The England international has become only the second footballer to rack up that many goals in England’s top flight, joining Newcastle United legend, Alan Shearer
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A team of experts appointed by the Confederation of African Football was due to begin the eight-day visit on Sunday to ascertain whether Cameroon can cope with an additional eight more finalists under the tournament’s new 24-team structure.
Arsene Wenger has recently spoken of Arsenal’s need to sell some of the club’s fringe players and it seems that it’s starting to come to fruition.
Iheanacho returned to training on Monday after missing the Foxes 2-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday.
Inaugurating the committee, Obaseki said the idea of a commission of experts was the product of a workshop organised by the state government earlier in the year as part of his administration’s resolve to reposition sports in the state.
Camp GTBank is a football and educational development initiative designed to train and develop outstanding football talents discovered at the GTBank football tournaments, which include the GTBank-Lagos State Principals Cup, GTBank-Ogun State Principals Cup and the GTBank Masters Cup.
Quadri, who has consistently been inking his name in the annals of African table tennis history as the first African to make it to the quarterfinal of the Olympic Games as well as the first player from the continent to make it to the semifinal of the ITTF World Tour.
The IBF and WBA heavyweight champion is training for his next title defence with the IBF’s mandatory challenger, Kubrat Pulev, favourite to be his next opponent which Joshua hopes will take place at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.
The Spaniard, who learned he was going to reclaim the ATP summit a week ago, last topped the men’s charts in July 2014.
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The move has now been announced by Man City, although the deal is subject to international clearance
David Godwin, once again, was at the centre of action
The first goal came via penalty awarded by the referee when Eugene Elijah of Plateau United fouled ABS striker, Wasiu Alalade, inside the 18
The match was played at the Soccer Temple, Agege Stadium, Lagos
Betis were without the ball for much of the opening 30 minutes, but the visitors were dangerous when they had the chance to break, with Joaquin rolling back the years with some wonderful touches in the final third of the field
After a difficult opening five minutes, it was Deportivo that were looking the team more likely to make the breakthrough, with Guilherme just missing the crossbar with a strike from distance as the first period continued to gather pace
The hosts were dominant from the off and could have been ahead in the 13th minute when Dani Alves’s square pass picked out Neymar, who blasted over the bar from 12 yards out
The home team opened scoring 25 minutes into the game through Nwagua Nyima to set the tone for an interesting game.
And it was former youth international, King Osanga, who emerged hero on the night with an extraordinary slice of a free kick two minutes after the break that handed the home side all three points on offer.