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Sergio Ramos pays tribute to Iker Casillas.

Real Madrid centre-back, Sergio Ramos has paid tribute to colleague, Iker Casillas who joins FC Porto next season. Ramos in a tweet posted yesterday also posted link to the video of some of the great times they shared together. The ace goalkeeper bade the club goodbye amid tears yesterday.‎ 

“10 years together and many, many shared moments. A great Captain, thank you, @CasillasWorld #GraciasIker.”

Ramos wrote.
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Sterling set to move to Manchester City

Liverpool have reached an agreement with Manchester City over the transfer of Raheem Sterling.
The 20yr old who has long declared his interest to leave Liverpool will now undergo a medical and clear contract negotiations to complete the move worth £49Million. The deal (if successful) will make Raheem Sterling the second most expensive British player behind Gareth Bale who moved from Tottenham to Real Madrid in 2013 for £83.5Million.
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"This is one of the hardest days of my life" – Casillas

Iker Casillas bid his boyhood club, Real Madrid, goodbye today in an emotion-laden press conference. The Spaniard who spent 25years at the club, making 725 appearances and winning 17 major honours read a prepared statement to pressmen amid tears and incessant pauses. Casillas was not accompanied by any club official as he went through the conference alone.
In his statement, he thanked the fans, club and his family while also reflecting on his Odyssey with the club.

“First of all, thanks to everyone for coming here and for supporting me at this special time. I have come to this great stadium to say goodbye to everyone, and especially to all the Madridistas. Since yesterday I am no longer a Real Madrid player and I will now go to FC Porto. My decision to go to FC Porto was based on two factors — the enthusiasm that their club president, coach — who I know well — and the staff have transmitted to me.

“Secondly, the affection that I have received when people found out that my destination would be Portugal. I will do all I can not to let them down and I will try to win as many titles as possible with them. Thank you, FC Porto, for trusting me. After 25 years defending the emblem of the biggest club in the world, this is one of the hardest days of my life,” he said. “It feels like it was only yesterday when at the age of nine I wore for the first time Real’s jersey and my dream came true.
“During this time we have enjoyed ourselves, shed tears, happiness, laughter, I have felt loved. This club has not only taught me to be a sportsmen but also taught me human values, being, those of respect, camaraderie and humility.

“I have always tried to show all of them wherever I went. I want to acknowledge all of my former and current teammates — I leave a lot of friends behind me and I know that I will be always be able to count on them. I want to thank all of my coaches throughout my career, all of them. I have learned a lot from all of them. All my love to my family, who made sacrifices for me to pursue this hard but rewarding career,” Casillas said. “Also to my wife and my child, because they will always be there next to me.”
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Three games to look out for in NPFL match day 17

The Nigeria Professional League enters match day 17 amid flurry of excitement, expectations and hype. This season is shaping out to be one of the best in recent time following the rise in away victories, improvement in officiating and intriguing games.
The race for the title is gradually taking shape and the pretenders are being separated from the contenders with every passing game. In view of this, here are top three games to look out for in match day 17 fixtures scheduled to kick off later today.
WARRI WOLVES VS ENYIMBA FC

Enyimba will look to maintain its unbeaten run and position on the log as they travel to Warri to face a familiar foe in Warri Wolves. The Aba-elephants are tied on point with leaders of the log, Sunshine Stars, and will fancy getting maximum points while hoping that Sunshine falters and they move up to first position. Enyimba have been very consistent both home and away with their defenders do a good job of keeping cleaning sheets while their forwards also do the business in front of goal.
Warri Wolves will also look to get back to winning ways as they are yet to pick a victory in three games. The game might turn out to be the turning point for Warri Wolves or Enyimba’s ascension to the top of the log.
SHOOTING STARS VS GIWA FC

Jos based side, Giwa Fc are turning out to be one of the dark horses of the league this season as they have put out decent performances which leaves them fourth on the log with just two points behind leaders, sunshine stars. They are yet to lose in four games since the 4-1 defeat they suffered in the hands of Kano Pillars last month. They will be travelling to Ibadan with the mindset of getting maximum point in a bid to possibly go top of the log should Enyimba, Sunshine stars and Wikki Tourist all slip.
Ibadan, however, won’t be an easy place to pick maximum points as it has been transformed into a fortress under coach Gbenga Ogunbote of shooting stars.
Ogunbote have remoulded the team into a formidable one and went on rampage with victories and draws before Ifeanyi Ubah gave him the bitter taste of defeat.
The game will definitely be filled with plenty of goals and high points as both teams have a point (or two) to prove.
SUNSHINE STARS VS BAYELSEA UNITED
Leaders of the log, Sunshine Stars will hope to tighten their grip on the first position and possibly create a good margin between them and the likes of Enyimba, Wikki and Giwa Fc in this game against Bayelsa United. The Akure gunners are on an imperious form at home as they are yet to drop any point. Bayelsa United on the other hand will also look to further distance itself from the relegation zone after rising three points above it with a victory against Warri Wolves last week.
The game will test the resolve of Sunshine stars to remain top of the log and Bayelsa United’s commitment to leave the relegation zone.
Other fixtures includes:
Wikki Tourists Vs El Kanemi Warriors
Heartland Vs Dolphins
Nassarawa United Vs Fc Ifeanyi Ubah
Kwara United Vs Sharks
Abia Warriors Vs Taraba Fc
Rangers Fc Vs Lobi Stars
Akwa United Vs Kano Pillars

Akwa United Vs kano Pillars will be shown live on Super Sport 9 and Super Sport Select by 4pm.
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Oliseh cannot handle Super Eagles -Laloko, Westerhof

Reactions have continued to trail the decision of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to appoint ex Super Eagles player, Sunday Oliseh as the head coach of the men’s national team. 
Erstwhile technical director of the Nigeria Football Association, Kashimawo Laloko, has said that the former Borussia Dortmund and Ajax midfielder lacks the experience required to manage the the team.

“I don’t think he has the necessary experience to be Super Eagles coach. He is educated and very organised as a player, but his success will depend on how organised he is as a coach. Managing a national team is very different from coaching a club.

Besides, being a good footballer and analyst does not automatically make you a fantastic coach. But one thing I can be sure of is that he will introduce a new structure in the team; Keshi never had any structure, and that was what affected the team last year. Oliseh might have the UEFA pro licence but it is required that he has a CAF licence, that is what we have on ground as the rule,”‎ he said.

Former Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Clemens Westerhof also shared the same opinion.

“Did you say Sunday Oliseh to be Super ‎Eagles coach? No, no, no, no! That cannot be, he can’t be

Super Eagles coach. Oliseh cannot do it, no, he can’t. If what you just said is correct, if Nigeria Federation is bringing Oliseh to handle Super Eagles,  then that is too bad because it is not right, it is not proper, he is not the right ‎man for the job.

He continued, “Before I took over Super Eagles in 1989, I was head coach of Feyenord of Amsterdam and we were champions after many years. I coached other top teams in the first division, Vitese, MVV and came back to Vitese again. I had the experience coaching top teams. Keshi was a top quality player in Belgium with Lokeren, Anderlecht, RC Strasburg in France, Sacramento Scorpions and all that. He coached several other top teams including Togo and Mali.

Where did Oliseh coach? What is his coaching experience? Do you want to start learning how to coach with the senior national team? Coaching amateur teams is not enough to get experience of handling top teams like Super Eagles. Players cannot respect him, you know, he cannot command their respect and influence as they loved and respected me, as they also respected and loved Keshi. What the Super Eagles need is a coach who the players will love to respect, who has positive influence on the players and I don’t think ‎Oliseh has these qualities.”‎ He concluded.

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Nigeria move up four places in FIFA women's ranking

The Super falcons of Nigeria moved up four places in the FIFA women’s ranking released on Friday despite failure to advance past the group stage in the just concluded 2015 FIFA women’s world Cup in Canada.
The Super falcons moved from 33rd in the world to 29th and remained number one in Africa.
In the same vein, Cameroon also moved up 10places to 43rd in the world and 2nd in Africa given their decent world Cup campaign which saw them reach the round of 16.
TOP 10 (AFRICA) 
Nigeria
Cameroon
Ghana
Equatorial Guinea
South Africa 
Ivory coast
Algeria
Morocco
Tunisia
Egypt

TOP 10 (WORLD) 
USA
Germany 
France
Japan
England 
Brazil
Sweden
Korea
Australia 
Norway
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McEachran moves to Brentford, Marcelo signs a new contract, United eyeing Muller and other news in the transfer zone

22year old English ace, Josh McEachran completed a move to championship side, Brentford Fc for an undisclosed fee. Josh who spent last season on loan at Vitesse Arnhem signed a four year contract with Brentford after failing to establish himself in the starting XI of Chelsea Fc.

Marcelo, 27, has signed a new contract that will keep him at Real Madrid until 2020.
The Brazilian defender who joined Real Madrid from Fluminense in 2007 will remain in Spain until June 30, 2020 when his new contract will be up.

Following the imminent departure of RVP to Fenerbahce, there are reports that Manchester United are considering signing Thomas Muller as a replacement for the Dutchman. 
Daily star reports that United are preparing a £60M bid for the German.

Belgium international, Yannick Carrasco is set to join Atletico Madrid from Monaco after both clubs have reportedly agreed a fee.
Inter Milan have reportedly reached an agreement with Manchester City to buy Stevan Jovetic and are now in talks with the striker.
Nigerian international, Rasheed Olabiyi have competed a move to Houston Dynamo from Nigeria Professional football league (NPFL) side, Enyimba International for an undisclosed fee.
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AAG: Nigeria Drawn with Ghana, Egypt and Senegal

Nigeria’s dream team VI was drawn in what has already been tagged the ‘group of death’ for the fast approaching All Africa Games.
Samson Siasia’s team was drawn in Group B where they will be facing two-time champions Egypt, Ghana and Senegal.
The draws took place yesterday at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt with General Secretary of CAF, Hicham El Amrani in charge.
While reacting to the draws, the coach of the team, Samson Siasia dismissed any notion of fear and emphasises on continual hardwork.

“we have been zoned in a difficult group but if you want to emerge champion of any tournament, you can’t avoid the strong teams in the competition” Siasia said.
The All Africa Games is scheduled to hold between September 3-18 in Congo Brazzaville.
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Wayne Rooney expecting third child

England and Manchester United captain, Wayne Rooney is expecting his third child.
The football star made the announcement online alongside his heartthrob, Coleen Rooney.
The couple married in 2008 and already have two sons – Kai and Klay. It appears the field of play isn’t the only place Rooney can score goals.
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Darmian to Manchester United, Vidal to Madrid and other transfer gists.

All seems set for Italian right back, Matteo Darmian to complete a €20M move to Manchester United.  Torino manager, Giampero Ventura affirmed this in a statement to Sky Sports Italia. 

“Matteo Darmian will play for Manchester United, it’s a dream for him” Ventura said.

General manager of Juventus, Beppe Marotta, has dismissed talks of Arturo Vidal moving to Real Madrid.  Marotta termed the talks ‘utopic’ while also reiterating that Paul Pogba will not be sold. 

“there have been rumors about Arturo and we have a relationship with Real so these rumors are utopic””at the same time, I think we’ve already said enough about Pogba. Juventus do not deprive themselves of their most important players”.

The news of Robin Van Persie moving to Fenerbahce gathered momentum as their Nigerian striker, Emmanuel Emenike is close to signing a loan deal with Qatari club, Al Alin. The club is confident of landing Van Persie to replace Emenike.
Yohan Cabaye might be switching sides this summer as PSG has agreed price deal with Crystal Palace and he is about to undergo a medical test.
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