Wigan Athletic have confirmed that Honduras full-back Juan Carlos Garcia has been diagnosed with leukaemia.

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See all the winners after the cut.

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Niger 0 – 2 Nigeria

Guinea 1 – 0 Zambia

Victor Osimhen opened scoring for Nigeria (and the tournament) in the 17th minute while Skipper Kelechi Nwakali made it 2 – 0 in the 28th minute. Aboubacar Toure scored for Guinea in the 26th minute

Up Golden Eaglets of Nigeria!

Lionel Messi scored his 23rd hat-trick on his 300th La Liga appearance for Barcelona who swept past Levante.

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Liverpool defender Kolo Toure has confirmed his retirement from international football with Ivory Coast, a week after helping the Elephants to a Nations Cup triumph. The 33-year had indicated that the recent competition in Equatorial Guinea would be his last  for his country as reported by BBC.

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The 2015 African U-17 Championship starts today in Niger Republic.

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Yakubu Aiyegbeni came off the bench to score his first goal for Reading and secure an FA Cup fifth-round 2 – 1 victory at Derby. Hal Robson-Kanu gave the visitors a 53rd-minute lead after Stephen Warnock had been sent off on his Derby debut for fouling Jamie Mackie. Darren Bent’s fifth goal in as many games levelled the scores in the all-Championship tie eight minutes later. With a replay beckoning, January signing Yakubu fired in a low left-footed shot. Rams boss Steve McClaren made seven changes to the side that drew 2-2 with Bournemouth in the league in midweek.

Tim Sherwood has been appointed manager at Aston Villa, signing a contract at the club until summer 2018. Villa sacked Paul Lambert on Wednesday after a winless run of 10 league games in which they scored just two goals. Sherwood, 46, replaced Andre Villas-Boas as Tottenham manager in December 2013 but was sacked at the end of last season and has been out of work since. “It is a great honour to manage one of the biggest clubs in English football,” said Sherwood. “I can’t wait to get started and I’m really looking forward to the challenge.” Sherwood takes over a Villa side that have struggled badly since taking 10 points from their first four matches – scoring just 12 league goals in 25 games, the lowest in Premier League history at that stage.

Sat 14 Feb 2015:

West Brom 4 – 0 West Ham

Blackburn 4 – 1 Stoke

Derby 1 – 2 Reading

Crystal Palace 1 – 2 Liverpool

Sun 15 Feb 2015:

Aston Villa 2 – 1 Leicester

Bradford 2 – 0 Sunderland

Arsenal 2 – 0 Middlesbrough

Mon 16 Feb 2015:

Preston 1 – 3 Man Utd

Record signing Brown Ideye scored twice as resurgent West Brom thumped West Ham 4 – 0 to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 2008.

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Kano Pillars made a bright  start to the their CAF champions league campaign by beating Al-Malakia 2-0 in the first round elimination match decided yesterday in Juba  South Sudan, vanguard reports. Christian Obiazor and  Gambo Muhammed scored both goals, after a goalless first half.
But four minutes into the restart, Gambo ensured Kano Pillars got their noses in front. In the 63rd minute, Obiozor doubled the lead for the Nigerian champions to help Kano secure only their second away win in Africa’s biggest club competition. The last time Kano Pillars won an away game in the Caf Champions League was in January 2011 when they defeated Liberia’s Mighty Barrolle 2-1 in Buchanan.

More of that guys!!!!

The much-publicised friendly match between Nigeria and Brazil has failed to see the light of the day, three months after its revelation.

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The African Champions League kicks off this weekend with former title holders Enyimba facing a tricky tie.

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To all our ardent readers and friends, we say happy valentines day. Do find time to have some fun with your loved ones or you can visit the orphanages to show them love. Cheers.

Sat 14 Feb 2015:

West Brom v West Ham 1:45 pm

Blackburn v Stoke 4 pm

Derby v Reading 4 pm

Crystal Palace v Liverpool 6:30 pm

Sun 15 Feb 2015:

Aston Villa v Leicester 1:30 pm

Bradford v Sunderland 3:30 pm

Arsenal v Middlesbrough 5 pm

Mon 16 Feb 2015:

Preston v Man Utd 8:45 pm

*Time = Nigerian

West Ham striker Andy Carroll is set to miss the rest of the season, BBC reports. West Ham confirms the striker will have surgery on his injured knee on Tuesday following assessment by a specialist on Friday afternoon. “The England international injured his left knee during the second half of Wednesday night’s 0-0 Barclays Premier League draw at Southampton,” a West Ham statement says. “The recovery phase is expected to keep Carroll out for the remainder of the 2014/15 season.”

Southampton have sent record signing Dani Osvaldo on loan to Argentine side Boca Juniors after recalling him from a similar spell at Inter Milan.

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Arsenal Ladies have completed the signing of forward Chioma Ubogagu from Stanford University in the United States.

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Ronald Koeman

Southampton’s Ronald Koeman is named Premier League manager of the month for January 2015 .

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The February 2015 world ranking was released yesterday February 12, 2015. The top 50 are:

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