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Ronaldo, Buffon Feature In UCL Team Of The Semifinals

David Folami — Thu, 11 May 2017 11:11:43 +0000

Goalkeeper: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) What more can be said about the remarkable Buffon? He came through at the most important moments for Juventus in what was ultimately a comfortable win over Monaco. In the first leg — his 100th Champions League appearance — he made crucial saves from Kylian Mbappe and Radamel Falcao while the [...]

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Bayern Munich Reach DFB Pokal Semifinals

David Folami — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 23:14:50 +0000

Franck Ribery starred in his return from a thigh injury to help Bayern Munich reach the DFB Pokal semifinals with a comfortable 3-0 win over Schalke on Wednesday. The French winger made an immediate impact, setting up Robert Lewandowski to open the scoring with a chip over goalkeeper Ralf Faehrmann in the third minute. Ribery [...]

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Neymar Help Brazil Reach Olympics Semifinals

David Folami — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 16:39:57 +0000

Neymar scored from a long free kick and Brazil reached the men’s soccer semifinals at the Olympics with a testy 2-0 win over Colombia on Saturday. With the host nation under extreme pressure to deliver a first Olympic men’s gold in its most popular sport, Brazil’s biggest star came through with a free kick that [...]

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Goals Will Come – Thomas Mueller

David Folami — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 19:02:41 +0000

He is the big-name forward yet to score at Euro 2016, but Thomas Mueller says his main concern is helping Germany beat France in Thursday’s Euro 2016 semifinal. Mueller, top scorer at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and who hit 32 goals for Bayern Munich last season, has yet to open his account [...]

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Germany Beat Italy To Reach Euro 2016 Semifinals

David Folami — Sun, 03 Jul 2016 12:00:16 +0000

Germany triumphed 6-5 over Italy in a wild, nine-round penalty shootout to advance to the semifinals at Euro 2016 after the game ended 1-1 after extra time. After Leonardo Bonucci’s 78th-minute penalty cancelled out Mesut Ozil’s opener for Germany, the quarterfinal was decided from the spot, where both teams missed three times before Manuel Neuer [...]

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Payet Is Happy At West Ham – Agent

David Folami — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 09:52:51 +0000

Dimitri Payet is happy at West Ham United and the France midfielder is not expected to leave the Premier League club, his agent Jacques-Olivier Auguste has said. The 29-year-old, who signed a long-term contract in February that will keep him at the east London side until 2021, has been linked with a move to Spanish [...]

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Ronaldo Wanted Benfica In The Semifinals – Pep

David Folami — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:25:11 +0000

Pep Guardiola said he feels sorry for Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo after guiding Bayern Munich into the Champions League semifinals on Wednesday. Ronaldo scored a hat trick on Tuesday night to help overturn the 2-0 first leg deficit against Wolfsburg, to take Zinedine Zidane’s team into the semifinals. Bayern booked a spot in the [...]

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#Tennis > Serena Defeats Venus To Move On To Semi-Finals

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 14:40:41 +0000

Playing in front of a sellout crowd, Serena Williams defeated her older sister Venus Williams in less than two hours, scoring 6-2, 1-6, 6-3. The quarterfinal match drew all of the attention it deserved, it seemed like the crowd inside showed split loyalty. If anything, Venus was the favorite, possibly because fans seemed to know [...]

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