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Juventus were held to a goalless draw by Fiorentina as their manager Maurizio Sarri took his place in the dugout for the first time. The former Chelsea boss had not been in charge for the opening two games because of pneumonia. Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored four goals in his last game for Portugal, endured a frustrating day and saw a late bicycle kick go well off target. Franck Ribery made his first Serie A start for Fiorentina. The Bayern Munich legend had an impressive game and forced Wojciech Szczesny into a good first-half save. Italian champions Juventus, who won their first two matches,…

Tottenham produced a breathtaking performance to brush aside Crystal Palace and register their first victory since the opening day of the season. All four Spurs goals came in the first half, with Son Heung-min the shining light in a scintillating attacking display by Mauricio Pochettino’s side. The South Korea forward capitalised on a defensive lapse from returning Palace defender Mamadou Sakho to fire the hosts into an early lead, before visiting left-back Patrick van Aanholt inadvertently directed Spurs right-back Serge Aurier’s cross into his own net. Son made it 3-0 moments later, connecting beautifully with another Aurier cross to fire…

Manchester United returned to winning ways and ended Leicester’s unbeaten start to the season by edging to a Premier League victory in a pulsating contest at Old Trafford. After thrashing Chelsea 4-0 on the opening day, United had failed to win any of their last three games but took all the points to inflict Leicester’s first defeat of the campaign. Marcus Rashford scored the only goal from the penalty spot in the eighth minute after being tripped by Leicester defender Caglar Soyuncu. Rashford could have got another in the second half, but his wonderful free-kick from 30 yards curled over…

Tammy Abraham scored a brilliant hat-trick – and an own goal – as Chelsea destroyed Wolves at Molineux.

Eden Hazard made his Real Madrid debut as Karim Benzema scored twice in a nervy 3-2 La Liga win over Levante. Hazard, a summer signing from Chelsea, has recovered from a muscle injury and came on after 60 minutes at 3-1. Real had led 3-0, with Benzema scoring a header and slotting home a James Rodriguez pass, before Casemiro netted. But Borja Mayoral scored against his parent club and then Gonzalo Melero set up a tense ending with a header that beat Thibaut Courtois at his near post. Real almost blew a three-goal lead in La Liga for the first…

The Presidency has dismissed a story published in a newspaper claiming that President Muhammadu Buhari said he could have slipped into trauma if the tribunal verdict had not gone his way. In a statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, the Presidency denied the report, stating that, it was a mischievous report. A twisted story with malicious intent was published in Saturday Punchof September 14, 2019, with the front page headline, “Tribunal: Buhari retracts, confesses he was under tension.” The news story was derived from what the President said when he received All Progressives Congress (APC) governors, who had come to felicitate…

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, to attend the ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit on Counter Terroism. A statement from the Media office of the State House, Abuja, said the President was received on arrival at the Ouagadougou International Airport by President Roch Kabore of Burkina Faso, on Saturday. ”Also at the airport to receive the President were the Nigerian Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Ramatu Ahmed, Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, Defence Minister, Bashir Magashi and the National Security Adviser to the President, retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno. Others at the airport included the Director General, National…

The Nigerian Navy (NN) says the Service as a willing partner in ensuring the restoration of internal security will continue to support democracy by remaining loyal and dedicated to the service of her fatherland. The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas, said this in Abuja on Saturday while speaking at the end of the Nigerian Navy Third Quarter Route March 2019. He said to achieve this feat, the Service would continue to focus on her core values of professionalism, team work and integrity to uphold the ethics and ethos of naval customs and tradition. Ibas, who was…

*VP adds: He led Zimbabwe and her people to freedom, majority rule Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe stood out as a leader because of his zeal, passion and selfless commitment to the emancipation of the people of Zimbabwe and the self realization of black people everywhere. This view was expressed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on arrival in Harare last night to attend the funeral of the late African leader. “Nigeria most respectfully condoles with the Republic of Zimbabwe on the passing of her President, Robert Mugabe – who led the republic and her people to freedom and majority…

The National Vice-Chairman of the All Progressives Congress  (North-East), Mustapha Salihu, has said the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the  February 23 presidential poll, Atiku Abubakar, was deceived into  believing  that the  results of the election were transmitted  to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s server. He said the deception was the reason the former Vice-President  was defeated by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday. Salihu said, “Nobody uses server today.  You don’t have one big box that is called server anywhere. They (Atiku and the PDP) were ‘jobbed’. Some people told them there was …