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Former Super Eagles left-back Ifeanyi Udeze says Zambia are traditionally a physical team with grit, but expects Nigeria should cut them to size.

The Zambia National Team has left For Accra Ghana where they will set up base before the game against Nigeria for the crucial World Cup qualifiers taking place in Uyo on October 7. According to the official FAZ Football Facebook page, Coach Wedson Nyirenda travelled in the first batch that had six players and some technical staff at 06:30 hours with the second batch on the 13:00 hours South African Airways flight. The team will leave for Uyo Nigeria on Thursday for the Group B encounter. Foreign based players are expected to join camp in Ghana after featuring for their…

Pep Guardiola has revealed he voted by post in Catalonia’s non-binding independence referendum, and praised the role of FC Barcelona in the expression of the region’s identity. A vocally proud Catalan who has played for and managed the club, the 46-year-old Guardiola re-asserted the view that the vote wasn’t necessarily about separatism but about the people expressing their will. “Barcelona were important because in the era of General Franco, our liberties were prohibited, when you couldn’t speak Catalan, when you couldn’t sing in Catalan, well, the stadium of Barca was a place where you could express what the people Catalonia…

Antonio Conte says he left Victor Moses out of Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat to Manchester City to rest the player rather than any tactical reason. The champions’ squad depth has been a recurring issue out of what was a frustrating transfer window for the Italian, and Conte also admitted that his more defensive performance against Pep Guardiola’s team – was partly down to trying to manage the more congested schedule. Conte also said that schedule was on his mind when he decided to risk Alvaro Morata for the game, even though the Spanish striker eventually had to go off after 36 minutes…

A brace each by Rasheedat Ajibade and Folashade Ijamilusi and a goal each by Imo Anam and Cynthia Aku steered the Nigeria U20 women team to a 6-0 win over their Tanzanian counterparts in Dar es Salaam on Sunday.

The final of the Men’s Aiteo Cup will be played in Lagos at the Agege Stadium on October 15 the organizers have revealed.

Dani Carvajal has been ruled out of action with a heart problem, with Marca reporting that the Real Madrid defender could be out of action for up to six weeks.

The Nigeria Football Federation has expressed shock and sorrow at the death on Friday morning of Nigeria U23 team’s Media Officer, Timi Ebikagboro.

Nigeria have been handed a fitness boost ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Zambia in Uyo, with Alex Iwobi given a clean bill of health by Arsenal medics to resume full training And has been included in the matchday squad. Iwobi took part in full training with the Gunners first team at London Colney on Saturday morning, and was photographed contesting for the ball with his good pal Chuba Akpom. Iwobi played for the team wearing white bibs at the training session, and the team also included Alexis Sanchez, Nacho Monreal, Alexandre Lacazette, Granit Xhaka and Aaron Ramsey. Chuba…

Max Verstappen took his first victory of the Formula 1 season with a dominant drive in the final Malaysian GP, as Sebastian Vettel recovered from starting last to take fourth. Red Bull’s Verstappen passed pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton into Turn 1 on lap four at Sepang and from there controlled the race to take the second win of his career. Hamilton finished 12.7 seconds adrift in second, with Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo completing the podium in third. Ferrari’s Vettel, running a new spec engine, hunted Ricciardo down in the closing laps, but had his challenge cooled when his team told him…