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CD Feirense of Portugal goalkeeper Dele Alampasu has been handed another chance to impress the technical crew of the senior national team of Nigeria according to a statement by the president of the Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF) Amaju Pinnick.

Alampasu was ever present in the squad of the Super Eagles during the early days of coach Gernot Rohr as coach of the senior national team of Nigeria , however he has not been considered of late with his former U17 deputy Francis Odinaka Uzoho taking his spot.

25 year old Crotone Nigerian forward, Simy Nwankwo rescued his team from defeat against Juventus with his bicycle kick strike helping them to a 1-1 draw against the Old Lady of Turin in a Serie A game.

Juventus hanged on to a 16th minute goal by Alex Sandro which was the opening goal and only of the tie until Nwankwo struck to draw his team level five minutes after the hour mark to frustrate the Serie A leaders.

FIFA has laid out plans to replace the Confederations Cup with an expanded Club World Cup that would only be held every four years from 2021, a source told AFP on Wednesday. According to a letter Gianni Infantino, the president of world football’s governing body,

South Korea female football team has qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, after they finished fifth at a continental football tournament. South Korea, 16th in the FIFA rankings, routed 72nd-ranked Philippines 5-0 in the fifth-place match at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Asian Cup at the Amman International Stadium in Jordan.

Plateau United Football Club of Jos on Tuesday, missed out on a place in the group stages of the CAF Confederation Cup following a 4-0 defeat against USM Alger in Algeria. The match played at the Stade 5 Juillet was the second leg of their play-off round fixture.

English Premier League top scorer Mohamed Salah has been named in the Professional Footballers’ Association Premier League Team of the Year.

The Liverpool forward who has scored 30 goals in his debut season for the Reds joins Harry Kane and Sergio Aguero in the team.

The team, which is deployed in a 4-3-3 formation, also includes five players from the Manchester City squad that have clinched the title with five games left to play.