Football

Jonathan Woodgate has been appointed the head coach of Middlesbrough after agreeing to a three-year contract with the Sky Bet Championship side.

Football lovers may be in for a show as the 2019/2020 season of the Premier League is out.  Defending champions Manchester City would open their title defence with a trip to the London Stadium to face West Ham United.  Liverpool would take on Norwich City.

Nigeria's Women Football team, Super Falcons have on Wednesday defeated South Korean 2-0 to, in efforts to work towards qualifying for the knockout stage of the 2019 Women's World Cup.

Goncalo Guedes' second-half strike was enough to see Portugal crowned champions at the inaugural Nations League finals with a 1-0 victory over Netherland in front of a jubilant home crowd in Porto, hence making Portugal the first European nation to host and win a final of a major tournament since France beat Brazil 3-0 in the final of France'98.

Super Eagles captain, John Obi Mikel has said he is still committed to giving his best when the Super Eagles begin the 2019 AFCON campaign in Egypt later this month.

Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho and Semi Ajayi of English club Rotherham United are the two players dropped by coach Gernot Rohr from the Super Eagles squad for the AFCON 2019 in Egypt. Iheanacho has struggled for game time at his Premier League club, while defender or defensive midfielder Semi Ajayi was up against more experienced players who play at bigger clubs.