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Everton have received an immediate 10-point deduction after being found to have breached the Premier League's profit and sustainability rules. The point deduction, which was meted out by an independent commission will be effected immediately. The punishment is the biggest sporting sanction in the competition's history will push Everton further down to 19th place in the table, placing them on a new total of four points.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has stated that Super Eagles and Napoli hitman Victor Osimhen, Leicester City midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi, and AC Milan’s new boy Samuel Chukwueze will not participate in the team’s 2026 World Cup qualifiers against the Warriors of Zimbabwe and the Crocodiles of Lesotho.
The Premier League’s Independent Key Match Incidents Panel has agreed that referee Stuart Attwell and the VAR officials were correct to award Newcastle United’s winning goal against Arsenal on Saturday. According to some news outlets, the panel, however, noted that the officials missed two red cards.
The Referring Development Unit of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has forced discipline on fourteen (14) referees OF the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) by issuing them suspension on Monday due to poor officiating in the ongoing 2023/2024 NPFL season. The refereeing department released a statement on Monday indicting the officials and confirming their preliminary suspension. The Refereeing Development Unit stated the suspension was necessary due to poor performances of Referees/ Assistant Referees since Week 2 of the 2023/ 2024 NPFL season.
Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen has been nominated for the Men Player of the Year category in the upcoming 2023 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards. Osimhen's nomination was reportedly disclosed in a statement released by CAF's organizing body via its official website.
Brazilian winger Vinicius Junior has extended his contract at Real Madrid until June 2027, the La Liga giants announced on Tuesday. Vinicius, 23, joined Madrid in 2018 from Brazilian club Flamingo and has developed into one of the League's standout players, scoring the winning goal in last year's Champions League final against Liverpool.
