The Governor of Lagos State, Barrister Babatunde Raji Fashola will lead a strong government delegation to the final of the 2015 GTBank-Lagos Principals Cup billed for the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Wednesday, May 20. Apart from the government team, the sponsors, GTBank will also be represented by top hierarchy of the bank at the ground, which
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Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote claims he still harbours hopes of one day buying Arsenal, Dailymail reports. The Nigerian has an estimated fortune of 15billion US dollars (£10.4billion) and is reported to have wanted to buy into the Gunners when former director Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith was selling her shares in 2010. Arsenal’s current majority shareholder
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Twenty-seven schools have emerged as champions from the state finals in the on-going 17th edition of the NNPC-Shell Cup for Nigerian secondary schools sponsored by the Shell Petroleum Development Company Joint Venture. According to the Nigerian School Sports Federation, organisers of the event, the state champions will now compete in zonal preliminaries between April 27
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Barcelona have been drawn against Pep Guardiola’s Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-finals. The other last-four tie sees Juventus – in their first semi-final since 2003 – face Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid, the defending champions. The first legs will be played on 5 and 6 May, with the return matches a week later. In
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The Champions League makes a much anticipated comeback tonight with revenge in the air in some of the round of 16 pairings. Paris Saint-Germain, Schalke and Manchester City go into their next games with scores to settle from last season’s showdown. The draw for the next round has given these teams a chance to get
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Jamaican sprint star, Usain Bolt has confirmed he will retire from athletics after the 2017 World Championships in London. He said this in an interview to a British tabloid published on Saturday. The six-time Olympic gold medalist had previously intimated that he will quit sport after the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. However,
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Lionel Messi scored his 23rd hat-trick on his 300th La Liga appearance for Barcelona who swept past Levante. The result means Barca are once again only a point behind leaders Real Madrid, who beat Deportivo La Coruna 2-0 on Saturday. Neymar scored the opener with an effort that spun in off his foot, before Messi
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Belgian international midfielder Eden Hazard has signed a new five-and-a-half-year contract with Chelsea, the Premier League leaders have confirmed on Thursday. The 24-year-old Hazard joined Chelsea from Lille in June 2012 and has since made a total 147 appearances, scoring 43 goals, for the Londoners. “I am very happy to sign a new contract with
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The Super Eagles have moved one step up from 43rd to 42nd in the world following the latest FIFA ranking for February. Nigeria began the year 2015 from where they left off the previous year. And despite missing out on the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea, the Super Eagles went two spots
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Manchester United 3-0 Burnley: Substitute Chris Smalling scored twice to help Manchester United overcome battling Burnley and climb up to third in the Premier League table. United lost Phil Jones and Daley Blind to injury but Smalling nodded his team into the lead with his first touch after Radamel Falcao’s flick back. Danny Ings equalised
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