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There was late drama at the Mohammed Dikko Stadium as hosts Katsina United came from behind to defeat Enyimba 2-1 in a pulsating Matchday 18 encounter. 

NPFL Clubs are complicit in the spate of crowd disturbances and violence at venues of league matches, NFF Integrity Officer, Chris Emerua has told www.brila.net.

Nigeria football legend, Kanu Nwankwo has suggested that football may be dying in the country and the fans are feed up with excuses of non-performance of the national team.

Roger Federer doesn’t love the “perfection” Image that sometimes he receives by fans and media for his game style and very calm character. ´Of course there are many things that I don´t do perfectly or not entirely´, the Swiss player told Watson.ch in an exclusive interview. ´I have my difficulties too. It can´t be alright all the time. I am not happy that they attribute me the perfection image, because I can only disappoint people. It´s also a mystery from where all this comes from. I only try to be myself, it doesn’t matter how much I am successful with sponsors…

Westbrook has consistently carried the Thunder to wins in the season after the franchise was rocked by Kevin Durant’s departure. Combine that with his historic production, a league-leading 31.9 points plus 10.7 rebounds and 10.4 assists per game “Russell Westbrook to be the only player since Oscar Robertson to average a triple-double. No disrespect to their team, but I think James Harden has more help over there,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said before the game. “Earlier in the year, people said he can’t keep this up for 82 games, and he has. What he’s done is really something that you…

10. Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 14 matches against Crystal Palace, stretching back to a 2-1 win at Highbury in October 1994. 9. Arsenal’s record over the Eagles since that game is W11 D3, with only one of those draws coming since 2000. 8. That draw was a 1-1 result at Selhurst Park last season, when Palace also scored for a fourth consecutive game against Arsenal. 7. Arsenal have scored exactly two goals in six of their last seven meetings with Palace. 6. Olivier Giroud scored the opener in the 2-0 win over Palace on New Year’s Day. France…

Paris – Crowd pullers Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios closed in on a mouth-watering Davis Cup final duel on Sunday but France and Belgium cast themselves in the role of party-poopers. World number two Djokovic and his 2010 Davis Cup champions Serbia team had already booked their place in September’s semi-final against nine-time winners France by beating Spain who were hamstrung by the absence of Rafael Nadal. But firebrand Kyrgios needed to seal the deal for Australia on Sunday, securing the winning point in the first of the reverse singles to defeat 32-time champions United States. That gave Australia a…

Everton boss Ronald Koeman has indicated that the club will look to sell Ross Barkley this summer if the England midfielder does not sign a new contract. Barkley’s current deal expires in 2018 and Everton are looking prepared to cash in rather than risk him walking away at the end of next season if he does not re-sign. Speaking after his team’s 4-2 win against Leicester at Goodison Park, Koeman gave a straight response when asked what could be done to fix the 23-year-old’s future. “We offer him a new contract, and then (there are) two possibilities,” Koeman said. “One,…

Barcelona missed the chance to move level on points with Real Madrid in LaLiga as the Catalans were shocked 2-0 by Malaga, with Neymar seeing red. Neymar was sent off as Barcelona’s title hopes suffered a setback with a 2-0 defeat against Malaga in Saturday’s LaLiga encounter at La Rosaleda. Luis Enrique’s men would have been levelled on points with Real Madrid with a win following a draw in the Madrid derby, but the Catalans endured an abysmal day at the job as they rather returned home empty-handed. Barcelona had every reason to be confident heading into the encounter, having gone…

Juventus moved further towards another claim at the Serie A title with a victory against Chievo on Saturday as Gonzalo Higuain’s timely return to form saw him grab both goals. Higuain had gone five league games without scoring before breaking through in the opening period of a triumph that sends Juve nine points clear of second-placed Roma, who take on Bolgona on Sunday, at the top of the log Although Higuain had gone over a month without scoring prior to the Coppa Italia clash with former club Napoli in midweek, the 29-year-old has now scored four goals in his last two…