The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced José Santos Peseiro as the new Head Coach of the Super Eagles, the country’s senior men’s national team.

The NFF announced the appointment on Sunday, saying his appointment is with immediate effect but subject to the signing of agreed terms between the coach and the football federation.
The NFF said Mr Peseiro, 62, will take charge of the Super Eagles starting with friendlies with Mexico and Ecuador later in May.

It, however, failed to disclose the duration of the Portuguese coach’s appointment.
Mr Peseiro has coached clubs and national teams in four continents— Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.

He has coached at Sporting Lisbon, FC Porto, Panathinaikos, Rapid Bucharest, Sporting Braga, Victoria Gumaraes, Al-Hilal, Al-Wahda, Al-Ahly Cairo, Sharjah FC and Real Madrid (assistant coach during the Galacticos era), and worked as Head Coach of the Saudi Arabian and Venezuelan national teams.

Peseiro is expected to lead out the Super Eagles for the first time against Mexico at the AT & T Stadium in Dallas, Texas on May 28.

From there, the team will fly to New Jersey to face Ecuador at the Red Bull Arena in Harrison on Thursday, June 2.
The NFF also announced that former Nigerian international forward, Finidi George will now be the First Assistant to Peseiro, with Salisu Yusuf to be the Second Assistant as well as Head Coach of the CHAN and U23 National Teams.

Usman Abdallah is the Third Assistant while Eboboritse Uwejamomere will be the Match Analyst and another former Nigeria international, Ike Shorounmu will be the Goalkeepers’ Trainer.
Peseiro succeeds Augustine Eguavoen who failed to qualify the Super Eagles for the 2022 World Cup holding in Qatar.

There’s a reason why Floyd Mayweather calls himself "TBE" (The Best Ever) and not "The GOAT" (The Greatest of All Time).

It’s deliberate. It’s purposeful. It’s very calculated. It’s slightly vague. But it’s all business.
And it’s the reason that Floyd Mayweather is fighting Don Moore in Abu Dhabi inside the Etihad Arena on Yas Island for an exhibition boxing match that will add more commas to his checking account.
Despite being 45 years old, being nearly seven years removed from fighting a real boxer (sorry, Conor McGregor doesn’t count), and facing a former sparring partner who is also 45 years of age, Mayweather remains a massive draw in boxing. It doesn’t matter that Don Moore’s pro record of 18-0-1 is smoke and mirrors because the total combined record of his opponents is an absurd 56-165-6.
It’s a ridiculous mismatch, but Mayweather’s business acumen in boxing is unrivaled.

The 45-year-old Mayweather will compete in his third exhibition bout and rake in more money than active world champions in the prime of their boxing career.

He doesn’t care if you think he’s the greatest boxer of all time. He thinks he is, and Mayweather will base his argument on never having suffered a loss inside a boxing ring. He doesn’t care what you say about him. The numbers speak for themselves, even though there is a lot more behind those numbers than meets the eye. But Mayweather couldn’t care less about what hardcore boxing fans think about him. The hardcore fans weren't the ones who pushed him to the top of Forbes' highest-paid athlete's list four times.

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He’s an exhibitionist, always has been and always will be. If there's a bag of money to get, he'll sniff it out and get it.

As a matter of fact, Mayweather is the anti-Canelo. And, honestly, that’s not a bad thing at all. Especially when you treat boxing as a business instead of a sport.
Just a few weeks ago, Canelo Alvarez attempted to climb the biggest mountain he could find. Not because he wanted to maximize his profit. Canelo could have done that against essentially any fighter. He wanted to do it to challenge himself. He wanted to prove to boxing fans and himself that he deserves to be in the conversation as the greatest boxer of all time. Unfortunately, he fell short against light-heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol, putting his own greatness in question.

Nobody cares about how great of a challenge Canelo faced because Bivol was virtually unknown to the casual boxing fan. And in this era of social media where you speak first and prove yourself later, the art of proving greatness isn’t as profitable as being the loudest in the room, as long as you can back it up. Mayweather has mastered that art in ways that are not appreciated as much as they should be.

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Sure, Mayweather retired with a 50-0 record. But did he face the toughest challenges available? That's debatable. What he did was face the right opponents at the right time that would make him the most money. But this shouldn’t take away from his run to become boxing’s biggest cash cow. He had to work hard to get to this point and prove himself early on in his career.

The transition from “Pretty Boy” Floyd to “Money” Mayweather was a deliberate one. Once Mayweather dethroned Oscar De La Hoya and became the biggest attraction in the sport, he spent the rest of his career counting his money and being extremely calculated in the selection of his opponents.
Yes, Mayweather defeated boxing legend Manny Pacquiao. But that wasn’t the Pacquiao who ransacked eight divisions and pummelled opponent after opponent. He was ripe for the picking, and Mayweather picked him apart en route to the biggest boxing event of all time. He recognized UFC superstar Conor McGregor’s drawing power and leveraged it into another massive payday against an opponent who had no business sharing a boxing ring with him. He spotted the budding star known as Canelo and brought him down a few pounds, taking advantage of his youth to rake in a large sum of money.

Those three fights are the biggest PPV events of all time. Coincidence? Absolutely not.

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Mayweather weighs risk vs. reward unlike any other athlete in the world.

To be clear, Mayweather still has to perform in the ring. He is easily one of the hardest-working athletes in sports. You’ll never find him out of shape. He stays sharp defensively to absorb as little damage as possible to ensure his next payday won’t be in peril. But Mayweather also ripped a few pages out of the pro wrestling playbook to become someone people would pay to see lose a fight.

He just refused to put himself in a position to lose a fight — in and out of the ring — and that only added to his appeal.
Rest assured that Mayweather chuckled to himself when Canelo fell short of greatness. Going up a weight class he doesn’t belong in isn’t smart business, and Mayweather is all about the business. Greatness? You can have that. But money? Mayweather will accept it with open arms.

"Well, kids can't eat legacy, they eat off the currency," Mayweather clapped back at critics following his exhibition with Logan Paul last June. People expected Mayweather to wipe the social media star out. Mayweather toyed with him, much to the chagrin of bloodthirsty fans. But it was all part of a plan to make as much money as possible without taking any risks.

"I believe in building generational wealth, that's what's important to me, generational wealth."

You don’t have to like him, but Mayweather can’t eat your likes. He can’t fill his shopping cart with designer brands with your praise. Mayweather wants your money. That’s all he cares about. And as long as he remains relevant, there will always be a money bag somewhere waiting for him.

When he steps into the ring with Don Moore, there will be a paying public that will tune in just out of curiosity. And that curiosity will cost them money. As Mayweather and Moore go through a glorified sparring session, they’ll be laughing all the way to the bank. We’ll probably complain that it was a sham and ask why anybody would continue to pay to see Mayweather rob another bank.
And then it will end, and Mayweather will deposit his check. He’ll wait until the commotion dies down, and he’ll do it all over again. Guess what? We’ll pay for it all over again.

Like it or not, that’s what makes him The Best Ever.

Three female referees have been drafted to officiate at this year’s senior men’s world cup finals holding in Qatar and this would be the first time it has happened.
Female referees have officiated in the UEFA Champions League, Euros and even in the Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, that held earlier this year – a development that has shown an attempt to expand the role women play in the game.

One of those included is Rwanda’s Salima Mukansanga who officiated at this year’s AFCON. She took charge of the game between Zimbabwe and Guinea.
French female referee, Stéphanie Frappart who has officiated top matches across Europe is also included. She was in charge of the 2019 Super Cup game between Chelsea and Liverpool and also oversaw a World Cup qualifying match.

Japan’s Yamashita Yoshimi is also on the list.