Category: Starnews Sport
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Sheffield Force Arsenal To Draw At Emirates Stadium
Arsenal’s faint hopes of a top-four finish in the Premier League suffered another blow as John Fleck’s late equaliser secured a valuable point for Sheffield United’s own European ambitions in a 1-1 draw at the Emirates. Gabriel Martinelli had filled the void left by the suspended Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang by opening the scoring for the Gunners…
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Madrid Go Top Of La Liga After Sevilla Win
Real Madrid climbed above Barcelona to top La Liga on Saturday as Casemiro scored twice in a gritty 2-1 win over Sevilla. Casemiro’s double proved the difference amid a three-goal flurry early in the second half, with Luuk de Jong briefly drawing Sevilla level. Madrid were underwhelming at the Santiago Bernabeu, at times reverting back…
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Serena Stunned By 19yr Old Canadian Andreescu At US Open Final
Teenager Bianca Andreescu became Canada’s first Grand Slam singles champion Saturday with a rollercoaster 6-3, 7-5 win over 23-time major champion Serena Williams in the US Open final. The 19-year-old Andreescu became the youngest Grand Slam winner since Maria Sharapova at the 2006 US Open, handing Williams a fourth consecutive defeat in the final of…
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Ighalo confirms retirement from Super Eagles
Super Eagles Striker, Odion Ighalo on Friday confirmed his retirement from the national team, after leading the country to a third place finish at the just concluded Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. Ighalo, who was the highest goal score of the competition, said on his twitter handle that he took the decision after extensive…
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Algeria wins AFCON 2019
Algeria have won the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after beating Senegal 1-0 at the Cairo International Stadium. Baghdad Bounedjah scored in the second minute of the match to gift the Desert Foxes their first AFCON title since 1990.
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Mikel retires from Super Eagles
Super Eagles captain Mikel Obi has retired from the national team. He retired following the third-placed finish of the Super Eagles at Egypt 2019 AFCON. Mikel took to his verified Instagram page to make the announcement. Spotting his photo in the national colours, the former Chelsea ace wrote: “Egypt is a country where I’ve started…
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Breaking: Barcelona complete €120m Griezmann signing
Barcelona have officially announced the signing of Antoine Griezmann from Atletico Madrid, with the French forward putting pen to paper after the Blaugrana paid his full €120 million (£107m/$134m) release clause. The move has not been without drama, however, as Atleti recently hit out at both Barca and Griezmann himself for their conduct after it…
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Breaking: Super Eagles flies to semi-finals
The Super Eagles of Nigeria are through to the semi-finals of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after defeating the Bafana Bafana of South Africa 2-1 at the Cairo International Stadium. Samuel Chukwueze and William Troost-Ekong got their names in the score-sheet to seal Nigeria’s place in the last four
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Senator Tofowomo Challenge Football Cup 2019 Kicks Off In Ondo Community
By Obed Chuks Distinguished Senator representing the good people of Ondo South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Otunba Nicholas Tofowomo, has shown his ever patriotic and pragmatic love for togetherness as propelled by sports, when a tournament tagged “Tofowomo Challenge Football Cup 2019,” organised by Engr. Rapheal Ademulegun, kicked off on Tuesday, in Odigbo…
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Breaking: Iwobi helps Nigeria beat Cameroon to reach Quarter-Finals
The super eagles have made it through, to the quarter-finals of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, after defeating the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon 3-2 in Alexandria. Odion Ighalo scored a brace, and Alex Iwobi got one goal to book Nigeria a match next Wednesday with the winner between Egypt and South Africa.