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American sportswear makers Nike have claimed that they have received in excess of three million orders for the new World Cup jerseys of the Super Eagles. The jerseys were unveiled in February but are still not available on general sale. At a meeting with Nigeria Football Federation executives at Nike’s Europe headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the sportswear company also announced that the much-anticipated release of the jerseys into the global market would happen on Tuesday, 29th May, at a the cost of $85 (about N30,000).

Nigeria’s Blessing Oborududu (68kg) has arrived in New York to join her teammates for the “Beat The Streets Invitational Wrestling Tournament’’ beginning on May 17. Oborududu was unable to travel on Sunday with her teammates due to visa problems. She joined Odunayo Adekuoroye (57kg) and Aminat Adeniyi (62kg) for the competition that will hold at the popular Times Square, New York.

With the Premier League season now over, the division has confirmed that its clubs earned an astonishing 2.8 billion euros (2.4 billion pounds) from television revenue over 2017/18. The below table shows the distribution and details of the income of each club, as commercial payments and international TV fees, are split evenly between all 20 teams.

Arjen Robben has officially signed one-year contract extension until the end of the 2018-19 season at German champions Bayern Munich. Robben, 34, joined the Bavarians in 2009 from Real Madrid and has won seven Bundesliga titles and four DFB Pokals during his time at the club.

Atletico Madrid lifted their third UEFA Europa League title in their history on Wednesday after defeating Olympique Marseille 3-0 in the final of the competition at the Groupama Stadium in Lyon.

Antoine Griezmann scored a brace and Gabi grabbed the third goal to hand Atletico Madrid their second UEFA Europa League title under Diego Simeone.

Marseille created the first chance in the early stages when Dimitri Payet played in Valere Germain in the 11th minute but the striker fired his shot over the bar.

Gianluigi Buffon announced his 17-year career as a Juventus player is to come to an end in an emotional press conference at the Allianz Stadium, Turin.

Buffon, 40, leaves the club after captaining them to their seventh successive Serie A title, their ninth overall.

The former Parma goalkeeper told the assembled media that he will make his final Juventus appearance against Hellas Verona on Saturday.

"Saturday will be my final match for Juventus and to end this journey with two cups and with the president and the entire Bianconeri world by my side, will be very special," said Buffon.