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Kwara Utd defender slumps, dies in training

Daily Dispatch May 26, 2017

player of the Nigeria National League side, Kwara United FC of Ilorin, Saka Azeez, on Friday slumped and died in training. Azeez, 24, who was the son of former African and Commonwealth Table Tennis Champion, Kasali Lasisi, slumped at the Kwara Stadium, Ilorin during a training session. The

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United, City to donate £1m to Manchester attack fund

Daily Dispatch May 25, 2017

Manchester United and Manchester City on Thursday pledged £1 million ($1.3m, 1.2m euros) to an emergency fund set up after the terror attack in the city that left 22 people dead. The “We Love Manchester Emergency Fund”, backed by Manchester’s Lord Mayor and set up in partnership with the British Red Cross, was established after […]

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Breaking: Manchester United Lifts Europa Cup, Qualify for Champions League

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2017

Manchester United beat Ajax to win the Europa League and reach next season’s Champions League, thanks to goals from Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Pogba scored with a deflected strike before Mkhitaryan’s close-range finish on an emotional night in Stockholm. There was recognition before the game of those killed in Monday’s attack in Manchester and

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Nigeria’s grassroots programme not good to raise world-beaters – Gora

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2017

A retired sports administrator, Elias Gora, yesterday said the country’s grassroots development programme was not good enough to help build world-beaters and return Nigeria to winning ways. Gora said in an interview in Lagos that there should have by now been a replacement for sprinter Blessing Okagbare if the programme was yielding the desired result. […]

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Uyo Stadium ready for Eagles, Bafana Bafana match- NFF

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2017

A team of inspectors from the Nigeria Football Federation has declared the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo ready for next month’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying cracker between Nigeria and South Africa. Led by the Chairman of NFF Technical and Development Committee, Barrister Chris Green, the team expressed delight with the state of the […]

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Beckham ‘heartbreak’ as Manchester clubs pay tribute to attack victims

Daily Dispatch May 23, 2017

Football star David Beckham spoke of his “heartbreak” as former club Manchester United and local rivals Manchester City came together Tuesday to pay tribute after 22 people including children were killed in a suspected suicide bombing in the northern English city. Britain’s deadliest terror attack in 12 years took place when a bomb went off […]