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Alvaro Morata ruled out for a month

Serie A champions, Juventus have been hit with another injury blow as Alvaro Morata has been sidelined for a month owing calf injury. The Spain international had been set to start Saturday’s Supercoppa Italiana clash with Lazio in China but tore a calf muscle in training on Tuesday.
Consequently, Morata will now miss Juve’s Serie A opener against Udinese on August 23, as well as the trip to the Stadio Olimpico the following weekend to take on Scudetto rivals Roma.
“Alvaro Morata will be sidelined for up to 30 days after suffering a torn soleus muscle in his left calf,” read a statement released on Juve’s official website.
“Having departed the work-out early, the striker underwent tests today in Shanghai to reveal the full extent of the damage.”
The news of Morata’s injury is coming days after new signing, Sami Khedira was also sidelined for two months after picking up an hamstring injury.
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Nathaniel Clyne tips Liverpool for EPL title

Liverpool’s new signing Nathaniel Clyne has tipped Liverpool for the EPL title citing the new addition and quality of the team as the rationale behind it. Liverpool finished sixth last season despite splashing the cash on a number of players in a bid to improve the quality of the team. Last season’s disappointing performance came on the heel of an impressive second-place finish the season before it and many has questioned the readiness of the club to go all the way.
But England international full-back Clyne, who moved from Southampton to Anfield for £12.5 million during the off-season, believes the Merseyside club can end their 25-year drought for league success this term.

“Two seasons ago, Liverpool were pushing and nearly won the league, so we’re not too far away and with the additions to the team this year, we are looking to push on again,” Clyne said.

“Hopefully we can push for the title this season.

“You can see with the team and the quality that we have got that we can have a special season.”
Liverpool begin their Premier League campaign at Stoke City on Sunday, having lost 6-1 at the Britannia Stadium on the final day of the 2014-15 campaign.
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Edin Dzeko a step closer to completing Roma move

Manchester city striker Edin Dzeko has moved a step closer to joining Italian club, Roma as he has flown to Italy to finalise things. Sources revealed that both clubs have agreed a fee for the switch and it is now subject to a medical and personal agreement.
City boss Manuel Pellegrini admitted during the club’s preseason tour of Australia that Dzeko could leave the club this summer. If Dzeko agrees personal terms and passes his medical he will become is the second City player to move to Serie A this summer after Stevan Jovetic joined Inter Milan on loan earlier this week.
Totti said last month he hopes Roma sign City striker Dzeko while Miralem Pjanic said his Bosnia and Herzegovina teammate “would come running” if given the opportunity to join the Giallorossi.
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Di Maria Undergoes Medical at PSG, says he is happy to join the club

Manchester United winger, Angel Di Maria has undergone medical in Doha, Qatar ahead of an imminent move to Paris Saint Germain (PSG). The 27-year-old was given permission to fly to Qatar for talks with PSG officials after United agreed a €63 million (£44.3 million) fee with the French champions for the midfielder.
Di Maria has expressed his delight to join the club and his readiness to help the club with his abilities.
“I am very happy to join PSG. What I know about PSG is that it is a team that won all the possible trophies in France last season,” Di Maria was quoted as saying by BeIN Sports.

“This is very important for the club. I also know that I want to overcome the obstacle that is the quarter-finals of the Champions League. I am going to try to bring the best of my abilities to put myself at the service of this team. We are going to try and go as far as possible in the Champions League.”

United signed Di Maria from Real Madrid for £59.7 million last summer, but after an encouraging start his form dipped drastically and he only started one of the final 10 games of last season.
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Ajax dumped out of the Champions League by lowest ranked team

Ajax saw an end to their champions league qualifying campaign after suffering a shocking 5-4 aggregate defeat to Rapid Vienna. Rapid, the lowest-ranked team in the non-champions section of the draw, looked to be on their way out a week ago when they trailed 2-1 at home and had been reduced to 10 men. But they found an equaliser to give them hope for the return leg and produced a fine performance to send Ajax tumbling out.
The Austrian side rushed into a shock two-goal lead before half-time as Robert Beric and Louis Schaub found the back of the net. But Ajax fought back after the break with Arkadiusz Milik reducing the arrears before Nemanja Gudelj brought the tie level in the 75th minute.
Frank de Boer’s men had no sooner finished celebrating before they were fishing the ball out of their own net again when Schaub bagged his second of the game.
That gave Rapid a crucial third away goal, meaning Ajax had to score twice in the final 13 minutes to avoid a premature exit. But they could find no way back into the tie. The result means Sporting Lisbon will now be seeded into the playoff round draw in place of Ajax, alongside Manchester United, Valencia and Bayer Leverkusen. The final seed will be decided after Wednesday’s other qualifiers between Shakhtar Donetsk, CSKA Moscow and Lazio.
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This Cristiano Ronaldo fan has spent thousands of pounds to look like him.

From being studied as a course in a university, having a galaxy named after him to paying bucks to look like him, Cristiano Ronaldo might be the most admired sportsman on planet earth. Perhaps, no one loves the Portuguese star than Danish teenager, Shanta Ronaldo. Shanta’s life virtually revolves round the two-time world best footballer and he’s even spent thousands of pounds to look like the football icon.

He disclosed to the Daily Mirror that, “The reason I wanted to get a life like him is that he is rich, famous and living the life. I’ve met him for a couple of times and I can’t explain such a fantastic person he is. I’ve no idea how much I’ve spent emulating him it’s definitely in the thousands though. He used his time very good for me where we spoke a lot.


“I waited every day at Valdebebas [Real Madrid’s training ground] from 9am to 2pm just to see him. Now, he knows me it means every time I go to Madrid I can meet him, which I am so proud of. Wherever, CR7 goes I’m with him. He even knows it himself. I try to visit him as soon as possible. I’m already planning my next trip which is very soon.”

He added that, “All my friends, my family call me Cristiano Ronaldo. They know my passion and respect it. Some may think I’m crazy, but that’s the way I am. People tell me, ‘be yourself’ but I cannot be myself more than I am now. He’s not just my passion, but he motivates me.”
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How I was robbed in Unilag- Blogger, Helen Ozor

A lot of things happen to people at the University of Lagos but we only get to hear a few of these things or we may not even hear about these things at all. For about a month, I have been taking photography classes at Yaba. Yesterday, 4th of August, my photography coach fixed our class at the Sports Centre at the University of Lagos. I drove into the premises at about 2pm. Meanwhile, a sporting event organized by MTN took place at the sports centre yesterday. After my class at about 5pm, I got to the car park and discovered that my car had been burgled with three of the glass wound down. My camera bag containing 2 lenses, 64gig memory card, batteries, camera cable, blackberry Q10, another bag containing my wallet, notepads, GTB ATM card, ID card, voters card, money , drivers Licence were all stolen from the car. I also discovered that my car key could not lock the door.

The security guards at the sports centre referred me to their security office where I made a statement. After I narrated my ordeal, one of the security officer said ‘You’re lucky they didn’t go with your car’. I was also asked to report the case at the Sabo police station. When I narrated what happened to the officer in charge of the case at the station, he made me understand that this isn’t the first time people would report cases of theft to them. Apparently, the situation is getting out of hand. Just incase you would be attending an event at Unilag or you have some engagement within the premises of the institution, please note that your things are not safe. You park at your own risk despite the presence of security guards.

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EPL success is a blessing and a curse – Biola Kazeem

One of Nigeria’s foremost sport analysts, Biola Kazeem has tagged the tremendous success of the English Premier League as a blessing and equally, a curse to its indigenous country. He mentioned this in an online chat he had with Loladeville yesterday. The chat kicked off on Twitter by 8pm with both accounts – @loladeville_ and @biolakazeem as well as the HashTag – #Loladevillechat

Biola was reacting to a question on the homegrown player rule that compels EPL clubs to play home grown talent in order to improve the quality of indigenous English players. He claimed the success of the EPL will always give the clubs the room to go for the best players while the English players will have to be good to really get played as the rule will only but give them a chance.

Furthermore, Biola believes that the signing of Cech by Arsenal will give them a much needed balance ahead of the new season. He argued that the signing may be important than getting a striker which seem to be a more pressing need. He hinged his argument on the fact that Manchester City had the highest goalscorer in the league the previous season but failed to win it.
On the teams in Manchester; Biola spoke high of Ed Woodward who he believes has made some great moves and more importantly, brought down the wage bill and reduced average age of the Manchester United squad.

In the same vein, he opined that Manchester City have made some good signings including that of Raheem Sterling although he admitted that was extortionate.
Speaking of good signings, Biola thinks the loan move for Falcao and Wilnaldjum to Newcastle doesn’t entirely belong in that category.

In conclusion, he is looking out for Liverpool whom he believes will score goals aplenty, Stoke City and crystal Palace while also anticipating a far more dramatic end to the summer transfer window.
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6 things you didn't know about the newly appointed NNPC GMD

President Muhammadu Buhari today appointed Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu as the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). He took over from Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha. Below are some of the facts you should know about the NNPC helmsman
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1) He was born 58 years ago and he hails from Onicha Ugbo, in Aniocha North local government area of Delta State. He holds the titles of Odogwu and Omeudo of Onicha Ugbo‎
2) He is married to two women, Elizabeth and Mariam. The first wife, Elizabeth has three children – Nkem, Emeka and Uche.
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3) He is a first class graduate of Law, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and the Nigerian Law School. He also has Masters and Doctorate Degrees in Law from the Harvard Law School.
4) He kickstarted his working career with the Nigerian/American Merchant Bank before moving on to Texaco Nigeria Limited where he remained for about eight years before joining ExxonMobil. 
5) He is an author of three legal books as well as the publisher of the popular Hints and Chanelle magazines, Complete Fashion Magazine as well as YES! International.
6) Veteran writers like Toni Kan, Reuben Abati, Kayode Ajala, etc wrote for his papers.
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