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Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts

Tuesday, 22 September 2015

Lewandoski Sets Bundesliga Record!!!!! Scores Five Goals In Nine Minutes

Robert Lewandowski came off the bench to score in quick succession.
Robert Lewandowski came on as a substitute at half-time with Bayern Munich losing 1-0 to Wolfsburg and scored five goals in under nine minutes -- the fastest by a player in Bundesliga history.
Lewandowski, 27, was on the bench for the Bundesliga game on Tuesday night but replaced Thiago at half-time and got his side back into it immediately.

Arsenal Wins Appeal Over Defender Gabriel's Match Ban

Arsenal defender has had his appeal against the red card he was shown in Saturday's defeat to Chelsea upheld

Chelsea's Star Eden Hazard Remains Defiant: 'I've Not Lost My Quality'

Chelsea v Arsenal - Premier League 
 Chelsea winger Eden Hazard has insisted he is still the same player as he was last season and hopes that an improved performance and a goal against Arsenal at the weekend will help start to build his confidence back up.

Sir Alex Ferguson Believes Just 4 of His Manchester United Players Were Truly World

Man Utd Parade 
 Sir Alex Ferguson has made the rather surprising admission that there are only four players he managed at Manchester United that he considered to be truly world class, despite all the superstars who passed through Old Trafford under his guidance between 1986 and 2013.

Diego Costa charged with violent conduct

 
 The English Football Association (FA) has decided to charge Chelsea striker Diego Costa with violent conduct following several controversial incidents during the weekend’s London derby against Arsenal, particularly his 43rd-minute slap on France’s Laurent Koscielny.

Sunday, 20 September 2015

West Ham Hands Manchester City Their First Defeat Of The Season In An Away Victory

Manchester City v West Ham United - Premier League 
Manchester City's immaculate start to the 2015-16 Premier League season came to an end against West Ham United, who continued their impressive run on the road with a 2-1 win at the Etihad Stadium.

Arsenal Always Moan When I Beat Them: Jose Mourinho

Chelsea v Arsenal - Premier League 
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho believes there was "no controversy" during his side's win over Arsenal on Saturday, and insisted ​his side deserved the three points.

Diego Costa Shows Arsene Wenger What He’s Missing

Chelsea v Arsenal - Premier League
Arsene Wenger probably didn't sleep well on Saturday night. Tossing and turning with the injustice of the day’s events at Stamford Bridge still feeling very raw indeed. And who could blame him.

Tuesday, 15 September 2015

NSC Boss Encourages Teams Nigeria At The All Africa Games

The Golden Nigeria's table tennis team 
 The Golden Nigeria’s table tennis team


Nigeria is now third on the medals table  at the Congo Brazzaville 11th  All Africa Games, with South Africa and  Egypt  galloping  away in the first and second positions.

Arsene Wenger Believes Jack Wilshere Can Still Play This Season

Wilshere injury not career-threatening - Wenger 
The Gunners midfielder is set to miss the next three months due to a serious injury but the Frenchman remains upbeat over the England international's chances of recovery

Sunday, 13 September 2015

Athletics!!! Mo Farah wins Newcastle marathon

Mo Farah, middle, at the Beijing championships
Mo Farah, middle, at the Beijing championships


Britain’s world and Olympic champion Mo Farah retained his Great North Run title on Sunday after a thrilling battle with Kenyan Stanley Biwott over the half marathon course.

Nigeria Beat South Africa To Win Women Beach Volleyball Gold


nigeria_women_volleyball 
Nigeria’s women beach volleyball team, on Sunday in Brazzaville beat South Africa 2-1 to claim the event’s gold medal at the 11th All-Africa Games in Congo.

Ronaldo is a beast! - Ramos

Ronaldo is a beast! - Ramos 


The Spain international singled out the Portuguese attacker as he broke Madrid's Liga scoring record while Pepe was also full of praise for his compatriot
Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos has hailed Cristiano Ronaldo as a "beast" after his five goals against Espanyol.

Djokovic, Federer book clash in US Open Final

Federer, beat Wawrinka 


Roger Federer will meet world number one Novak Djokovic in the US Open final on Sunday.
The world’s two leading players punched their ways to the final spots in like manner, trouncing their opponents in three straight sets. Djokovic defeated defending champion, Marin Cilic, 6-0, 6-1, 6-2.
Federer defeated team mate and compatriot, Stan Wawrinka, 6-4, 6-3, 6-1, stretching his head-to-head advantage to 17-3.

Saturday, 12 September 2015

All Africa Games: Team Nigeria now 5th on medals table

 


A statement issued from Congo on Friday by Steven Nelson, Deputy Director, Press, National Sports Commission (NSC) and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said Nigeria, now has 52 medals.
It said the 52 medals which include nine gold, 20 silver and 23 bronze, were won in Badminton, Weightlifting, Gymnastics, Cycling and Karate as at Sept. 10.
The breakdown shows that athletes in Badminton won two silver and nine bronze medals, while athletes in Karate garnered two silver and Cycling one gold.
Athletes in Gymnastics won one bronze, while those in Weightlifting won eight gold, 18 silver and 11 bronze medals.
Team Nigeria’s improvement on the medals table followed Thursday’s impressive performance which saw Nigeria winning three gold, eight silver and nine bronze medals in Weightlifting and Badminton events respectively.
In the women’s weightlifting 75kg category, Otunlabilkis Abiodun won three gold medals; Winifred Eze Ndidi, competing in the 69kg weight category, won three silver medals; while in the men’s 85kg, Anyolewachi Micheal won bronze medal.
The statement said that the outing of Team Nigeria in cycling was also impressive.
The female team comprising of Happy Okafor, Tombrapa Grikpa, Rosemary Marcus and Glory Odiase emerged first with a time of 37:12:19 seconds to clinch the gold medal in the 25km race.

Friday, 11 September 2015

Chelsea Suffer Huge Blow as Thibaut Courtois Is Reportedly Ruled Out for 2 Months

West Bromwich Albion v Chelsea - Premier League 

​Chelsea have suffered a massive blow ahead of this weekend's game with Everton, after it emerged that first choice goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has been ruled out for at least two months with a knee injury.

Thursday, 10 September 2015

Manchester United's Stifled Stars Complain to Louis van Gaal About Regime

Swansea City v Manchester United - Premier League


​Manchester United players have allegedly confronted manager Louis van Gaal after the harshness of his regimented and autocratic regime has left many individuals feeling stifled.

12 Premier League Players Who might be Moving During the Emergency Loan Window

 England U21 v USA U23 - International Match
The summer transfer window may have closed a week ago, but our Football League clubs are ready to let in a bit of air through the emergency loan one instead.

As ever, the Premier League was reluctant to commit to long-term deals for many players deemed surplus to requirements before then and could be more open to losing them on short-term deals, knowing they can always be recalled in the event of an injury.

Here are a few players who could become targets for clubs in the Championship

All You Need to Know About the Emergency Loan Window

Sheffield Wednesday v Bolton Wanderers - npower Championship
The window for emergency loans is now officially open, a mere eight days after the summer transfer window reached its conclusion.

But who can enter, what kind of deals can be made and how long for? We've got all the need-to-know answers right here...

Wednesday, 9 September 2015

David de Gea Vows to 'Work Hard' for Manchester United This Season

Spain v Slovakia - UEFA EURO 2016 Qualifier 
The 24-year-old played 90 minutes as the defending European champions won to stay top of their group.