Following matches in the Game Week 1 of the newly-expanded Champions League and some fixtures in the Carabao Cup, Premier League teams will return to their domestic schedules this weekend. Most fans and enthusiasts are looking forward to Manchester City’s clash against Arsenal on Sunday. But there are a couple of interesting matches that will be played on Saturday. And we could also see a few surprising results in some of them. 1. West Ham vs Chelsea: Last weekend, Chelsea were able to escape from Bournemouth with a narrow 1-0 win. Enzo Maresca’s men struggled for most of the game…
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Unified boxing champion, Oleksandr Usyk, has predicted the IBF heavyweight world title fight between Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois. The two British fighters will come face-to-face in the ring at Wembley Stadium. Usyk, who vacated the IBF belt for Dubois, believes Joshua will see off the 27-year-old. He told Sky Sports: “I think it’s AJ. I respect both of these guys, but I predict Anthony. “It’s good. IBF did not take my belt, I gave my belt to Anthony Joshua and Dubois. “Because for me, it’s important that my sport of boxing develops.” Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois: Usyk predicts…
Marseille new signing, Adrien Rabiot has expressed his admiration for former Super Eagles defender, Taye Taiwo. Rabiot claimed his childhood affection for Taiwo played a key role in his decision to join the Ligue 1 club. The midfielder recently joined the former Ligue 1 champions on a free transfer after severing ties with Juventus. “When I was younger, I loved watching Marseille play,” Rabiot said at his unveiling ceremony. “It was the era of players like Niang and especially Taye Taiwo. I admired his strength, his presence on the pitch, and his ability to score incredible goals from the left-back…
Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has claimed that Arsenal’s centre-back pairing of William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes will be “focused” on stopping Erling Haaland on Sunday. Haaland failed to score against the Gunners in their two Premier League fixtures last season. Guardiola is expecting Saliba and Gabriel to give his in-form striker another hard battle at the Etihad. “[William] Saliba and Gabriel, they are incredibly focussed with Haaland all the time,” Guardiola told reporters. “It’s not one-against-one, it’s two-against-one, sometimes three-against-one. “So that’s why it’s difficult to attack them…” EPL: Guardiola names two Arsenal players can are ‘focused’ on stopping…
As the electorates go to poll a few hours from now to elect a governor who will take over from the outgoing governor, Godwin Obaseki, security operatives have been beefed up in the state. DAILY POST reports that voters have started going to their voting centres. The security operatives, mainly the Nigerian Army, and policemen have blocked several major streets and roads. At Agho and Joromi junctions, Ekenwa road, Benin City, military operatives blocked the two sides of the road, thereby making passage difficult for motorists. At Oba market Road, Ebiwe, Forestry and Mission road junctions were also blocked by…
Chelsea manager, Enzo Maresca, has admitted that Ben Chilwell was “ready to leave” the Premier League club this summer. Maresca banished Chilwell from first-team training in a bid to force his departure. But the England defender failed to agree a move away and has been reintegrated into the squad. “Ben Chilwell is one of the guys who was ready to leave, but he’s here and he’s training with us,” Maresca confirmed. “He’s training well. He’s our player. “Game after game we are going to consider in case we are going to use him.” Chilwell is unlikely to be part of…
The Nigeria Police have advised residents of Edo State to cast their votes in the governorship election and return to their homes. The Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG, Frank Mbah, in charge of security for the election, gave this advice in an interview on Channels Television on Friday, saying only individuals accredited to monitor the election will be allowed on the streets. According to him, there would be restriction on vehicular movements from 6am to 6pm in the state, adding that police decided to listen to the citizens’ complaints by adjusting the curfew period. Mbah said sympathisers of political parties…
Former Tottenham Hotspur striker, Darren Bent wants Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta not to start Gabriel Martinelli over Raheem Sterling in the Gunners’ left flank against Manchester City this weekend. Bent believes Martinelli is too anxious, adding that Sterling should start ahead of the Brazilian against Man City on Sunday. Both teams will clash in the Premier League at the Etihad Stadium. “Martinelli did himself no favours [against Atalanta in the URFa Champions League]. He [Arteta] can play [Gabriel] Jesus out there but he looks lacking,” Bent told talkSPORT. “I think that is the only place or position [left flank] where…
The police say its operatives have apprehended political thugs and seized firearms during overnight operations in Edo State where the governorship election will be holding today, Saturday. The police also pledged to tackle illegal weapons holders and disruptors of the electoral process in the state. Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, made this known in a statement on Friday night, displaying some of the recovered firearms. He gave the names of the arrested alleged political thugs as 43-year-old Edwin Obanor, and Audu Tajudeen, a 41-year-old PDP member from Ugbogbo quarters, Igara Akoko, Edo “The Nigeria Police Force has made…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has approved the appointment of Akinwale Sarafadeen Adeyemi as the new Chairman, Governing Council of Osun State College of Education, Ila-Orangun. The news of his appointment was contained in a statement signed by Governor Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed on Friday. The statement, which described the new Chairman, Adeyemi as a tested educationist, said he will be replacing Peter Babalola, the former chairman who was dismissed by the state government early in September. Peter Babalola, the former chairman who was also a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state was suspended by the…