Football

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.

Paris Saint Germain attacker, Kylian Mbappe has become the youngest player to score ten goals in the history of Champions League. The 18-year-old French player increased his tally to ten on Tuesday night encounter against Bayern Munich after scoring the opening goals although his side went on to lose 3-1 at the Allianz Arena.

With six days to the Super Six tournament in Kano, several players of the Home-based Super Eagles are worried that the Nigerian team is yet to be assembled for the tournament that will serve as their preparatory camp ahead of the CHAN 2018.

The Super Six pre-season tournament which holds from next Monday to Sunday 10th December is a build-up competition ahead of the new Nigeria Professional Football League season which kicks off January 14.

Real Madrid captain, Sergio Ramos has debunked media reports of ongoing rift between him and club record goal scorer, Christiano Ronaldo. The rift was triggered after Ronaldo blamed the club's poor performance on exit of experienced players including Alvaro Morata, James Rodriquez and Pepe. He submitted that the current Real Madrid squad was lacking in depth as most of the players are inexperience.

Chelsea Manger, Antonio Conte says many teams that qualified for Champions League round of 16 are already praying to avoid being drawn against the Blues. He stated this on Tuesday night after his side played 1-1 against Atletico Madrid at Stanford Bridge. Sky Sports reports that the result from Tuesday's encounter means Conte's side have missed out on a favourable seed in Monday's last 16 draw.

Super Eagles duo, Alex Iwobi and Wilfred Ndidi, have been included in the current 100 most expensive U-21 footballers in the world.

According to Sky Sports, the list was compiled by the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES).