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Can Coco Gauff fulfill her great promise?

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Ever since she brilliantly rose to prominence a few years ago, the teenage tennis sensation Coco Gauff has distinguished herself as one of the sport’s brightest, up and coming talents.

And then there were two

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Image: FIFA Women World Cup Logo Wikimedia Following the last several weeks of utterly spellbinding and skillfully entertaining football, the FIFA Women’s World Cup will end tomorrow in a mouthwatering climax, pitting European champions England against a talented Spanish side. Indeed, however things pan out tomorrow history will still be written as it will mark the first time in a little over a decade that Team USA will not be featuring in the final of the fabulous football spectacle. Perhaps one of the biggest talking points of the overwhelmingly successful championship is the fact that a fair number of giants were slain in dramatic and compelling fashion. Who could forget Colombia’s unforgettably magical 2-1 victory over mighty Germany and Nigeria edging out Australia 3-2 in a slim and absolutely gripping triumph? Apart from the jaw-dropping giant-slaying heroics of some supposedly lightweight teams, another key talking point has been the sublime quality of football on displa...

Action-packed season expected as new EPL campaign excitingly kicks off

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Arguably, global football’s most pulsating championship, the English Premier League (EPL) kicked-off yesterday to the sheer elation of millions of die-hard fans around the world.  Obviously, the main storyline for the reigning EPL champions, Manchester City is whether they will be able to match or perhaps even surpass their heroics last season in which they fantastically claimed a rare treble of trophies.