Sports Zone 26-06-2023

Enjoy the crew banter and discuss different stories around the world of sports.

- Nigeria’s men’s rugby national team, Black Stallions on Sunday clinched the ticket for the Africa Cup 7s 2024 Paris Olympic Games qualifiers in Zimbabwe.

Jelena Ostapenko beat Czech player Barbora Krejcikova at the Birmingham Classic to take a second grass-court title of her career.

Jarrell Miller has offered to step up on short notice and save Anthony Joshua's August ring return.

- Nigeria National League (NNL) side, Katsina United and their Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) counterparts, Rivers United, yesterday, clinched the last two slots in the Naija Super Eight finals with victories in their zonal play-off matches.

- Management of Rangers International FC of Enugu has given it’s players and the technical team a three-week break as the season came to an end with the Federation cup final in Asaba.

Nigeria head coach Jose Peseiro faces a public battle to keep his job as fans are handed the chance to decide whether he should stay in charge.

- Spanish second-division side, CD Leganes has concluded arrangements to reduce its wage bill going into the new season of 2023/2024.

- OSASUNA have been kicked out of the Uefa Conference League next season as punishment for a decade-old match-fixing scandal.

- Kalidou Koulibaly has become the latest Chelsea player to move to Saudi Arabia after the defender completed a transfer to Al-Hilal for an undisclosed fee.

- JOSKO GVARDIOL has told German side RB Leipzig he wants to join Manchester City.

- Chelsea are set to complete new manager Mauricio Pochettino's first signing of the summer.

Juventus midfielder Adrien Rabiot could be set for a move to the Premier League.

- Lionel Messi says his relationship with Paris St-Germain fans "fractured" after a "significant" number of supporters started to treat him differently.

- FIFA have officially announced that The United States will host the Club world cup in 2025, which will include 32 teams for the first time.

- KEPA Arrizabalaga has married Andrea Martinez at a picturesque wedding.