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England’s Football Association on Friday fined Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola £20,000 ($27,700) for wearing a yellow ribbon in support of jailed Catalan independence leaders. The City boss has also been warned as to his future conduct by the governing body after accepting a charge of “wearing a political message”. Guardiola has argued wearing the symbol is not political but has accepted it is in breach of the FA’s kit and advertising regulations.

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Victor Wanyama has won the Premier League's Goal of the Month award for February. Wanyama's stunning long-range strike in the 2-2 draw at Liverpool on Feb. 4 beat seven other nominees for the prize, including Mohamed Salah's skilful individual effort from the same match.

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has won the Premier League's Player of the Month award for February. Salah scored four goals in Liverpool's three Premier League matches last month, following his brace in the 2-2 draw against Tottenham Hotspur with strikes in the 2-0 win at Southampton and the 4-1 victory over West Ham United at Anfield.

Former Heerenveen star Kenneth Otigba has committed his international future to Hungary after he was overlooked for selection by the Nigerian Federation and manager Gernot Rohr.

And the Kaduna-born central defender could make his debut for Hungary in exactly two weeks time when their national team face off against Kazakhstan in a friendly at Groupama Aréna (Budapest).

Arsenal ended their run of four straight games without a win with a convincing 2-0 Victory against AC Milan in their first-leg round of 16 clash in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday. Super Eagles forward Alex Iwobi was an unused substitute in the game.

After a bright start from AC Milan, it was Arsenal who took the lead in the 15th minute through Henrikh Mkhitaryan whose right foot shot took a slight deflection before ending inside the net.

Home-based Super Eagles players and their officials were left disappointed after no momentary reward was offered them following Wednesday’s presidential reception at Nigeria’s seat of power, Aso Rock.

The players and their officials were finally hosted by the country’s number one citizen, President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday after several postponements.