Breaking;Chelsea Sign Cucurella from Brighton

Chelsea have signed Spain international full-back Marc Cucurella from Brighton for about £50m reports Starnews.com.ng The defender, 24, handed in a transfer request after interest from Manchester City, but they did not pursue a deal and deemed the fee too Cucurella was with Brighton for just one season after joining from Getafe, making 35 appearances and scoring once. He becomes Chelsea's third summer signing after forward Raheem Sterling and defender Kalidou Koulibaly. The Blues have also agreed a £20m fee with Aston Villa for teenage England youth international Carney Chukwuemeka. Last month, the Seagulls rejected a £30m bid from champions

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Boxing to feature at 2024 NUGA Games

    The Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA) and the Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF) have jointly announced that boxing will be the 18th medal sport at the 2024 NUGA Games in Jos, Plateau State.   The unveiling of the partnership was announced on Monday at a press briefing in Abuja addressed by the President of NUGA, Mr Emeka Ogbu, the Vice President NBF, Azania Omo-Agege and the Technical Chairman NUGA, Prof Musa Garba Yakassai.   Yakasai said they saw that many students were interested in boxing following a demonstration carried out at the last NUGA Games held at this year

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Tima Godbless Breaks 100m 23-year Record At World Athletics Championship

    By Sedara Oluwadara   Tima Godbless sped to a new 11.09 seconds to set Nigeria U-20 record to qualify for the semifinal of the women’s 100m at the World Athletics U20 Championships Tuesday morning in Cali, Colombia.   Godbless, 18, withdrawn from the Nigerian Commonwealth Games team and won her first round heat in style by breaking the 23-year-old record (11.11 seconds) set by Joan Uduak Ekah in July 1999.   The time is also the second fastest ever by an African U20 athlete after Christine Mboma’s 10.97 seconds run last April in Gaborone and the 12th best

Chelsea To Sign Aston Villa’s Chukwuemeka For £20m

[appbox gog ] Chelsea have reached an agreement with Aston Villa for the permanent transfer of Carney Chukwuemeka for a fee in the region of £20m.   The 18-year-old has been given permission to travel to London to discuss personal terms and undergo a medical to complete the transfer process.   The Aston Villa midfielder is set to join Chelsea after six years at Villa Park; 18-year-old had 12 months remaining on his contract and had no interest in signing an extension; the England U19 international was part of the squad that lifted the U19 Euros this summer.   Barcelona

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