NFF BANS, FINES SALISU YUSUF OVER PAYMENT-FOR-PLAY SCANDAL
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday banned Super Eagles coach Salisu Yusuf from all football-related activities for 12 months and fined him $5,000 (4,300 euros) for receiving cash from undercover journalists posing as agents.

In a footage, shot by BBC’s Ghanaian reporter Anas Aremeyaw Anas in September 2017, Yusuf was seen collecting a handful of money, reportedly, $1000 cash from journalists posing as football agents who then requested that Yusuf select two players for the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN).

In a statement on Wednesday, the NFF Committee on Ethics and Fair Play said it found Yusuf guilty after considering the complaint by the NFF and the coach’s defence of a video documentary.
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GRIEZMANN PLEADS CASE FOR BALLON D’OR AFTER FIFA SNUB
France star Antoine Griezmann insists he deserves to be on the podium for this year’s Ballon d’Or after winning the World Cup and major silverware with Atletico Madrid.

Griezmann came third in 2016 in the voting behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for the most prestigious individual award in football, despite not winning anything.

That year was agonising for the forward as he lost the Euro 2016 final with France and the Champions League final with Atletico.
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US OPEN: NADAL LOOKS WITHIN TO FIND WAY PAST THIEM IN FOUR-HOUR THRILLER
Rafael Nadal, trapped in a nightmare first set against Dominic Thiem in the quarter-finals of the US Open, knew where to look for answers.

He didn’t cast his eyes toward the support team in his box, or send his racquets out to be restrung.

“When these things happen, normally I am not the guy that looks at the string or looks at the box or looks at the racquet,” said Nadal, who absorbed a 6-0 loss of the opening set, winning just seven points as Thiem rode roughshod over him in 24 minutes.
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NIKE SENDING TERRIBLE MESSAGE WITH KAEPERNICK ADS, SAYS TRUMP
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Nike was sending “a terrible message” with an advertising campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick.

Kaepernick is the NFL quarterback whose decision to kneel during the national anthem sparked a national controversy.

“I think as far as sending a message, I think it’s a terrible message and a message that shouldn’t be sent,” Trump said in an interview with the Daily Caller.
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ARSENAL REGISTERS IWOBI, NINE OTHER NIGERIANS IN LATEST PREMIER LEAGUE SQUAD
Alongside the popular Alex Iwobi, Arsenal have registered nine other players of Nigerian descent in their Premier League squad for the season.

The Gunners registered Ryan Alebiosu, Bukayo Saka and Arthur Okonkwo, who were handed contracts in January 2018, in their Premier League squad. Others registered and also classed as U21 are Xavier Amaechi, Folarin Balogun, Tolaji Bola, Tobi Omole, James Olayinka and Joseph Olowu.

Iwobi, currently sidelined with an injury, is registered as part of Arsenal’s senior squad. He is the only player in the squad that has progressed through the youth ranks into the first team.
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