Bulgarian Bogdan Dochev – the assistant referee who failed to spot Maradona’s Hand of God goal against England at the 1986 World Cup – has died aged 80.
Cristiano Ronaldo and his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez – with her belly bump – looked besotted with one another as they enjoyed a sunny day together in Corsica this week.
This week’s landmark vote on the NFF Bill in Nigeria’s Senate has been described as the “most remarkable in the history” of the FA by its President, Amaju Pinnick.
Pablo Zabaleta and Sergio Aguero stunned the gossip media in October last year when they revealed Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola temporarily cut Wi-Fi in the club’s training complex.
World No 3 Stanislas Wawrinka came out on top in his slug fest with Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov at the French Open.
Wawrinka won 6-4 7-6 7-5 on Thursday and moved into the third round in Paris as he looks for a second title at Roland Garros.
The 2015 champion, who has yet to drop a set in this tournament, may have won in three sets but it was tougher than it looked with Dolgopolov, a former top 20 player, giving him a run for his money.
They broke each other once early in the first set and both players aggressively looked for quick winners with their rallies lasting an average of 2.8 shots.
The 2015 champion, is yet to drop a set in this tournament.
The 32-year-old Wawrinka, aiming to become only the third man in the professional era to win three or more slams after turning 30, squeezed in another break to snatch the first set with a fierce backhand down the line.
The pair traded blows in a finely balanced second set before taking it into a tiebreak, with Wawrinka again emerging victorious. He sealed the second set with an ace.
It was a similar story in the third set with both players pummelling each other until Wawrinka broke Dolgopolov a second time to clinch victory and deny the world number 89 his first third round spot in Paris since 2011.
By: Daily Mail
A Japanese martial arts book written more than 100 years ago has revealed the moves women once used to fight off attacks by men.
Video footage of Tiger Woods being arrested for allegedly driving under the influence has been released by police in Florida.
NFF President Amaju Pinnick, 2nd Vice President/LMC chairman Shehu Dikko and top executives of Nigeria’s foremost energy solutions company, Aiteo Group were at the Super Eagles’ camp in Paris on Thursday.
Nigeria’s sole African continental football cup campaigners Rivers United are billed to take on Kampala Capital City Authority FC of Uganda on Saturday as both teams seek a firm stand on the Group A table after gathering one win and one loss respectively with the Kasasiro boys sitting at the bottom of the table. The leader of the Rivers United delegation Boma Iyaye believes that only a win will ease the team of their current burden.
The Rivers state commissioner of Sport insists that the team have their destiny in their hands going into Saturdays match in Kampala. “We expect the best from Rivers United, they have their destiny in their hands knowing fully well that the group is still very open, a win for them will shoot them up to the first position and a loss for them will be very sad. The prayer now is that they put their acts together and get a good result.”
KCCA recovered from their matchday one 3 – 0 loss to FUS in Morocco to win their second game 2 – 1 against Club Africain while Rivers United beat FUS 1 – 0 in Port Harcourt after losing 3 – 1 to Club Africain in their first match but three points will help consolidate their position on the table and Boma Iyaye hopes they can convert their chances which they failed to do most times in their first two matches especially last week at home.
“When you play in front of your home crowd there is always lots of pressure, you want to score quickly so that pressure made them lose some chances in the first half but we expect that they should have been able to correct their mistakes and do the right things at the right time.
Iyaye also insists that winning the CAF Confederations Cup trophy is the only way the team can repay the government for their unflinching support.
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