Football

Highly rated Nigeria youth international Kelechi Nwakali is set to play for Arsenal when they take on Barnet in a pre season game on Thursday.

Zanzibar has had its membership of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) rescinded just four months after the island was accepted as a member.

Uganda coach Milutin 'Micho' Sredojevic says Africa has bowed to 'pressure from Europe' following radical changes to the Africa Cup of Nations.

Michy Batshuayi scored twice as Chelsea hammered Arsenal 3-0 at the Bird's Nest stadium on Saturday in a Chinese edition of the London derby.

New boy Mohamed Salah and inspirational midfielder Philippe Coutinho were on target as Liverpool lifted the Barclays Premier League Asia Trophy after beating Leicester City 2-1.

President of Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, was on Friday included in the CAF Emergency Committee. The decision to include him in the Emergency committee was taken at the just concluded CAF Extraordinary General Assembly holding in Rabat, Morocco.