Mikel Obi trains for the first time with his new club, Trabzonspor

Former Super Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi, 32, has been pictured for the first time training with his new club, Trabzonspor.

On Thursday, August 1, 2019, the former Chelsea midfielder took part in a training session alongside Italian striker, Caleb Ekuban.

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Mikel Obi receives rousing welcome as he joins Turkish football club, Trabzonspor

Mikel Obi received a rousing welcome last night as he was officially welcomed to Turkish Football club, Trabzonspor.

The 32-year-old football star who announced his retirement from International football shortly after AFCON in Egypt, shared videos of Trabzonspor fans welcoming him to the club. The excited fans were chanting his name as he arrived the club house. 

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Real Madrid call off Wales forward's China move - Gareth Bale

Gareth Bale's move to China is off after Real Madrid cancelled the deal, with the Wales winger now set to stay at the Spanish club.

Bale, 30, had been expected to join Chinese Super League club Jiangsu Suning on a three-year deal, earning a reported £1m a week.

Last week Real boss Zinedine Zidane said Bale was "very close to leaving"having fallen out of favour.

Zidane added his exit would be "best for everyone".

Bale joined the Spanish club for £85m from Tottenham in 2013 in a world record deal at the time.

He has three years left on his contract with the Bernabeu club where he has won four Champions Leagues, one La Liga title, a Copa del Rey, three Uefa Super Cups and three Club World Cups.

Bale scored three goals, plus a penalty in a shootout, in four Champions League finals for Real as they won the competition in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018.

However, injury problems have limited him to 79 La Liga starts in the past four seasons.

He played 42 matches for Real Madrid last season but was booed by the home supporters at times during the campaign.

It has been reported Real blocked Bale's move as they are demanding a transfer fee for the player.

Real have also had their attacking options depleted with winger Marco Asensio set to miss the majority of the 2019-20 season after rupturing his knee ligaments.

Zidane's return as Real boss in March was described as "bad news" by the forward's agent, Jonathan Barnett, because the Frenchman did not want to work with Bale and the two men disagreed on playing style.

However, Real president Florentino Perez has often defended the Welshman.

Bale ended last season on the bench as Real endured their poorest domestic campaign in 20 years, with 12 defeats, 68 points and a third-place finish - 19 points behind champions Barcelona. They were also knocked out of the Champions League by Ajax in the last 16.

Bale has reportedly been nicknamed 'The Golfer' by his Real team-mates, and goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois said Bale did not attend a team meal because he did not want to miss his bed time.

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Egan Bernal wins, Geraint Thomas second, Caleb Ewan wins in Paris

Egan Bernal became the youngest rider in 110 years to win the Tour de France after Caleb Ewan won the traditional sprint finish in Paris.

With the race leader not challenged on the final stage, 22-year-old Bernal became the first Colombian winner.

He crossed the line in the peloton, hand-in-hand with his Ineos team-mate and last year's winner Geraint Thomas, who finished second this time.

"To finish second behind a team-mate makes it OK," said Welshman Thomas.

"Two years ago I had my arm in a sling with a broken collarbone watching Chris Froome win, wishing I was riding and I would've taken second then, but it just shows how time and expectations have moved on.

"Egan is the future and when I'm 45 and old and fat and sat in the pub watching him win a 10th Tour de France I can say I told him all I know."

Thomas went into the three-week race as joint leader with Bernal but his preparations had been disrupted when he crashed while travelling at around 50mph in the Tour de Suisse in June.

He had to abandon that week-long race and then he had three minor crashes during this year's Tour.

Thomas led Bernal for much of the race but his team-mate was stronger in the final week in the Alps, and ended up winning by one minute 11 seconds, with Dutch rider Steven Kruijswijk 20 seconds further adrift in third.

"Thanks to all my team and thank you G [Geraint Thomas] for giving me the opportunity," said Bernal. "I'm the happiest guy in the world. I have just won the Tour de France and I can't believe it."

Bernal's victory is the seventh in eight years for a British-based team, after Ineos took over the ownership of the Team Sky squad earlier this year.

Bradley Wiggins became the first British winner of the race in 2012, with Chris Froome triumphing in 2013 and then claiming three in succession from 2015 before Thomas took last year's title.

Bernal is just the third Colombian to win one of cycling's three Grand Tours. Nairo Quintana won the 2014 Giro d'Italia and 2016 Vuelta a Espana, while Luis Herera won the Vuelta in 1987.

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Today's Matches

AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS

17:00

Senegal

Tunisia

20:00

Algeria

Nigeria

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Title is for Nigeria to win if Algeria fall - Yobo

If Super Eagles defeat the Desert Foxes they are the favourites for the continental title, according to the ex-Nigeria captain

Ahead of Sunday's semi-final clash against Algeria, ex-Nigeria international Joseph Yobo has tipped the Super Eagles to win the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations title if they see off the North African country.

After missing the last two Afcon tournaments, the West African country returned to the continental stage for the first time since their triumph in 2013, and they are just two matches from winning their fourth title on the continent.

Before Nigeria battle Djamel Belmadi's team at the Cairo International Stadium for their 14th semi-final outing at Afcon, Senegal will lock horns against Tunisia in the first semi on Sunday.

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⚽ *🇨🇮CIV vs ALG🇩🇿* 1-1

⚽ *🇨🇮CIV vs ALG🇩🇿*
Score: 0 - 1
Min: 54

Substitution!!
Cheick Comara⬆️Wilfried Kanon⬇️
Ivory Coast
[7/11, 6:22 PM] Dj DUPE: ⚽ *🇨🇮CIV vs ALG🇩🇿*
Score: 1 - 1
Min: 62

⚽ Goal!!
Ivory Coast

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See Photos of Femi kuti at the opening ceremony of AFCON 2019

Nigerian music legend, Femi Kuti, got fans at the 75,000-capacity Cairo International Stadium rocking alongside Egyptian music star Hakim and Dobet Gnahore from Ivory Coast as part of festivities in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) opening ceremony.

Before the AFCON 2019 opening ceremony, Femi Kuti had previously performed at the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg for the 2010 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony, the first edition of the competition ever hosted in Africa, on June 11, 2010.

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Brazil star Neymar could be cleared of rape accusation within days over lack of more evidence from his accuser

Brazilian football star, Neymar could be cleared of the rape accusation levied against him within days over lack of more evidence from his accuser.


According to Mail Online, the accuser, Brazilian model Najila Trindade Mendes de Souza has been informed by her lawyer that she faces seeing her case against the Paris Saint-Germain star collapse except there is more evidence. She also faces losing the second lawyer to represent her after he said he could not carry on if his professional ‘trust’ in her was compromised.


Trindade's attorney Danileo Garcia de Andrade said he still believed Ms. Trindade had a case, but he would step aside if there was a lack of evidence.


Mr. Daileo said he had given her a deadline to produce the video and photographs she claimed to have had which would help prove her allegations of rape against the Brazilian superstar. But if the evidence was not forthcoming, he said, he would drop the case next week


Trindade who appeared on Brazilian TV, news station SBT for the first time last week, said she was the victim of 'aggression and rape' by the Paris Saint-Germain player in a hotel room in the French capital on May 15.



She claimed the encounter started out consensual but quickly turned violent, leaving her with bruises and scrapes to her legs and buttocks, with Neymar refusing to stop.



She told police her tablet containing a seven-minute video, messages and photos she alleged incriminated the footballer, was stolen in a burglary at her apartment. But the authorities said they found no major signs of a break-in and only Ms. Trindade’s fingerprints and those of her maid and friends around the flat.



Mr de Andrade told Brazil’s UOL Esporte: ‘If the police investigation of the supposed break-in where she lives shows there was no break-in, I am leaving the case.’



He added: ‘The attorney-client relationship is based always on trust. If there is no trust, then there is no reason to stay on’


Neymar has strongly denied raping her but admitted that what happened between them was consensual.

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Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata's house raided by armed robbers with wife Alice Campello and their twin sons inside

Authorities in Spain are hunting for armed robbers who broke into the home of Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata while his wife and children were inside.



According to Daily Mail, the burglars struck on Friday night as the 26-year-old who is on loan at Atletico Madrid was in the Faroe Islands for Spain's Euro 2020 qualifier.



Police sources said they believe the armed intruders may have gotten into the property in the exclusive neighbourhood of La Moraleja north of Madrid via an upstairs window.


During the quick operation, Morata's Italian wife Alice Campello and their twin sons Alessandro and Leonardo, one next month, were inside along with a nanny but none were harmed.


The burglars are believed to have taken a number of valuables during their quick raid, which happened around 11pm on Friday.

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Brazil football star Neymar arrives at police station in a wheelchair for questioning after being accused of rape

Brazil football star, Neymar arrived at a police station in Rio last night for questioning over claims he raped a woman in a Paris hotel.


Instagram model Najila Trindade Mendes de Souza, 26, accused the Paris Saint Germain forward last month of raping her at a hotel in Paris.

In a recent interview, she said 'He was aggressive, totally different than the boy that I got to know on the messages.

'Since I really wanted to be with him I said, OK, I'm going to try to handle this,' she said.

After some kissing and caressing 'he started to hit me ... then he began to hurt me a lot, and I asked him to stop because it hurt.'

According to Trindade, Neymar apologized, but then continued hurting her while they had sex.



Neymar admitted meeting with Trindade but vociferously denies rape, saying the entire encounter was consensual.



The 27-year-old arrived at the station in a wheelchair having recently suffered an ankle injury while playing for Brazil against Qatar in a friendly match.


The football star, whose full name is Neymar da Silva Santos Junior,  was escorted by three men as he hobbled into the building in Rio de Janeiro with a crowd of fans and onlookers including the Press pictured outside the Police station.



It has also been revealed that his accuser, Trindade was handed a £5,000 fine by a Brazilian court just one day before she made the allegation.

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2019 Women World Cup: Photos Of The Super Falcons Arrival In France

The Super Falcons have arrived in France ahead of their group match fixtures in France for the 2019 Women World Cup.

The Falcons will begin opening match against Norway on 8th of June at 8pm (Nigerian time).

Norway defeated South Africa in their friendly game by 7-2 while the Super Falcons defeated Slovenia 3-0 in their last friendly matches before the World Cup kicks off.

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Who Should Win Ballon D'or?

Who Should Win Ballon D'or?

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