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FC Barcelona great Xavi Hernandez has spoken to the club’s sporting director Eric Abidal and chief executive Oscar Grau about coaching the team but has not made a decision. A club source told Reuters on Sunday that Xavi, coach of Qatari club Al Sadd, is focused on Friday’s Cup final against Al Duhail. “He has decided against accepting or declining Barca’s offer,” the source said. Current club coach Ernesto Valverde has come under pressure since FC Barcelona’s 3-2 defeat by Atletico Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup last week. But he will still take charge of their next training session…
By Amosu Adeboye Stanley Dimgba scored thrice as Enyimba recorded a 4-1 win against Algeria’s Paradou AC in their CAF Confederation Cup matchday-four encounter in Aba on Sunday. Dimgba opened scoring for Enyimba In the 15th minute, nodding home Reuben Bala’s cross at the near post. The former Sunshine Stars and Warri Wolves winger then set up Victor Mbaoma for Enyimba’s second of the game in the 35th minute. Dimgba added the third a minute later, as he chipped the ball into the net after he was set up by Cyril Olisema. Enyimba got their fourth goal in the 76th…
Mr Suru Avoseh, a member, Lagos State Civil Service Commission, says no fewer than 50, 000 applicants had applied for one thousand vacant teaching jobs announced by the state government in 2019. Avoseh made this known during the New Year Party organized by the Badagry Women Development Forum on Sunday in Badagry. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Lagos State Government had on Nov. 11 announced the plans to employ one thousand teachers into the public secondary schools across the state. Avoseh said some of the applicants that qualified for the job had been invited for the…
NPFL: Lobi Pip MFM 1-0; Secure Top Spot, Akwa Hold Plateau United Lobi Stars moved to the summit of the Nigeria Professional Football League following a slim 1-0 win against MFM at the Aper Aku Stadium on Sunday. Chukwudi Nwaodu scored the decisive goal in the ninth minute after he was set up by Nzube Anaezemba. Lobi Stars occupy top spot in the table with 27 points from 13 matches. Plateau United dropped to second position after they were held to a 0-0 draw by Akwa United at the New Jos Stadium. The hosts wasted a number goal scoring opportunities…
Novak Djokovic helped seal the victory for Serbia on Sunday in the inaugural ATP Cup team event after defeating his long-term Spanish rival Rafael Nadal in singles. After beating Nadal, he went on to play a pivotal role in the deciding doubles match. With the final locked at 1-1 after the singles were shared, Djokovic partnered veteran Victor Troicki to beat Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta and Feliciano Lopez 6-3 6-4 and win the title. The 16-times Grand Slam champion proved to be a calming influence throughout, especially after the Serbian pair fell behind early in the match. He used his…
A six-man committee has been put in place by the Edo State Government to prepare a roadmap for a successful outing of Team Edo during the forthcoming 20th National Sports Festival. The sports fiesta tagged Edo 2020 is scheduled to hold in different centers in the ancient city of Benin City, Edo State from March 20 to April 4, 2020. Edo State Deputy Governor and Chairman, Local Organising Committee, Edo 2020, Philip Shaibu charged the committee headed by Godwin Dudu-Orume, Chairman, Edo State Sports Commission to immediately put machinery in motion towards hosting the 3rd Edo State Sports Festival where…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC said regulation of the market in a technology-driven era is now more efficient and that is why it is stepping up its use in regulation to ensure that investors in the capital market are adequately protected. Acting Director-General of the SEC Ms. Mary Uduk who stated this while speaking with newsmen weekend, said the Commission is continuing to deploy technology in regulation. She said, “Our regulation is becoming better and more efficient. We are able to tap into data we could not tap into before, so these now make regulation easier…
By Amosu Adeboye Enugu Rangers failed to make home advantage count as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Mauritania’s Nouadibhou in their CAF Confederation Cup Group A clash at the Nnamdi Azikwe Stadium on Sunday. The visitors took the lead in the 23rd minute through Yassin El Welly. Rangers equalized in the 68th minute with Ibrahim Olawoyin converting from the spot. The Flying Antelopes remain in the third position in the group with two points from four games. Salisu Yusuf’s charges will need to win their remaining two group games to have any chance of qualifying for the…
Senator representing Plateau North at the National Assembly, Sen. Istifanus Gyang, has decried the abduction of a 100 level Zoology student of the University of Maiduguri, Lilian Gyang. Gyang, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Protocol, Musa Ashoms, said that the 20-year-old student who hailed from Foron District of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau was kidnapped while resuming to school on Jan. 9. The Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence, said the student was abducted at a location close to Maiduguri.“This sad and ugly development is coming on the heels of an earlier one,…
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, said on Sunday that natural resources alone cannot take Nigeria to its desired prosperity. The Governor, who spoke during a church service in respect of the 2020 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration, held at Cathedral of St. Peter, Aremo, Ibadan, said that education and human capital development would remain the top priority of his Administration. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted the Governor as saying the no country of the world became prosperous by merely relying on natural resources. Governor Makinde said: “Knowledge is power and…