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Former Super Eagles captain Austin Jay Jay Okocha says the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) deserves commendation for organising top friendlies for the senior national team, the Super Eagles ahead of the 2018 world cup.

Deportivo La Coruna goalkeeper Francis Uzoho has been invited for the first time to the Super Eagles squad ahead of the FIFA 2018 World Cup qualifier against Algeria in Constantine, on November 10 and the Argentina friendly four days later.

Spanish giants, Real Madrid have overtaken their perennial rivals, Barcelona, to become world’s most successful club of all time.

Nigerian midfielder Mikel Agu, scored his second goal of the season as Turkish Super Lig side, Bursaspor, picked up another win in the league with a 4-0 win over Antalyaspor.

The 32 national teams competing at the 2018 World Cup will share $400m (344 million euros) in prize money, a 12 percent increase from the 2014 tournament, FIFA said Friday.

The purse at the previous edition in Brazil was $358m – $35m of which was awarded to champions Germany, with runners-up Argentina pocketing $25 million.

Paris Saint-Germain forward, Neymar, has been hit with a one match suspension, following his red card against Marseille on Sunday. The Brazilian frontman was also handed a suspended sentence following his red card in the clash against Marseille. This means the next time he offends an additional match suspension will be slammed on as an increased punishment.