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The Super Eagles lost their second straight game as they went down 1-0 to Czech Republic in their final World Cup warm-up game at the Rudolf Tonn Stadium, Austria on Wednesday.

This is the second time Nigeria will face Czech Republic. Their first meeting was at a four-nation tournament, the King Hassan II International Cup, in 1996 with Czech Republic winning 2-1.

Wednesday’s game saw the return of Wilfred Ndidi who missed the Super Eagles last two friendlies and gave a good account of himself.

Tyronne Ebuehi may have joined Benfica after his contract with ADO Den Haag ended, but the Dutch club are reaping massively from the Nigerian – on two fronts. Firstly, ADO receives a training fee from Benfica, which amounts to almost two and a half tons. They are entitled to money from FIFA, now that the right-back is part of Nigeria’s world cup quest.

Nigeria’s Female national team, Super Falcons will take on their Gambian counterparts in the first leg of the African Women Nations Cup qualifier on Wednesday. Stars including Asisat Oshoala, Desire Oparanozie and Francesca Ordega, are scheduled to flew out on Monday to Banjul, capital of Gambia, for the first leg encounter.

The super eagles on Monday commenced final preparations for the FIFA world cup in Russia. The team received a rousing welcome earlier on arrival and headed straight to their Avita Resort Base camp in Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Austria. Once they settled in, the Eagles immediately commenced training at the revered resort.

Tunisia's World Cup football team has apparently found an ingenious way to fight fatigue as they fast for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

In friendly matches against Portugal then Turkey, goalkeeper Mouez Hassen appeared to feign injury at sundown, when the fast comes to an end.

As he lay on the pitch receiving medical treatment, his teammates rushed to the sidelines to drink water and snack on dates.

The tackle which forced Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah to leave the pitch 30 minutes into the Champions League final last week has featured as a question in a law exam, it has been reported.

Syrian pages on Facebook circulated images from the General Penal Code exam sat by first-year students at the University of Damascus.