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Ramos suffers calf injury ahead of Liverpool tie

Sergio Ramos suffered a calf injury while on international duty with Spain, just five days before Real Madrid’s Champions League quarter-final first leg against Liverpool, the La Liga champions announced on Thursday. The veteran centre-back made his 180th international appearance in Spain’s World Cup qualifying win over Kosovo as a …

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Juve defender Bonucci positive for Covid after Italy return

Juventus centre-back Leonardo Bonucci has tested positive for Covid-19 after returning from international duty with Italy, the Serie A club announced on Thursday. “Bonucci underwent a test for Covid-19 which came back positive,” Juventus said in a statement. “The player has already been placed in home isolation.” Turkey defender Merih …

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Footballer Toni Kroos reacts to plans by some countries to boycott the Qatar 2022 w/cup as reports allege 6,500 migrant workers have died in the country since 2010

World cup winning champion, Toni Kroos says “it’s wrong” that Qatar were given 2022 World Cup hosting rights after reports alleging that thousands of migrant workers have died since the hosting rights of the competition were awarded to the gulf state elevn years ago.     Germany have been among …

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Ekezie unveils basketball development academy in Lagos

Former NBA star, Obinna Ekezie, at the weekend unveiled the first African basketball development academy in Lagos. Ekezie said the academy, tagged Organised Basketball Network (OBN) Academy, is part of his efforts to revamp the nation’s basketball, which has been at the grassroots level. Located at Plot 8 Ogombo Road, …

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Seun Ogunsakin shows world tennis star qualities

Fourteen-year-old Seun Ogunsakin ‘stole the show” at the grand finale of the 2021 CBN Junior Tennis Championship when he won the boys’ 16 and boys’ 14 titles in one day, with a full display of his prodigious talentOgunsakin, popularly called ‘Nadal’ by his ever-increasing fan base because he has the …

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Fury’s dad casts doubt on Joshua fight

Tyson Fury’s father John has cast doubt over whether his son’s fight with Anthony Joshua will go ahead, reports rte.ie.   Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, had claimed the pair signed a two-fight deal, but Fury Snr insists it means nothing until a date or venue has been arranged. He added …

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Barcelona named best club of decade

The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) has named Barcelona the best club of the past decade.   “FC Barcelona won the CLUB WORLD RANKINGS of the First Decade (2001-2010) and also of the second Decade (2011-2020),” the IFFHS said in a statement.   Barça were ranked with …

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‘He made me train on my own for months’ – Mikel Obi reveals how Antonio Conte ended his Chelsea career because he represented Nigeria at the Olympics

Footballer, Mikel John Obi, has spoken out about how manager Antonio Conte ended his career at Chelsea because he chose to represent Nigeria at the 2016 Olympics. Mikel Obi, who stayed at Chelsea for 11 years after arriving as a teenager in 2005, says he had the opportunity to represent …

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