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Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Tuesday his Manchester City counterpart Pep Guardiola was deliberately underestimating the English side's hopes of reaching the Champions League last 16. European champions Madrid hold a 3-2 lead on City, who have struggled this season and are fourth in the Premier League, ahead of the play-off round second leg…
16 Feb
Arsenal ignored their injury woes to close the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool as Mikel Merino inspired a 2-0 win against Leicester, while Omar Marmoush's hat-trick fired Manchester City's 4-0 rout of top four rivals Newcastle on Saturday. Mikel Arteta's side were in danger of wasting a chance to put pressure on Liverpool in…
8 Feb
Manchester City needed a late winner from substitute Kevin De Bruyne to beat Leyton Orient 2-1 and reach the FA Cup fifth round on Saturday after the third-tier side threatened to shock the Premier League champions. Jamie Donley's audacious long-range effort that came back off the bar and rebounded in off City goalkeeper Stefan Ortega…
2 Feb
Real Madrid centre-half Antonio Rudiger is a major injury doubt for the titleholders' Champions League clash with Manchester City. The German international suffered a right thigh injury and limped off in the first half of Real's 1-0 La Liga defeat to Espanyol on Saturday. "Following tests carried out by Real Madrid's medical service Antonio Rudiger…
21 Jan
Manchester City announced Tuesday they had completed the signing of teenage defender Vitor Reis from Brazilian club Palmeiras for a reported fee of £29.6 million ($36.2 million). The 19-year-old Brazilian youth international has signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with the Premier League champions. "I'm excited to join Manchester City, one of the biggest clubs in the…
19 Jan
Pep Guardiola claimed Manchester City are back to their best after Phil Foden starred in a 6-0 rout of struggling Ipswich on Sunday. Foden netted either side of Mateo Kovacic's eye-catching goal as City blew Ipswich away with three first-half goals at Portman Road. Jeremy Doku, Erling Haaland and James McAtee scored after the interval…
4 Jan
Pep Guardiola said Manchester City's 4-1 thrashing of West Ham on Saturday was a "release" for his players but that the English champions are still a shadow of their former selves. City had won just once in 13 games prior to last weekend's 2-0 win at Leicester to realistically end any hope of extending their…
31 Dec
Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola, has set his eye on getting Nigeria and Nottingham Forest defender, Ola Aina, to replace ageing Kyle Walker .
27 Dec
Manuel Akanji believes a 1-1 draw with Everton could yet spark a revival in the form of faltering Premier League champions Manchester City. Thursday's result left City with just one win in 13 games in all competitions since October, with Pep Guardiola's side now 14 points adrift of leaders Liverpool, who also have a game…
27 Dec
Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola, said the club was in danger of missing out on a place in next season’s Champions League.
21 Dec
Aston Villa beat crisis-hit Manchester City 2-1 on Saturday to heap more misery on floundering manager Pep Guardiola, who has now suffered nine defeats in his past 12 matches. Jhon Duran finished off a fine team move to give the home side an early lead and Morgan Rogers doubled Villa's advantage in the 65th minute…
16 Dec
Phil Foden insists Manchester City's players still believe in Pep Guardiola despite the painful loss against Manchester United that extended their dismal streak. Guardiola's side have lost eight of their past 11 games in all competitions following the devastating 2-1 defeat in the Manchester derby at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Unhinged by the kind…
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has officially declared an ex-Naval Chief, Vice Admiral Jibrin Usman (retd), and Brigadier-General Ishaya Bauka wanted for their alleged involvement in a N3 billion fraud. ICPC spokesperson, Demola Bakare, who disclosed this on Friday in Abuja, stated that the commission never removed Jibrin and Bauka…
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Eleven internet fraudsters have been sentenced to jail by Justice W.I. Aziegbemhin for their fraudulent activities at the Edo State High Court in Benin City. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) prosecuted the suspects on separate one-count charges bordering on false pretence, advance fee fraud, retention of proceeds of crime, and possession of fake…
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The Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities (JONAPWD) on Friday held its quadrennial elections in Benin City, with Ann Ojugo re-elected as the Chairperson of the association in Edo State. In her inaugural speech, Ojugo vowed to work toward the establishment of a Disability Commission in Edo State to strengthen institutional support for Persons…
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Rights lawyer and activist, Deji Adeyanju, has threatened to petition various embassies to consider placing visa bans on Senator Godswill Akpabio, President of the Senate, over the alleged harassment of female lawmakers in the red chamber. Adeyanju, reacting to the incident on the Senate floor on Thursday, regretted that under the Senate President's watch, female…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Hamas had handed over the body of a "Gazan woman" the day before and not that of hostage Shiri Bibas as agreed in the truce deal. "In an unimaginably cynical manner, they did not return Shiri to her small children, the little angels, and instead placed…
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The Federal Ministry of Education has expressed its condolences to the families of the people who lost their lives in a fatal road accident in Kogi State. On Monday, seven people, including four students of the Federal University of Lokoja, lost their lives in a ghastly road accident at Felele on the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja highway. This…
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President Bola Tinubu has said former President General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) showed unusual courage and patriotism by admitting that the late M.K.O. Abiola won the June 12 election in 1993. This was as he saluted the former leader’s contribution to the country's history and development. The President said this on Thursday as the Special…
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The Isese Human Rights Community (ISHRIC) has decried the alarming rise in ritual killings allegedly perpetrated by some Islamic scholars in Yorubaland.
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Justice Sherifat Sonaike of the Lagos High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) has adjourned the trial of convicted kidnap kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, and his co-defendants to April 17, 2025, for a report on their plea bargain applications.
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The Chairman, Board of Governors of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Ademola Adeyemi-Bero, has said Nigeria should be producing up to four million barrels of oil per day considering its reserves and resource base.