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Following the suspension of Europe top 5 leagues (Premier League, SerieA, Bundesliga, La Liga and the Ligue1), the 5 times Ballon D'or winner shares an emotional message to the world, regarding the Coronavirus outbreak;

"The world is going through a very difficult moment which demands the utmost care and attention from all of us.

."I speak to you today not as a football player but as a son, father, a human being concerned with the latest developments that is affecting the whole world.


"It is important we all follow the advice of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the governing bodies on how we handle this current situation. Protecting human life must come above any other interests.


"I would like to send my thoughts to everyone who has lost someone close to them, my solidarity to those who are fighting the virus like my team-mate Daniele Rugani, and my continued support to the amazing health professionals putting their own lives at risk to help save others...
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Manchester United cruised to a massive 5-0 victory away to Austrian side LASK in the Europa League round of 16 first-leg tie on Thursday night.


The match which was played behind closed doors at the Linzer stadion, saw Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men comfortably defeating the home team.


United now remains unbeaten in their last 11 matches across all competitions after the massive result, and will have a 5 goals advantage, going into the return leg fixture at Old Trafford, which was earlier scheduled to be played next week....
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The reigning European champions Liverpool crashes out of this season Champions League against Spanish team Atletico Madrid, halting their quest to reach a third consecutive final in the competition....



Liverpool who hosted Atletico Madrid in the round of 16 rerurn-leg fixture on Wednesday were on course to overturn the 1-0 deficit scoreline, but saw their hopes of qualifying to the next round been jeopardized in front of their home fans.


Jurgen Klopp after losing to Atletico Madrid says;
“I don’t understand why Atletico play this type of football with the quality they have. They could play proper football. World-class players standing in two blocks of four. They didn’t even have counter-attacks.....
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Arsenal have officially announced that the Premier League game against Manchester City have been postponed after it emerged that some of the clubs personnels had come in to contact with Olympiacos owner Evangelos Marinakis who has tested positive to Coronavirus.



The Premier league game between both teams which was meant to be played earlier on 1st March, but was postponed due to the league cup final between Aston Villa and Manchester City, and was later rescheduled to hold today Wednesday 11th March.....
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Ndidi on monday finally makes a crucial return to action in the premier league game against Aston Villa at the King power staduim, the match ended in a 4-0 result in favour of Brendan Rodgers men on the night.


Leicester City who have played 4 matches in the Premier league without the presence of their indespensable defensive midfielder, and have not won any game since then, losing 2 and getting 2 draws, before ending their winless run last night with a massive win....
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Paris-Saint-German have officially annouced that their Champions league round of 16 return leg fixture with German side Borrusia Dortmund will be played behind closed doors as ordered by the French Police.


The match which is scheduled to go down on Wednesday at the Parc Des Princes staduim, will now be played without the fans and spectators in attendance, over the fear with the spread of the deadly Coronavirus Outbreak....
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Manchester United on Sunday defeats Manchester City 2-0 in the Manchester derby at Old Trafford.


The victory, gives Ole Gunnar Solskjaer men a league double over Manvhester City for the first time since the 2009/10 season (10 years) under former manager Sir Alex Ferguson...
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Chelsea football club No.9 striker Tammy Abraham on Thursday, was crowned the Premier League Player of the Year and the Young Player of the Year at the London Football Awards 2020...



The award ceremony which took place at the Roundhouse in Camden, is staged to honour the very best of individuals of the London Football.

Tammy Abraham created history, to become the first player to pick both awards on the same night....
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The Premier League Football Association have charged Ancelotti with misconduct for breaching the FA rule after he confronted referee Christopher Kavanagh following his red card against Manchester United last weekend.

He has been fined £8,000 after accepting the charge, and will not serve any touchline ban in that regard. His next match will be against his former team Chelsea at Stamford Bridge at the weekend....
Read more @ https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/03/carlo-ancelotti-becomes-first-premier.html?m=1

An unbelievable scenes occured after the game with Tottenham Vs Norwich, as Eric Dier '26' who played as a centre-back for Spurs allergedly climbed the stands, to react to some racist abuse by his own fans aimed towards his brother...



The former Chelsea and Man United boss Jose Mourinho in an interview, reacted to Eric Dier’s confrontation with home fans:
'That is not the story of this game. But I will not run away from it. Some of Eric's family (his brother) was being insulted. So he went to the fans. It was not professional but I understand it.”



"This person insulted Eric Dier and Eric's brother wasn’t happy with the situation and Eric wasn’t happy. He did what we professionals cannot do, but did something we would do"...
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Super Eagles Head coach Gernot Rohr on Wednesday, released the Nigeria's 24-man squad list for the back-to-back AFCON 2021 qualifers fixture against the Leone stars of Sierra Leone....



The fixtures which has been scheduled to hold later on Friday March 27th at the Stephen Keshi's staduim in Asaba, and Tuesday, 31st March at the Siaka Stephens stadium in Freetown, has seen 25-year-old Cyriel Dessers and 24-year-old Kingsley Ehizibue make their maiden Call-up to the Nigeria senior national team.

Cyriel Dessers who plays as a centre forward for Heracles Almelo and Kingsley Ehizibue as a defender for FC Köln have been in good form for their respective clubs this season, and can't wait to make their debut for the Super Eagles later this month.
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Liverpool's manager Jürgen Klopp reacts to his side recent dip in form, which have jeopardized their dream of finishing the 2019/20 Premier League as the invicibles, and also making the treble win unachievable this season, in the space of four days, following the FA Cup elimination ...


Jürgen Klopp speaking to reporters after the defeat at Stamford Bridge;
"we have to admit that in the last three games , maybe four , we have conceded absolutely too many goals which is not really good enough.


“Losing 2-0 at Chelsea is not a good news, but we deserved the defeat, we made two massive mistakes around the goal, but I am not concerned about it. That's football, if you make decisive mistakes then you lose football games"...
Read more @ https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/03/liverpools-manager-jurgen-klopp-reacts.html?m=1

The rerurn-leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final fixture between Juventus and AC Milan scheduled for Wednesday and Napoli Vs Inter Milan scheduled for Thursday, have both been postponed indefinitely amid the Coronavirus outbreak in italy...

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Liverpool on Saturday, saw a 44-match Premier League unbeaten run, and an 18-games winning streak brought to an end by a shocking defeat away to Watford at the Vicarage road.


Ismaila Sarr brace and a Troy Deeney strike secured victory for the Hornets on an evening to forget for the visitors.


Van Dijk, who captained the reds, replacing injured club captain Jordan Henderson on the evening,

"The unbeaten records are only for the media, we didn’t even mention it once. We keep going, we want to win the FA Cup tie against Chelsea on Tuesday....
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Mikel Arteta's men were handed their first defeat in 2020, after a 2-1 defeat to Olympiacos on Thursday night, bringing the game to a (2-2) aggregate result after extra time.

Arsenal crashed out of the competition following the away goal rules.


Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang speaking in an post-match interview expressed his feelings saying;

It's a very disappointing and heartbreaking defeat. We missed some place in the game that cost us the game. "The last minute goal was very unlucky for us. I feel very bad for missing the last minutes chance....
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Tennis legend and five times major champion Maria Sharapova annouces her decision on Monday, that she is retiring from the beautiful game after 28 massive years ...


The Russian tennis star, is one of ten women, and the only Russian, to hold the career Grand Slam title, having won her first Wimbledon title in 2004 at the age of 17 years and 76 days old. She is the third youngest female winner in the tournament history....

Read more @ https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/02/tennis-legend-maria-sharapova-annouces.html?m=1

Cristiano Ronaldo's first son Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. on Monday joined the photo-sharing platform (Instagram), and has in no doubt become one of the most famous kid in the planet.




Cristiano Jr whoose Father is the most followed individual on Instagram with over 200 million followers, has already amassed more than a million followers to his new account @Minicristianoronaldo2010, In just two days of signing into the platform, while he follows five accounts which includes that of his father, his father's partner Georgina Rodriguez, the Juventus football club official page and two others....

Read more @ https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/02/cristiano-ronaldo-jr-receives-thousands.html?m=1

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard reacts to the humiliating 3-0 defeat to Bayern Munich in the champions league at Stamford bridge.

"The defeat was a harsh lesson and a reality for the players of the levels we want to get to...

"We have to go to Munich and play with a lot of pride and see what we can do there.
It’s a show of character, that’s all we can do."....

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It was such an emotional Monday night, as almost 20,000 mourners gathered at the powerful public memorial service which was held at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles in honor of the victims and NBA legend Kobe Bryant alongside his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, who all died in an helicopter crash on Sunday morning 26th January, 2020 amid foggy conditions in the hills above Calabasas, California...

Vanessa Bryant eulogiezes her husband and daughter, Michael Jordan, Shaq, Beyonce and other notable celebrities were all in attendance, in what seems to be the biggest loss of an American celebrity I. history....
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UEFA have appointed French referee Clement Turpin to take charge of the Champions League round of 16 first-leg fixture between Chelsea and Bayern Munich at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday, 25th February 2020


The 37-year-old, who is regarded as one of the best referees in France, has already overseen four matches in the group stage of the Champions League this season....
Read more @ https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/02/uefa-appionts-clement-turpin-to-take.html?m=1

Real Madrid have annouced that Eden Hazard has bern diagnosed with a fracture in his right ankle, and could be out for close to two months...


Hazard who only returned last week in Madrid's 2-2 draw at home to Celta Vigo, after being out of action for three months, due to a similar injury, is now set to miss the home games against Manchester City on Wednesday and the El Classico on Sunday....
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Tyson Fury (Gypsy King) defeats Deontay Wilder (Bronze Bomber) in Las Vegas to become the WBC Heavyweight Champion of the World...



The British boxer, Fury stops American boxer, Wilder to become the WBC and Ring heavyweight champion, defending his lineal title after a sensational fight.

Tyson Fury remains undefeated in his...
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It's The Rematch Tonight!
#WilderFury2
Deontay Wilder Vs Tyson Fury

#BronzeBomber v #GypsyKing
Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas.
⏰: 5:00am (WAT)


The undefeated and reigning WBC World Champion Deontay Wilder (The Bronze bomber) and undefeated former World Champion Tyson Fury (Gypsy King) are set to clash again tonight for a rematch, publicized as the "Unfinished Business"...
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Chelsea boss Frank Lampard, confirms that England forward Tammy Abraham is set to make a return to the Chelsea's Matchday squad to face Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.



The 22-year-old Tammy Abraham who has scored 13 goals was rested having suffered a minor injury in training before their Premier League clash with Manchester United last Monday, is now set to make a return to the Chelsea squad when they host Jose Mourinho Spurs at Stamford Bridge....
Read more @ https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/02/tammy-abraham-will-be-in-matchday-squad.html?m=1

Roger Federer after undergoing an arthroscopic knee surgery on wednesday, is set to miss series of tournaments, and had withdrawn from the upcoming French Open when it begins in May


The 38-year-old Swiss, made the dire news official on Thursday via his Social media handle saying;

“My right knee has been bothering me for a little while."
 “I hoped it would go away, but after an examination, and discussion with my team, I decided to have arthroscopic surgery in Switzerland.”
After the knee surgery, the doctor's confirmed that it was the right thing to have done....

Federer, who is ranked No. 3 and has won a record 20 Grand Slam men's singles titles, concluded by saying that He is very grateful for everyone's support, and that he can't wait to be back playing again soon...
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German club side Borrusia Dortmund, have activated the permanent signing of Emre Can from Italian club side Juventus for a reported fee of  €25 million...


Emre Can has just joined Dortmund on loan in the January transfer window, in a deal which included an option to buy, and having spent just 18 days with the black and yellow side, he has signed a four-year permanent deal with the club....
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Erling Braut Haaland, wins the Man of the Match award after his sensational debut performance for Borrusia Dortmund in the Champions League round of 16 first-leg fixture against Paris-Saint-German on Tuesday night.

The 19-year-old Norwegian forward, becomes the first player to score for two different clubs in the same UEFA Champions League season...

Read more @ https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/02/erling-braut-haaland-wins-man-of-match.html

FC Barcelona have been granted permission by La Liga to sign a replacement for the injured Frenchman  Ousmane Dembele.


Dembele was nearing a return to action this month until he suffered another injured in training with a hamstring tear in his right thigh two weeks ago, and after undergoing surgery, he was ruled out for the rest of the season for Barcelona. He would also miss the upcoming Euro 2020 tournament for France....
https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/02/barcelona-have-been-given-go-ahead-to.html?m=1

Argentine footballer Leo Messi and British racing driver Lewis Hamilton have emerged joint-winners of the Laureus World Sportsman of The Year award for 2020

This years edition of the award was held in Berlin after been stagedin Monaco for three consecutive years.



With Six World Championships and Ballon d'Ors between them, Lewis Hamilton and Lionel Messi share the Laureus 2020 World Sportsman of the Year award, in what seems to be a moment of sporting history, as both individuals emerge winner of the award for the first time in history since it's inception in 2000....

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Porto forward Moussa Marega walked off the field of play during their game against Vitoria Guimaraes on Sunday, after facing racist abuse from the opposition fans.

28-year-old Marega received monkey like chants from home fans in Porto's game away to Vitoria SC in the Primeira Liga on Sunday, as he storms off the pitch angrily in a bid to subtitute himself, giving the opposition a middle finger...
The Malian forward responded via his Social media handle saying;
" To those who go to the staduim to shout racist chants, Go f*** yourselves....

https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/02/moussa-marega-responds-to-vitoria-de.html?m=1

Liverpool are now five more wins away from been crowned the 2019/20 Premier League Champions, after getting a victory over a resilient Norwich side at Carrow Road.

The game against Norwich on Saturday seems to be a very tough one for Liverpool, until Sadio Manè was brought on from the bench in the second half after some weeks out due to an ankle injury.

Liverpool have now played 26 games in the Premier League, having 25 wins, 1 draw against Manchester United last November and No defeat this season....
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Manchester City immediately released a statement via the club's website, saying that they are "disappointed but not surprised" by the "UEFA's" decision, saying;
"Manchester City is disappointed but not surprised by today’s announcement by the UEFA Adjudicatory Chamber. The Club has always anticipated the ultimate need to seek out an independent body and process to impartially consider the comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence in support of its position.

"In December 2018, the UEFA Chief Investigator publicly previewed the outcome and sanction he intended to be delivered to Manchester City, 
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