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Chelsea's squad crisis is already threatening to derail title defence

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LONDON -- At Cobham on Friday, Antonio Conte was asked whether the Premier League would have to wait until Eden Hazard and Tiemoue Bakayoko returned to full fitness to see the real Chelsea. "I hope and want to see the real Chelsea tomorrow," he replied. "Now the season is starting and we must be ready, even with many players missing." The real Chelsea took 45 minutes to appear at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, but the Premier League doesn't wait for any team, champions or not. Burnley's second away win in two years -- and particularly the manner in which it played out -- has put Conte's men in a significant hole as they head into a run of fixtures that would test them at the best of times. These, quite clearly, are not the best of times. Conte angrily batted away the suggestion that his youthful squad selection -- 20-year-old Jeremie Boga making his Premier League debut and a bench including six outfielders with an average age of just under 21 -- ...

Lamido, Dankwambo & Fayose Campaign At PDP Convention (Photos)

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The trio of presidential aspirants under peoples democratic party (PDP) have began lobbying and campaigning for their ambitions of occupying the number one seat in the country at the ongoing PDP non-elective convention in Abuja. The two currently serving governors, Dr. Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo of Gombe state and Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state whose tenures will elapse in 2019, and Immediate governor of Jigawa state Dr. Sule Lamido were pictured in the midst of their supporters rocking customized T-shirts and Babbar-riga with their names and photos printed on, and campaign posters of various shapes and sizes. The PDP, after its sack from Aso villa and unprecedented heavy defeat at the 2015 polls by the APC, have lost focus on its bearing till the recent court ruling that ousted its embattled former chairman Ali Modu Sheriff. The success of the recent convention signalled a new dawn for the PDP, the new leadership, unity of purpose & learning from past mistakes has put the party in...

I am only staying in London because of my Doctors - buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that he is in fine health and is only obeying the orders of his Doctors by remaining in London. Buhari said that there was a tremendous improvement in his health and wishes to return home, "but I've learnt to obey my doctor's orders, rather than be the one issuing the orders. Here, the doctor is absolutely in charge." The President spoke while receiving the presidential media team, and the Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Matters, at Abuja House, London, on Saturday. Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, led the visiting team, accompanied by Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity; Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, and Lauretta Onochie, Personal Assistant on Digital/Online Media. Also, there was Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Matters.When the team expressed delight at the much-improved health of the President, he retorted: ...