At least two people have been killed and several injured in a crush at South Africa's biggest stadium in Soweto, according to the state broadcaster SABC said. It took place during the Soweto derby between football clubs Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates on Saturday. The crush occurred at Gate J of the world cup hosted stadium.
Inter Milan continued their revival under new coach Luciano Spalletti with an assured display in a 2-1 victory over English champions Chelsea to win the International Champions Cup Singapore tournament on Saturday. Chelsea lose for the second time this week after a performance that was at times better, at times worse than in the 3-2 defeat against Bayern Munich.
The Super Eagles are set to renew rivalry with the Black Stars of Ghana in the West African Football Union (WAFU) Nations Cup. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Draw Ceremony for the tournament meant for senior national teams in the sub –region took place at the Labadi Beach Hotel, Accra on Thursday.
Manchester City new recruit, Benjamin Mendy will miss the beginning of the 2017/2018 season due to thigh injury. The Coach, Pep Guardiola made the disclosure during an interview with Skysports. He hinted that though the player passed his medical at Ethihad and completed a £49.2m move to City from Monaco, he has been nursing thigh injury for eight months.
Indications have emerged that Spanish giant, Real Madrid may offload one of the BBC (Bale, Benzema or Christiano) to pave way for the arrival of Monaco star, Kylian Mbappe. The Coach, Zinedine Zidane tacitly made the disclosure after his team was roundly beaten by Manchester City.
Pep Guardiola's Manchester City has spent big to bolster their defence this summer, but showed they will be a force to reckon with at the other end this season in a 4-1 friendly win over Real Madrid on Wednesday. A second-half blitz in front of 93,000 fans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum saw City secure their first pre-season victory in style.
