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The Squirrels edged past the Super Eagles for a crucial three points in Sunday’s African Nations Championship qualifier. A Mama Seibou penalty saw Benin Republic to a vital 1-0 win over Nigeria in an African Nations Championship qualifier on Sunday. The US Krake midfielder struck from the penalty spot in the 90th minute at Stade de l’Amitié in Cotonou to hold a slim advantage over Salisu Yusuf’s men. Goal for Benin! 1-0 Mama Seibou converts the penalty. 90th min. Read Also Man United 4-0 West Ham: Lukaku stars with debut double Seibou fired past captain Ekene Ezenwa after Afeez Aremu…

Romelu Lukaku haunted West Ham United yet again as he netted twice on his Premier League debut for a rampant Manchester United in a 4-0 win on Sunday. Lukaku netted either side of half-time before Anthony Martial and Paul Pogba completed the scoring against slow-starting West Ham, who lost their opening Premier League game of the season for the 11th time. The Belgian striker, who cost United £90m this summer from Everton, has now scored 11 times in his last 11 league appearances against the Hammers. The result means Jose Mourinho still has never lost a home match on a…

Tottenham made a winning start to the 2017-18 Premier League season as 10-man Newcastle endured a difficult return to the top flight. The Magpies, promoted as winners of the Championship last term, had captain Jonjo Shelvey sent off early in the second half for standing on Dele Alli. The Spurs attacker then put his side ahead with a close-range finish before Ben Davies finished off a neat move for Tottenham’s second. It was a harsh re-introduction to life back in the Premier League for Newcastle, who were relegated from the division at the end of the 2015-16 season. Rafael Benitez’s…

Antonio Conte is the most likely Premier League manager to either be sacked or resign following Chelsea’s shock defeat by Burnley, according to one bookmaker. Ladbrokes reacted to Chelsea’s 3-2 defeat by making Conte the 7-2 favourite in their market on which top-flight gaffer will be the first to leave his post this season, although other companies had the Italian as third favourite to depart. Newcastle United’s Rafa Benitez and Stoke City’s Mark Hughes are joint-second in the betting at 9-2. READ: Man Utd reject Tottenham’s bid for Anthony Martial Conte watched on perplexed as Chelsea fell 3-0 down at…

US President Donald Trump is facing criticism for his response to the violence at a white supremacist rally. A woman was killed and 19 people injured when a car ploughed into a crowd of counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia. Mr Trump condemned violence by “many sides” – but stopped short of explicitly condemning the far-right. Republican Senator Cory Gardner said “Mr. President – we must call evil by its name.” He added: “These were white supremacists and this was domestic terrorism.” #CharlottesvilleAnd here we see a proud American standing up to masked terrorists. pic.twitter.com/CfkONfAoX5— Cromwell (@Cromwell606) August 13, 2017 His comments…

Manchester United have rejected a bid from Tottenham for 21-year-old France forward Anthony Martial. (RMC Sport via Independent) Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp will target Napoli and Italy forward Lorenzo Insigne, 26, if playmaker Philippe Coutinho, 25, forces through a move to Barcelona. (Sunday People) Barcelona will return with an offer in excess of £100m for Brazil international Coutinho. (Sunday Express) Chelsea will make a second bid of around £25m for Leicester midfielder Danny Drinkwater, 27, this week after having a £15m offer turned down by the Foxes earlier this summer. (Sunday Telegraph) Real Madrid have admitted defeat in their bid…

Borussia Dortmund have suspended forward Ousmane Dembele “until further notice”, three days after the club rejected a bid from Barcelona. The 20-year-old France international was fined and suspended until Monday for missing Thursday’s training, but the ban has been extended indefinitely. Dortmund met with Barcelona’s representatives but the Spanish club did not meet their valuation. The German club say that Dembele moving to Barca is “not currently likely”. Dortmund director of football Michael Zorc said: “Our focus now is on preparation for the Bundesliga opening match in Wolfsburg [on 19 August]. “Dembele, of course, has the opportunity to complete an…

The Court of Appeal of Lithuania has decided to extradite to the United States a Lithuanian scam artist identified as Evaldas Rimasauskas, who conned $123 million out of FaceBook and Google by sending fake emails. “Assumption that the damage was done to the companies registered in the United States became the ground for the extradition of Rimasauskas,” the court said in a press release on Friday. The decision to extradite the scammer was irrevocable, the court said. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York accused Rimasauskas of wire transfer fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering,…

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has accepted he may have to embed a new formation in his team if they continue to have players sent off. After being reduced to 10 men in both the FA Cup final and the Community Shield, Conte’s men finished the opening game of their Premier League title defence with just nine players after Gary Cahill and Cesc Fabregas were both dismissed in a pulsating 3-2 defeat by Burnley at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. It left the Italian manager concerned by the inability of his players to control their emotions when a team-mate was dismissed. “I…

Usain Bolt was ramping into warp speed when suddenly, stunningly, the sprint turned into a somersault. Fifteen steps into the final homestretch of his final race, something gave in Bolt’s left hamstring. The World’s Fastest Man skittered to a stop, hopping, skipping, jumping and finally dropping to the ground and tumbling forward before coming to a rest. While the winning team from Britain crossed the finish line, Bolt was writhing on the track, where he wound up chest down with his face pressed into Lane 5. He was certainly every bit as stunned as any of the 60,000-plus who packed…