United confrims Mourinho

Man Utd's statement confirming Mourinho as manager United have finally confirmed the appointment of the 53-year-old tactician – Mourinho will be at the club for at least three years – The manager says he has always felt an affinity with Old Trafford Jose Mourinho will take over as manager of Manchester United from the 2016/17 season, signing a three-year contract with an option to stay at the club until at least 2020. The 53-year-old has managed

NIGERIA – SWAZILAND PREVIEW: SIHLANGU OUT TO
UPSET SUPER EAGLES
By Shina Oludare
After holding Sunday Oliseh’s men in Lobamba, the visitors are keen to
shock the Eagles before their home fans on Tuesday
Nigeria will be looking to seal a place in the next round of the 2018 Fifa
World Cup qualifier when they entertain Swaziland on Tuesday.

Barca escape first home defeat as Chelsea lose to FC Porto

The UEFA champion’s league defending champions narrowly escaped first home defeat of the season in the hands of German Bayern Leverkusen with a lone goal margin.
Barcelona came back from a 1-0 during the second stanza of the match to defeat Leverkusen 2-1.
Barca were rescued by Sergi Roberto and Luis Suarez goals.
In the other group matches, Bate FC defeated FC Roma 3-2.
Both Chelsea and Arsenal lost their second group matches.
While Chelsea lost 2-1 away to FC Porto, Arsenal lost 2-3 at home to Olympiakos.
Before today’s match, Olympiakos had never won a match in England.

Oliseh recalls Mikel, Enyeama​​, Ighalo to Super Eagles

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Sunday Oliseh has released a 24-man list of players for the friendly matches in October against Congo and Cameroon​, ​and making a comeback to the Super Eagles team are Vincent Enyeama, Mikel Obi and Ogenyi Onazi, who ha​d served out his suspension.
​​The ​players are expected to report to Belgium, latest by October 5, for the matches slated for the 8th and 11th, against Congo and Cameroon respectively.
Oliseh had tried to make contact with Mikel before his first two matches but the Chelsea midfielder was incommunicado until the eve of the match against Tanzania while Enyeama did not report to camp because of the death of his mother.
The NFF said on its official website that the friendlies were structured to build a bond between the players. The football house said it has activated, “its plan to entrench stronger bond and cohesion among the relatively new group, through several friendly matches”​.​
Some players used in Oliseh’s first two matches like Solomon Kwambe, Kingsley Madu, Lukman Haruna, Izunna Uzochukwu have been left out for the time.
Also making a comeback is Monaco’s left-sided defender, Elderson Echiejile, who is enjoying more playing time at the club since Layvin Kurzawa was sold to PSG and Watford’s top scorer, Odion Ighalo.
The Eagles will face the winner between Swaziland and Djibouti in a 2018 World Cup qualifier on November 9 with the second leg on November 17.
Eagles’ 24-man list
Goalkeepers: Vincent Enyeama (Lille OSC, France); Carl Ikeme (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England); Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Sunshine Stars); Femi Thomas (Enyimba FC)
Defenders: Leon Balogun (FSV Mainz 05, Germany); Abdullahi Shehu (Uniao da Madeira, Portugal); Elderson Echiejile (AS Monaco, France); Chima Akas (Sharks FC); Godfrey Oboabona (Caykur Rizespor, Turkey); William Troost Ekong (FK Haugesund, Norway); Kenneth Omeruo (Kasimpasa SK, Turkey); Austin Oboroakpo (Abia Warriors)
Midfielders: Ogenyi Onazi (SS Lazio, Italy); Paul Onobi (Sunshine Stars); Obiora Nwankwo (Coimbra FC, Portugal); John Mikel Obi (Chelsea FC, England); Rabiu Ibrahim (AS Trencin, Slovakia)
Forwards: Ahmed Musa (CSKA Moscow, Russia); Emmanuel Emenike (Al Ain, UAE); Sylvester Igbonu (FC UFA, Russia); Moses Simon (KAA Gent, Belgium); Victor Moses (West Ham United, England); Odion Ighalo (Watford FC, England); Prince Aggrey (Sunshine Stars)

Serena Williams is Wimbledon Champion

SERENA Williams beat a battling Garbine Muguruza
6 - 4 6 - 4 to claim her second ‘ Serena Slam ’ and win
her 21 st Grand Slam title in the Wimbledon final on
Saturday .
After losing a close first set and battling bravely to
come back from 5 - 1 down in the second , the 21 - year-
old Spaniard was eventually defeated after one hour
and 23 minutes , to leave Williams to receive the
acclaim of the Centre Crowd .
At 33 years and 289 days , Serena surpasses Martina
Navratilova as the oldest player to win Wimbledon ,
and any of the other three Grand Slams , in the Open
era .
Muguruza , born in Venezuela and raised in Barcelona ,
had insisted facing Serena was a task to be relished
rather than feared.
She was proving true to her bold claim and, by the
time Muguruza moved into a 4 - 2 lead, it seemed an
epic shock was on the cards .
However , Serena had recovered from worse
predicaments earlier in the tournament .
With the pressure ratcheted up , the inevitable Serena
break back arrived in the eighth game when Muguruza
missed with a wild forehand .
Williams scented blood and Muguruza crumbled, a
double - fault on set point gift - wrapping the lead to
Serena in a set that had been the underdog’ s for the
taking .
The American had won 28 of her last 30 tour - level
finals , including her last nine at the majors , and, in
her eighth Wimbledon final , she was finally back in
that muscular groove.
Serena ’ s fierce grimace and clenched fist after
breaking in the fourth game of the second set
suggested the finish line was in sight
But , serving for the match with 5 - 1 and then 5 - 3
leads , Williams was gripped by a bad case of nerves
and Muguruza broke twice to prolong the contest .
Serena ’ s sixth Wimbledon crown brought with it a
slew of other remarkable landmarks that underline her
credentials as one of the greatest female athletes of
all time .
The American ’ s 21 st Grand Slam crown and 68 th
tour - level title earned her a cheque for £ 1 . 8 million .
But it is her legacy rather than her bank balance that
concerns Williams these days and she now holds all
four Grand Slam titles at the same time – the rare
‘ Serena Slam ’ she last achieved in 2002- 03 .
Serena is the first woman to land the French Open
and Wimbledon back- to- back since she last won that
difficult double in 2002 .