With their swashbuckling 3-1 dismantling of defending champions Real Madrid in the Champions League group phase, Tottenham Hotspur announced themselves as European heavyweights. The most consistently impressive team in England over the past two years, Spurs had the misfortune of running into the Leicester City miracle in 2015-16 and a Chelsea juggernaut in 2016-17.
Friday, November 3, 2017
Spurs return to European big time
With their swashbuckling 3-1 dismantling of defending champions Real Madrid in the Champions League group phase, Tottenham Hotspur announced themselves as European heavyweights. The most consistently impressive team in England over the past two years, Spurs had the misfortune of running into the Leicester City miracle in 2015-16 and a Chelsea juggernaut in 2016-17.
CAN denies endorsing Fayose for president
CAN in a statement by Adebayo Oladeji, the spokesperson to CAN President, Samson Ayokunle, said a letter by Musa Asake, its general secretary, addressed to Fayose was done in his personal capacity and not representing CAN. The general secretary, had in a letter dated October 16, 2017 to Governor Fayose described him as a man fit for the place of president of Nigeria.
Arsenal through, Everton out
Arsenal reached the Europa League last 32 Thursday as Everton crashed out and A.C Milan stumbled.
Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal fought out a drab 0-0 draw with Red Star Belgrade at the Emirates but the point was enough to make sure of qualifying for the knockout round with two games to spare in Group H. Jack Wilshere, overlooked by England manager Gareth Southgate earlier in the day, had the best chance but saw a second-half effort cleared off the line. The result allowed the Gunners to stretch their unbeaten home run in all competitions to 16 games. “If you can’t win the game, don’t lose it. We’re not delighted with the point, but we’ll take it,” said Wilshere.
Ex-INEC official admits collecting N30m from Diezani
A former Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) officer, Christian Nwosu on Thursday at a Federal High Court in Lagos denied that he was bribed by a former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to rig the 2015 general elections for her party. He, however, admitted that the N30 million he collected from her was for “logistics”.