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Goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali was back in training on Tuesday night after making a remarkable recovery from injury, MEZIESBLOG reports. Nwabali sustained a mild ligament injury in Super Eagles’ 2-0 victory against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon last Saturday. The Chippa United goalie trained separately on Monday as the Super Eagles started preparations for their quarter-final…
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Nigeria’s Super Eagles are the highest-ranked team left at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. This follows South Africa’s shock 2-0 win over Morocco on Tuesday night. Before the game, four of the top five teams on the continent had been sent packing. Senegal, Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia all fell by the wayside. Morocco, the…
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Moses Simon has warned his Super Eagles teammates to keep their feet on the ground as they look ahead to the clash with Angola. The three-time winners will be up against the Palancas Negras in a quarter-final fixture at the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations on Friday. The Super Eagles have impressed with their…
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England and Manchester City star Kyle Walker has apologised to his wife after fathering a second child with another woman. The 33-year-old defender said he had made “idiot choices” and needed to “own up to my mistakes”. “What I’ve done is horrible and I take full responsibility,” he told The Sun newspaper. “The only person…
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Marcus Rashford’s absence from Manchester United is an “internal matter”, Erik ten Hag has said as speculation mounts about the striker. The 26-year-old forward was left out of Ten Hag’s squad against Newport County on Sunday, three days after he was reportedly seen at a nightclub in Belfast. The Man United manager said after the FA Cup…
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Jurgen Klopp surprised the football world by announcing on Friday that he would leave Liverpool at the end of the season. Reaction has come from players and coaches across Europe: “This news was always going to be a body blow to the club whenever it came. I just thought it would be another few years…
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Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, has confirmed he will be leaving the club at the end of this season. Klopp revealed this in a video posted on the Reds’ official social media pages on Friday morning. “I will leave the club at the end of the season. “I understand that it’s a shock,” he said. According…
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The chances are greater now, certainly than they were a couple of weeks ago, but there’s another candidate for Karim Benzema’s signature as well in Lyon, the Ligue 1 club where the France international footballer started his career. I think footballers, not only Benzema, have always dreamt of a potential return, but never really thought there might…
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MEZIESBLOG brings you latest football news from the globe… Manchester United are keen to try and tie down Scott McTominay to a longer-term contract. Kalvin Phillips is close to joining West Ham on loan until the end of the season. Nottingham Forest are plotting a bold move for Chelsea’s forgotten defender Trevoh Chalobah. Victor Osimhen…
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Erik ten Hag is expected to have Manchester United defenders Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw available for their FA Cup fourth-round clash with Newport County this Sunday. Mikel Arteta is now willing to let Nuno Tavares leave Arsenal permanently as the full-back struggles for minutes while on loan at Nottingham Forest. A deal could be…
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Al Nassr are ready to make a huge offer to Manchester United midfielder Casemiro after being encouraged to do so by his former team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo. Crystal Palace have held talks with the Raine Group, who oversaw the sale of Manchester United, amid criticism from supporters over their ownership and tensions in the boardroom. Newcastle…
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MEZIESBLOG brings you top football stories and transfer rumours from Wednesday’s newspapers… UEFA disciplinary chiefs were “right” about Manchester City breaching its Financial Fair Play regulations when they threw the club out of the Champions League, its president has declared. Pep Lijnders, the Liverpool assistant manager, says Mohamed Salah could not be more committed to…
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Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has urged his side to go on and win the Carabao Cup after they thrashed Middlesbrough to reach the final. Speaking to Sky Sports, Pochettino said reaching the final is “really important” for his players, adding: “Sometimes we can think about the history of Chelsea and the missing players. “We are young…
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Chelsea blew away Middlesbrough with a rampant first-half display to record a 6-2 aggregate victory and clinch their place against either Liverpool or Fulham in the Carabao Cup final. Boro stunned the Blues with a 1-0 win at the Riverside Stadium in the first leg and had genuine ambitions of becoming the first EFL side…
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Liverpool have opened a five-point gap at the top of the Premier League table, thanks to a comprehensive 4-0 win over Bournemouth on Sunday. There were no goals in the first half, as the Reds went toe-to-toe with their hosts at the Vitality Stadium. Darwin Nunez opened the scoring four minutes after half-time, with a…
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Super Eagles goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali, has revealed that teammate Francis Uzoho remains the team’s first choice shot-stopper at the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Ivory Coast. Nwabali also revealed what Nigeria head coach Jose Peseiro told him before Super Eagles 1-1 draw with Equatorial Guinea. The Chippa United shot-stopper has benched Uzoho…
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