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• Moses, Oshoala, Quadri, D’Tigress, Adekuroye, Ambode Win At Nigerian Sports Awards

  17-11-2017 22:30 via completesportsnigeria.com
  By James Agberebi (photo by Ganiyu Yusuf):Super Eagles forward Victor Moses has been named Nigeria Men’s Footballer of the Year at the sixth edition of the 2017 Nigerian Sports Award.
  The awards ceremony was held at the Banquet Hall, Eko Hotel, Lagos on Friday.
  Moses beat off competition from former MFM striker and now FC Zurich striker Stephen Odey and Lobi Stars striker Anthony Okpotu.
  Moses was a key player for Chelsea who emerged champions of the English Premier League last season. He
  
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• CHAN: Home Eagles Draw Libya, Rwanda, Equatorial Guinea

  17-11-2017 22:18 via completesportsnigeria.com
  By Adeboye Amosu:The home-based Super Eagles will play in Group C alongside Libya, Rwanda and Equatorial Guinea at the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Morocco, Completesportsnigeria.com reports.
  Libya won the championship in 2014, beating Ghana in the final, while Rwanda hosted the last edition in 2016.
  The draw was held on Friday andmMatches in the group will be played in the city of Tangier.
  Hosts Morocco are in Group A with Mauritania, Guinea and Sudan. The four countries will do
  
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• Chelsea Boss Conte Worried That Manchester City Will Be Difficult To Stop

  17-11-2017 20:47 via completesportsnigeria.com
  Manchester City have started the season like a house on fire, winning all but one of their first 11 games with the only unbeaten record in the league, and Chelsea boss Antonio Conte reckons it will be “very difficult” to catch the Premier League pace-setters.
  Pep Guardiola’s side, who beat Chelsea 1-0 last month, have opened a commanding eight-point lead at the top after just 11 games.
  Manchester United and Tottenham are joint second while while reigning champions Chelsea are a
  
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• Over 300 Boxers Storm Ibadan For GOtv Next Gen 3, Organisers Eager To Discover New Talents

  17-11-2017 20:41 via completesportsnigeria.com
  By James Agberebi in Ibadan:                                                                                                                         The third edition of the GOtv Boxing Next Gen
  
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• Simeone Rules Out Everton Job, Restates Allegiance To Atletico Madrid

  17-11-2017 19:59 via completesportsnigeria.com
  Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone has ruled himself out of the running for the vacant Everton job in England, pledging instead to stay with the La Liga side for the next couple of years.
  Speculations have been rife that Everton were considering an audacious approach for the Argentine to replace sacked Ronald Koeman but he’s admitted that though he was close to quitting Atletico after their Champions League final loss to city rivals Real in 2016, he’s resolved to see out his current
  
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• Kaka Supports Ikeme’s Leukaemia Fight With Signed Shirt, Message

  17-11-2017 19:56 via completesportsnigeria.com
  By Adeboye Amosu:
  Former World Footballer of the Year and AC Milan superstar, Ricardo Kaka, has sent a signed  hirt with a personal message to Super Eagles goalkeeper, Carl Ikeme, Completesportsnigeria.com reports.
  Ikeme is currently undergoing treatment for acute leukaemia in the United Kingdom.The Nigeria goalkeeper’s Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers expressed gratitude to the former Brazilian international for his magnanimity.
  “Huge thanks to the legendary @KAKA who
  
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• Swedish Open: Quadri Beats Portugal’s Marcos To Reach Quarter-finals

  17-11-2017 18:51 via completesportsnigeria.com
  Aruna Quadri defeated Portuguese star Freitas Marcos in four straight sets to qualify for the quarter-finals of the ongoing ITTF World Tour Swedish Open on Friday, Completesportsnigeria.com reports.
   
  Quadri outclassed Marcos 11-6,11-4,13-11,12-10 to set up a feisty encounter with World Number 2 Fan Zhendong from China on Saturday in table 1.
   
   Zhendong had also defeated German star Duda Benedikt 4-1 to book a place in the quarter-final. Zhendong won his game against Be
  
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• Arsenal Sign Partnership Deal With Online Money Transfer Company WorldRemit

  17-11-2017 18:34 via completesportsnigeria.com
  WorldRemit becomes the first Official Online Money Transfer Partner of the Premier League club, Arsenal. The leading digital money transfer business, formed by a UK-based entrepreneur from Somaliland, has joined forces with Arsenal to accelerate the company’s growth and help more people save money on international transfers.
  The global partnership will provide WorldRemit with a range of rights and player access to support its expansion plans. The partnership agreement includes match day LE
  
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• Conte targets 100% wins in Man City hunt

  17-11-2017 18:15
  Chelsea manager Antonio Conte believes his side must win every game they play if they are to stand any chance of reeling in runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City.
  Champions Chelsea are nine points behind Pep Guardiola’s City ahead of Saturday’s trip to West Bromwich Albion, where Conte’s men secured the title in May.
  “Manchester City are playing very well. If you want to try to catch them, you have to win every game,” Conte told his pre-match press confere
  
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• Garcia hopes Evra’s career won’t end with kick

  17-11-2017 18:10
  Marseille coach Rudi Garcia said on Friday that he hopes Patrice Evra will not finish his “fantastic career” on “this note”, referring to the left-back’s attack on a fan.
  Patrice Evra banned for kicking a club supporterEvra is without a club after kicking a supporter in the head before Marseille’s Europa League game with Vitoria Guimaraes in Portugal on November 2.
  The 36-year-old agreed to terminate his contract with Marseille eight days later.
  “It woul
  
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• Russian TV will ‘not show Winter Olympics’ if team banned

  17-11-2017 17:58
  Russian state television said Friday it would not broadcast the Winter Olympics from South Korea next year if the Russian team is banned from the games over doping.
  The International Olympic Committee’s executive board is due to meet next month to consider whether Russia can compete in Pyeongchang in February, after evidence of widespread cheating emerged in 2015.
  “If our team is barred from participating in the Winter Olympics, our channels will not show the games,” the press
  
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• Barca braced for week of reckoning – Valverde

  17-11-2017 17:56
  Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde warned against complacency when the La Liga leaders travel to Leganes on Saturday ahead of a testing week with trips to Juventus and Valencia also to come.
  Barcelona’s forward from Argentina Lionel Messi (R) celebrates past Barcelona’s defender from Spain Gerard Pique after scoring during the UEFA Champions League Group D football match FC Barcelona vs Juventus at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on September 12, 2017. / AFP PHOTOBarca could move sev
  
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• La Liga: Barca braced for week of reckoning – Valverde

  17-11-2017 17:48
  Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde warned against complacency when the La Liga leaders travel to Leganes on Saturday ahead of a testing week with trips to Juventus and Valencia also to come.
  Barca could move seven points clear of Valencia at the top of the table and open up an 11-point lead over Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, who face each other later on Saturday, with an 11th win in 12 La Liga matches since Valverde took charge.
  “It is clear it is an important week given the opponents we
  
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• Guardiola mulls Kompany return for Man City

  17-11-2017 17:42
  Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is considering calling on captain Vincent Kompany to solve his centre-back problems at Leicester City on Saturday.
  The Belgium international, 31, has not played since picking up a calf injury during his country’s 9-0 win over Gibraltar in August.
  Since then, John Stones and Nicolas Otamendi have impressed in defence for City, but the Argentinian is suspended after picking up his fifth yellow card of the season against Arsenal.
  “I have something i
  
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• Obaseki to cheer Falconets, as they face Morocco in Benin City

  17-11-2017 17:24
  Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki will on Saturday lead residents of Edo State to the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City, to cheer Nigeria’s U-20 female national football team also known as the Falconets.Falconets players at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Ikeja Lagos waiting for transportation back to their homes.
  The Falconets will battle the Moroccan girls in the second-leg of the U-20 FIFA Women World Cup Qualifiers on Saturday at 4 pm.
  Commissioner for Youths and Special Duties, a
  
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• Nigeria’s bobsled women first to qualify for Winter Olympics

  17-11-2017 17:18
  The Nigerian women’s bobsled team was celebrating on Friday after becoming the first from Africa to ever qualify for the Winter Olympics.
  The Bobsled and Skeleton Federation of Nigeria posted a photograph on its Instagram account of the three-women team high-fiving one another with delight at making it to next year’s games in Pyeongchang, South Korea and said: “Ecstatic to say the least.”
  “We are so proud of our Women’s Bobsled team being eligible to qualify f
  
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• Benitez: Newcastle Must Be Perfect To Beat Man United

  17-11-2017 17:11 via completesportsnigeria.com
  Newcastle United manager Rafa Benitez admitted that his players must be at their best if they are to end Manchester United’s unbeaten home record in the English Premier League on Saturday.
  Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United have won all of their eight fixtures at Old Trafford this season.
  “They have so much quality in the team. They keep the ball, they pass the ball, they create chances, they score goals and they don’t concede too much,” Benitez said during his pre-m
  
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• 2018 FIFA World Cup tickets in great demand

  17-11-2017 16:58
  Abuja – Just 24 hours after resuming ticket sales for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, a total of 159,402 tickets have been allocated to fans from around the world.Official 2018 FIFA World Cup match-ball
  This number, which represents 98 percent of the currently available inventory, were purchased through FIFA.com/tickets, with only a few products still available in this sales period.
  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that FIFA.com/tickets is FIFA’s channel for ticket sales.
  Acc
  
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• Klopp Calls For Defensive Solidity Ahead Of Southampton Clash

  17-11-2017 16:21 via completesportsnigeria.com
  Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has called on his players to be at their defensive best against Southampton at Anfield in the Saturday’s Premier League clash.
  Since being thrashed 4-1 by Tottenham last month, Liverpool have scored seven times in the league and conceded only once.
  Klopp stated that it is the responsibility of every Liverpool player to defend for the team.
  “What we know – what we knew before – is we have to improve defensively. Not single players, as a team
  
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• Mourinho On Pogba, Ibrahimovic, Rojo Return; United Record, Zlatan, Lukaku Partnership, Benitez

  17-11-2017 15:53 via completesportsnigeria.com
  Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has revealed the trio of Marcos Rojo, Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are all in contention to face Newcastle in the Premier League on Saturday at Old Trafford.
  Ibrahimovic, 36, is yet to play this season after suffering a cruciate knee ligament injury in April while Pogba has been out of action since he suffered a hamstring against Basel in the UEFA Champions League in September.
  “The players that stayed here and [were] recovering from injuries, e
  
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• Bursaspor Coach Le Guen: Injured Mikel Agu Is A Big Miss

  17-11-2017 15:40 via completesportsnigeria.com
  By Johnny Edward:Bursaspor manager Paul Le Guen has admitted that Super Eagles midfielder Mikel Agu’s injury has dealt a huge blow to his side’s impressive start to the Turkish Super Lig season.
  Bursaspor are unbeaten in their last four league games.
  Le Guen will be without Agu for Saturday’s clash away to Goztepe with the midfielder set to undergo an arthroscopic menisectomy surgery on his right knee. Agu will also be out of action for four weeks due to the injury.
  “The
  
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• Guardiola: Aguero Fit, Kompany In Line For Leicester Clash; City Must Still Improve

  17-11-2017 15:35 via completesportsnigeria.com
  Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has confirmed that Sergio Aguero is fit and available for the club’s away trip Leicester City on Saturday.
  The Argentine forward was substituted at half-time in his country’s 4-2 defeat against Nigeria in Krasnodar on Tuesday and taken to hospital for tests after suffering a dizzy spell.
  The former Atletico Madrid striker returned to Manchester on Wednesday and Guardiola says he is in contention to face the former champions at the King Power Stad
  
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• No Ramos, Ronaldo rift at Real Madrid – Zidane

  17-11-2017 15:31
  Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane shrugged off reports of a dressing room rift between captain Sergio Ramos and World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of vital derby clash at Atletico Madrid on Saturday.
  Both sides from the capital already trail La Liga leaders Barcelona by eight points with Ronaldo complaining earlier this month that the departures of Alvaro Morata, Pepe and James Rodriguez had left Real’s squad lacking experience compared to the one that claimed a La Liga and C
  
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• Conte Opens Up On Moses Return, New Beard, Luiz, West Brom Clash, Batshuayi

  17-11-2017 15:13 via completesportsnigeria.com
  By James Agberebi:Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has revealed that Super Eagles forward Victor Moses should be back in his squad ahead of next weekend’s Premier League clash away to Liverpool.
  Moses’ last game for Chelsea was in their 2-1 away defeat to Crystal Palace in October 14 in the Premier League where he limped off with a hamstring injury in the first half.
  Following his injury, Moses has gone on to miss Chelsea’s last five games. He also missed the Super Eagles’ 2
  
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• Ibrahimovic, Pogba back for Man Utd – Mourinho

  17-11-2017 15:11
  Paul Pogba and long-term injury victim Zlatan Ibrahimovic will make their Manchester United returns against Newcastle United on Saturday, manager Jose Mourinho announced on Friday.
  France midfielder Pogba has been out since September with a hamstring injury, while former Sweden striker Ibrahimovic has not played since damaging knee ligaments against Anderlecht in April.
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• Klopp fighting fit after health checks

  17-11-2017 15:10
  Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp  feels “really good” despite having been admitted to hospital after feeling unwell earlier this week, he said on Friday.
  Klopp underwent checks before being discharged on Wednesday and returning to work on Thursday. He is set to be in the dug-out when Liverpool host Southampton on Saturday.
  Jurgen KloppIt was the German’s second visit to a British hospital following an operation to have his appendix removed in February last year.
  “I fee
  
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• No rift between Ramos, Ronaldo at Real, insists Zidane

  17-11-2017 15:08
  Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane shrugged off reports of a dressing room rift between captain Sergio Ramos and World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of vital derby clash at Atletico Madrid on Saturday.
  Both sides from the capital already trail La Liga leaders Barcelona by eight points with Ronaldo complaining earlier this month that the departures of Alvaro Morata, Pepe and James Rodriguez had left Real’s squad lacking experience compared to the one that claimed a La Liga and C
  
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• Breaking: Ibrahimovic, Pogba back for Man Utd – Mourinho

  17-11-2017 14:55
  Paul Pogba and long-term injury victim Zlatan Ibrahimovic will make their Manchester United returns against Newcastle United on Saturday, manager Jose Mourinho announced on Friday.
  France midfielder Pogba has been out since September with a hamstring injury, while former Sweden striker Ibrahimovic has not played since damaging knee ligaments against Anderlecht in April.
  The post Breaking: Ibrahimovic, Pogba back for Man Utd – Mourinho appeared first on Vanguard News.
  
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• BREAKING: Three shot dead in Kenya protest

  17-11-2017 14:44
  Three men were shot dead Friday in the Kenyan capital Nairobi as police broke up crowds of thousands of opposition supporters, an AFP journalist saw.
  The three bodies, all shot in the upper body, were seen lying on the road in Muthurwa, a city suburb where riot police armed with tear gas, water cannons and rifles clashed with stone throwing protesters.
  Details soon…
  
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• Ronaldo ‘confident’ of winning Ballon D’Or

  17-11-2017 14:38
  Cristiano Ronaldo said on Friday that he was “confident as always” of winning the upcoming Ballon D’Or for best player in the world.
  Ronaldo is the overwhelming favourite to collect the award on December 7, after a year in which he led Real Madrid to titles in Spain and Europe.
  Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo poses with the trophy after he was awarded the title of “Best Men’s Player in Europe” at the conclusion of the UEFA Champions Le
  
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• Okpala, Dosu tip Super Eagles for World Cup exploits

  17-11-2017 14:36
  The Super Eagles have been tipped to do well at the upcoming Russia 2018 World Cup fiesta by two former members of the senior national team.
  Ex-Eagles, Sylvanus Okpala and Joseph Dosu, told newsmen on Friday in Lagos in separate interviews that the team would do well, irrespective of the group the Eagles would eventually find themselves in.
  Okpala, who was a former Assistant Coach of the Super Eagles under the late Stephen Keshi, also commended the Eagles for the remarkable performance the playe
  
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• Francis Uzoho: Super Eagles could not sing on his team initiation

  17-11-2017 14:26
  Uzoho could not come up with any song on his Super Eagles initiation. Prior to his impressive debut for the Super Eagles, goalkeeper Francis Uzoho could not sing on his team initiation. As it traditional with the Super Eagles and teams in football, new players are expected to stand in front of their teammates and perform a song as part of his initiation in the team. Uzoho who was called up to the Super Eagles for their games against Algeria and Argentina in the just concluded international break
  
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• Pollard wants to lead Bok turnaround against France

  17-11-2017 13:11
  PARIS (Reuters) - Flyhalf Handre Pollard will start his first test in over two years against France on Saturday, having been brought into the side to add some direction to what at times has been an aimless back line this year.
  
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• Sane, Boufal Win Premier League October Best Player, Goal Awards

  17-11-2017 13:06 via completesportsnigeria.com
  Manchester City forward Leroy Sane has been voted the Premier League Player of the Month for October following his impressive displays in the month.
  The German, 21, scored and assisted in each of City’s three league wins in October and no player matched his goal contribution.
  Sane received the most combined votes from a panel of experts, Premier League captains and fans to claim the prize ahead of his teammate Kevin De Bruyne, Brighton & Hove Albion’s Glenn Murray, Arsenal defend
  
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• Mancini: I Won’t Leave Zenit For Italy Job

  17-11-2017 12:37 via completesportsnigeria.com
  Roberto Mancini insists he’s happy in Russia as boss of Zenit St. Petersburg and has ruled himself out of the race to replace Gian Piero Ventura as Italy head coach.
  Ventura, 69, was sacked by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) after Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1958.
  Former Manchester City and Inter tactician Mancini – who won the Premier League and Serie A having earned 36 international caps for Italy – has emerged as one of the candi
  
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• Guardiola Beats Wenger, Pochettino To EPL October Best Manager Award

  17-11-2017 12:33 via completesportsnigeria.com
  Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has won the Premier League Manager of the Month award for October.
  The Spaniard also won the award for September.
  The Manchester City Manager beat Tottenham’s Mauricio Pochettino, Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger and Burnley’s Sean Dyche to the October award, after City won all three fixtures in the month.
  They beat Stoke City, Burnley and West Bromwich Albion during the month, scoring 13 goals in the process.
  Guardiola, who has claimed the award th
  
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• Babangida Warns Super Eagles Against Complacency Amidst Fine Run

  17-11-2017 12:23 via completesportsnigeria.com
  By Adeboye Amosu:
  Former Super Eagles winger, Tijani Babangida, has warned the team to keep their feet on the ground despite a successful World Cup qualifying campaign and their impressive friendly win against Argentina, Completesportsnigeria. com.‎The three- time African champions finished top of a tough qualifying group that included African champions Cameroon, Zambia and the dreaded Desert Foxes of Algeria, recording four wins and two draws.Tuesday’s impressive 4-2 win aga
  
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• Pulis: West Brom Good Enough To Shock Chelsea

  17-11-2017 12:20 via completesportsnigeria.com
  West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Pulis is optimistic his side can get a positive result against champions Chelsea in their Premier League clash on Saturday.
  The Baggies are 16th in the league table on 10 points, one point above the drop zone.
  Chelsea on their part are fourth on 22 points, nine points adrift of leaders Manchester City.
  And ahead of the clash with Chelsea, Pulis says his side are doing enough going forward to win games and are looking forward to another big game at the weeke
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo: Real Madrid Not Scared Of Facing PSG

  17-11-2017 12:16 via completesportsnigeria.com
  Cristiano Ronaldo insists he and reigning two-time Champions League winners Real Madrid do not fear Paris Saint-Germain in Europe even with the spectre of a last-16 tie hovering between both teams.
  Following their shock defeat to Tottenham earlier this month, Madrid face the prospect of finishing second in Group H, which would pit the defending champions against a European powerhouse.
  PSG have already qualified for the knockout round with two matchdays remaining and loom as a potential opponent
  
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• Arsenal, AC Milan On ALert As Dortmund Suspends Aubameyang For Stuttgart Game

  17-11-2017 11:52 via completesportsnigeria.com
  Major European teams including Arsenal and AC Milan will be on red alert to monitor developments at the Signal Iduna Park following Borussia Dortmund’s decison to drop striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from the team to face Stuttgart on Friday.
  Aubameyang expressed shock after the club announced on Thursday that the Gabon international had been omitted from Peter Bosz’s selection for the Bundesliga clash at the Mercedes-Benz Arena for “disciplinary reasons”.
  No further cl
  
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• CAF postpones AFCON qualifiers to October

  17-11-2017 11:41
  The Confederation of African Football has agreed to move next year’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers to October to allow the continent’s World Cup finalists play friendlies in March.
  Nigeria, Senegal, Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco are the five African teams for Russia 2018.
  “African teams to the World Cup will now have the March 2018 FIFA international days for friendly games after the CAF executive committee approved a proposal by Nigeria for 2019 AFCON qualifiers fixed for tha
  
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• Ronaldo Targets Seven Kids, Seven Ballon d’Or Titles

  17-11-2017 11:28 via completesportsnigeria.com
  Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has declared that he wants more children and more Ballon d’Or titles.
  The Portugal captain already has four children and four of the prestigious player gongs. But he wants seven of each, he said in an interview published on Friday.
  “I want seven children and the same number of Ballon d’Ors,” Ronaldo told French outlet L’Equipe. “That means I do not intend to stop there.
  “As long as I play, I will win all I can
  
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