Shinji Okazaki sent the visitors into a 28th-minute lead, but just five minutes later, Riyad Mahrez was denied by Mark Bunn from the penalty spot and that miss proved crucial as Rudy Gestede equalised for Villa 15 minutes from time
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Chelsea’s first real chance came in the 16th minute when Willian found space inside the Everton box, but his low strike was kept out by the diving Tim Howard. Moments later, Kevin Mirallas had the ball in the back of the net down the other end, but the Belgian was correctly called offside
Sergio Aguero scored either side of half time and set up a third late on, as an at times inconsistent Citizens side returned to winning ways by cruising past their sorry opponents
Sunderland, chasing a third Premier League win in a row, soon settled and Spurs struggled to create much in the next 30 minutes as the Black Cat defended tightly, giving the hosts no space in front of the penalty areab
The winning goal on Tuesday was certainly a lucky one as Palace keeper Wayne Hennessey fumbled Joleon Lescott’s header over the line.
It came in the 58th minute and Villa have scored just five first-half goals this season, a league low
Manuel Pellegrini will most likely look back at the midweek Premier League fixtures as a missed opportunity for his side in the title race.
With Arsenal dropping points and Tottenham Hotspur losing, victory for City would have seen them move above the Gunners on goal difference and be just one point off the top of the table
Indeed, had Mauricio Pochettino’s men been able to beat their counterparts from the East Midlands, it would have moved them to within just four points of rivals and league leaders, Arsenal
The Blues twice squandered the lead as a pair of cracking strikes from Craig Gardner and James McClean saw West Brom take a point back to the West Midlands
Frank Ilaboya, the Chairman of the Edo State Football Association, made the remark on Friday in Benin at the burial of the late Mrs. Keshi
He is wanted by France on charges of complicity in receiving bribes, aggravated money-laundering and conspiracy in an organised group to invest, conceal or convert the proceeds of active corruption
The 75-year-old triple World Cup winner had the preparatory operation at the Special Surgery hospital in New York, United States of America on December 3, Pepito, his long-time press officer, told the media
Carroll’s latest setback came 15 minutes into Tuesday’s 3-1 Premier League win over Bournemouth, which moved the Hammers up to fifth in the standings, ahead of Manchester United
Hayatou was assisted by the General Secretary of CAF, Hicham El Amrani, and Dato’ Windsor John, the General Secretary of the AFC.
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In the Boys’ 12&u doubles final, Daniel Adeleye and Sulaiman Ibrahim defeated Kabba of Togo and Kamara of Sierra Leone, while in the Boys’ 14&u, Michael Osewa and Friday Gabriel paired to beat their fellow Nigerians, Saminu Abubakar and Musa Sani 7-6 (3), 6-4
The forward recently admitted he would find it hard to reject a move to Old Trafford. However, he appears to have performed a dramatic U-turn, saying he is committed to Watford
Susan Edeh, a Reporter with Vanguard Newspapers, told NAN that because there was no provision for the female category, she opted to join her male counterparts in forming the football team for the Correspondents’ Chapel
Rwanda qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining 15 spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from June to October 2015
The Chipolopolo boys, coached by George Lwandamina, arrived in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, on Thursday after a five-day training camp in Johannesburg, South Africa
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