Sports Zone 26-02-2024

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

- D'Tigers on Sunday lost their third consecutive match to Cape Verde 62-78 to wrap up their 2025 Afrobasket qualifier in defeats.

- A total of 18 Nigerian track and field athletes based in the United States of America are expected to join Nigeria’s camp in Accra, Ghana, for the 2024 Africa Games scheduled to hold in three Ghanaian cities next month.

- Nigeria U-18 men’s handball emerged as champion of the IHF Trophy Africa Zone 3 Phase following their 33-25 victory over Ghana in the Youth category final on Saturday.

- Nigeria senior women’s cricket team, the Female Yellow Greens, began their title defence of the Nigeria Cricket Federation Women T20i invitational tournament with an emphatic 54 runs win over Sierra Leone in their first game of the tournament at the Tafawa Balewa Square Oval in Lagos on Sunday.

- The National Basketball Association (NBA) suspended five players as a result of the brawl that occurred at the end of the February 23 game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Miami Heat. The suspensions range from one to three games for those sanctioned.

- The Head Coach of the Super Falcons, Randy Waldrum and Captain Rasheedat Ajibade are confident the nine-time African champions will overcome the challenge of Cameroon and reach the final round of the African qualifying series for this year’s Women’s Olympic Football Tournament in France.

- Three goals in three minutes from Edem Ekerette, Alex Oyowah and Farouk Mohammed ensured Nigeria’s lone representative on the continent, Rivers United, stayed alive in the CAF Confederation Cup, as they ran out with a 3-2 win over Academica Lobito in Angola.

- Kano Pillars recorded the biggest win of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Week 21 matches after a 5-1 rout of Sunshine Stars of Akure yesterday at the Sani Abacha Stadium.

- Cameroon head coach, Rigobert Song has been accused of parading fake coaching certificate,

- Mauricio Pochettino conceded that he is running out of time to win trophies and hit back at Gary Neville’s “Blue billion-pound bottle jobs” jibe after Chelsea failed to overcome a young Liverpool side in the Carabao Cup final.

- Harry Kane struck twice, including a stoppage-time winner, to guide Bayern Munich to a 2-1 victory over RB Leipzig, snapping a three-game losing run in all competitions and staying eight points off leaders Bayer Leverkusen.

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