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The Super Eagles of Nigeria have arrived in Ghana in preparation for the first leg of their World Cup encounter scheduled for Friday. The team boarded a chartered Air Peace flight at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja on Thursday morning. According to reports, the first leg of the playoff is scheduled to hold at Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Ghana on Friday, March 25, 2022, by 7:30 pm while the second leg would be played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, by 6 pm.

Manchester United midfielder, Paul Pogba has disclosed that his World Cup winner’s medal was among the items stolen during a recent burglary at his house in Manchester, United Kingdom. The 29-year-old French international said it was his family’s “worst nightmare” after his home was burgled while his kids were asleep in their bedroom.

Legendary Premier League referee Mike Dean is set to quit at the end of the 2021/22 season, although he may still be around the game as a full-time video assistant referee (VAR). The veteran was supposed to retire at the end of last season but made a u-turn after the pandemic forced many games to be played behind closed doors.

The 2022 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) draws for the three UEFA competition was held today, Friday 18 March 20222, and it host a lot of exciting fixtures. Among such fixtures is Chelsea vs Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League (UCL) and RB Leipzig vs Atalanta in the UEFA Europa League (UEL).

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner has now scored 807 goals for club and country after his hat-trick heroics against Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford. The 37-year-old 12th-minute opener helped him equal the record of Austro-Czech Josef Bican who netted 805 goals between 1931 and '55.

Manchester city Manage, Pep Guardiola has hinted Bernardo Silver of Mancity that he needs to be active on social media to make it to Ballon d’Or. The Midfielder, 27 is on both Instagram and Twitter has a combined followership of 3.4 million fans. The Portugal international in the last season has made 37 appearances in all for his Man city club, scoring ten goals and four assists.