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Jan 7, 2025 | 
thecable.ng | Idris Shehu |Taiwo George |Victor Akhidenor
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
thecable.ng | Idris Shehu |Victor Akhidenor
Taiwo Awoniyi scores the third and final goal in Nottingham Forest’s 3-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderer in their English Premier League (EPL) clash. The Super Eagles striker’s stoppage time goal wrapped up an emphatic victory for surprise package Forest, who demolished Wolves at the Molineux on Monday. Awoniyi scored deep into added time after James Ward-Prowse cut a pass over to him with the goal-gaping, and the striker rolled the ball into the net.
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Sep 15, 2024 | 
thecable.ng | Idris Shehu |Victor Akhidenor
Gabriel Magalhães scored in the second half to secure a 1-0 victory for Arsenal against Tottenham Hotspur in the first north London derby of the 2024/25 English Premier League (EPL) season. The goal was an imperial seal on Gabriel’s man-of-the-match performance at the Tottenham Stadium on Sunday. Injuries to Martin Ordegaard and Declan Rice forced Mikel Arteta to shuffle his line-up with Jorginho and Leandro Trossard slotted in as replacement.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
thecable.ng | Idris Shehu |Victor Akhidenor
The English Premier League (EPL) resumes after another international football break. After a week of representing their various national teams, EPL stars are back to continue the defence of the badges of their clubs. The players will resume the actions where they stopped on match day three. Manchester City and Liverpool remain immaculate at the summit with nine points.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
thecable.ng | Idris Shehu |Victor Akhidenor
Nigeria’s Falconets have crashed out of the 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup after a 2-1 loss to Japan in the second round. A late goal from Olushola Shobowale could not cancel out Miyu Matsunaga and Maya Hijikata’s earlier strikes as Falconets fell short at the Estadio Metropolitano de Techo in Bogota, Colombia, in the early hours of Friday. Against the Japanese, Nigeria failed to replicate the dominating performance in a 4-0 win over Venezuela in their final group game.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
thecable.ng | Idris Shehu |Taiwo George |Victor Akhidenor
Austin Eguavoen, Super Eagles interim head coach, says he is still in charge of the team “at this moment”. Eguavoen spoke in a media chat at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, in the early hours of Wednesday. The 59-year-old was responding to reports claiming he quit his role as the Eagles’ interim head coach.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
thecable.ng | Idris Shehu |Taiwo George |Victor Akhidenor
The Super Eagles of Nigeria failed to defeat Rwanda in the second game of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualification campaign. The Eagles could not bury their numerous chances as the Rwandans held on for a vital goalless draw at the Amahoro stadium in Kigali on Tuesday. Fiacre Ntwari was the hero for the home side as the goalkeeper thwarted waves of Nigerian attacks. Austin Eguavoen, Eagles interim coach, opted to bench Victor Osimhen for the second consecutive game of the qualifiers.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
thecable.ng | Idris Shehu |Victor Akhidenor
Dickson Ndiema, the man accused of fatally burning Rebecca Cheptegei, the Ugandan athlete, has died. According to local authorities, Ndiema, an ex-boyfriend of Cheptegei, died on Monday from burns sustained during the attack on his former partner. The ex-boyfriend was accused of dousing Cheptegei in petrol and setting her ablaze while she was returning to her house from church in western Trans Nzoia County, Nairobi, on September 1.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
thecable.ng | Idris Shehu |Victor Akhidenor
Mikel Obi, ex-Chelsea midfielder, says his former club and Victor Osimhen reached “a compromise” for a transfer deal, but the move was torpedoed by “slight issues that we could not get over the line”. Obi spoke on the latest episode of ‘The Obi One Podcast’ released on Monday. The negotiations between Chelsea and Osimhen were among the most intriguing episodes of the just-concluded transfer window. Both parties failed to see the move through due to reported disagreement over Osimhen’s wage demand.
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Sep 8, 2024 | 
thecable.ng | Remi Sulola |Taiwo George |Victor Akhidenor
Folashade Oluwafemiayo, the Nigerian athlete, has broken her world record in the women’s over 86kg Para-Powerlifting. The Team Nigeria captain at the 2024 Paris Paralympics ended the country’s participation at the games by winning a gold medal in the Para-Powerlifting category. The 39-year-old Tokyo 2020 champion is now the first Para-athlete in history to lift 167kg. Deng Xuemei of China took silver with 155kg lift while the bronze medal was won by Egypt’s Nadia Ali with a 145kg lift.
