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If you were a fan of Nigerian football in the early 1980s, you would remember Tunji Banjo, John Chidozie and John Orlando.

They were among the first generation of “professionals” — as foreign-based players were called at the time — to play for the national team, then called the “Green Eagles” before they were rechristened “Super Eagles” by the military government in 1988.

Banjo, now 58, played nine international games for the Green Eagles, his debut coming on July 12, 1980 in a World Cup qualifying match against Tunisia.

Lagos-based MFM FC suffered a shock defeat in the hands of visiting Djoliba FC of Mali and they will face an uphill task overturning the 0-1 defeat in the elimination match when they lock horns in the weeks to come. The Olukoya Boys tasted the first home defeat this season and also became the first to lose at home to the visitors.

Bayern Munich secured a record sixth successive Bundesliga title thanks to a 4-1 win away to Augsburg on Saturday. Jupp Heynckes’ men could have won the title with last weekend’s 6-0 Klassiker crushing of Borussia Dortmund had Schalke not beaten Freiburg, but there was to be no denying them this time around.

Real Madrid manager, Zinedine Zidane, has calmly dismissed any insinuations that his team will give the traditional guard of honour to Barcelona should they win the LaLiga title before next month’s El Clasico clash. The two Spanish powerhouses will meet at the Nou Camp on the weekend of May 5, just four matches before the end of the league campaign.

The Super Falcons of Nigeria were hammered 8-0 by France senior women’s national team in an international friendly game played inside the MMArena in Le Mans, France on Friday. The friendly is part of preparations for the Falcons ahead of the 2018 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations qualifiers. It was new Swedish coach Thomas Dennerby’s first game with the main team of the Super Falcons.

Manchester City fans have revealed some plans to get revenge on Liverpool following their Champions League trouble which left their bus damaged with some of the fans sustaining various degrees of injuries.

Liverpool had defeated Manchester City at Anfield 3-0 on Wednesday night with Mohamed Salah, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Sadio Mane all getting on the score sheet. However, before the match, Liverpool fans had attacked the visitor's bus leaving it in a terrible state.

City fans have now taken to a forum to discuss revenge, with one fan coming out with the idea of bringing inflatables to the ground to show Liverpool you don't need to be violent to intimidate, Express reports. They also maintained that they should be able to scare them on the pitch with their talent.