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Madagascar pulled off one of the great shocks of the Africa Cup of Nations finals when they upset Nigeria 2-0 on Sunday to finish top of Group B and advance to the knockout stages. A horrific defensive mistake and a wicked deflection from a free kick allowed the Indian Ocean islanders, making their tournament debut, to finish unbeaten ahead of ...

IBF lightweight champion Richard Commey (29-2, 26 KOs) successfully defended his title with a hard-fought eighth round stoppage of former WBO lightweight champion Ray Beltran (36-9-1, 22 KOs) in the main event at Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula, California. Although Commey knocked Beltran down four times in the fight, Beltran came back strong every time, even protesting after the final knockdown ...

Gabriel Jesus scored the decisive spot-kick as hosts Brazil beat Paraguay on penalties to reach the Copa America semi-finals. Paraguay had Fabian Balbuena sent off after 58 minutes for a foul on Roberto Firmino, but the match ended goalless. Gustavo Gomez and Derlis Gonzalez missed from the spot for the visitors as Brazil won the shootout 4-3. The eight-time winners ...

Max Verstappen gained the first of his two wins in 2018 at Red Bull’s home race in Austria last year Since the Austrian Grand Prix returned to the Formula 1 calendar in 2014, Ferrari have not won any of the five races, with Mercedes taking four successive victories – 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Mercedes had a front-row lockout in ...

Can anyone stop Mercedes and can anyone stop Lewis Hamilton? We have had eight races in the 2019 season and Mercedes have won them all, Hamilton taking the chequered flag six times, including the last four in a row. After a routine and frankly dull start-to-finish victory in France, which finished with Hamilton 18 seconds clear of team-mate Valtteri Bottas, ...

Georgia Stanway Georgia Stanway provided an assist for Ellen White in England’s 2-0 victory over Japan in the group stages Fifa Women’s World Cup 2019 Host nation: France Dates: 7 June – 7 July 2019 Coverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and the BBC Sport website and app Glastonbury Festival organisers have agreed to show England’s Women’s World Cup quarter-final ...

Chelsea are expected to complete the signing of Real Madrid midfielder Mateo Kovacic for £40m despite being under a two-window transfer ban. Kovacic spent last season on loan at Stamford Bridge, so Chelsea have already registered him. It means, providing the deal is done before the loan expires on 30 June, it would not require another registration. Therefore, that would ...

GHANAIANS OPTIMIZE BLACK STARS WILL QUALIFY OUT OF GROUP STAGES. Despite the 2-2 strike between both teams,ghanaians are assured a smooth ride through the group stage and prepare for the next face of the Afcon tournament Share on: WhatsApp

General captain of the Black Stars, Asamoah Gyan says his all time favourite player is former Brazil international Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima. According to Ghana’s all time leading scorer, he has not seen any better player than the “El Phenomenom.” “My best player of all time is Ronaldo, the Brazilian,” he told CAF. “The Phenomenon, the Brazilian, he is ...

Africa Cup of Nations holders Cameroon made a winning start to their title defence on Tuesday, beating Guinea-Bissau 2-0 in Ismailia. Andre and Jordan Ayew were both on target for Ghana but the Black Stars had to settle for a 2-2 draw in their Group F opener against Benin. But what’s on the agenda on day six of the tournament? ...