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Super Eagles Coach Augustine Eguavoen announced his 30-man squad for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 play-offs against Ghana. Ademola Lookman of Leicester City is the most notable name on this list. FIFA recently cleared the bi-national to switch international allegiance to the Super Eagles, and he is now set to make his debut later this month. Nigeria will play Ghana in a potentially tense West African derby on March 25th before hosting Ghana four days later as both teams compete for one of Africa's five tickets to the World Cup, which will be held later this year in Qatar. FULL SQUAD: Goalkeepers: Francis Uzoho (AC Omonia, Cyprus); Daniel Akpeyi (Kaizer Chiefs, South Africa); Maduka Okoye (Sparta Rotterdam, The Netherlands) Defenders: Oluwasemilogo Ajayi (West Bromwich Albion, England); Kenneth Omeruo (CD Leganes, Spain); Leon Balogun (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland); William Ekong (Watford FC, England); Olaoluwa Aina (Torino FC, Italy); Calvin Bassey (Glasgow…

Liverpool defeated Chelsea in the final of the League Cup on penalties. It is the first time in five years that the competition was not won by Manchester City. Liverpool wins the League Cup for a record ninth time, it was previously tied on eight with City while Chelsea has won it five times, most recently in 2015. Chelsea, which has already won the Club World Cup this month, lost on its last visit to Wembley Stadium to Leicester in the FA Cup final last season. After an entertaining 120 minutes of action, the 2022 Carabao Cup final was decided by a penalty shootout as Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga smashed his penalty high over the crossbar. Kepa was the only player to miss in the shoot-out as Liverpool converted all 11 of their kicks and Chelsea netted 10. The Spaniard replaced Edouard Mendy in the final minutes of extra time.…

The Super Falcons of Nigeria recorded a 3-0 victory against Ivory Coast on aggregate after a 1-0 victory away against Ivory Coast at the Stade Robert Champroux in Abidjan only to arrive at Abuja's international airport from the qualifying game in Ivory Coast and end up being held for over four hours by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) as some players fainted and were reduced to tears. After sealing a ticket to the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, the Super Falcons took a two-hour flight from Abidjan to Abuja. The nine-time African champions were tested for COVID before the game and also before they departed but Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) deem it fit to delay the girls despite presenting PCR test results. Coach Randy Waldrum said the situation, which followed a two-hour flight, was "very frustrating". But the NFF has absolved itself of…

The Football Associations of Sweden, Poland, and the Czech Republic released a joint statement appealing to the FIFA and UEFA to cancel their next scheduled World Cup Qualifying matches in Russia. In the joint statement, all three nations have asked the governing body 'to react quickly' to their concerns and also let the three nations know when and where the rescheduled matches will be played. All three nations were scheduled to play in the World Cup qualifiers next month. A joint statement from the trio said they would not consider playing matches in Russia following president Vladimir Putin's decision to launch military action into neighbouring Ukraine, with all three insisting a neutral venue should be found. "Based on the current alarming development in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, including the security situation, the Football Associations of Poland (PZPN), Sweden (SvFF) and Czech Republic (FACR) express their firm position that…