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Nigeria's Women Football team, Super Falcons have on Wednesday defeated South Korean 2-0 to, in efforts to work towards qualifying for the knockout stage of the 2019 Women's World Cup.

Goncalo Guedes' second-half strike was enough to see Portugal crowned champions at the inaugural Nations League finals with a 1-0 victory over Netherland in front of a jubilant home crowd in Porto, hence making Portugal the first European nation to host and win a final of a major tournament since France beat Brazil 3-0 in the final of France'98.

Super Eagles captain, John Obi Mikel has said he is still committed to giving his best when the Super Eagles begin the 2019 AFCON campaign in Egypt later this month.

Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho and Semi Ajayi of English club Rotherham United are the two players dropped by coach Gernot Rohr from the Super Eagles squad for the AFCON 2019 in Egypt. Iheanacho has struggled for game time at his Premier League club, while defender or defensive midfielder Semi Ajayi was up against more experienced players who play at bigger clubs.

Arsenal's German midfielder Mesut Ozil, on Saturday, made headlines on most dailies as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan best the football star during his wedding to Miss Turkey Amine Gulse, at a luxury hotel on the banks of the Bosphorus. The couple first started dating in 2017 and announced their engagement in June 2018.

Sequel to his arrest yesterday by France Police, Ahmad Ahmad, President of the Confederation of African Football has been reportedly released. He was released without charge in France on Friday, a day after being arrested for questioning, the Marseille public prosecutor said.