SPORTS

LIVERPOOL DEFEATED ARSENAL 3-1 AT ANFIELD TO REMAIN TOP IN THE 2019 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

The season has been great for Kloop and his men having seen through three straight wins with maximum nine points.

Mohamed Salah scored twice as Liverpool maintained their 100 per cent Premier League record by beating Arsenal 3-1 at Anfield.

Liverpool took the lead in the 41st minute, Sokratis Papastathopoulos and David Luiz distracted by Virgil van Dijk and leaving Matip to meet Trent Alexander-Arnold's right-wing delivery, with another corner from the full-back headed over by Mane before the break. Arsenal was unable to cope with Liverpool after the restart, David Luiz pulling back Salah in the box with the forward hammering the resulting penalty into the top-left corner.

Salah then spanned away from the Brazilian centre-back on Liverpool’s right flank, cut inside and slotted a trademark left-footed finish across Leno to make it 3-0.

Only Liverpool easing up prevented further Anfield misery for Unai Emery's men, with substitute Torreira beating an unsighted Adrian from inside the box for a late consolation.

Liverpool's victory means they have won 12 consecutive Premier League matches, breaking the club's record in the competition, while they are now up to 42 home league games without defeat.

Chelsea recorded a 3-2 win against Norwich, while Manchester united suffered a humiliating 1-2 defeat at Old Trafford to Crystal palace. Manchester united fans across the globe showed their dissatisfaction with the current state of the team as not good enough to compete for the 2019 EPL title. Rashford's Penalty miss could have rescued the Red Devils, but unfortunately it was thrown against the goal pole and not inside the net.

The two favourite competitors Liverpool and Manchester city are back on the pursuit for the title.

LOCAL SPORT NEWS

UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN SPORTS COUNCIL ANNOUNCES RESCHEDULE FOR INTERFACULTY COMPETITIONS

Following the strike action of the Non Academic staff Union of University, NASU, the inter faculty competitions of the University was put on hold, but will commence August 26, 2019. In a report released by the coordinators of the competitions, Mr. Jimi Adebawo and Mrs Oluchi M Ajijola, the official opening ceremony will take place at University of Ibadan Swimming Pool Arena on Monday August 26, 2019. The updated schedule of activities is as follows:

Swimming: August 26-27, 2019

Chess: August 28, 29, 30 & 31, 2019

Basketball: August, 27, 28, 29, 30 & 31, 2019

Handball: August 31, September 2-3, 2019

Athletics: September, 2-3, 2019

Table Tennis: August 30-31, September 2-3, 2019

Judo: August 27, 28 & 29, 2019

Badminton: August 30-31, September 2-3, 2019

Taekwondo: August 27, 28 & 29 2019

Squash: August 30-31, September 2-3, 2019

Scrabble: August 30-31, September 2, 2019

Volleyball: August 28, 29, 30 & 31, 2019

Tennis: August 30-31, September 2-3, 2019

Soccer (Female): August 30-31, September 2-3, 2019

Hockey: August 28, 29 & 30, 2019

Soccer (Male): August 09 – September 03, 2019

AVMS FOOTBALL TEAM DEFEATED, ON SLIM HOPE FOR QUALIFICATION

The Faculty of Veterinary medicine football team was unfortunate to have lost a deciding match to the next phase of the tournament to the Faculty of Renewable and Natural Resources by a lone goal. Optimism has risen alongside "not giving up" amongst players of the AVMS team to defeat the Faculty of Science who is their next opponent and the last match of the group stage of the 2019 Interfaculty tournament. "Should AVMS team defeat Science, while Art defeats Renewable, then we are good to go to the next phase of the tournament" is the talk of hope in the faculty of Veterinary Medicine.