Football

Two Super Eagles midfielders in the shape of Eddy Onazi and Mikel Agu have been selected for the Turkish Super Lig Team of the Week on the back of their imperious displays for their clubs this past weekend.

Whoscored.com, the London based football statistics website run by Guardian Sport Network, named the duo in its weekly team of the week for the matches that took place 16-18 March 2018.

The team of the week selects only the best performing player for each position.

Liverpool's talisman, Mohammed Salah who is gunning to win Europe's top scorer for the season has drawn the line on where himself and Lionel Messi can be compared, although he said it was amazing to be compared to the best player in the world. The Liverpool star currently leads the continental ranking following a four-goal haul on Saturday versus Watford, and he spoke of his pride in doing so on Monday. Speaking at an event organized by Vodafone, Salah said;

Morocco is billed to spend a total of $15.8bn on stadiums and infrastructure if it will the bid to host the 2026 World Cup, media reported yesterday. Morocco have proposed using 14 stadiums and budgeting to spend 15.8 billion dollars on infrastructure if it wins the right to host the World Cup soccer finals in 2026, the country’s bid committee announced at a news conference.

Leicester City’s Nigerian midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has agreed to join Liverpool this summer, according to reports in the UK.

The 21-ye21-year-old has been touted as a replacement for German midfielder, Emre Can, who is set to leave Anfield at the expiration of his contract.

Romelu Lukaku and Nemanja Matic dovetailed to send Manchester United through to the Emirates FA Cup semi-finals at the expense of Brighton & Hove Albion.

Striker Lukaku and midfielder Matic notched either side of half-time as United eased past the Seagulls 2-0 at Old Trafford on Saturday night, securing themselves a trip to Wembley Stadium connected by EE later this month.

Christian Eriksen took charge in the absence of Harry Kane as he scored twice in a straightforward 3-0 win at Swansea City, booking Tottenham's place in the FA Cup semi-finals.

Kane suffered ankle ligament injury against Bournemouth that could probably keep him out until April, but on the evidence of Spurs' display at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday, they should be able to cope without him for the time being.

Mauricio Pochettino said in his pre-match news conference that lifting the trophy would not help breed a "winning culture" at Spurs, but their challenge was boosted 11 minutes into the game when the excellent Eriksen found the net in stunning fashion from just outside the area.