Germany became the first team to join hosts Qatar at the 2022 World Cup with a thumping victory in North Macedonia.

Former England youth international Jamal Musiala opened his account for the Germans, running in on goal and stroking home a confident finish. 

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 Kai Havertz claimed the first goal in the second half, slotting in from Thomas Muller’s unselfish pass. Timo Werner smashed home the second following Muller’s superb flick and also curled in a delightful third.

Hansi Flick’s men, who are four-time world champions, reach the tournament for the 20th occasion, with only Brazil (21) appearing more times. They did it with two games to spare, with meetings against Liechtenstein and Armenia to come next month.

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By Jane Uwa

The Super Eagles camp for the 2022 World Cup qualifying games against the Central African Republic – CAR opens in Lagos today.

The Eagles play CAR at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos on October 7, before heading to Douala, Cameroon for the second leg three days later.

CAR are playing their home games in Cameroon after no stadiums in the country were deemed fit by CAF to host games. The Eagles go into the CAR games with a maximum of six points after defeating Liberia and Cape Verde in their two opening fixtures.

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Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr had earlier named a 23-man squad for the encounter but had Alex Iwobi pulled out due to injury. His replacement, Terel Moffi also got injured, paving the way for Union Berlin striker Taiwo Awoniyi, who is getting his maiden call-up to the national team.

The 24-year-old’s invitation comes after he scored a brace for Union in their 2-1 victory over Mainz in the German Bundesliga on Sunday.

Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, the D’Tigress has recorded a historic achievement of winning the Afrobasket championship for the third time in a row.

The Nigerian team beat Mali 70-59 to be crowned champions of the 2021 edition in Yaounde, Cameroon. They won the previous editions in 2017 and 2019.

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The defending champions have been impressive all through the tournament and stayed focused on their objective of breaking records in the final against Mali.

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Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr hopes his team can secure an early qualification to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

The Super Eagles started the qualifying campaign on a good note winning their opening two games against the Lone Star of Liberia and Blue Sharks of Cape Verde.

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Rohr’s team next face Central African Republic in a double-header next month with the first fixture to be staged at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.

The Super Eagles were the first African country to secure a place at the last world cup in Russia.

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Cristiano Ronaldo is in the Manchester United squad for today’s Champions League opener against Young Boys in Switzerland.

Having scored twice on his second debut in Saturday’s 4-1 win against Newcastle, the 36-year-old was included in the 22-man squad for today’s match in Bern.

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Edinson Cavani again misses out with an unspecified strain and Dean Henderson is absent as he continues his recovery from Covid-19.

Other fixtures would see Chelsea and Barcelona hosting Zenith St Petersburg and Bayern Munich respectively, while Malmo FF will host Juventus, among other matches today.

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Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa has rewarded his teammates 5million naira following their 2-1 win against Cape Verde in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier yesterday.

The money was from the 10million naira he was rewarded with for reaching 100 caps with the Eagles. The country’s football governing body announced the gesture will be extended to other players who achieve such a milestone.

Musa made his 100th appearance for the Eagles after he was included in the starting eleven against Cape Verde. The 28-year-old was later replaced by Henry Onyekuru in the 72nd minute.

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He made his debut with the Eagles in 2010 in a qualification match against Madagascar for the 2012 AFCON. He has represented Nigeria at two AFCONs (2013, 2019) and two FIFA World Cups (2014, 2018). Also, he was part of the Eagles squad that featured at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil.

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Liverpool’s Naby Keita and Wolves’ Romain Saiss were among the players who had their World Cup Qualifier postponed after an attempted coup took place in Guinea’s capital.

Guinea and Morocco were set to meet for the African qualifiers of the 2022 World Cup on Monday in Conakry, but FIFA and CAF decided to reschedule the game following hours of heavy gunfire around the presidential palace.
The Moroccan team and staff, including Saiss, QPR’s Ilias Chair, Watford’s Imran Louza and Adam Masina, and PSG’s Achraf Hakimi were escorted back home by their embassy in Guinea after being trapped in their hotel.

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A statement issued by the Liverpool club spokesperson indicates that they are  in constant contact with Naby and have had regular communication via his national team management.

“We are satisfied that he is safe and well cared for. Obviously the situation is fluid and we will maintain regular dialogue with the relevant authorities as we work to get Naby back to Liverpool in a timely and secure manner.” He added.

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Cristiano Ronaldo broke the world record for goals scored in men’s international football as he hit his 110th and 111th goals for Portugal in their dramatic 2-1 World Cup qualifying win over the Republic of Ireland.

The 36-year-old scored two late headers – to break and extend the record – after he had a penalty saved by Gavin Bazunu.

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Ali Daei, who scored 109 goals for Iran between 1993 and 2006, held the record which Ronaldo equalled with a double against France at Euro 2020.

The Manchester United forward has also equalled Sergio Ramos’ European record for men’s caps – with his 180th Portugal appearance.

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Nigeria’s Under-20 track and field athletes have rewritten the history of Nigeria’s participation at the biennial World Athletics Under-20 Championships after finishing third on the medals table with an unprecedented haul of four gold and three bronze medals.

The highest Nigeria had ended on the medals table prior to the just ended event in Nairobi was her seventh-place finish at the third edition of the championships in 1990 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria where they won two gold, two silver and two bronze medals.

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The four gold medals won at the just ended World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya is the highest Nigeria has won, two more than the country has ever won in any edition of the championships.

MEANWHILE, Youth and Sports Development Minister, Sunday Dare has hailed Nigerian athletes to the just ended World Athletics U20 Championships for their record-breaking performance.

 Dare also revealed that Nigeria, for the first time in the history of the Championships was represented in all the relay events.

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Barcelona are reportedly keen on signing Arsenal captain, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

The LaLiga club want to offer Philippe Coutinho in part exchange as part of a possible transfer.

Earlier yesterday, Barcelona president Joan Laporta disclosed they are 1.15 billion in debt .

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Aubameyang, 32, had put pen to paper on a new three-year deal with the Gunners last year until 2024. He missed Arsenal’s opening-day Premier League defeat at Brentford on Friday through illness.

Aubameyang, who joined Arsenal for 56 million pounds in January 2018, netted 14 goals for last season as Mikel Arteta’s side missed out on European qualification for the first time in 25 years.

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