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Blade runner, Pistorius, appeals 17-year sentence for shooting girlfriend dead

Daily Dispatch December 19, 2017

Former Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has filed papers to South Africa’s Constitutional Court, appealing against his 13-year jail term for shooting dead his girlfriend, a lawyer for the victim’s family said Tuesday. A court last month increased Pistorius’s sentence for murdering Reeva

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PHOTOS: Henry Thiery crowned ‘Igwe of football’

Daily Dispatch December 18, 2017

Football legend, Henry Thiery, was on Sunday crowned ‘Igwe of football’  by an Igbo group in Nigeria. The Arsenal legend who is on a visit to Nigeria to meet winners of the ‘Be a Front Row Fan’ Guinness Made of Black programme was conferred with the title upon his arrival. Thiery wore an Igbo attire as he was […]

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BREAKING: Brazilian football chief, Del Nero, given 90-day ban

Daily Dispatch December 15, 2017

FIFA handed Brazilian football confederation president Marco Polo Del Nero a 90-day ban from all football activities on Friday. The 76-year-old, a former member of the FIFA Council, is the latest prominent South American official to be banned by the sport’s governing body as part of its investigation into a vast corruption scandal. AFP

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Germans in favour of video referee, survey says

Daily Dispatch December 15, 2017

A majority of Germans on Friday showed they are in support of video evidence being used in football, the country’s local media reports. The reports indicated that this was in spite of major criticism of some decisions made in the Bundesliga over the past weeks. Commissioned by dpa, a survey by YouGov among 2,027 Germans […]

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FIFA awards Super Eagles World Cup match to Algeria, fines Nigeria N2.17m

Daily Dispatch December 12, 2017

The World governing body, FIFA, has slammed a heavy fine on Nigeria for fielding an ineligible player against Algeria in a Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier. The disciplinary committee of the body in a statement on Tuesday slammed a princely sum of CHF 6,000 (N2.17 million) on the three-time African champions.  The Committee stated that […]

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2018 World Cup: Nigeria, Iceland will be one of the biggest games in the history of tournament- Rohr

Daily Dispatch December 11, 2017

The Super Eagles technical adviser, Gernot Rohr has said that the match between Nigeria and Iceland at the 2018 World Cup in Russia will be one of the biggest games in the history of the World Cup. Rohr said Iceland has the best supporters in world football and they will come in their numbers to […]