Football

Emerging reports revealed that Alvaro Morata has been handed the No9 shirt at Chelsea ahead of the 2017/2018 English Premier League Season. The Club made the disclosure on its website and Twitter handle, @ChelseaFC on Monday. According to the Club, "Alvaro Morata will wear the Chelsea no.9 shirt.

Nwakali

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.

Micho

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

Austin Ejide

Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr has asked his scout to keep a close watch on goalkeeper Austin Ejide who recently joined Israeli second division side Hapoel Hadera, as a possible replacement for Carl Ikeme in the double-header world cup clash against Cameroun ‎.

Zanzibar

Zanzibar has had its membership of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) rescinded just four months after the island was accepted as a member.

Michy Batshuayi

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.