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World football governing body, FIFA, has endorsed the maiden edition of the Aisha Buhari Invitational Tournament as a ranking tournament.
Victory takes the Eagles to maximum of six points from two matches, three points ahead of second–placed Liberia, ahead of the Day 3 and 4 games scheduled for October.
Aruna Quadri has failed to retain his continental crown after he lost 4-1 to Egypt’s Omar Assar in the final of the men’s singles at the 2021 ITTF African Table Tennis Championship.
Chelsea and Italy midfielder Jorginho has been named Uefa men’s Player of the Year 2020-21.
Premier League champions Manchester City have been drawn to face Paris St-Germain, RB Leipzig and Club Bruges in the Champions League group stage.
The body governing football in Europe, UEFA, has announced the shortlisted players for the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League awards for different positions on its website.
Team Nigeria was placed 74th at the end of the 2020 Tokyo Games on Sunday and eighth best among the 54 African nations at the Games.
Chelsea have agreed in principle a club-record deal worth £97.5m (€115m) to re-sign striker Romelu Lukaku from Inter Milan.
Leicester striker Kelechi Iheanacho stepped off the bench to win the game in the final minutes of the Community Shield after £100m Jack Grealish was subbed on for his Manchester City debut at Wembley
Lionel Messi was in tears at his final press conference as a Barcelona player as he confirmed that a move to Paris Saint-Germain “is a possibility”.