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.Dedicates
ABS draw to Governor Danguje
.Pick July 7 for bye-election
Rivers
Hoopers were beaten 72-81 by a ruthless Kwara Falcons side on Thursday in Port
Harcourt. Hoopers
forward, Buchi Nwaiwu scored 12 points and 7 rebounds the only player from the
totally subdued home team to score in double digits.
The Rivers State Chairman of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Felix Obuah has promised Rivers United FC players the sum of N1,000,000 (One million naira) if they win their match against Club
Africain of Tunisia in the ongoing CAF Confederation Cup competition on Sunday at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Elekahia, Port
Harcourt.
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Some of
Lionel Messi's current and former Barcelona team-mates have touched down in
Argentina ahead of his highly-anticipated wedding to Antonella Roccuzzo on
Friday. 
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A recently published report of FIFA Ethics
Committee’s Investigatory Chamber proves that Russia’s bidding committee made
no violations whatsoever securing its right for hosting the 2017 Confederations
Cup and the 2018 World Cup, Russia’s senior football executive told TASS on
Tuesday.
Jose
Mourinho said an emotional goodbye to his father Felix on Tuesday morning as he
attended his funeral in Setubal, Portugal. The
Manchester United manager confirmed that his father had passed away on Sunday
evening at the age of 79 after suffering with ill health for several months.
Ahmad Usman
of Wikki Tourists polled the highest number of votes for the Nigeria
Professional Football League (NPFL) VAT Wonder Goal for Matchday 24. The Wikki
man finished in the voting process for the best goal of the matchday under
review ahead of Andrew Ikefe of Niger Tornadoes and Musa Suleman of Katsina
United.
Everton have
pulled off a significant transfer coup by landing Henry Onyekuru from Belgian
outfit KAS Eupen. The Nigeria
striker finished last season as the joint leading scorer in the Belgian Super
League with 22 goals in 38 games – 10 of those came in the final 10 games – and
he has attracted the attention of a number of top clubs across Europe.
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Manchester
City star Kevin De Bruyne has tied the knot with his girlfriend Michele
Lacroix. The couple,
who have a one-year-old son named Mason Milian, have been dating since 2014.
Chelsea
midfielder Nemanja Matic has reportedly moved to the brink of joining
Manchester United. With Blues
head coach Antonio Conte looking at ways to strengthen his squad, it has been
claimed that Matic could be allowed to leave Stamford Bridge and United boss
Jose Mourinho is an admirer of the Serbian having worked with him during his
time in West London.
Just 24
hours after being announced as Kenya's most influential sporting personality,
Tottenham midfielder Victor Wanyama had a street named after him in Tanzania...
but the kindhearted gesture did not last long!
Claudio
Ranieri has been unveiled as the new manager of French club Nantes after
signing a two-year contract. The
65-year-old Italian, who famously led Leicester City to an improbable Premier
League title triumph in 2016, was presented with the distinctive yellow shirt
of the Ligue 1 club and toured their Stade de la Beaujoire home before taking
training with his new squad.
Frank de
Boer has revealed he took advice from Louis van Gaal ahead of becoming new
Crystal Palace manager. The Dutchman
has signed a three-year deal worth £2.5million per season to take over at
Selhurst Park.
Jose
Mourinho's father Felix has passed away at the age of 79. The
Manchester United manager posted a black-and-white photograph of himself as a
young boy alongside his father, a former goalkeeper, on his Instagram account.
The Management
of Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Ilorin FC, has concluded arrangements to
commission its new Puma kits against Kano Pillars on Wednesday in Ilorin. The Club's
Director of Football, Alloy Chukwuemeka, told the players after Monday's
training in Ilorin, that they will seize to wear anything again but Puma.
Akwa United
Football Club technical adviser Abdu Maikaba has said that his team will treat
their host, Remo Stars with respect despite their position on the log when both
meet in one of matchday 26 fixtures of the Nigeria Professional Football League
NPFL on Wednesday in Shagamu.
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list after meeting with NFF
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A late rally
ensured Rivers Hoopers beat Nigeria Customs by 96-91 points at the Indoor
Sports Hall of the National Stadium in Lagos on Thursday thus extending their
imperious winning streak on the road to five games.
Cristiano
Ronaldo has no intention of paying the €14.7m (£12.9m) he has been accused of
defrauding the Spanish taxman upfront, his agency Gestifute have told Spanish
news agency EFE.
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Babalola
Chelsea star
Eden Hazard has shared an update from his road to recovery as he looks to
overcome an ankle injury suffered on international duty. It has
already been revealed that the Belgian forward will miss the start of the
season following his fracture at the start of June, but he seems in good
spirits this week.
Luis Suarez
broke down in tears as he made an emotional return to the pitch in Uruguay
where he first kicked a football. The
Barcelona star and his family went back to his first club, Nacional, where a
new synthetic pitch has been named in his honour.
Super Eagles
chief coach Salisu Yusuf’s mother Hajiya Binta Yusuf has died. She was 88 years old, Sportinglens.blogspot.com can reveal.
•NPFL
players, officials to wear black armbands
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Ex-international
Duke Udi, Monday afternoon resigned from his position as head coach of Osun
United Football Club.
Luka Modric
could face five years in jail if found guilty after Croatian authorities opened
an investigation into possible perjury.
Cristiano
Ronaldo believes he has been ‘treated like a criminal’ in Spain because of the
recent tax probe. Speaking to
Zinedine Zidane, the 32-year-old legend has expressed his desire to leave Real
Madrid because of this, and has been linked to Bayern Munich and Manchester
United.
Bayern
Munich are reportedly being forced out of making a move for Alexis Sanchez as they
cannot match the Arsenal forward's wage demands.
Florentino
Perez will serve another term as Real Madrid president after standing unopposed
for re-election, the club have announced. 
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Babalola
Manchester
United are reported to be readying an eye-watering bid comprising David de Gea
and a cash sum in exchange for Real Madrid duo Cristiano Ronaldo and Alvaro
Morata.
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