Exclusives

Oxlade-Chamberlain said his decision to snub Chelsea was because Liverpool have the prospect of offering him the perfect platform to realize his potential, having struggled to establish himself at Emirate. According to Sky Sports, the player said his decision to reject a new deal worth £180,000-a-week at Arsenal and take a significant pay cut to seal a deal with Liverpool was the hardest decision of his life. He however expressed happiness that he took the decision.

The Coach of Les Aigles of Mali, Alain Giresse on Thursday resigned his position following the country's woeful display in the ongoing Russia 2018 qualifying matches. His resignation came after the Malian team was hammered 6-0 by Morocco last week leaving the team with no chance of qualification from the group.  Currently, Mali is on the bottom of the log with two points from three matches and five points behind group leaders Ivory Coast with two group games remaining.

Nigeria’s most decorated wrestler, Odunayo Adekuoroye, has been elected into the United World Wrestling (UWW) Athletes Commission. An election was held at the just-concluded World Wrestling championships in France. Adekuoroye was among the seven people elected to represent the interest of athletes in the UWW.

Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr has charged stand-in goal keeper, Ikechukwu Ezenwa to improve on his goalkeeping skills as the team prepares to meet the toughest rival in the group on October 7. The Coach who admitted that the Eagles went into the Cameroon match with goalkeeper crisis hinted that he had no option than to use his fourth choice since the others were not available for selection. He explained that while Vincent Enyeama and Akpeyi were all injured, Carl Ikeme was sick.

Paris Saint Germain (PSG) new wonder kid, Kylian Mbappe said his plan ahead of the current season was to assist his new teammate, Neymar displaces Christiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to win the Ballon d'Or.  According to Le Parisien, the player hinted that it was too early for him to begin to dabble into the race for the award.

Nigeria’s men’s national basketball team and defending champions, D’Tigers are scheduled to leave the country on Wednesday for the FIBA men’s Afrobasket Championship in Tunis, Tunisia, just three day before the commencement the championship. Coach Alex Nwora has one objective in mind when the team file out against Cote D’Ivoire on Friday in their opening group game and that is to win the title, having had just a short preparation.