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Premier league schedule: Which club has the toughest festive fixtures?

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emier League schedule: Which club has the toughest festive fixtures? Fans can enjoy a feast of football this festive period It's the most wonderful time of the year. It's also one of the most demanding for Premier League footballers. While their counterparts in France, Germany, Italy and Spain enjoy a winter break, every team in England's top flight will play four games between 21 December and 3 January. Of the 20 Premier League sides, Tottenham and Everton have the most demanding schedule - playing their four matches within the space of 10 days. In contrast, the league's top two sides - Liverpool and Manchester City - have more recovery time, with the former playing their fixtures over 14 days, and the latter 13. The Reds have almost 100 hours more recovery time than Spurs. But what of the rest of the division? Which clubs have been given a potential advantage? And which can feel hard done by at the games handed to them at a pot...

7 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOUR PHONE COULD DO!

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 THE EASIEST WAY TO SAVE YOUR BATTERY POWER  If you choose a black or simple dark background for your screen, the automatic pixel highlighting will turn off, and you’ll notice that your device keeps its charge for much longer. This feature isn’t available for all Android devices yet, but it’s already implemented on most Samsung smartphones and tablets.  TEXT-TO-SPEECH  Not only can you read texts on your phone, you can also listen to them if you have an Android device. So if you prefer to hear incoming information rather than see it, go to Settings -> Accessibility and turn on the Text-to-Speech Output option.  SMARTPHONE REMOTE CONTROL  Just go to Settings -> Security -> Device administrators, and check the boxes next to Android Device Manager, Remotely locate this device, and Allow remote lock and erase. Now if you lose your smartphone, you can locate and block it without losing your data via this website.  TURNING ...

10 things to know about Access Bank, Diamond Bank merger

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Diamond Bank and Acess Bank Diamond Bank and Acess Bank The management of Diamond Bank on Monday announced its merger with Access Bank. 1. Access Bank is not new to merger and acquisition. Beginning 2011 and effectively in 2012, Access Bank took over the defunct Intercontinental Bank Plc. Although the integration was alleged to be riddled with controversies as reports said over a thousand staff of Intercontinental Bank were laid off during the process, the bank emerged stronger and bigger after the acquisition.  2. With the new merger, both banks (Access and Diamond) hope to leverage on their distinct potentials to build a stronger bank. Access Bank boss, Herbert Wigwe, said both banks have complementary operations and similar values, and a merger with Diamond Bank, with its leadership in digital and mobile-led retail banking, could accelerate Access’  3. The merger, the banks hope, will create Nigeria and Africa’s largest retail bank by customers. ...

10 things to know about Access Bank, Diamond Bank merger

BREAKING NEWS: Mourinho leaves Manchester United

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 the club announced on Tuesday. United revealed the news in a short media release less than 48 hours after a 3-1 Premier League loss to Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday. Jose Mourinho Manager Jose Mourinho has left Manchester United after two and a half years in the post, the club announced on Tuesday. United revealed the news in a short media release less than 48 hours after a 3-1 Premier League loss to Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday. That left United sixth in the table, 19 points behind the Premier League leaders after 17 games. A United statement read: "Manchester United announces that manager Jose Mourinho has left the club with immediate effect. "The club would like to thank Jose for his work during his time at Manchester United and to wish him success in the future. "A new caretaker manager will be appointed until the end of the current season while the club conducts a thorough ...

We wanted to avoid a rival like Liverpool: Barcelona's Ernesto Valverde on UCL draw

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 What's the story? Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde has