Football

Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday defeated newly promoted Newscastle United 2-0 at the St. James Park. Dele Ali scored the first goal on the hour after Jonjo Shelvey was sent off in the 48th minutes for stomping on the England Midfielder. The first half of the encounter had ended barren.

Portuguese international and Real Madrid star, Christiano Ronaldo will tonight, after the first leg of the Supercopa de Espana against Barcelona complete his 374 appearances for the Los Blancos, drawing level with the legendary Alfred Di Stefano. Ronaldo who is the Club's all-time top scorer has 407 goals to his name followed by Raul and Stefano with 323 and 307 respectively. He overtook Raul in 2015 after making 203 appearances for the club.

Watford and Liverpool shared the points in an enthralling 3-3 draw at Vicarage Road to ensure the goals keep coming in a start to the 2017-18 Premier League season. Miguel Britos of Watford scored a dramatic 93rd-minute equaliser as Liverpool were held in a thrilling game at Vicarage Road.

Real Madrid Manager, Zinedine Zidane has left out Modric, Borja Mayoral and Marcos Llorente from the squad billed to prosecute the Sunday night's Supercopa de Espana tie against Barcelona at the Camp Nou. While Modric is still serving his ban, Mayoral and Llorente were missing in the lsit.

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane confirmed on Saturday he will sign a contract extension in the near future with the club he has guided to back-to-back Champions League titles. “I’m happy because it’s a sign of confidence, that we have done good work,” Zidane told a pre-match press conference ahead of Real’s Spanish Super Cup showdown with Barcelona when quizzed on reports over his future.

Plateau United will host second-placed MFM FC in a top of the table and title defining match at the Rwang Pam township stadium, Jos.  The match day 34 matchup between the top two sides in the league could see Plateau United win the Nigeria Professional league for the first time since its establishment in 1975.