Archive | March 21, 2016

That picture of the Newcastle pitch invader….

Mitrovic

Aleksandar Mitrovic’s last-gasp equaliser in the Tyne-Wear derby against Sunderland certainly got the Newcastle faithful out of their seats and quite literally for one pitch invader who celebrated with the striker in bizarre fashion. The match ended 1-1 but the Magpies are still in the mire as they fight to stave off relegation. New Coach Rafa Benitez has plenty of challenges ahead if he is to lead them to safety.

Djokovic claims Indian Wells win….

Mar21

Novak Djokovic kisses the trophy after defeating Milos Raonic at Indian Wells

Novak Djokovic won a fifth Indian Wells title and record-equalling 27th Masters crown with a dominant 6-2 6-0 victory over Milos Raonic in California. The world No 1 did not need to be at his best as Raonic struggled with an injury, seeing his usually reliable serve wilt in the desert heat as he lost his third Masters final. For Djokovic though the records continue to come, he goes clear of Roger Federer with a fifth Indian Wells crown and has now drawn level with Rafa Nadal’s career total of 27 Masters titles – he will start as red-hot favourite to make it 28 when the Miami Masters gets underway on Wednesday.

CAF Champions League: Enyimba advances despite loss….

Mar21

Enyimba FC of Aba are the only surviving Nigerian club on the continent, and now face the task of defending the pride of the country as the journey becomes tougher following the summary crashing of Warri Wolves and Nasarawa at the weekend. Enyimba’s coach, Paul Aigbogun believes the 2-1 loss to Vital’O will not affect his team as they have achieved their objective of qualifying to the next round of the CAF Champions League. After an impressive 5-1 win in the first leg in Port Harcourt, Enyimba needed to avoid a 4-0 defeat in Bujumbura to seal a place in the next round of the tournament and that, according to Aigbogun, they have achieved.

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Siasia picks six home-based players for Egypt duel….

Mar21

Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia has picked six home based players out of the lot to make up the team to face Egypt in this month’s all important African Nations Cup qualifier. The selected players are Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Kalu Orji, Chibuzor Okonkwo, Matthew Etim, Ifeanyi Matthew and Oghenekaro Etebo. These players will join up with the overseas-based players who will start arriving today for the clash against Egypt. Arsenal’s Alex Iwobi has tweeted that he has landed in Abuja this morning. It was rumored that England is planning to lure Alex back to the English team as he has only played friendly games for Nigeria. The rumor is now quashed as Alex has come and might likely play in an official game for Nigeria this time given his recent form for Arsenal. Defenders Kenneth Omeruo and Leon Balogun are out of the matches due to injury. The Eagles will host Egypt on Friday March 25 at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna and face them again in Alexandria, Egypt four days later. Egypt top Group G with six points from two games, two points ahead of the Eagles who are second on four points and the same number of games.