English Premiership fixtures
NO 1127
SATURDAY, 28 NOVEMEBER, 2015
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Saturday, November 28 Aston Villa vs Watford Bournemouth vs Everton C/Palace vs Newcastle Man City vs Southampton Sunderland vs Stoke City
4:00pm 4:00pm 4:00pm 4:00pm 4:00pm
Leicester Tottenham West Ham Liverpool Norwich
vs Man Utd 6:30pm Sunday, November 29 vs Chelsea 1:00pm vs West Brom 2:05pm vs Swansea 5:15pm vs Arsenal 5:15pm
World heavyweight showdown:
I’m Klitschko’s nightmare —Tyson Fury UNBEATEN Tyson Fury claimed he is Wladimir Klitschko’s “worst nightmare” ahead of tonight’s heavyweight world title showdown in Dusseldorf, Germany. Klitschko, 39, is defending his World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organisation (WBO) belts against Fury, 27, at the 50,000-capacity Esprit Arena. At Friday’s weigh-in, in the city of Essen, Fury who scaled 17st 8lb initially refused to shake hands with Klitschko (17st 7lb) but did so after a minute-long stare-down. “If you asked 10 boxers to build their nightmare opponent, you’d end up with Tyson Fury,” said the unbeaten Englishman.
“I’m everybody’s nightmare opponent - tall, rangy, a counter-puncher, can switch from orthodox to southpaw. “You can’t achieve more than Wlad’s already achieved. To come back from three knockout defeats and reign for nine years, you’ve got to admire him. But every dog has its day and it’s got to come to an end at some point.” Ukraine’s Klitschko has won 64 of his 67 professional fights, 53 by knockout, and has not been beaten since 2004. However, former British, European and Commonwealth champion, Fury said he had not fallen under the champion’s spell or succumbed to any of his mind games.
My Arsenal future is bright— Iwobi NIGERIAN striker, Alex Iwobi has said that he has been assured by manager, Arsene Wenger that he will be given a chance to prove his mettle at Arsenal FC. Iwobi joined the London club while still at primary school, and signed a new long-term contract in October 2015. He made his competitive debut for the club at senior level on October 27, 2015, starting in a 3–0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday in the round of 16 of the League Cup. He made his Premier League debut for the Gunners four days later, appearing as a substitute against Swansea City but
has yet to play again ever since. “Arsene Wenger has spoken to me. He said he wants me in and around the first team as he doesn’t want me to go on loan. “I believe my future at Arsenal is bright and I just have to be patient and wait for my time,” Iwobi told supersport.com. Iwobi has been capped twice by Nigeria at senior level and he said he always wanted to play for the Super Eagles despite representing England at U-16, 17 and 18 levels. “It was always going to be Nigeria for me since I was little.
Dream Team’s Ajayi Junior (left) on the rampage during the African U-23 qualifiers. Nigeria takes on Mali tomorrow in their group B opening game at Senegal 2015.
Rio Olympics ticket is non-negotiable —Pinnick As Senegal 2015 begins today By Olawale Olaniyan
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RESIDENT of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mr Amaju Pinnick has expressed optimism that Dream Team VI is strong enough to win the Rio 2016 Olympics ticket ahead of the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations which begins today in Senegal. Pinnick said the team’s focus should be how to finish among the top three at Senegal 2015 saying the 2016 Olympics ticket is non-negotiable. Nigeria is drawn in group
B alongside Mali, Egypt and Algeria, while Senegal, South Africa, Zambia and Tunisia are in group A. The Dream Team will open its campaign at the Caroline Faye Stadium in Mbour, tomorrow against the Eagles of Mali. “At present, we are on a roll of good results and we are determined that those must continue. It’s been an exciting past few months during which we have won the FIFA U-17 World Cup, qualified for the U-20 Women’s World Cup and reached the group stage of the African
series for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. “The NFF is backing Samson Siasia because he is always keen to succeed. He has brought new, exciting faces to the group and there is confidence all around again. The ticket to the 2016 Olympics is non–negotiable,” he told thenff.com. Pinnick insists that Senegal will again prove to be happy hunting ground for Nigeria football after the U-20 decimated continental opposition to win the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations there eight
months ago. “We won the U-20 Cup of Nations in Senegal at the beginning of the year; now, we are back there for the Olympics ticket and the trophy. We will achieve both, because Samson Siasia has put together a crack squad and he has the support of the NFF all the way, ” Pinnick said. Meanwhile, Senegal and South Africa will clash in the opening match of the tournament today, while Zambia faces Tunisia in the second game of the day.
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