Football

Chelsea must find a way past five-time winners Barcelona in the last-16 of the Champions League, while Tottenham face a tricky tie against last season’s runners-up Juventus.

Antonio Conte’s side finished second in their group behind Roma and their reward is a tie against La Liga’s leaders, with the first leg taking place at Stamford Bridge. Elsewhere, Manchester City were handed potentially the most straightforward task whe they were paired with Swiss champions Basel, with Liverpool up against Porto.

Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has admitted he is still on the lookout for a quality goalkeeper for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Borussia Dortmund have sacked manager Peter Bosz after seven months in charge and appointed former Cologne boss Peter Stoger until the end of the season.

Leicester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho has congratulated his fellow Nigerian and teammate Wilfred Ndidi after Ndidi was named the Man of the Match in Saturday’s 3-2 Premier League win over Newcastle United, Completesportsnigeria.com reports.

Former Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh led Fortuna Sittard to their 11th win of the Dutch second division league season in Friday’s 6-0 thumping of RKC Waalwijk.

It was the second time Fortuna Sittard were recording a 6-0 win in the Eerste Divisie this season after seeing off Telstar 6-0 away in September.

Nigeria-born Everton forward Ademola Lookman has been included in matchday six of the UEFA Europa League Team of the Week.

The matchday six Europa League Team of the Week was compiled by football facts and stats website whoscored.com on Friday.

Lookman’s inclusion was as a result of his impressive performance for Everton in their 3-0 away win Apollon Limassol on Thursday where he scored a brace to help Everton secure their first and only win in Group E.