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Musa Help CSKA Advance into Champions League Play-Offs | #Sports

Wale Adebayo — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 10:40:04 +0000

Ahmed Musa scored twice as CSKA Moscow progressed to the play-offs of the Uefa Champions League with an entertaining 3-2 win away to Sparta Prague on Wednesday. Musa, who announced the birth of his first daughter earlier that day, arrived the Czech capital on the back of last week’s dicey 2-2 draw in Russia. Another [...]

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Basel’s Coach Ready For Trust

David Folami — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 21:45:46 +0000

FC Basel coach Paulo Sousa promised that his team will take risks and show the same courage and ambition which helped them eliminate Liverpool in the group stage when they face Porto in the Champions League on Wednesday. . Sousa insisted that his side, attempting to reach the quarterfinals for the first time since 1973/74 [...]

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NHL Penguins sack GM Ray Shero, keep Bylsma as coach

Adewale Ade — Fri, 16 May 2014 20:09:38 +0000

Ray Shero was fired as general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday, three days after the team made a shocking second-round exit from the National Hockey League playoffs. The Penguins were ousted by the New York Rangers, who rallied from a 3…

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Portland Trail Blazers to stay alive in NBA playoffs

Ade Adewale — Tue, 13 May 2014 06:31:33 +0000

Damian Lillard scored 25 points as the Portland Trail Blazers stayed alive in the NBA playoffs with a 103-92 victory over San Antonio. LaMarcus Aldridge on Monday added 19 points for the Trail Blazers, whose victory in game four of the Western Conference…

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Knee problem to keep Indiana Pacers center Andrew Bynum out of playoffs

Ade Adewale — Wed, 07 May 2014 18:07:30 +0000

Indiana Pacers center Andrew Bynum will miss the remainder of the NBA playoffs for the Eastern Conference top seeds, the club announced Wednesday. Bynum, signed in February as a free agent, played only twice in March for the Pacers this season due to…

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Oklahoma City Thunder roll past Memphis Grizzlies into second round

Ade Adewale — Sun, 04 May 2014 05:51:40 +0000

The Oklahoma City Thunder punched their ticket to the second round of the NBA playoffs with a dominant 120-109 triumph over the Memphis Grizzlies. Russell Westbrook notched his second triple-double of the series with 27 points, 16 assists and 10 rebounds…

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Pittsburgh Penguins edge Blue Jackets to advance in playoffs

Ade Adewale — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 05:08:03 +0000

Russian star Evgeni Malkin scored a hat trick to power the Pittsburgh Penguins over Columbus 4-3 and into the second round of the National Hockey League playoffs. Malkin broke out of a scoring slump with his first goals of the playoffs, helping stake…

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Canadians to rest well after sweeping Lightning

Ade Adewale — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 05:22:38 +0000

Canada's only team in the National Hockey League playoffs, the Montreal Canadiens, became the first team to reach the second round, thanks to a first-round sweep of Tampa Bay. No club from Canada has won the Stanley Cup since Montreal in 1993 and the…

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NBA History: Lakers, Knicks, and Celtics miss playoffs in the same season

Adewale Ade — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 19:16:45 +0000

For the first time in NBA history, the Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics and New York Knicks are all absent from the playoffs in the same season. While that will not break any hearts for the 16 clubs who begin their championship quests this weekend…

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Thunder clinch West’s second seed

Ade Adewale — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 06:57:57 +0000

Kevin Durant's dunk with 16.5 seconds to play lifted Oklahoma City to a 112-111 victory over Detroit on the final night of the NBA regular season. With the victory, the Thunder secured the second seed in the Western Conference playoffs. Durant drove…

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