Sports Zone 22-11-2023

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

- Nigeria’s senior men’s cricket national team, Yellow Greens, will begin their campaign for a ticket to the 2024 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup tomorrow when they meet Kenya in their opening game.

- Oscar Pistorius will have a second chance at parole at a hearing on Friday after he was wrongly ruled ineligible for early release from prison in March.

- Transgender women have been barred from playing in international women's matches under new regulations from the International Cricket Council.

- Ghana and South Africa suffered shock defeats in qualifying for the 2026 Fifa World Cup, while Cameroon and Senegal were forced to settle for draws away from home.

- The Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh, has expressed his commitment to meticulously review a proposal aimed at regulating the scouting system in Nigeria.

- The Technical Adviser of Doma United, Coach Akinade Onigbinde, has said although the ‘Savannah Tigers’ are topping the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) table, they are not yet dreaming of the 2024 NPFL title.

- Napoli star, Victor Osimhen and Barcelona striker, Asisat Oshoala have been nominated for the 2023 Globe Soccer Award for Best Men’s Player and Best Women’s Player respectively.

- The PUNCH has gathered that members of the Super Falcons that attended the 2023 Women’s World Cup jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand were paid the sum of $40,500 in contrast to the supposed $60,000.\

- Many fans came to the Maracana Stadium on Tuesday to watch Lionel Messi in his likely last match in Brazil, a superclasico in World Cup qualifying against the hosts. Instead, they saw Nicolás Otamendi score the only goal in a 1-0 win for Argentina after a brawl between fans that delayed the start of the game.

- Newcastle will be able to sign players on loan from sides also controlled by their Saudi owners in January, after a vote by Premier League clubs on a temporary ban on related-party loans did not receive the required support.