Sports Zone 23-11-2023

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

- The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) is scheduled to hold its 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on December 13.

- Nigeria’s quest for a first appearance at the ICC T20 World Cup begins on Thursday (today) in Namibia where the Yellow Greens will take on Kenya in their first game of the 2024 World Cup qualifiers.

- The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone have arrived in Lagos to compete at the West African Scrabble Championship, which begins today at Novotel Hotel, Lekki.

- Organisers of the yearly Aruna Open Table Tennis Tournament have disclosed that the third edition of the competition will begin on November 29 and end on December 3 at Eko Club, Lagos.

- Mick Schumacher will race in the World Endurance Championship for Alpine next season.

- LeBron James became the first player to score 39,000 points in the NBA as the LA Lakers beat the Utah Jazz in the in-season tournament.

- Something extremely unusual happened during the second quarter of Wednesday night's game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the San Antonio Spurs. Kawhi Leonard, the one-time Spurs hero, was being booed once again inside San Antonio's Frost Bank Center -- and his former coach told the fans to clam up.

- Companies seeking to acquire Broadcast rights of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) have been invited to approach the league body with offers for negotiation.

- The Chief Operating Officer of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Davidson Owumi has stated clearly that the League cannot afford the cost of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) equipment for now.

- Nigeria Premier Football League club, Heartland have announced the appointment of Kennedy Boboye as their new head coach.

- Super Falcons midfielder Jennifer Echegini is set to seal a transfer to Juventus women’s team in January.

- Argentina's World Cup-winning boss Lionel Scaloni says he is considering resigning after five years in the role.

- Stephen Kenny's time as Republic of Ireland boss is over after the Football Association of Ireland confirmed it will not be renewing his contract.

- Manchester United hope to convince Casemiro to remain at the club in January.

- Manchester United star Harry Maguire has shown his gracious side this week.