Man City have wildcard candidate to be newest member of captain's group
Manchester City need a new captain, and will soon vote on Ilkay Gundogan's successor.
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The Michael Beale Rangers pressure factor that has St Johnstone eyeing Judgement Day AGAIN as Gio parallels appear
St Johnstone heaped fresh misery on Gio van Bronckhorst’s Champions League flops when Rangers last made a Premiership Perth trip.
5,742 athletes, officials listed for National Youth Games in Delta
The Chairman of Delta Sports Commission, Tonobok Okowa, said the state would stage the best-ever event in the history of the National Youth Games. A total of 5,742 athletes and officials have been registered to participate at the seventh National Youth Games scheduled to hold in Asaba from September 20 to 30. Okowa told The Guardian on his return from N’Djamena, where he represented the President of the Confederation of Africa Athletics (CAA), Hamad Kalkaba, in a marathon event in Chad, that Delta state government was ready to give the youths a befitting sports festival. Team Delta has won virtually all editions of the NYG since the competition came into existence in 2013 in Abuja. The 2023 edition will have 34 scoring events. On Friday, a meeting on the Games took place, and among the key points reached was that all states should get insurance cover for athletes and officials coming for the Games. It was emphasised that all states will provide evidence of payment for participation and Insurance policy for athletes and officials as it will be used as necessary clearance into the Games Village. Also indicated was that screening of athletes will be carried out only once after two-day grace of arrival at Games village, just as it warned that any state that did not take part in the screening will be disqualified.
Gambia stage comeback to book Cup of Nations finals place
CAPE TOWN : The Gambia came back from two goals down to force a 2-2 draw with Congo in earthquake-devastated Morocco on Sunday and book their place at next year’s Africa Cup of Nations finals.
Van Aert captures Tour of Britain, Rodriguez wins final stage
Belgian Wout van Aert raced to victory in the Tour of Britain on Sunday (Sep 10) while Spaniard Carlos Rodriguez made a strong charge to win the hilly eighth and final stage in Wales.
Springboks sweat over Etzebeth injury after Scotland win
MARSEILLE, France : South Africa were relieved to get through a "slippery" Rugby World Cup Pool B game with Scotland on Sunday but the 18-3 victory could have come at some cost to their bid to retain their title, with lock Eben Etzebeth injured.
Britain's Ainslie ends dry SailGP spell with win in France
Victory for Ben Ainslie in a tight French SailGP final on Sunday (Sep 10) ended a long dry spell for his British team, giving them a confidence boost ahead of the next races in Italy and Spain.
Germany Sack Coach Hansi Flick Ahead Of Euro 2024; Rudi Voeller Named Interim Manager
Germany have sacked coach Hansi Flick just nine months from hosting Euro 2024 after Saturday's humiliating 4-1 defeat by Japan, the German FA (DFB) announced on Sunday. Flick became the first and only Germany head coach to be sacked since the position was created in 1926. Sporting director Rudi Voeller, who coached the side to a 2002 World Cup final against Brazil, will take over on an interim basis. German FA boss Bernd Neuendorf said the sacking was "unavoidable" after the team's recent run of "disappointing" results.