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Swiss tennis star Roger Federer is through to the US Open second round following his straightforward win over Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan in their first-round clash on Wednesday. The 37-year-old defeated the world number 177 player 6-2 6-2 6-4 on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court in one hour and 52 minutes The five-time champion will play Frenchman Benoit Paire in the second round at Flushing Meadows. On his first round win in New York, the 20-time Grand Slam title winner said: “I’m very happy with how I played tonight. It is particularly tough for us Europeans…

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Yaya Toure is on the verge of signing for a Premier League club after completing his medical, the Ivorian’s agent—Dimitry Seluk—revealed on Twitter. Toure’s agent also confirmed that the former Manchester City man would not be signing for either West Ham United or Crystal Palace. After eight glorious seasons with the Sky Blues, the 34-year-old central midfielder is a free agent and if his outspoken agent is to be believed, is set to play for a capital club. Toure was given an emotional send-off in City’s final home game of last season and the club paid tribute…

Saido Berahino ended a 2 1/2-year goal drought on Tuesday to help Stoke City into the third round of the English League Cup at the expense of EPL club Huddersfield. The 25-year-old Berahino scored the opening goal in a 2-0 win as he tries to revive a career that stalled over the last couple of seasons. He was called up for England in 2014 after showing prolific form for West Bromwich Albion, marking a remarkable rise for someone who fled war-torn Burundi at age 10 after learning to play football by using makeshift balls made from plastic bags…

Super Eagles Goalkeeper trainer, Alloy Agu said he is hopeful that Coach Gernot Rohr’s 24-man squad will do justice and get an away win over Seychelles in September. Rohr on Friday named a formidable squad mixed with youths and experience as Nigeria hope to secure a maximum point after losing their opening fixture 2-0 to South Africa. The team is expected to re-group next weekend for the first time after featuring at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, where Nigeria crashed out in the group stages. However, the former Super Eagles goalkeeper who is also the team’s Goalkeeper…

The Seychelles Football Federation has confirmed September 8 (Saturday) for their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against the Super Eagles of Nigeria. Georges Bibi, the Chief Executive Officer/General Secretary of the Seychelles Football Federation, in a mail to NFF’s Director of Competitions, Mr. Ayobola Oyeyode on Tuesday made the confirmation. Besides, the game will be played at the Stade Linite, 4:30pm Seychelles time (1.30pm Nigeria time). Both teams will be desperate for the three points after losing their opening games. South Africa defeated Nigeria 2-0 while Libya trounced Seychelles 5-1.

Super Eagles forward Kelechi Iheanacho scored his first goal of the season in Tuesday’s 4-0 Carabao Cup second-round win over English Football League One side, Fleetwood Town. Christian Fuchs gave the Foxes the deserved lead and in the 39th minute, a header from Vicente Iborra made it 2-0 for Leicester City. Iheanacho made it 3-0 a minute from the restart before the win was wrapped up by Rachid Ghezzal who curled in a stunning strike in the 71st minute. Meanwhile, At the Amex stadium, Leon Balogun’s Brighton Hove Albion suffered a second-round exit at home to Southampton…

Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo on Tuesday won the UEFA Goal of the Season with the overhead kick goal for Real Madrid against Juventus. Portugal’s “bicycle” goal for Real Madrid’s quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League where they won 3-0 against his current club Juventus, got 197,496 votes, beating the second-best goal from France’s Dimitri Payet in Marseille’s UEFA Europa League defeat of RB Leipzig with 35,558 votes. Spain’s Eva Navarro, with a goal against Germany, in the Women’s U17 EURO final, was in third place, with 23,315 votes. Ronaldo won this title for the first time, right after his…

Mohamed Salah has ignited the dispute with Egypt’s football Association by accusing them of ignoring his complaints about image rights. The 26-year-old Liverpool forward was upset in April when his image was used to promote Egypt’s official sponsor WE; Salah has a sponsorship deal with Vodafone. “It’s normal that a football federation seeks to solve the problems of its players so they can feel comfortable,” Salah wrote on Twitter. “But in fact, what I see is exactly the opposite. “It is not normal that my messages and my lawyer’s messages are ignored. I don’t know why all this [is…

Chelsea Captain Gary Cahill has announced his decision to take a “step back” from the England National team to focus on his Chelsea career. The 32-year-old defender, who was the most capped member of Gareth Southgate’s squad in Russia this summer, has struggled to force his way into Maurizio Sarri’s first team so far this season. And ahead of the announcement of the squad for the start of the Uefa Nations League later this week Cahill has told Southgate he doesn’t want to be considered for the time being at least. “It’s time to take a step back,” he told Chelsea TV. I…