The two sides got their 2018 campaigns off to a flying start with a pulsating contest from start to finish, although it took until the 63rd for either to break the deadlock when Jack Wilshere lashed home his first Premier League goal since May 2015.
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The Mediterranean Knights will be making a comeback to the competition after failing to appear at the last edition in Rwanda to defend the title they won in 2014.
The decision came on New Year’s Day as the 35-year-old revealed he now wants to focus on his family following his decision to hang up his gloves.
The capital of Ghana, Accra, is abuzz and bracing up for unarguably the biggest football gathering of the new year, Aiteo CAF Awards 2017.
Fury has been back in the gym in recent months, however, ahead of a proposed comeback in 2018. And the 29-year-old wants to jump straight in at the deep end and face the WBA and IBF king, Joshua.
The League’s Chief Operating Officer, Lawrence Katken, said on Wednesday in Lagos that the three-day tournament would hold at the New-Look “Soccer Temple”, Agege Stadium.
The final shortlist for the awards features Liverpool duo of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane and Borussia Dortmund striker, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Harry Kane was rested on a stormy night at the Liberty Stadium, but his replacement stepped up before Dele Alli sealed the three points late on for Spurs.
City led by two goals inside the first 13 minutes, before Sergio Aguero scored a third in the second period as the Citizens returned to winning ways in comfortable fashion despite conceding in the latter stages.
Ezenwa is joined for the goalkeeping duties by Oladele Ajiboye and Theophilus Afelokhai, and defensive stalwarts Osas Okoro, Stephen Eze and Kalu Orji Okogbue also made the list, as midfielders Ifeanyi Ifeanyi and Ekundayo Ojo and forwards Sunday Faleye and Emeka Atuloma.
The NBBF board led by Engr. Musa Kida making reference to the December 12 and 13, 2017 mail written by the Federation of International Basketball Associations, said any move by individuals or group of people to hold any national or parallel leagues is an effort in futility and an attempt to defraud clubs and sponsors of their hard earned cash.
The Captain of the team, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, bared his mind to thenff.com on the team’s preparation and what to expect at the tournament. Excerpts:
The 28-year-old currently holds three of the five heavyweight titles, having this year added the WBA and [lesser regarded] IBO belts to the IBF belt he won in 2016.
The former undisputed heavyweight world champion, along with his two business partners, will open the property on a 40-acre plot 60 miles southwest of Death Valley National Park.
The former No. 1-ranked Murray had been scheduled to play his first match at the Brisbane International on Thursday, but notified organizers he was pulling out after failing to practice on Tuesday.
One of the most decorated footballers in the history of the sport, Ronaldo recently won his fifth Ballon d’Or trophy.
The pair face a 9,000-mile round trip this week to attend the Confederation of African Football awards bash in Accra, which takes place on Thursday evening.
Arsenal boss Wenger was incensed after Dean awarded a last gasp penalty at West Brom for handball against Calum Chambers.
So, when I stand on the stage this week to open the CAF Awards, the winners will be very clear to me before the awards have even been handed out: the true winners will be every young person who sees that event; sees that the eyes of the world are on Africa and that a future for each one of them exists in which they can go beyond their school, their hobbies, their parents, and truly embrace their potential
Olajire made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, while reflecting on the activities of the football house for 2017.