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UEFA Champions League quarter-final line-up

Daily Dispatch March 13, 2019

The qualified teams for the quarter-finals of this season’s UEFA Champions League, after the final last-16 ties concluded on Wednesday: Barcelona (ESP) Manchester City (ENG) Manchester United (ENG) Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) Liverpool (ENG) Juventus (ITA) FC Porto (POR) Ajax (NED) – Draw for

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Breaking: Zinedine Zidane returns to Real Madrid

Daily Dispatch March 11, 2019

Zinedine Zidane has made a sensational return as coach of Real Madrid after Santiago Solari’s sacking was finally confirmed on Monday. Zidane has been given a contract until June 2022, just nine months after he resigned at the end of last season, having led Madrid to an historic third consecutive Champions League triumph. Solari’s dismissal […]

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World Cup: Stranded Nigerians, others face deportation from Russia

Daily Dispatch March 6, 2019

In a cramped apartment on the outskirts of Moscow, Lamin has little more than the clothes and the Bible he brought with him when he came to Russia on a temporary World Cup visa last summer. The 23-year-old Gambian shares the two-bedroom flat with nine other people — the youngest a newborn baby girl, the […]

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Breaking: Roger Federer Wins 100th Title

Daily Dispatch March 2, 2019

Roger Federer won his 100th career title on Saturday when he defeated Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Dubai Championships. The Swiss star is the second man to achieve the feat after America’s Jimmy Connors who ended his career with 109 titles. AFP

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REVEALED! Sala’s pilot not authorised to fly paying passenger

Daily Dispatch February 25, 2019

Facts have now emerged that the part-time pilot who flew Emiliano Sala from France to Wales before crashing into the Channel made ‘basic errors’ before take-off. David Ibbotson was also not allowed to take paying passengers because he only had a private licence – not a commercial one and didn’t have the qualifications to fly […]

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Breaking: Poland 2019: Nigeria draw USA, Qatar, Ukraine

Daily Dispatch February 24, 2019

The Flying Eagles of Nigeria have been grouped alongside Ukraine, Qatar and the United States of Nigeria at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland. The tournament will begin on May 23, 2019 and end on June 15, 2019 and will be held across six venues in Poland.