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Nigeria national women’s football team, the Super Falcons have emerged as the first African team to be champions of the 2021 Alanya Gold City Cup after thrashing Equatorial Guinea 9-0 to claim their first international trophy of the year. Successive 1-0 wins over CSKA Moscow Ladies and the Uzbekistan women national team, saw the nine-time African champions recorded three wins with  11 goals scored without conceding any to lay claims the top prize in the high-profile invitational tournament.

Super falcon forward Asisat Oshoala has been named African women's player of the decade by the international federation for history and statistics (IFFHS) edging the likes of Gabrielle Leonie Ngaska and Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene.

Popular EPL referee Mike Dean has been asked to step down from the Premier League for the meantime after receiving abuse and death threats on social media after handing out two controversial red cards given to Southampton's Jan Bednarek and West Ham's Tomas Soucek in previous two games; Both decisions overturned on appeal.

Manchester United midfielder, Bruno Fernandes has called on his club members to desist from conceding easy goals as they are set for a showdown for the FA cup.

Zinedine Zidane said he was angry and asked for respect for himself and his struggling team on Friday in the face of continued speculation about his future, insisting he was not going to leave. Real lost at home to Levante last weekend and travel to last-place Huesca on Saturday third in the table and 10 points behind leaders Atletico Madrid.

Eden Hazard has suffered yet another injury blow after damaging his left thigh muscle, Real Madrid announced on Wednesday. Hazard is expected to be out for around a month, meaning he would miss Madrid’s first leg away at Atalanta in the Champions League on February 24.