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England’s all-time leading goalscorer Wayne Rooney has retired from international football after turning down the chance to be part of the squad for next month’s World Cup qualifiers. The Everton striker was asked by England boss Gareth Southgate to be involved against Malta and Slovakia. “Every time I was selected was a real privilege but I believe now is the …

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A total of 24 goals were scored in the week 35 of the Nigerian Premier League. Out of the 24 goals recorded, only five were scored by visiting teams and all home teams won their matches in the week that ended today. The encounter between Lobi Stars and El-Kanemi Warriors produced the highest goals scored with the visitors producing two …

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Katsina United 2 0 Wikki Tourists Remo Stars 1 3 Rivers Utd Enyinba 3 0 ABS Plateau Utd 1 0 MFM Gombe Utd 1 0 Kano Pillars Abia 2 0 Shooting Nassarawa 1 0 Lobi Akwa Utd 3 0 Niger Tornadoes Rangers 1 0 Sunshine El-Kanemi vs FC Ifeanyi Uba rescheduled for 8am Monday due to flight hitches encountered by …

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Ahead of Arsenal’s home game with Leicester City in the curtain-raiser to the new Premier League season on Friday, AFP Sport selects the 10 biggest transfers of the close season: Romelu Lukaku – Everton to Manchester United; £75 million ($97.5 million, 83 million euros) rising to £90 million* After four increasingly prolific seasons at Everton, Belgium striker Lukaku has been given another …

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AfroMillionsLotto (www.AfroMillionsLotto.com), a brand new lotto with a minimum jackpot close to a billion naira is to be launched in support of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) clubs by the League Management Company (LMC) in partnership with British-based Ofertas365. The lotto, due to be live later this month, has jackpots larger than every lottery in Nigeria combined, and the …

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ABS 2 0 Remo Stars Ifeanyi Uba 1 0 Nassarawa Utd Kano Pillars 1 1 Plateau Utd Lobi Stars 1 4 Abia Warriors MFM 0 0 Enyinmba Niger Tornadoes 1 0 El-Kanemi Shooting Stars 2 1 Gombe Sunshine Stars 1 0 Akwa Utd Wikki Tourists 1 1 Rangers Plateau United continues their lead with 59points, three points away from second …

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  MFM FC this morning defeated their Katsina United visitors in a rescheduled home match at the Agege stadium, Lagos. Stephen Odey, Olatunbosun Sikiru and Onuwa Chukwuka put the Olukoya boys ahead to earn three points enough for them to remain on the number two spot on the league table. Match day 31 encounter between MFM FC and Katsina United …

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The Nigerian league match between Lagos club MFM FC and visiting Katsina United earlier scheduled for Sunday morning has been rescheduled for 8am on Monday. The postponement happened due to heavy rains which had started since Saturday. The Olukoya boys are second on the league table and determined to pick three points off their visitors at their Agege stadium den. …

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The management of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries FC led by Emmanuel Adeyemi has dedicated the team’s 1-0 victory over Wikki Tourists FC to the General Overseer of the church, Dr Daniel Olukoya and his wife Shade Olukoya who became year older yesterday. The Olukoya Boys beat the Bauchi-based side 1-0 in a Matchday 29 game of the Nigeria …

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African Nations Championship second round first leg qualifying fixtures this weekend (kick-off times GMT): West Zone A Saturday At Bissau Guinea-Bissau v Guinea (1600) At Freetown Sierra Leone v Senegal (1630) At Bakau, Gambia Gambia v Mali (1630) Sunday At Paynesville, Liberia Liberia v Mauritania (1600) West Zone B Sunday At Lome Togo vs Benin (1500) Centre-East Zone Friday At …

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