The Blues, who could have gone top with a win, struggled to get out of first gear throughout but did give themselves hope when Diego Costa pulled one back on the hour after a sloppy start saw them fall two behind
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According to him, as one of the champions of the game, there has not been any motivation for the players who the need support to help them to focus on developing themselves
Nwabili, who sorted the club’s permission to see his parents in Minna, failed to return to Umuahia on deadline date as ordered by the club’s technical consultant
Shortly after the closure of the transfer window, Anichebe moved to the Stadium of Light on a free after his release from West Bromwich Albion but he must wait to make his Black Cats bow after suffering an injury in training
Ikpeme threw this challenge to the Flamingoes when he visited the team during its evening training session on Wednesday at the FIFA Goal Project Pitch, Abuja
Already, the Confederation of African Football has announced that the Falcons will head Group B of the eight –nation tournament, starting in Cameroon on 19th November 2016
Grisha, 40, has been a FIFA referee since 2008. He will be assisted by fellow Egyptians Tahssen Abo El Sadat Bedyer (assistant referee 1), Ahmed Hossameldin Taha (assistant referee 2) and Ibrahim Noureldin (Fourth Official)
The Argentina international has hit the ground running under Pep Guardiola by scoring nine goals in his first five games, including two hat-tricks with just a month of the season played
A drab 90 minutes saw both teams struggle to create opportunities, but Man United lost a second successive match after Vilhena found the bottom corner with a smart finish in the 79th minute of the Group A fixture
Efugh said: “The truth is that we are working hard, my fellow players are working round the clock, I honestly think we have been unlucky, we play like we should
According to sources, “after making the withdrawal and making their way to the office, a three-man armed robbery gang, closed in on the vehicle the officials were driving in and collect part of the total sum withdrawn at gun point”
“As for my not complaining for the arrears of debt the football federation owes me, I want to say that some of the clubs I handled equally owe me. I don’t complain because it is a Nigeria situation and we have to live with it. However, I am still expecting the payment of the backlog salaries and other financial emoluments,” he noted
The Brazilian navigated FC Ifeanyiubah through difficult fixtures against fellow title contenders, Enugu Rangers and Wikki Tourists, defeating both teams 2-0 and 1-0 respectively and that feat had in between a 1-0 win at Warri Wolves having early lost 0-2 at Plateau United. This meant that Everton helped the Nnewi club earn nine points
in four matches
The Gernot Rohr team, who defeated the Taifas Stars of Tanzania in their dead rubber game in Uyo a few weeks back, amassed 534 points to witness an improvement on the log
The venue, which holds 70,000 seats, is no stranger to major football tournaments having been one of the stadia used in the 2012 European Championships
matches just as Enyimba’s Masseur, Mr. Ifeanyi Kalu was handed a one year ban from all activities of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) and his club fined N250,000
In the first doubles tie, Koleosho and Emmanuel partnered to record an emphatic 3-0 bashing of the Polish pair of Rafal Lis and Krzyszt Zylka.
However, the 1-0 lead of Nigeria was thwarted when Rafal Lis struggled to beat Koleosho 3-2 in the first singles match to restore parity
Spurs were on top but against the run of play, Monaco went ahead through Silva who lashed the ball into the bottom corner from 16 yards after benefiting from a mistake from Erik Lamela
Bruno Cesar had sent an impressive Sporting side one goal ahead early in the second period of the Group F clash, but Cristiano Ronaldo levelled with an 89th-minute free kick, before Morata won it with virtually the last touch of the match.
The hosts very nearly took the lead after just three minutes as hesitation among the Leicester defence allowed Jose Izquierdo to race forward, but his shot flew wide of Schmeichel’s goal