captured...

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Aisha Buhari and First Ladies from other African countries pictured in Mecca for Hajj

August 9th, 20190171 Aisha Buhari and First Ladies from some other African countries were pictured in Mecca as they prepared for the commencement of Hajj. The First Lady of Nigeria was...

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Liverpool 4-0 Norwich, LIVE 42 mins; What a good start for European Champions League Winners !!

August 9th, 20190191 GOAL! LIVERPOOL 1-0 Norwich City 7min: But it is a bigger error from Grant Hanley! Trying to clear a low Divock Origi cross at the near post, he instead...

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Community Shield - Manchester City beat Liverpool, wins first trophy as Jesus scores the winning penalty

August 4th, 20190190 Manchester City won the Community Shield on penalties after edging Liverpool in an entertaining game in front of a raucous Wembley. City's Raheem Sterling finally...

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Super Eagles Star Samuel Chukwueze Signs With Jay - Z's Management Firm Roc Nation Sports

August 2nd, 20190110 Super Eagles star Samuel Chukwueze signs with Jay-Z's management firm Roc Nation Sports The American sports management firm will manage the affairs of...

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With less than one week to the close of transfer window, New Chelsea Manager Frank Lampard takes consolation in bottle of water due to club's transfer ban

August 1st, 20190123 New Chelsea manager Frank Lampard can't sign anyone due to the club's transfer ban. With less than one week to the close of transfer window, New Chelsea Manager,...

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Beijing Guoan Offers Real Madrid Outcast Gareth Bale £500,000-A-WEEK

July 21st, 2019097 Beijing Guoan offers Real Madrid outcast Gareth Bale £500,000 - a - week deal and want to make him the highest-paid player in Chinese football history. Real manager...

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Odion Jude Ighalo is the only Nigerian player in AFCON’s best XI

July 20th, 20190115 Ighalo is the only Nigerian in the African best XI named by Confederation of African Football on Saturday morning. The list was mainly by Senegal and Algeria...

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Ighalo Emerges Highest Goal Scorer Of AFCON 2019

July 20th, 20190127 Ighalo netted the winner for the Super Eagles, as they claimed bronze with a 1-0 win over Tunisia on Wednesday. It was his fifth goal of the tournament. The...

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Algeria Crowned Champions of Africa

July 20th, 2019073 Algeria have been crowned winners of the African Cup of Nations for the second time after beating Senegal 1-0 in the final on Friday. Striker Baghdad...

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Nigeria 2-1 Bafana – Super Eagles Score in the Last Minute as South Africa Crash out of Afcon 2019

July 10th, 20190155 South Africa’s Bafana Bafana suffered Africa Cup of Nations heartbreak as they slipped to a last-gasp defeat against Nigeria in the last eight on Wednesday...

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Brazil 3-1 Peru: Maracana erupts in celebration at first Copa America win since 2007

July 10th, 20190145 Brazil didn't need Neymar to win another Copa América title at home. With its injured star watching from the stands at a packed Maracanã Stadium on Sunday, Brazil...

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Brazil 3-1 Peru - Brazil win the Copa America for the first time since 2007

July 7th, 20190132 Gabriel Jesus sent off, yet Brazil lift the Copa America for the first time since 2007 with a hard earned 3-1 win over Peru Brazil lifted the Copa America on Sunday...

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USA 2-0 Holland - United States Defeats Netherlands 2-0 to Win Fourth World Cup Title

July 7th, 20190130 The United States has won the Women's World Cup for the fourth time after beating the Netherlands 2-0 Sunday night. Forward Megan Rapinoe's coolly taken penalty,...

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Africa Cup of Nations: Egypt sack head coach Javier Aguirre after last-16 painful exit

July 7th, 2019098 Egypt have sacked head coach Javier Aguirre after the hosts suffered a shock defeat by South Africa in the last-16 of the Africa Cup of Nation. The...

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Andy Murray and Serena Williams make strong start in mixed doubles

July 7th, 20190105 Andy Murray and Serena Williams began their blockbuster partnership with a confident win in the Wimbledon mixed doubles on a buzzing Centre Court. Britain's Murray...

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Egypt 0 1 South Africa : South Africa Sends Host Egypt Packing, Meet Nigeria in AFCON Quarter-Finals

July 6th, 20190101 South Africa have qualified for the quarter-finals of the ongoing African Cup of Nations tournament after beating host Egypt 1-0 on Saturday. Thembinkosi Lorch...

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Buhari Salutes Super Eagles For Victory Over Cameroon

July 6th, 2019081 President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Super Eagles of Nigeria for making progress in the ongoing African Cup of Nations in Egypt, after a delightful win over...

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Atletico Madrid accuse Barcelona of 'disrespect' over Antoine Griezmann

July 6th, 2019090 Atletico Madrid have accused Antoine Griezmann and Barcelona of "disrespect" and say the La Liga champions talked to their forward in March. Atletico say they have...

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AFCON 2019: Benin Reach Quarter-Finals

July 5th, 2019099 Benin produced a major surprise to beat Morocco 4-1 on penalties and book a quarter-final spot at the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time. Mama Seibou hit the...

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Former Chelsea Boss Maurizio Sarri Gives Cristiano Ronaldo 40 Goals Target Next Season

June 22nd, 20190107 The new Bianconeri boss has met with the Portuguese superstar and outlined his plans for 2019-20, with it his intention to implement a new system Maurizio Sarri...

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Chelsea agree deal for Manager, Maurizio Sarri to join Juventus

June 14th, 20190124 Chelsea have agreed a deal in principle for their manager Maurizio Sarri to join Serie A champions Juventus. An agreement was reached late on Thursday evening after...

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'It was a dream to play for this club and now I am here': Hazard tells 50,000 fans in a £400,000-a-week deal

June 14th, 20190145 Eden Hazard admitted he has fulfilled 'a dream' after being unveiled as a Real Madrid player at the Santiago Bernabeu on Thursday night. Hazard has signed...

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Super Falcons beat South Korea 2-0

June 12th, 20190118 The Super Falcons on Wednesday boosted Nigeria’s chances of qualifying for the next round in the ongoing FIFA Women World Cup in France with a 2-0 victory over South...

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Portugal edges Netherlands to clinch Nations League title

June 10th, 20190143 ortugal beats Netherlands 1-0 in the final to win the first edition of the UEFA Nations League. Valencia winger Gonçalo Guedes scored the final's only goal in 60th...

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Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr drops Kelechi Iheanacho and Semi Ajayi from the 2019 AFCON squad

June 9th, 20190137 Leicester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho has been dropped by Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr ahead of Nigeria's campaign at the 2019 Nations Cup in Egypt. Likewise,...

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Gernot Rohr released final 23 man squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

June 9th, 20190274 Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr has released his final 23 man squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. Kelechi...

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Nightmare in New York! Anthony Joshua suffered technical knockout in the seventh round against Andy Ruiz Jr after being knocked down FOUR TIMES losing WBA, WBO and IBF belts

June 2nd, 20190245 ‘I’m sorry I let my friends and supporters down’ – Anthony Joshua reacts after shocking defeat to Andy Ruiz Jr. The sold-out crowd in New York which was...

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Liverpool Beat Spurs To Win 2018/2019 Champions League Trophy

June 1st, 20190356 It was Mohamed Salah, such a disconsolate figure when he was injured early in that loss to Real Madrid, who set Liverpool on their way with a penalty after two minutes...

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U-20 World Cup: Wobbling & Fumbling Flying Eagles draw Ukraine 1-1, qualify for Round of 16

May 31st, 20190128 Nigeria’s Flying Eagles came from behind to secure a 1-1 draw against Ukraine in a Group D match at the 2019 U-20 World Cup in Poland on...

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Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben bow out of Bayern Munich with another Bundesliga title

May 19th, 20190162 Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben found the perfect way to say goodbye to Bayern Munich with both getting themselves on the scoresheet to help Bayern win the Bundesliga...

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Cristiano Ronaldo Wins Serie A Player Of The Year, Becomes The First Player To Pick Up The Equivalent Award In England, Spain, And Italy

May 19th, 20190233 Juventus striker, Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Serie A Player of the Year award in his first season in Italy. According to Goal, Ronaldo will be...

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Manchester City Complete Historic Treble with 6-0 Win over Watford in FA Cup

May 19th, 20190155 Manchester City became the first English club to secure a men's domestic treble after beating Watford 6-0in the 2019 FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday....

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Manchester City win back-to-back Premier League titles after surviving early Brighton scare

May 12th, 20190289 City are back-to-back Premier League champions after coming from behind to beat Brighton 4-1 at the Amex Stadium. PosTeamPGDPts1Manchester...

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Liverpool will earn more Premier League prize money than Manchester City even if they do not win the league

May 12th, 20190383 Liverpool will earn more Premier League prize cash this season than Manchester City — whether or not Jurgen Klopp's side win the title on...

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Chelsea Face Arsenal in an All-English Europa Final

May 10th, 20190195 Eden Hazard scored the winning penalty as Chelsea edged past Eintracht Frankfurt 4-3 on penalties to set up an all-English Europa League final against...

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Ajax 2-3 Tottenham (3-3 agg) - Lucas Moura, The Rejected Stone @ PSG Takes Spurs To First Ever European Champions League Final

May 8th, 20190231 Lucas Moura scored a dramatic 96th-minute winner to cap an astonishing Tottenham fightback against Ajax and set up an all-English Champions League final against...

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Liverpool 4-0 Barcelona (4-3 agg): Liverpool complete Spectacular Anfield Comeback to Overturn Three-Goal Deficit and Reach the Champions League Final For Second Successive Seasons

May 7th, 20190278 Liverpool are into their second successive Champions League final after overcoming Barcelona with a stunning second-leg fightback on an epic night at Anfield. Roared...

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Manchester City 1-0 Leicester: Vincent Kompany stunner wins crucial Premier League clash

May 6th, 20190226 Vincent Kompany scored a long-range stunner to down Leicester City 1-0 and put one hand on the Premier League trophy for Manchester City. Pep Guardiola's side were...

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Chelsea 3 Watford 0 : It's Now Official That Chelsea Qualify For Champions League While Manchester United Relegated

May 5th, 20190202 Eden Hazard created two goals as Chelsea moved into third place in the Premier League standings with victory at home to Watford on Sunday...

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Newcastle 2-3 Liverpool - Substitute Divock Origi gave Liverpool a Crucial Win And Takes Premier League Title Race to Final Day

May 4th, 20190206 Substitute Divock Origi gave Liverpool a major boost in the title race with a dramatic late winner in a 3-2 victory away to Newcastle. Jamal Lascelles...

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Boeing 737 Carrying 143 Passengers Slides Off Runway Into Florida River After Landing; No Fatality Recorded

May 4th, 20190185 Boeing Co. said it’s helping to investigate how a 737-800 plane arriving from Cuba slipped into a river after skidding off a runway near Jacksonville,...

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Barcelona 3 : 0 Liverpool - Messi's unbelievable 35-yard free-kick provides comfortable win from the Champions League semi-final first leg

May 1st, 20190304 Luis Suarez broke Liverpool hearts when he left for Barcelona in 2014 and he left them hurting again with the opener here in his first game against his former...

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Barcelona vs Liverpool preview : FC Barcelona with shaky defense will meet waterloo at Camp Nou Tonight

May 1st, 20190194 Barcelona vs Liverpool preview: Messi vs Van Dijk, Coutinho and Suarez reunion as Reds play for their season UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE May 1, 2019 3:11pmJAKE...

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World Cup winner Iker Casillas, 37 suffers heart attack

May 1st, 20190171 World Cup winning goalkeeper Iker Casillas has suffered a heart attack while training with Porto. The 37-year-old goalkeeper, who won football's greatest prize...

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Manchester United keeper, David De Gea's dramatic slump in form is due to crisis of confidence

April 25th, 20190192 As Leroy Sane's firm strike flicked off the boot of David de Gea at Old Trafford on Wednesday night, some on the United bench might have been transported back to the...

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Premier League Title Race - Kindly View Manchester City and Liverpool's Remaining Matches

April 25th, 20190217 Here are the remaining fixtures for both teams: Manchester City April 28: Burnley (away) May 6: Leicester (home) May 12: Brighton...

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Manchester United 0-2 Manchester City: City back to the top of Premier League table

April 24th, 20190197 Second-half goals form Bernardo Silva and substitute Leroy Sane gave Manchester City a 2-0 derby triumph over Manchester United as Pep Guardiola's men edged back ahead...

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Manchester City will meet waterloo tonight at Old Trafford. We can never walk alone.

April 24th, 20190164 Manchester United are back in action against Manchester City following the appalling 4-0 defeat to Everton at the weekend. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will...

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PSG 3-1 Monaco: Kylian Mbappe hat-trick seals Ligue 1 title trophy

April 22nd, 20190141 Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick and Neymar made his return from a three-month injury lay-off as Paris Saint-Germain began their Ligue 1 title celebrations with a...

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Arsenal 2-3 Crystal Palace: James McArthur hits winner as Eagles seal surprise victory

April 22nd, 20190141 Arsenal's hopes of a top-four finish were dented after Christian Benteke's first goal in a year helped Crystal Palace to an excellent win which confirmed their...

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Cardiff 0-2 Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp's Reds go back to the top of the Premier League

April 22nd, 20190137 Jürgen Klopp hailed a ‘massive’ result after Liverpool reclaimed top spot in the Premier League by beating Cardiff City 2-0. Georginio Wijnaldum’s well-taken...

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Manchester City 1-0 Tottenham: Phil Foden scores first Premier League goal, takes City back to the top

April 21st, 20190123 Phil Foden scored his first Premier League goal as Manchester City battled to a 1-0 win over their Champions League conquerors Tottenham to return to the top of the...

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Juventus 2-1 Fiorentina: Cristiano Ronaldo claims first league title since moving to Italy

April 20th, 20190155 Having lost back-to-back games against SPAL and Ajax in their previous two matches, Massimiliano Allegri would've been desperate for his side to wrap the title up on...

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Real Madrid will complete £86m signing of Chelsea's Eden Hazard 'within a matter of days'

April 19th, 20190164 Real Madrid will complete the £86million signing of Eden Hazard from Chelsea 'within a matter of days'. The deal for the Belgian forward is on the...

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Napoli 0-1 Arsenal (0-3 agg): Alexandre Lacazette's rocket free-kick secures Europa League semi-final tie against Valencia.

April 19th, 20190145 Arsenal keeper Petr Cech says his side made a "very difficult" trip to Napoli "look easy" to seal a 3-0 aggregate win and reach the Europa League last...

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Porto 1-4 Liverpool (1-6 agg): The Reds are physically & Mentally set to feast on FC Barcelona

April 17th, 20190178 Liverpool set up a Champions League semi-final with FC Barcelona by beating FC Porto 4-1 at Estadio do Dragao on Wednesday night. Goals from Sadio Mane, Mohamed...

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Manchester City 4-3 Tottenham (4-4 agg): Fernando Llorente takes Spurs into Champions League semi-finals as RAHEEM STERLING was denied a dramatic late winner

April 17th, 20190180 Tottenham booked their place in the Champions League semi-finals in dramatic fashion on an incredible night at the Etihad. Raheem Sterling and Heung-Min Son both...

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Barcelona 3-0 Manchester United (agg 4-0): Merciless Messi Ends Champions League's Dream For United

April 16th, 20190178 Manchester United saw their Champions League dreams ended by a 3-0 defeat at Barcelona . The Red Devils were well beaten at the Nou Camp and were on...

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Watford 0-1 Arsenal: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a fortunate goal in the 10th minute

April 15th, 20190148 Another chance to cut the pretentious down to size and remind the world why, in his estimable opinion, Arsenal lack 'cojones'. Yet since he first made that claim on the...

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Crystal Palace 1-3 Manchester City: Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus inspire Manchester City to a ninth straight Premier League win

April 14th, 20190140 Raheem Sterling scored twice against Crystal Palace to inspire Manchester City to a ninth straight Premier League win after a dominant performance at Selhurst...

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Salah and Mane send Reds back to the top of Premier League Table

April 14th, 20190150 Liverpool returned to the top of the Premier League with a victory over Chelsea at Anfield. Manchester City had briefly gone to the summit with their win at Crystal...

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Liverpool vs Chelsea LIVE @16.30 hours : Chelsea Will Meet Waterloo At Anfield Today.

April 14th, 20190163 Chelsea Will Meet Waterloo At Anfield Today. Welcome to Anfield where we'll have live coverage of the Premier League clash between Liverpool and Chelsea. The...

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Slavia Prague 0-1 Chelsea: Marcos Alonso's late header rescues Chelsea in Czech capital.

April 11th, 20190165 Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri said he was pleased with how his side "suffered" before beating Slavia Prague in their Europa League quarter-final first leg. Marcos...

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Arsenal 2-0 Napoli: Aaron Ramsey and Kalidou Koulibaly own goal put Gunners ahead for 2nd Leg next week.

April 11th, 20190151 In an open night of football, Arsenal beat Napoli 2-0 in their Europa League quarter-final. Goals from Aaron Ramsey and Lucas Torreira have given Arsenal a good lead...

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Wasteful Manchester United Team Failed To Register A Shot On Target Against FC Barcelona for 90 minutes

April 11th, 20190283 While Ole Gunnar Solskjaer managed to pull off the great escape against Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16 of the Champions League, questions still...

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Jose Mourinho gives Manchester United vs Barcelona prediction

April 10th, 20190200 Jose Mourinho believes Manchester United can pull off a surprise victory against Barcelona but has warned his former club that Lionel Messi will want to 'leave his...

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Liverpool 2-0 Porto: Naby Keita and Roberto Firmino strike gave the Reds crucial first-leg advantage in Champions League quarter-final clash

April 10th, 20190124 Naby Keita and Roberto Firmino scored first-half goals to give Liverpool a 2-0 advantage after the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final with FC...

Tottenham 1-0 Manchester City : Son Heung-min scores while Sergio Aguero missed penalty

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