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Nigeria Wrestlers are doing the country proud at the (The Nation) as the medals keep coming in for Nigeria at the 2018 Africa Wrestling Championships. Team Nigeria, now have a total of nine gold, five silver and seven bronze medals at the ongoing Africa Wrestling Championships holding in Port Harcourt. Damilola Fayolemi and Ntem Moses Ifiok added to Nigeria’s medal haul at the Wrestling Championship. In the Greco-Roman event for the cadet, Ntem won a silver in the 60kg category, while Damilola won a bronze medal in the 60kg category.

Barcelona and Argentina superstar, Lionel Messi, shared this lovely Christmas photo with his family as they pose with Santa Claus. The 30-year-old posted a picture of him with his wife Antonella Roccuzzo and their kids Thiago and Mateo meeting Father Christmas on his personal Instagram account.

Chelsea have described as “nonsense” claims that Antonio Conte axed Diego Costa by text message this summer after the striker's lawyer threatened legal action over the club’s handling of his departure. Costa’s acrimonious exit from Stamford Bridge escalated this week when his legal representative, Ricardo Cardoso, promised to use “all possible legal mechanisms” to force the player's return to Atletico Madrid.

According to report monitored by Vigil360, Monaco’s teenage sensation, Kylian Mbappe has a Nigerian root. Owngoalnigeria.com reports that Kylian’s father, Wilfred Mbappe, who has Cameroonian and Nigerian roots, was once a refuge, who migrated to France for greener pastures. It further claimed that Wilfred in a bid to get a permanent stay got married to an Algerian-French lady Fayza, an ex-handball player.

Thomas Muller scored twice Tuesday night as Bayern Munich exhibited its most revered performance in pre-season so far in a 3-2 victory over Chelsea in Singapore.

Jürgen Klopp will speak to Philippe Coutinho about the playmaker’s importance to Liverpool and the club’s determination to keep him at Anfield after rejecting an €80m (£72m) bid from Barcelona for the Brazilian.