Sports Zone 20-06-2023

Enjoy the crew banter and discuss news update around the world.

- As the country prepares ahead of the forthcoming Rwanda 2023 Afrobasket Championship, watchers of event in the basketball scene are scared that foreign-based female players may shun the national team camp. - Draymond Green will test the market. On Monday, the shooting guard decided to decline his player option with the Golden State Warriors for the 2023-2024 season, worth $27.5 million, and with that he will be a free agent. - BOXING bosses in Saudi Arabia are ready to offer a "premium price" for the heavyweight's elite to fight each other. - Venus Williams defied her physical problems to beat Italy's Camila Giorgi in an emotional first-round thriller at the Birmingham Classic.
- Super Eagles’ Coach, Jose Peseiro, has described the senior national team as work in progress, saying the team’s fighting spirit will place it above peers in the near future.
- Remo Stars President, Hon. Kunle Soname has doled out a princely sum of N28 million to the club for qualifying for the CAF Champions League for the 2023/24 season. - Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has caught the attention of former Saudi Arabia Premier League champions, Al-Shabab FC. - Former Al Ahly head coach Pitso Mosimane has been unveiled as Emirati side Al-Wahda's newest manager just a few days after leaving al ahli jeddah. - Real Madrid have signed Spain international Joselu on a season-long loan from Espanyol, with an option to buy at the end of the season.
- Pep Guardiola has confirmed that Manchester City are not willing to make a move for Kylian Mbappe, whose contract with Paris Saint-Germain runs until the end of next season - Arsenal have been told they will have to increase their £30million opening offer for Ajax defender Jurrien Timber. - Marcus Rashford is close to signing a new long-term contract at Manchester United. - Thibaut Courtois says he is "deeply disappointed" that head coach Domenico Tedesco said he had refused to travel with Belgium to Estonia for Tuesday's Euro 2024 qualifier.
- It was Globoesporte journalist Luis Roberto, during the Brazil-Guinea soccer match, who dropped the bombshell.
- BRENDAN RODGERS is BACK as Celtic manager. - Bournemouth have appointed Andoni Iraola as their new manager after brutally sacking Gary O’Neil over an early morning phone call on Monday. - Former Netherlands striker Quincy Promes has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for stabbing his cousin in the knee - ARSENAL legend Jens Lehmann has been charged after allegedly damaging his neighbour's property with a chainsaw. - Martina Navratilova says she is clear of cancer.