Football

Former Super Eagles striker Bartholomew Ogbeche who has hit a purple patch for Dutch top division side Willem II in the Dutch Eredivisie has picked up the Dutch player of the week award.

 Nigeria’s Super Eagles are set to play England in a World Cup warm-up game in June, the general secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Mohammed Sanusi has said. “We plan to play a friendly against England in June, before the World Cup,” he said, adding that the venue and other details of the match were still to be worked out.

Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score in all six Champions’ League group-stage matches in a season on Wednesday with a first-half strike for Real Madrid against Borussia Dortmund. The 32-year-old’s continued his fine form in the UEFA Champions League, as he drew level with his Barcelona rival Lionel Messi on 60 group-stage goals in total. It was his ninth goal for the season in the Champions League.

Qualifiers for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League after the completion of the group stage on Wednesday:

Following the 2018 FIFA World Cup draw which was held in Moscow, Russia last Friday, here are fascinating facts regarding Group D that has Nigeria, Argentina, Iceland and Croatia.

World football governing body FIFA announced on Wednesday it was lifting its suspension of Kuwait, after the Gulf state’s parliament adopted a law meant to end government interference in the sport.

“The suspension of the Kuwait Football Association is lifted,” FIFA’s president Gianni Infantino announced alongside a Kuwaiti official in a short video shared widely on Twitter.

Infantino was visiting Kuwait to announce the eagerly anticipated decision.