Airways airplane from Lagos to Johannesburg before connecting another South African Airways flight to Windhoek on Wednesday morning
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There were debuts for new-signings Dele Ajiboye, Debekeme Tamarakuro, King Osanga and Bernard Okorowanta, while Cup holders, Akwa United, head coach, Maurice Cooreman, gave starting places to Cyril Olisemah, Emmanuel Umoh and Franklyn Umoh and Emeka Isaac
As a match-fixing controversy continued to reverberate at Melbourne Park, Williams swatted Hsieh Su-Wei 6-1, 6-2 to reach the third round as she seeks a record-equalling 22nd major title
The 28-year-old world number one, who easily beat French teenager Quentin Halys on Wednesday to advance to the Australian Open third round, was asked about a report in Italian newspaper Tuttosport that he had deliberately lost to now-retired French player Fabrice Santoro at the Paris Masters
In a career that has seen him win two Olympic 1500m gold medals before becoming a successful businessman and a member of the British parliament, Coe expertly knows how to dodge and take a bullet or two
Bolt, who on Wednesday collected a Gleaner Honour Award for sport after another dominant season in 2015, following his triple gold medal performance at the World Championships in Beijing, China, says he hopes to continue inspiring people off the track long after his final race
Even though he has fought Tim Bradley twice before, he explained why it was the fight he wanted. “This is a great opportunity and privilege to fight Bradley again,” he said. “I chose Bradley because I believe Bradley is different from before, when we had our last fight. He improved a lot, we saw that in his last fight against [Brandon Rios.”
Fellow countryman, Oamogetse Godisamang, and South African, Stevens Khumalo, will assist Bondo, while Mali’s Mahamadou Keita will serve as the reserve referee
Federer broke serve in the sixth game of the first set, and that was enough for the Swiss pro to take the lead Down Under
UEFA’s statement came after FIFA told the media recently that their banned President Sepp Blatter was still being paid
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the players, who were received at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, were accompanied by two Brazilian coaches
Pinnick and Giwa fought in the office of the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, who had called them for an amicable resolution of the crisis in the football house
Speaking after the match in the Monday Night Football studio, former Liverpool defender, Carragher, said: “We spoke all season about how great the front two have been and they have been but they [Watford] do rely on them too heavily. There’s only been one goal from open play all season, the first goal Watford scored of the season at Goodison [Miguel Layun in the 2-2 draw at Everton] where these [Deeney and Ighalo] haven’t scored or assisted and it just shows how influential they are
The Chilean manager has used the 19-year-old sparingly, with Saturday’s start only Iheanacho’s third in the subsequent 18 games.
“I always say the same about young players,” said Pellegrini
The International Association of Athletics Federations’ Deputy Secretary General, Nick Davies, also stood down temporarily pending a review into allegations that he covered up Russian doping suspicions
Abu Dhabi’s state-run The National newspaper reported on Tuesday that the police officer appeared in Dubai’s Court of Misdemeanors over the posting the video to the mobile phone app Snapchat in December
In a question and answer time, Moses was asked: Victor, how important was the win at Manchester City back in September and what were the key factors in seeing the Hammers come away with all three points?
“After tests carried out today on the player Gareth Bale, he has been diagnosed with soleus muscle injury in his right leg,” a Madrid club statement said. “His recovery will continue to be assessed
The LMC are the organizers of the Nigeria Professional Football League from which the 23 players were selected from to represent Nigeria in the ongoing African Nations Championship in Rwanda
Disclosing this in Abuja, the General Manger of the club, Tolulope Oguntimehin, said apart from measures taken to beef up the squad expected to do battle coming season, the management has expressed their readiness to adopt various means in ensuring swift operation amidst current economic realities