Nigeria’s Flying Eagles defeated hosts, Egypt 1-0, in their second group game at the ongoing Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The eagles on Wednesday bounced back from an open-day defeat at the hands of Senegal after falling to a 1-0 defeat.

Premier League clubs yesterday paid tributes to Christian Atsu whose body was found under rubble in Turkey following the massive earthquake which struck Turkey and northern Syria. Newcastle United held a minute’s silence at St James’ Park for the Ghanaian international ahead of the match against Liverpool.