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Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk (left) shares a light-hearted moment with Andrew Robertson, who escaped Steven Gerrard’s fate When Andrew Robertson slipped on theAnfield turf late in the second half of Liverpool’s victory over Chelsea onSunday, there was a brief silence as the ghost of 2014 reared its head.Liverpool might have been leading2-0 at the time, but after constant reminders of the same fixture five yearsago when Steven Gerrard’s fall gifted Chelsea their opening goal on the way toa victory that undid the Reds’ title challenge, it was clear some of the scarsremained. So when Liverpool finally recoveredthe ball and…

Watford’s Troy Deeney has scored six goals and provided four assists in 2019 Holebas suffered a hamstring injury during the FA Cup semi-final win over Wolves, Quina has a shoulder injury and Cleverley a calf problem.Arsenal’s Sokratis Papastathopoulos begins a two-match ban for accumulating10 bookings.Granit Xhaka has a groin injury and will be assessed ahead of the game,while Danny Welbeck, Rob Holding and Hector Bellerin remained sidelined.Watford manager JaviGracia says the FA Cup final won’t be a distraction:“I am only thinking about trying to win the next game. I don’t want tothink any further.“We have good professionals and, with these…

Football············ Team P GD Pts1 Liverpool 34 57 852 Man City 33 64 833 Tottenham 33 30 674 Chelsea 34 21 665 Man Utd 33 19 64 6 Arsenal 32 25 63 7 Leicester 34 1 47 8 Wolves 33 -1 47 9 Everton 34 2 46 10 Watford 32 0 46 11 West Ham 34 -10 42 12 Bournemouth 34 -12 41 13 Crystal Palace 34 -6 39 14 Burnley 34 -18 39 15 Newcastle 34 -11 38 …

Tiger Wood and dad in 1997, Embracing daughter after the victory (Yahoo) Tiger Woods says his Masters triumphis “right up there” with his greatest achievements, having faced“serious doubts” he would ever contend again.Woods, 43, won a fifth Green Jacketat Augusta National on Sunday, his first major win in 11 years and a firstsince having four operations on his back.The 15-time major winner said he“could barely walk” before surgery and his children had seen golfcause “pain”.“We’re creating new memoriesfor them and it’s just very special,” he said.“I was very lucky to be givenanother chance to do something that I love to…

Woods celebrates after sinking the putt that clinched a fifth Masters title — 14 years after his last. (picture courtesy CNN) Masters final-round leaderboard-13: T Woods (US); -12: D Johnson (US), X Schauffele (US),B Koepka (US); -11: J Day (Aus), W Simpson (US), F Molinari (Ita), TFinau (US); -10: J Rahm (Spa), P Cantlay (US), R Fowler (US).Selected others: -8: I Poulter; -6: P Mickelson (US); -5: MFitzpatrick (Eng) R McIlroy (NI), J Spieth (US); -2: T Fleetwood (Eng). Full leaderboardTiger Woods produced a scintillatingfinish to win a fifth Masters title and end an 11-year wait to claim a 15thmajor.There…

TEXT OF A BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY, NYESOM EZENWO WIKE,CON, GSSRS, POS, GOVERNOR OF RIVERS STATE ON THURSDAY 11TH APRIL 2019Gov. Nyesom WikeMydear people of Rivers State,Itis with profound gratitude to God Almighty that I address you today, Thursday,April 11, 2017.2.Few hours ago, the Supreme Court of Nigeria struck out the consolidated appealsof the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Tonye Cole for lacking in merits.3.With this decision, all legal issues regarding the fielding of candidates bythe APC for the 2019 National Assembly, Governorship and State House ofAssembly elections in Rivers State have finally and permanently been put to rest.4.What this…

Lukaku only touched the ball twice inside the Barcelona box and did not manage a single shot at goal The biggest positive that Manchester United can take outof Wednesday’s defeat by Barcelona is that they only lost by one goal.Uniteddid not do enough at Old Trafford to deserve anything from the first leg oftheir quarter-final, but thescoreline means they still have achance in this tie.Ofcourse, beating Barca in their own back yard is going to be extremely difficultbut I believe United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has got the tools to do it.Ifthey have a positive attitude, then they can put Barcelona under…

Diego Costa was shown a straight red card in the 27th minute of Atletico Madrid’s match against Barcelona Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa has beenbanned for eight games after being found guilty of abusing a referee.The former Chelsea player, 30, was sent off byofficial Jesus Gil Manzano during Atletico’s 2-0 loss to Barcelona in La Liga.Manzano said in his match report that theSpanish international had “insulted his mother”, a claim Costadenied.The Spanish Football Federation’s ban ruleshim out of Atletico’s remaining La Liga fixtures this season.Costa, who can appeal against the ban,received a four game suspension for insults to the referee and…

Nigeria has been abuzz with the recentoutburst of little Miss Success Adegor of Okotie-Eboh Community Primary School,Sapele, Delta State. The innocent little girl demonstration via a recordedvideo that went viral on Facebook, frustration over the penchant by schools allover the South South at least, to send students away from school for failure bytheir parents to pay school fees and sundry levies.In this case, Success’ school, a Delta Stategovernment owned public school is supposed to be a free education school butsomehow, a handsome levy of N1000 was imposed for examination. The West AfricanExamination Council, WAEC charges N5000, the National Examination Council,NECO,…

By lduozee Paul, Benin    As governor s in Nigeria debate on how they can pay the newly approved minimum wage, the president general of the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies (SSASGOC), Comrade Muhammad Attahiru Yunusa has called on President Buhari and state governors to cut down their spending on political appointees so that they can pay the new wage and cause workers to enjoy the fruit of their labour.  Comrade Muhammad Yunusa made the call a meeting with SSASGOC officials held in Benin city, at the weekend. He said the aim of the meeting…