Real Madrid refuse to say whether Carlo Ancelotti will stay on as coach

  Real Madrid have refused to say whether Carlo Ancelloti will stay on next season although the coach has said he would like another tilt at the Champions League with the Spanish giants. Asked whether the Italian will remain at the club after five days in which Real lost out on the Spanish title to Barcelona and were eliminated from the Champions League by Juventus, the club’s institutional director, Emilio Butragueño, said: “It’s not...

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Keshi allows NPFL players to play midweek games in order to avoid distractions

  Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has allowed players invited to the Super Eagles for next month’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Chad to feature for their clubs in Wednesday’s Nigeria Professional Football League Week 10 matches. Camp was scheduled to open on Tuesday with 26 players from the domestic scene. However, they can now go back to play for their clubs in tomorrow's matches. “We want to allow the players to feature...

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Flying Eagles wrap up tour of Germany with win against Freiburg U23

  Coach Manu Garba’s team made it three wins from three games as they spanked the German Bundesliga youth outfit in a test game played on Tuesday afternoon Nigeria U20 side spanked FC Freiburg U23 4-1 in a friendly game played at the SudwestPark training ground on Tuesday afternoon. Goals from Ibrahim Al Hassan, Godwin Saviour, Ifeanyi Mathew and Usman Saleh were all the reigning African youth champions to get their third win in their...

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Sharapova prevails

Russian third seed Maria Sharapova came from a set down to beat Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro 4-6 7-5 6-1 and win third italian open title. Suarez Navarro, the world number 10, battled hard in the first two sets but ran out of energy in the decider. Her best chance came at 5-5 in the second set but Sharapova finished the set with eight straight points. The Russian capitalised on her opponent's weakness in the third set as she swept to a 35th career...

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Messi seals title for Barcelona

  Lionel Messi struck a second-half winner against Atletico Madrid as Barcelona beat Real Madrid to the Primera Division title. The Catalan side dominated for the majority of the first half but took until the 65th minute to open the scoring and clinch the three points needed to seal their 23rd Spanish crown with a game to go. Barca had goalkeeper Claudio Bravo to thank for holding the hosts at bay as they held on in the second half,...

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Okagbare wins 100m in Shanghai Diamond League

             Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare easily outpaced a star-studded field, including highly-decorated Jamaican sprinters Fraser-Pryce and Veronica Campbell-Brown in the Shanghai Diamond League 100 metres race today, producing a season’s best 10.98 seconds. Campbell-Brown came in fourth and Olympic champion Fraser-Pryce fifth. The result is a blow for Fraser-Pryce in her first 100m of the season, only ...

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