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Daily Archives: May 12, 2016

La Liga teams gearing up for Facebook Football Awards

The first edition in Spain of the Facebook Football Awards gala takes place on Thursday at the Facebook headquarters in Madrid. A total of 1.2 million votes were cast through MARCA, to decide the winners of the nine different categories to be awarded. Votes have come from a staggering 191 …

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Basketball-Golden State Warriors into NBA Western Conference finals

Golden State Warriors booked their passage to the NBA Western Conference finals for a second straight year by beating Portland Trail Blazers 125-121 in game five of their play-off series. Newly-crowned league MVP Steph Curry hit the decisive three-pointer to complete a 4-1 series victory. Klay Thompson scored 33 points …

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16 Clubs for Group Phase of CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Matches effective 2017

Effective 2017, the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup will see major new reforms. Sixteen (16) clubs divided into four groups of four will participate at the group stages instead of the current eight at the pool stage. The new format was one of the key highlights of …

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Mauricio Pochettino signs new Tottenham contract until 2021 worth £5.5m a year

Mauricio Pochettino has committed his future to Tottenham Hotspur by signing a new five-and-a-half-year deal that will keep him in north London until 2021. The Argentine manager verbally agreed to the new contract last month but has now put pen to paper on the long-term deal believed to be worth …

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Belgium named 24 Man Squad For Euro 2016 squad

Twelve Premier League players have been named in Belgium’s preliminary squad for this summer’s European Championships. Manager Marc Wilmots has named an initial 24-man roster, which will be cut to 23 before the tournament. The Premier League players included are: Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea), Simon Mignolet (Liverpool), Toby Alderweireld (Spurs), Jason …

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Big Sean, Fergie, WizKid and more added to line up of Wireless Festival 2016

More top acts have been announced for this year’s Wireless festival in July. Big Sean, Fergie, WizKid and more will join headliners Calvin Harris, Chase & Status and US rapper J.Cole at the festival, taking place at London’s Finsbury Park. Tickets for the highly anticipated summer events are on sale …

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Skepta signs Drake to his BBK label

Those of you who paid attention to the credits for Views might have noticed that the album was released through BBK, among other labels. The fact reminded us that back in February Drake caught us by surprise with an Instagram post where he claimed that he had singed to Grime …

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Andre Ayew crowned Swansea City’s Best Newcomer

City’s top gong at Wednesday’s Player of the Year Awards but was named Best Newcomer and joint top scorer. The Ghana international was beaten to the Players’ Player of the Year and Supporters Player of the Year awards by Icelandic star Gylfi Sigurdsson who scooped four awards. Ayew and Sigurdsson …

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Golf-Jordan Spieth aims to push past Masters collapse

One question after another snapped him back to the tee box of Augusta National’s 12th hole in the final round. Seeking to win back-to-back Masters, Spieth held a two-shot lead as he looked past Rae’s Creek to the sliver of putting surface at 12. While he had fought his swing …

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Basketball-LeBron James Says Steph Curry Deserves His MVP, But There’s A Catch

Before Steph Curry became the first player to win an NBA MVP award unanimously earlier this week, LeBron James was considered to be in the running as well. Though his numbers weren’t quite as astounding as Curry’s — then again, whose were? — LeBron’s status as one of the most elite …

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