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Kano Pillars defender Chinedu Udoji has sadly passed away. He lost his life following an auto accident in Kano on Sunday night.

Udoji was on his way back to the Kano Pillars club house after he visited his former Enyimba teammates at their hotel when the incident happened.

“Chinedu Udoji was involved in a car accident yesterday after visiting his former team mates at Enyimba. This tragic accident happened along Club Road in Kano.

“Our deepest condolences to his family, friends, fans, and football lovers all across the country,” Kano Pillars stated on the Twitter account on Monday morning.

The Belgium international striker has made a flying start to a loan spell in Germany, but his manager is not concerned about competition to sign him.

Peter Stoger would rather Michy Batshuayi continue the blistering start to his Borussia Dortmund career and attract interest from other clubs than struggle to find the net.

Batshuayi joined on loan from Chelsea for the remainder of the season to replace the prolific Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who left to join Arsenal for €63.75 million on the final day of the January transfer window.

Neymar's father, Neymar Santos Sr has hit back at criticism of the player for his performance at the Bernabeu from former Brazil forward Walter Casagrande, by describing him as a 'vulture' and claiming that the Champions League tie with Real Madrid is not over yet. According to Marca, Casagrande claimed that Neymar had become spoilt and could easily have been sent off in the clash on Tuesday night, having received one yellow card for kicking out and missing out another despite the referee signaling a foul after he dived.

Paris Saint Germain (PSG) President, Nasser Al-Khelaifi has carpeted Deniz Aytekin over his poor performance during Real Madrid Champions League encounter with the Paris club at Bernabeau. He blamed loss on the officiating, stressing that similar situation had led to the exit of the club last season when they played against Barcelona.

Nigeria went down one notch in the latest FIFA Coca Cola World ranking of national teams announced Thursday.

The Super Eagles who will be playing in the Russian World Cup, were ranked 52nd, one place down from their position last month. Cameroon slid six points to displace Nigeria at 51st.

Tunisia were the first African team, in 23rd, followed by Senegal in the 27th. Congo DR climbed four places to attain the 39th position, while Egypt, defending Nations Cup winners slipped 13 places to 43rd. Morocco are 42nd, in the new ranking.

Real Madrid and Portugal forward, Christiano Ronald made history as the Los Blancos bagged three goals on the night, one from Marcelo and two history defining goals from Christiano Ronald, bringing his UEFA Champion League goal-haul to 101. Ronaldo’s very first Champions League goal came against FC Zurich in 2009.