Football

Super Falcons forward Asisat Oshoala has opened her goal account for Barcelona on her first outing with the team in Sunday's 4-0 win over Rayo Vallecano.

The 2019 African Cup of Nations tournament has been pushed back by a week to enable Muslim players to rest after the Holy month of Ramadan, BBC reports. The adjustment of the date was announced by the Tournament Director and former Egypt International, Mohamed Fadl.

The Flying Eagles of Nigeria’s has secured a semi-final place in this year U-20 nations cup in Niger after defeating host Niger in a 1-0 encounter, hence enabling the team a place in the forth coming U-20 world cup in Poland.

The body of Argentine Footballer, Emilliano Sala has been recovered and identified by the British Police from the submerged crashed aircraft. According to NAN, the body was found by rescuers on Sunday near British Island of Guernsey, with the use of remotely operated Vehicle (ROV) and later taken to the Isle of Portland in Southern England for official identification by the UK coroners.

On the latest ranking by world football governing body FIFA on 7th February 2019, Nigeria National team has maintained its 1427 points earning her fourth (4th) in Africa and dropped from 44 to 46th position globally.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino is set to serve a second term as president as there is no challenger in the June's elections according to the organization on Wednesday.