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Chelsea and Ajax football clubs on Thursday reached an agreement for the transfer of Hakim Ziyech on a reported fee of €40 million.

The move for the 26-year-old Moroccan International, is subject to the player agreeing personal terms.

He will remain at the Dutch club for the rest of this season, before moving to the London side on July 1st, 2020.
https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/02/chelsea-and-ajax-football-clubs-reach.html?m=1

February 12, 2020  Football

Legendary Togolese striker "Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor" on Tuesday, completed a shock move to Paraguayan side Olimpia...


The 35-year-old, Adebayor has been without a club, before recently becoming a free agent having ended a three months spell with Turkish side Kayserispor last December....
https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/02/togolese-legend-emmanuel-adebayor-joins.html?m=1

Brazilian soccer legend "Pele" has become depressed due to his poor health and inability to walk unaided....

Pele's son Edinho speaking in an interview saying that the three-time World Cup winner now refuses to leave home, following complications with his recovery from hip surgery.

"He is very sheepish, reclusive."

"He's embarrassed, he doesn't want to go out, be seen, or do practically anything that involves leaving the house.
"He's pretty fragile and depressed...
https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/02/brazil-legend-pele-is-declining-in.html?m=1

Unai Enery was sacked at Arsenal after an 18-month stay, following a series of poor results and a winless run of seven games.


The former Sevilla and Paris-Saint-German manager speaking to France Football, Emery discussed his time at Arsenal saying;

“Arsenal was a club on a downward slope for two years before I arrived. We stopped this fall and even began to rebuild the club with the Europa League final and 5th place in the league, only one point off of Tottenham despite the fact that we took just one point in our final five matches.... https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/02/unai-emery-blast-arsenal-players-for.html?m=1

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Manchester City striker,  Sergio Kun Aguero has been named the Premier League Player of the Month Award for the month if January, making him the only player to have won the award for a record-breaking seventh time...

The 31-year-old Argentine forward, scoredva total of six goals and an assist to win the award.


He has scored 180 goals in 258 appearance for the club. He has broken records, as highest goal scorer for a Foreign player in Premier League history, and also the player to have scored the most Hat-tricks in the Premier League....

https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/02/aguero-emerge-premier-league-player-of.html?m=1

Ecuadorian footballer Antonio Valencia believes that Manchester United new signing Odion Ighalo will be a great success to the squad during his six-months stay with the club.

The 34-year-old wing-back who currently plays for Ecuadorian football club, L.D.U Quito have backed Ighalo to shine at United, after the Nigerian choosed to wear the No.25 shirt during his stay at the club....

Read more @ https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/02/antonio-valencia-believes-that-odion.html?m=1

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) on Tuesday announced the appiontment of Mike
Brown as head coach of the Nigerian men's senior basketball team (D'Tigers), ahead of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

The 49-year-old American basketball coach, has agreed to the terms after a press briefing with the NBBF, led by the president Engr. Musa Kida about being the next Man in charge of the D'Tigers....

Read more @ https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/02/nigeria-appiontsvgolden-state-warriors.html?m=1

Ansu Fati on Sunday, became the youngest player to score two goals in one game in LaLiga history.


The 17-year-old teenager, netted two goals for Barcelona in the 30th and 31st minutes, courtesy of a double assist from the Barca captain Leo Messi in the LaLiga game against Levante at the Camp Nou last sunday, to give Barcelona all three points....

Read more @ https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/02/ansu-fati-becomes-youngest-player-to.html?m=1

Novak Djokovic defeats Dominic Thiem 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, coming back from two sets to one down for the first time in a Grand Slam final...


The 32-year-old Serbian emerging victorious after a thrilling 4 hours battle with Thiem on Sunday.

Djokovic has won all finals he has played at the Australian Open making him the King Of Melbourne...

Read more @https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/02/novak-djokovic-defeats-dominic-thiem-to.html?m=1

Manchester United new signing, Odion Ighalo has touched down in Manchester to complete a six months loan move to the club.

The Nigerian forward, finally breaks his silence since the announcement of the deal last Friday night speaking about his dream move:

It's been crazy you know,"

“I’m happy to be in Manchester first and this is a great opportunity for me.

“I’m grateful to God and to my agent and to the coach who’s given me the opportunity to be here...
Read More @
https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/02/odion-ighalo-lands-in-uk-to-complete.html?m=1

Sofia Kenin on Saturday, defeated Garbine Muguruza with a comeback 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 victory in the Australian Open Final to win her first ever major Grand Slam title..

TheAmerican victory over the 26-year-old Spanish-Venezuelan Muguruza, makes her beecomes the youngest Australian Open women's champion in twelve years  since 20-year-old Maria Sharapova in 2008....

https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/02/sofia-kenin-crowned-champion-of-2020.html?m=1

Pablo Mari who signed for Arsenal from Flamengo has made his opinion clear via his first interview with the club, on how we feels joining Arsenal and wanting to face Liverpool again in the Premier League...


“It was a great experience. It was really exciting to play against a big club, and i think i performed really well. At the end of the day, they’re just people like everyone else.” 


 “Obviously they’re in great form at the moment and, they’re among the best players in the world, but I am now in a fantastic team (Arsenal) with top players. This is football, it's unpredictable and that’s the way you have to look at it.”

"I have a lot of faith in this great club, and I know we’re going to do very well.” 

Source: https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/01/arsenal-completed-signing-of-spanish.html?m=1

LeBron James on Monday evening, broke an almost 24 hours of silence as he finally spoke on the death of his friend Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Maria Onore also known as Gigi who died alongside seven others early Sunday morning in a tragic helicopter crash into a hillside in Calabasas.

James who has been a close friend to Byrant for a long time now since high school put the tragic incidence behind and wrote a tribute to his dear friend...
Read more @ https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/01/lebron-james-breaks-silence-and-vows-to.html?m=1

The former Chelsea manager had to be treated for tachycardia, a condition that makes the heart beat rapidly than it's regular, and Conte's heart rated more than 100 beats per minute after his side disappointing home draw with Cagliari in the SerieA last Sunday.

After the final whistle of the game against Cagliari, the frustrated Antonio Conte went to the pitch to confront referee Gianluca...

Read more @ https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/01/antonio-conte-blood-pressure-rises.html?m=1

Glycosunde:
Sunday morning came with a disturbing and sad news of a basketball legend "Kobe Bryant" and his daughter's death after the helicopter crash that claimed their life.

A lot of celebrities worldwide have been sending their condolences to the family and friends of the basketball legend.

A Facebook user "Weiz Man" thinks opposite. He believes Kobe Bryant Death was planned. Weiz Man wrote on Facebook on how his death was planned in 2017 in a cartoon episode "Legend of Chamberlain".
You can type the name of the cartoon on YouTube to view it.

Hmm... could this be true?

The American professional and legendary basketball player, Kobe Bryant, who played hisentire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), has been confirmed dead by officials at the age of 41...

kolbe Bryant was killed when the helicopter Sikorsky S-76 crashed.

Initially Kobe was believed to be the only Bryant on board, but moments later, His 13-year-old daughter Gianna Maria Onore aka GiGi Bryant death was also confirmed. Kobe Bryant’s daughter...
https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/01/kobe-bryant-and-daughter-gianna-die-in.html?m=1

Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp gives an update on Sadio Mane's injury, saying that it was unclear what happened to the Senegalese forward and Caf African best player, but he should be out of action for close to two or three weeks...

Mane was seen leaving the Liverpool hospital after he underwent a scan on his hamstring injury on Friday along with a friend. He smiled as...
Read more @https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/01/sadio-mane-set-to-miss-some-upcoming.html?m=1

American " Sofia Kenin" have beaten compatriot " Coco Gauff" in the Australian Open third round, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-0 as she reaches her first career Grand Slam quarterfinal.


The 14th seed Kenin in the fourth round, recovered from a set down to get a convincingly win over the 67th seed teenager Guaff....

Read more @ https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/01/american-sofia-kenin-ends-compatriot.html?m=1

Seven-time champion Serena Williams has been knocked out of the Australian Open, losing 6-4 6-7 7-5 to China’s Wang Qiang in the third round of the competition.

The 8-seed Serena lost to 27-seed Wang Qiang a player she just defeated in 44 minutes at the 2019 US Open four months ago...

More details @ www.cloudninesports.com.ng

The 15-year-old teenager, having knocked out Venus Williams and Sorana Cirstea in the first and second round respectively,  produced another masterclass performance in the third round to defeat World No.3 Naomi Osaka in straights sets on Friday in a straight set 6-3, 6-4 in just 61 minutes.

Meanwhile, the story was a different one four months ago...
https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/01/15-year-old-teenager-knocks-out.html?m=1

The Ex-Super Eagles star "Victor Moses" joins Inter Milan on six-months loan move from Chelsea, with an option to buy for €10million, He will wear the No.11 shirt for the club.


The 29-year- old current contract with Chelsea expires June 2021, but would get a second chance to work under his former boss Antonio Conte in Italy.

Moses fell out of favour from former Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri at...

https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/01/ex-super-eagles-winger-victor-moses.html?m=1

Liverpool football club manager, "Jürgen Klopp" says that he is not happy with the 2021 African Cup Of Nations (AFCON) going back to January, as he sees it as a form of Catastrophe for the club.

The tournament which was meant to take place in June and July 2021, was changed following a meeting by the football federation of the host nation Cameroon, alongside with the representative from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the organization president "Ahmad Ahmad" due to an unfavorable weather condition and will now be played on the 9th January to 6th February 2021....

Read more @ https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/01/afcon-2021-change-to-january-is-huge.html?m=1

The 26-year-old England centre back, who joined Manchester United from Leicester City last summer (6-Months-ago) in a record-breaking £80million transfer fee for a defender, has been officially handed the captain armband by Solskjaer and will succeed Ashley Young in the role....

https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/01/harry-maguire-named-as-permenent.html?m=1

Al-Thabi, the Imam of a Liverpool Mosque speaking on the CAF African Footballer of the year:

“Sadio Mane often comes to the mosque , at home he has a Bentley but he comes to us in an ordinary car “.
He’s not out seeking attention and nor is he arrogant. He even helps clean the Mosque toilet.”

Pure simplicity and humility!...
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Quique Setién's has officially been unveiled today as the new Barcelona manager with director of football Eric Abidal and club president Josep Maria Bartomeu in attendance...

Setién speaking on his appiontment as the new manager says;

"I want to thank this instituation for giving me the chance. Not even in my wildest dreams could I have imagined this. I have to thank the club. I'm excited about this challenge and this project."


"Yesterday, I was walking around my hometown with cows around me and now I'm here at Barcelona managing the best players in the world."


"My objective is to win everything there is to win...
https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/01/quique-setien-officially-unvieled-as.html?m=1

After a recent schocking 3-2 home defeat to Atleticò Madrid last Thursday in the Spanish Super Cup, Valverde has become the first manager to be sacked mid-season at Barcelona since after the sack of Loius van Gaal in 2003.

Despite currently sitting top of the La Liga table midway through the season with 40 points, same points with second place team Real Madrid, The former Valencia and Atleticò Bilbao manager, Valverde has been under immense pressure at Barcelona, due to his sides poor tactical style and failing to win the Champions League during his stay at the club.
https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2020/01/quique-satien-appionted-to-succeed.html?m=1

Serena Williams wins her first title in three years as a mother, with a straight-sets win over her fellow American Jessica Pegula at the Auckland final in New Zealand on Sunday to be crowned ASB Classic champion...

The top seed, Serena Williams, outclassed compatriot Jessica Pegula 6-3 6-4 in 96 minutes on the Stanley Courts to win her 73rd WTA title,

https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/?m=1

Who Will be Crowned king and Queen of African football 2019?

•African men Player of the Year:   
          
Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)

Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City)

Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool)



•African Women’s Player of the Year:

Ajara Nchout (Cameroon & Valerenga)

Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona)

Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Beijing Phoenix FC)


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The 38-year-old blames Africans for letting down Sadio Mane who scored 54 goals for both club and country this year, after voting against him winning the Balloon D'or.

The Cameroon legend believes that if Africans had voted in unism for the Liverpool forward, he won't have been fourth on the list but rather, would have emerged the winner ahead of Lionel Messi who won the award, Virgil Van Dijk who came second and Cristiano Ronaldo on third.

https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2019/12/samuel-etoo-blast-africans-for-letting.html?m=1

The United states soccer federation announced that Pulisic recieved the honour, edging out Jordan Morris, Weston McKennie, alongside three other nominees to the award.

At 21-years and 85 days, Christian Pulisic becomes the youngest player to win the award twice, and 7th player to win it multiple times...
https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2019/12/christian-pulisic-has-won-2019-us.html?m=1

The former Mainz 05 and Borrusia Dortmund boss, speaking on his contract extension at Liverpool through the club's website:

“For me personally this is a statement of intent, one which is built on my knowledge of what we as a partnership have achieved so far and what is still there for us to achieve.

“When I see the development of the club and the collaborative work that continues to take place, I feel my contribution can only grow.


"It is only with a total belief that the collaboration remains totally complementary on both sides that I am able to make this commitment to 2024...

Source: https://www.cloudninesports.com.ng/2019/12/jurgen-klopp-extends-his-contract-as.html?m=1