Sports Zone 16-01-2024

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

- The Nigeria Shooting Sport Federation (NSSF) has released a programme of activities it intends to undertake in the year 2024.

- Nigeria’s men’s and women’s table tennis team will know their opponents at the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships finals in Busan, South Korea as the draws for the global showpiece holds on Tuesday (today) at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Centre.

- Anthony Joshua will face ex-mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia on March 8.

- Naomi Osaka's highly anticipated Grand Slam return at the Australian Open ended in a narrow first-round defeat by France's Caroline Garcia.

- Toto Wolff has signed a three-year deal to stay on as the team principal and chief executive of Mercedes F1.

- Motorcyclist Carles Falcon has died just over a week after crashing in the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, his team said on Monday.

- Lobi Stars of Makurdi dropped points at their adopted home ground in Lafia for the first time in the 2023 Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, after Kano Pillars held them to a 1-1 draw,

- Super Eagles media officer, Babafemi Raji has addressed the concerns after the duo of Victor Osimhen and Alhassan Yusuf trained away from the main squad.

- Super Eagles striker, Sadiq Umar has returned to light training at Real Sociedad one week after he was ruled out of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations

- Holders Senegal began their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations campaign with victory over 10-man underdogs The Gambia.

- Argentina forward Lionel Messi has won men's player of the year at the Fifa Best Awards, with Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola claiming the men's coach prize in London.

- Chelsea are also keeping an eye on the Saudi Pro League and could move for either Al-Ittihad's France striker Karim Benzema, 36, or Brazil forward Roberto Firmino, 32, who joined Al-Ahli in the summer

- Argentine legend, Diego Maradona’s son, Diego Armando Maradona Junior, has claimed that his father was killed.