UEL: Peter Olayinka, Madueke, Olanrewaju Kayode on Scoresheet as Arsenal, Hoffenheim, Leicester, Roma Through To  UEFA Europa League Round of 32.


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  UEL: Peter Olayinka, Madueke, Olanrewaju Kayode on Scoresheet as Arsenal, Hoffenheim, Leicester, Roma Through To  UEFA Europa League Round of 32. By Omolagba Oluwayemi Lovely night it was across different centres in the UEFA Europa League as players and officials pay tribute to football legend, Diego Armando Maradona. At the San Paolo Stadium, fans gathered outside to sing his praise while all the players wore his famous number 10 jersey in what will remain a memorable night which ended 2-0 in favour of Napoli against Rijeka BSNsports.com.ng reports. Arsenal reached the knockout stage by maintaining their perfect Group B record, Nicolas Pépé scoring shortly after half-time with a classy close-range finish. Reiss Nelson tapped in Joe Willock's cross for the second before substitute Folarin Balogun registered his first goal for the club. Brendan Rodgers' Leicester City came from behind three times to draw and reach the round of 32. Al Musrati and Harvey Barnes traded goals in the first nine minutes and although Paulinho had Braga ahead at the break, Luke Thomas became Leicester's youngest European scorer to make it 2-2. Fransérgio looked to have won it in added time, but Jamie Vardy's 95th-minute strike sent Leicester through with two games to spare. Iheanacho saw 69 minutes of action Harry Winks became the latest player, the third in four weeks, to score from near the halfway line as Spurs racked up their third win of the campaign to stay level on points with Group J leaders Royal Antwerp. Carlos Vinícius had scored both first-half goals for the Premier League leaders, his first for the club before teeing up fellow Brazilian Lucas Moura for the fourth. Peter Olayinka scored Slavia Prague's second goal as they ran out 3-1 winners in France against Nice to move a step closer to the round of 32. Leon Balogun saw full minutes of action in Scotland as Rangers held to a 2 all draw by Benfica. Ughelumba Bassey was unused and Joe Aribo listed. Noni Madueke assisted and scored as PSV came from 2 goals down to win 3-2 at home against PAOK. Kayode Olanrewaju scored the equalizer in Sivasspor 3-2 away victory over Qarabag FK while Samuel Chukwueze was on for 63 minutes as Villarreal were held to a 1 all draw by Maccabi Tel Aviv. Full results from the night Sofia 0-1 Young Boys CFR Cluj 0-2 Roma Molde 0-3 Arsenal Dundalk 1-3 Rapid Wien Bayern Leverkusen 4-1 Hapoel Beer Sheva Nice 1-3 Slavia Prague Rangers 2-2 Benfica Standard Liège 2-1 Lech Poznan Granada 2-1 Omonia Nicosia PSV Eindhoven 3-2 PAOK AZ Alkmaar 0-0 Real Sociedad AEK Athens 0-3 Zorya Sporting Braga 3-3 Leicester Lille 1-1 AC Milan Sparta Prague 4-1 Celtic Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-1 Villarreal Qarabag 2-3 Sivasspor LASK 0-2 Royal Antwerp Tottenham 4-0 Ludogorets CSKA Moscow 0-0 Feyenoord Wolfsberger AC 0-3 Dinamo Zagreb Liberec 0-2 Hoffenheim Gent 0-2 Red Star Belgrade
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Niyi Busari

Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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