Sunderland have terminated Adam Johnson’s contract after the winger pleaded guilty to one count of sexual activity with a child and one count of grooming. The 28-year-old is on trial for allegations of child sex charges relating to incidents between December 2014 and February last year. And Johnson, although he has admitted to one charge, […]
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FORMER Nigeria international Segun Odegbami says the Super Eagles must navigate a tortuous World Cup qualification process to book their place at Russia 2018. Sunday Oliseh’s men return to action in March when they face Egypt in a make or break African Cup of Nations qualifier before continuing their qualification process for the World Cup […]
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CHELSEA captain John Terry will leave the club at the end of the 2015-16 season, with the Blues having opted against extending his contract. Terry, who made his debut with the Stamford Bridge club in 1998, will not be given a new deal by the club and will leave when his current terms expire at […]
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Crystal Palace have signed striker Emmanuel Adebayor on a free transfer until the end of the season. Adebayor, 31, was available after being released by Tottenham in September and has scored 94 Premier League goals for Spurs, Arsenal and Manchester City. Two weeks ago, Palace boss Alan Pardew confirmed his interest in signing the Togo […]
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Rafael Nadal suffered his first round-one exit at the Australian Open as Fernando Verdasco recorded a stunning five-set win at Melbourne Park. The Spanish left-handers produced an exhibition of hard-hitting to thrill those inside the Rod Laver Arena over four hours and 40 minutes. Verdasco saved a break point to prevent going 3-0 down in […]
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WORLD football’s governing body Fifa has dismissed secretary general Jerome Valcke. BBC The Frenchman, 55, was provisionally suspended from football for his alleged involvement in a scheme to profit from the sale of World Cup tickets. He was released from his duties on 17 September after being accused of a series of Fifa ethics code […]
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The Barcelona star capped a stunning year with his fifth World Player of the Year gong, beating off competition from team-mate Neymar and Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo Lionel Messi has won the 2015 Fifa Ballon d’Or ahead of Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona team-mate Neymar, claiming the prestigious award at Monday’s ceremony […]
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Zinedine Zidane has described Cristiano Ronaldo as the soul of Real Madrid and insists he will not be sold. The Portugal captain has been rumored to be considering his future at the Santiago Bernabeu despite Zidane having succeeded Rafael Benitez as head coach this week. Though Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United continue to be linked […]
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Super Eagles head coach, Sunday Oliseh has praised his players for their performance in Wednesday’s friendly against Angola, but admitted his charges are not ready to win the competition, Completesportsnigeria reports. The Eagles were held to a 1-1 draw by the Palancas Negras in the encounter. Warri Wolves midfielder opened scoring for Nigeria six minutes […]
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Yaya Toure of Ivory Coast has relinguished his dominance of the continent’s football as he lost the illustrious position as the African Footballer of the Year to Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang following the ceremony the Glo/CAF awards held Thursday night in Abuja. Toure had won the award for four consecutive years before Thursday when Aubameyang was […]
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FIFA U-17 World Cup-winning coach Emmanuel Amuneke will most likely surrender the CAF Coach of the year 2015 award to Herve Renard, who led Cote d’Ivoire to win a long-awaited AFCON trophy in Equatorial Guinea in February. The 2015 AFCON win was after 23 years of wait by the Ivorians who last celebrated AFCON success […]
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Ibrahim Abubakar, head of protocol, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), was on Wednesday shot dead by some suspected armed robbers at his Abuja residence. Confirming the sad news via its twitter handle, @thenff, the NFF said the Kaduna-born football administrator is being conveyed to his hometown of Kaduna, where he would be buried in accordance with […]
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