Sports Zone 07-03-2023

Enjoy the crew bantering and discussing news update in the world of sports.

- Gambia reached the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations finals for the first time after defeating Nigeria by a lone goal at the Cairo International Stadium, Egypt.

- Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) side, Enugu Rangers, have recruited three new players ahead of the second round of the abridged 2022/23 season.

- Wikki Tourists’ administration has recruited Abdullahi Adamu as the club’s new technical adviser ahead of the second stanza of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL).

- Ivory Coast footballer Moustapha Sylla, 21, has died after collapsing during a domestic league game on Sunday.

- Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk won her first WTA title at the ATX Open and refused to shake the hand of her Russian opponent, Varvara Gracheva.

- Erik ten Hag is content that Bruno Fernandes did not ask to be substituted during the humiliating 7-0 defeat to Liverpool on Sunday

- Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar has been ruled out for the rest of the season with the Brazil international set to undergo surgery to repair ankle ligaments that will keep him out for at least three months, the Ligue 1 club said Monday.

- National Women's Soccer League players and clubs will be added to an EA Sports FIFA game for the first time ahead of the start of the new season, EA announced Monday.

- The Republic of Maldives has concluded plans to honour the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare, in recognition of his contribution to the development of sports in Nigeria and the African region.

- Dani Alves is still in the Brians 2 Prison in Catalonia, as he is being investigated for an alleged rape of a 23-year-old woman on December 30, 2022, in a well-known nightclub in Barcelona.