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Why Chelsea Sacked Manager Thomas Tuchel

Why Chelsea Sacked Manager Thomas Tuchel

Search Commences For Replacement Thomas Tuchel has paid the ultimate price for Chelsea's inconsistent start to the new football season. Tuesday's 1-0 loss to Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League proved to be the final straw for the Stamford Bridge board - led by new co-owner Todd Boehly. The club decided to part ways with manager Thomas Tuchel following Tuesday's night's Champions League defeat. The 49-year-old former Borussia Dortmund and Paris St-Germain boss leaves Stamford Bridge after 20 months. Tuchel Owner Todd Boehly has placed Tuchel's coaching staff in temporary charge until a replacement is found. The reason for Tuchel's…
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Ukrainian Champs, Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, Ready For War

Ukrainian Champs, Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, Ready For War

Former heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko enlisted in Ukraine's reserve army in Kyiv on Wednesday, saying that love for his country compelled him to defend it. Ukraine has been bracing for a possible military offensive after Russia assembled tens of thousands of troops near Ukraine's borders in recent weeks, though Moscow says it has no plans to invade. Both Wladimir Klitschko, 45, and his brother Vitali Klitschko, now the mayor of Kyiv and also a former heavyweight boxing champion, were present during the opening of a Territorial Defense Forces recruitment centre in the capital. "One district from here, my little…
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New Super Eagles Coaching Crew

New Super Eagles Coaching Crew

These are members of the new coaching staff of the national men's football team, the Super Eagles Augustine Eguavoen – Technical Director/Technical Adviser (interim)Emmanuel Amuneke – Chief Coach/1st AssistantSalisu Yusuf – 2nd Assistant/Chief Coach, CHANJoseph Yobo – 3rd AssistantAloysius Agu – Goalkeepers’ Trainer
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NFF Reconstitutes Eagles Coaching Crew, Appoints Eguavoen, Amuneke

NFF Reconstitutes Eagles Coaching Crew, Appoints Eguavoen, Amuneke

Nigeria Football Federation on Monday announced the reconstitution of the technical crew of the Senior National Team, Super Eagles. The federation retained Augustine Eguavoen as Interim Technical Adviser while former Nigeria World Cup star and former U-20 Boys’ Head Coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, was appointed as a Chief Coach and an immediate assistant to Eguavoen. In a statement on Monday, the federation said it won’t move forward with the agreement with Jose Peseiro who was expected to take charge of the team after the Africa Cup of Nations. One of the most garlanded footballers to have come out of Nigeria, Amuneke…
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Solskjaer returns to support Man Utd

Solskjaer returns to support Man Utd

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer returned to support Manchester United on Wednesday night. It was the first time the Norwegian has been spotted after he was sacked as manager in December. Solskjaer watched his daughter, Karna, play for United women’s Under-21s team. Karna found the back of the net as her father watched on in a 5-0 cup thrashing of Aston Villa at Altrincham’s J Davidson Stadium. Solskjaer was pictured with Maria Edwards, who also got on the scoresheet during the victory, after the match. United’s U-21 side have now progressed to the next round of the WSL Academy Cup. Solskjaer’s teenage…
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Nigeria vs Ghana: Rohr could take charge of Black Stars against Super Eagles

Nigeria vs Ghana: Rohr could take charge of Black Stars against Super Eagles

Former Nigeria coach, Gernot Rohr, is among the candidates under consideration to become the next Ghana head coach, according to Ghana Web. Milovan Rajevac was sacked after the Black Stars were eliminated from the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. Ghana finished bottom of their group, which had Comoros, Morocco and Gabon. It is the first time in their history they have failed to win at least one group stage match. The West Africans are now looking at Rohr, who managed the Super Eagles for five years. Rohr, who was sacked in December, guided Nigeria to the 2018 FIFA World Cup and…
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Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte fight finally confirmed

Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte fight finally confirmed

The WBC heavyweight title clash between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte has finally been confirmed. Fury’s UK-based promoter, Frank Warren, on Friday evening won the highest successful purse bid in boxing history, with his $41,025,000 beating out Matchroom Boxing’s $32,222,222. For the first time, Whyte will now challenge for a world title against the undefeated Fury. Fury emerged with two huge wins from a historic trilogy with Deontay Wilder. It is now expected that Anthony Joshua will rematch Oleksandr Usyk for the IBF, WBA and WBO titles. Fury posted an Instagram story shortly after the announcement hinting that the fight…
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Nigeria vs Ghana: Peseiro has to grind out results – Eguavoen

Nigeria vs Ghana: Peseiro has to grind out results – Eguavoen

Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Augustine Eguavoen, has said he will do all he can to help Jose Peseiro if he eventually takes charge of the national team. Eguavoen was the interim coach of the Super Eagles at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. He has since stepped down from the role after Nigeria were eliminated by Tunisia in the Round of 16. The ex-captain says he is prepared to back Peseiro to the hilt if the NFF decide to appoint the Portuguese ahead of the 2022 World Cup play-offs against Ghana. “He is coming to a…
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Nigeria vs Ghana: Watford star, Troost-Ekong issues strong warning to Super Eagles

Nigeria vs Ghana: Watford star, Troost-Ekong issues strong warning to Super Eagles

Nigerian defender, William Troost-Ekong, has warned the Super Eagles ahead of their 2022 FIFA World Cup play-offs against Ghana. The Watford star warned that Ghana is strong, adding that the Black Stars have a lot of quality and young players in their team. Nigeria takes on their West African rivals for a place in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The double legs fixtures between Nigeria and Ghana will take place in March. The Super Eagles had suffered a shock exit from the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, after losing 1-0 to Tunisia at the Roumde Adija Stadium,…
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