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Atalanta defeat Valencia 4-1 in Champions league last 16,First leg,Tottenham lose at home to Leipzig Atalanta take a giant step closer to reaching the champions league quarter -Finals for the first time after they thrashed Valencia 4-1 in the First leg last 16 tie at San Siro . Hans Hateboer scored a brace in the 16th and 62th minutes, with other goals from Joseph Illcic (42 minutes) who was named the man of the match and other from Demo Freuler(57 minutes). Denis Cheryshev give  Valencia a lifeline with an away goal as they left San Siro with 3 goals to overturn in Spain in three weeks time. In the second game of the night, Timo Werner's second half penalty secured RB Leipzig a 1-0 victory at Tottenham in their champions league last 16 first leg tie . The German side were the better side throughout the game with Hugo LIoris producing a string of saves for Jose Mourinho's Spurs,before Werner strike from the spot in the 58th minutes to give Leipzig a narro...

NPFL : Stanley Dimgba sustains scoring form in  Enyimba home win,Rangers defeat Kano Pillars in Enugu. Stanley Dimgba continue his scoring form as he was on the score sheet in the people's Elephant 2-0 home victory against Kwara united in the NPFL Matchday 13 Rescheduled game. Dimgba gave Enyimba the lead in the 5th minutes of the game through Cyril Olisema to make it 1-0 in to the break . Enyimba double their lead 2-0 in the 85th minutes through striker,Victor Mbaoma who strike from a close range to secure the win for Enyimba with his 9th goal of the season. The win moved Enyimba to 5th position with 30 points in the log  with three outstanding games left to play. In other Rescheduled week 13 games played today  Enugu Rangers moved to 16th position with 23 points in the league table after their hard fought  1-0 victory against Kano Pillars at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu  The goal was scored in the 75th minutes through Chin...

Wenger proposes changes To office Law   Arsene Wenger wants to see a change in the offside law in time for this summer's European championships. His proposals would mean a player will be deemed onside if any part of their body is level or behind the last defender . Wenger, FIFA's head of global development, said "you will not be offside if any part of the body that can score a goal is in line with the last defender,even if other parts of the attacker's body are in front. " that will sort it out and you will no longer have decisions about millimetres and a fraction of the attacker being in front of the defensive line." "The existing ruling states that a " player is in an offside position if: any part of the head,body or feet is in the opponents' half(excluding the halfway line) and any part of the head,body or feet is nearer to the opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponents." The offside law is ...

NFF: Bewerang Remains our Technical Director      The Nigeria football federation has stated that Mr,Bitrus Bewarang remains the Technical Director of the football-governing body,and that at no time has the body called for applications from candidates for his positions, not to talk of appointing anyone into the post. " the clarification becomes necessary against the background of wider circulating but totally misleading reports of the appointment of former Super Eagles player Daniel Amokachi,as head of NFF technical department, " chairman of the NFF technical and Development committee ,Alhaji Yusuf Ahmed Fresh,said in Abuja on Wednesday. "the NFF has been bemused by this unfounded story,which no doubt must have embarrassed Daniel Amokachi himself". Yusuf fresh,who is also member of the CAF Technical and Development Committee,commended,President Muhammadu Buhair,for appointing Amokachi as Ambassador of Nigerin Football ,saying that " Mr.Amokachi richly ...

 Haaland scored a Brace,Borussia Dortmund stuns Paris Saint-Germain,Saul Niguez strike in Atletico Madrid win      Erling Haaland continued with his outstanding scoring form in the champions league with a brace against Paris Saint-Germain to help Borussia Dortmund with a 2-1 first leg win in their last-16 tie.    Haaland,who has scored eight (8) times in the champions league group stage for Salzburg before joining Dortmund in January and continuing to plunder goals at a frightening rate .  The Norway teenage striker,scored in the 65th and the 82th minutes to secure the win for borussia Dortmund ,leaving PSG facing the prospect of further headache at this stage of the competition.  Atletico Madrid 1-0 Liverpool     Saul Niguez's six minutes strike was the difference,as Atletico Madrid defeated Liverpool 1-0 in the first leg of the champions league Round of 16 tie at Wanda Metropolitano . It was a tough game for Jurgen Klo...

UEFA Ban: Guardiola plans to Remain As man city Manger Amid Exit Talks    Pep Guardiola has revealed he is committed to the club,saying:even if the premier league champions are relegated to league two,he will still remain as manager. Since the announcement of the ban,there has been speculation Guardiola could choose to walk away from Manchester city. However, sky sports reports Guardiola has told city players he is not going anywhere "Look,whatever league we are in,I will still be here . " Even if they put us in league two,I will still be here .this is a time for sticking together. " Guardiola's deal expires at the end of the 2020/2021 season and he has no intention of cutting it short . Also,Raheem sterling is also understood to be totally committed to city and will not push for a move,despite the absence of European football. The 25-year-old and his team-mates are believed to be focusing on finishing the season strongly -particularly in the champi...

Amokachi to Replace Bewarang As NFF Technical Director    Nigeria football federation may sson announce former super Eagles assistant coach Daniel Amokachi as its new Technical Director, to replace Bitrus Bewarang who holds the position presently . Feelers from the Glass House Secretariat of the NFF indicates that the federation has been in discussion with the super Eagles forward and that they will soon finalise term of the service. Further gathered that former Chelsea & AS Monaco Technical Director Mike Emenalo, Austin Eguavoen,Ladan Bosso,Sam Okpodu and Mutiu Adepoju are among those who showed interest in the job of heading the NFF technical department.