Sports Zone 04-03-2024

Enjoy the crew banter and discuss different stories around the world;

- Nigeria U-18 women handball team finished second after their 22-16 defeat against Kosovo on Sunday in the final of the IHF Women’s Trophy Intercontinental Phase in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

- Two-time African champion, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, has taken a subtle dig at officials of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria over the poor planning and quality of the kits the athletes wore at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.

- It was a class performance by East African cricket giant, Tanzania as they cruised past Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Rwanda to claim the trophy of the 4th Nigeria Cricket Federation, (NCF) Women's T20 International cricket tournament on Sunday in Lagos.

- Red Bull's Max Verstappen sent out a chilling message to his Formula 1 rivals with a crushing victory in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.

- Defender, Enyinnaya Kazie, scored a late winner to secure passage for Rivers United into the quarter-finals of the CAF Confederation Cup, as the Pride of Rivers beat 10-man Dreams FC of Ghana 2-1 in their last group game at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo on Sunday.

- Lobi Stars stormed back to the top of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) table after a convincing 2-0 defeat of Katsina United in the Week 23 match played yesterday at the Lafia Township Stadium.

- Super Eagles technical director, Augustine Eguavoen, has taken over the coaching role of the Nigerian Football team after Jose Peseiro’s exit.

- Super Eagles goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali, stock continues to rise with two clubs recently expressing interests in signing the shot stopper.

- A former Super Falcons of Nigeria goalkeeper, Bidemi Aluko-Olaseni, is dead.

- Bayer Leverkusen went 10 points clear at the top of the Bundesliga and continued their unbeaten run with a 2-0 win at struggling neighbours Köln, who went down to 10 men in the first half of a hotly contested derby on Sunday.

- Erik ten Hag denied Manchester United’s 3-1 defeat at Manchester City showed there is a gulf between the sides and claimed that, with different officiating decisions before each of Phil Foden’s goals, the visitors could have won.