Nigeria’s male basketball’s Head Coach Mike Brown believes his side will not just participate in this summers Tokyo Games for formality sake but ensures Nigerians and the world that his team will go to japan to win .
D Tigers are drawn in Group B alongside heavyweights Australia, Germany and Italy, at this summer’s games.
a group predicted by many as group of death, d tigers chief believes his boys are good enough to compete with the best teams in the tournament.
Brown is confident his players will do well in Tokyo.
the tournament will begin on July 23rd to the 9th of August 2021
English Giants Manchester United have made an improved bid for Borussia Dortmund forward Jadon Sancho.
United have tabled a restructured bid for the England rising star after seeing a first offer rejected by the German ‘s Borussia Dortmund.
United’s initial approach for the 21-year-old winger was worth an initial £67m plus add-ons which took the value of the offer to around £75m.
As well as wanting closer to a deal worth £86m, the Bundesliga side also wanted more of the money to be guaranteed against all odds as united edge classer in securing and finalizing this deal.
Dortmund wanted £108m for Sancho last year but their lower valuation this time around has helped bring the two clubs closer to reaching a deal.
With personal terms on a five-year deal and agents fees all but finalized, there is a belief an agreement can be finalized at the second attempt this summer.
Former Nigeria International has been named as Nigeria’s youths ambassador for grass root sports development in the country his appointment came yesterday at the Teslin Balogun stadium in Lagos from the directives of the federal government through the minister of youths and sports development Sunday Dare.
In his remarks Mikel the federal government and the sports ministry for finding him worthy for this position and promised to put his full support in rebranding Nigeria football and sports in general to a greater Hight.
the former Chelsea man made 14-year international career between 2005 and 2019, he played 91 times for Nigeria, scoring six goals.
Ex Manchester United forward Dimitar Berbatov has urged Nigerian born teenage sensation Shola Shoretire that he must work hard at the club so that he could fancy his chances to play for the first team.
Shoretire, The 17, came off the bench to make his senior debut against Newcastle at the weekend, playing the final minutes in what he described as a “dream come true”.
and the 17 year is on united ‘s squared short listed for tonight’s clash against real Sociedad United hold a 4-0 lead from the first leg, potentially giving Shoretire a chance of further action.
Arsenal are reportedly closing in on an agreement with Portuguese giant Sporting Lisbon for teenage striker Tiago Tomas.
Tomas has already made 25 first-team appearances for Sporting this season, scoring five goals and two assists in the process.
The 18-year-old only signed a new long-term deal with Sporting last June, with the Portugal Under-19s international contracted to the Lisbon giants until the end of the 2024-25 campaign.
However, according to The Sun, Arsenal are close to finalising a summer deal for Tomas, with the London club’s technical director Edu in talks with Sporting director of football Hugo Viana.
The report claims that the Green and Whites are ready to accept an offer in the region of £20m due to the current economic climate, with the coronavirus outbreak causing financial problems across the world of football.
Tomas, who is capable of operating in a number of different forward positions, has scored twice and registered two assists in 18 league appearances this season.
Japanese International Naomi Osaka has won the 2021 edition of the Australia Open with an outright victory over Americas Jennifer Brady in the final to win her fourth Grand Slam title.
mean while The 23-year-old is unbeaten in major finals after seeing off Brady 6-4 6-3 win in Melbourne.
Osaka edged the first set when Brady, in her first Grand Slam final, paid for some glaring errors in the final game.
Osaka has now won two Australian Open titles after also triumphing at Melbourne Park in 2019, with her other Grand Slam successes coming at the US Open in 2018 and 2020.
She has not suffered a defeat since February 2020 after victory over Brady was her 21st successive match win.
Heartland Fc goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa has visited the camp of the super eagles of Nigeria as they prepare for an AFCON 2022 double header tie against Sierra Leone, this weekend .
The Super Eagles will be hopping to continue their one hundred percent record in Group L when they take on the Leone Stars at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City.
Ezenwa, who was not named in the squad for the game as a result of his inactivity at club level visited the team’s Etherno Hotel base on Tuesday to demonstrate his support for the team.
Ezenwa was part of Super Eagles’ squad that came third at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.
Former Arsenal and Super Eagles winger and midfielder Alex Iwobi has expressed his happiness over the new intakes brought in into the team.
Midfield trio James Rodriguez, Allan and Allan Dacoure linked up with the Merseyside club before the start of the campaign.
The new arrivals have all featured in all of three Everton’s three Premier League matches so far and have helped the team to three victories in the league on the bounce
The 24-year-old is exited at the standard exhibited by the new arrivals and also added that he is making the most of the opportunity to share the dressing room with the elite players.
Super falcons forward Desire Oparanozie has expressed her joy over her name be named in the streets of Guingamp, in France
the Nigerian forward confirmed this through a photo published at her official twitter account .
Oparanozie joined Guingamp in 2014 from Turkish club Ataşehir Belediyespor and had a memorable time there.
The 26-year-old made 106 appearances and found the back of the net 45 times.
Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Oparanozie was named club captain and began her reign with a win over Metz on the opening day of the season.
And after six years at Guingamp Oparanozie signed a two-year contract with Dijon FCO on 30 June.
Oparanozie started her career at Bayelsa Queens in the Nigerian Women’s league and moved to Delta Queens in 2010.
She then spent two months on loan at Düvenciler Lisesispor in the Turkish Women’s First Football League in 2011, before returning to Delta Queens.
She joined Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg for the 2013–14 season signing a two-year contract.
At the end of the first half of the season, she left Wolfsburg and on 21 February 2014, ssigned for Ataşehir Belediyespor to play the second half of the season in the Turkish Women’s First Football League.
Also, Oparanozie is a four-time winner of the Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (2010, 2014, 2016, 2018) with the Super Falcons and has appeared at three women’s World Cup (2011, 2015, 2019).
Arsenal will be aiming to pick all the needed maximum points as they travel away from home to take on newly promoted side Fulham.
Arsenal’s only defeat in the past 13 Premier League meetings was in a 2-1 at Craven Cottage in January 2012. The two sides have met once before on the opening day of a top-flight English Premier League season, with which the Gunners come from behind to win 2-1 in 2007.
Arsenal finished eight in the premier league last season and sealed it up with an emphatic 14th FA cup triumph in Wembley in August before adding to their trophy cabinet with an FA community shield victory over league champions Liverpool.
Fulham have lost their last five premier league meetings with Arsenal
conceding nine goals in the process including their most recent top flight campaign in the 2018/ 19 season.
Fulham have just avoided the drop only 12 of their previous 28 season and have gone on to lose their opening day fixtures in the premier league in the 2013/14, and 2018/ 19 seasons respectively.
finally this will interest you to know that Fulham’s forward Alexandrea Mitrovic has scored 49 goals for the club since joining from Newcastle in January 2018 only Aubameyang 54, Mo Salah 54, Jaymie Vardy with 50 have more goals than the Fulham’s forward this is something the Arsenal back line will watch out for as they travel away from home to take on Fulham in this season’s cotton raiser.
The Gunners are undefeated in all four of their previous opening Premier League matches versus newly-promoted opposition (W3, D1). Their last opening day league defeat against a promoted side was a 1-0 loss at Highbury to Bristol City in 1976.
They have not lost any of their last 24 matches in the month of September in all competitions (W19, D5) since a 3-2 home defeat by Olympiakos in the Champions League in 2015.
Arsenal have already won two trophies in their 29 matches under Mikel Arteta: the FA Cup and Community Shield.
They scored 56 Premier League goals last season, their lowest total since 1995-96.
LIVERPOOL VS LEEDS UNITED
English premier league Champions Liverpool will be eager to defend their title they cliched at the back end of last season.
the Read’s won their first league title in 30 years in a dramatic fashion after beating Chelsea 5 – 3 at Armfield.
the meeting between these two sides will be their first meeting since 2004, being their first in 16 years.
The last time these two met wasn’t actually that long ago. Back in 2016 these two sides drew each other in the EFL Cup, with Liverpool running out comfortable 2-0 victors – despite Kemar Roofe striking the post for Leeds.
While it was Jurgen Klopp‘s second season in charge at the Reds, things have changed drastically for both sides since.
Head to head
Over the years, it is safe to say that Liverpool have had the better of Leeds United, but that doesn’t mean the Whites have been without their moments.
On the run up to their relegation, Liverpool consistently had the upper hand over the West Yorkshiremen – including two 3-1s and a 4-0 thrashing in the early 2000s.
The last time Leeds pulled off a victory over the Merseyside club was back in 2001. Which just so happened to be a league double, with that famous 4-3 victory at Elland Road, and then a 2-1 away victory in the following April.
Liverpool boast one of the most impressive home records in world football. Unbeaten in the last 59 at Anfield, with 48 wins and 11 draws. To make matters worse, Klopp’s men are on a 17-match winning streak against newly promoted Premier League sides.
as we wait for this big clash between these champions can Leeds produce a shocker
PSG VS MARSELLE
PSG Marseille played so far 50 matches. PSG won 29 direct matches. Marseille won 11 matches. 10 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 2.76 goals per Match.
PSG in actual season average scored 4.20 goals per match. In 2 (66.67%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 2 (66.67%) matches in season 2020 played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Marseille average scored 2.67 goals per match in season 2020. In 4 (66.67%) matches played away was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 4 (66.67%) matches played away team was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
After securing the throe and suffering a slim 1 – 0 defeat to Bayern in the champions league final the French champions also started the new campaign on a bad note with a shock 1 – 0 defeat at Strasbourg a fought night ago.
however with some notable absentees’ making their return to the side thamos tuchel’s men must ensure to pick up all the maximum points as they look to defend the league 1 title for a record 9th time
CRYSTAL VS MANCHESTER UNITED
Crystal palace will entertain Manchester united in an all-important premier league clash next Sunday.
palace won at old Trafford in august 2019 as they had the first win against united in 30 years.
however united won the reverse fixture at Selhorst park just after the lockdown.
Manchester United won 14 direct matches. Crystal Palace won 2 matches. … Crystal Palace average scored 1.75 goals per match in season 2020. In 0 (0.00%) matches played away was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals.
CHELSEA VS BRIGHTON
Chelsea and Brighton meet for only for the 11th occasion in the league (seventh in the top-flight) and 14th overall.
Last season’s corresponding fixture was the first time we had dropped points against the Seagulls. Overall, we have won 11 of the 14 encounters in all competitions.
Amongst sides they have faced in English league football, Chelsea are the only team Brighton have failed to beat.
Brighton have lost 11 of their last 12 games against Chelsea in all competitions, conceding 26 goals and scoring three in return.
All five of Chelsea’s away wins against Brighton in all competitions have come under different managers: Dave Sexton, John Neal, Bobby Campbell, Antonio Conte and Maurizio Sarri.
Brighton’s only victory against the Blues was in the third round of the FA Cup in 1932/33 (our first
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