The 2016/17 Champions League draw held Monday pitched some clubs with Nigerian players in their ranks with some very tough opponents. Which of these will advance to the round of sixteen?

Leicester City have completed the signing of Nigeria international Wilfred Ndidi, subject to international clearance from the Belgian FA and successful work permit application.

Ivory Coast football great Yaya Toure has been banned from driving for 18 months and fined £54,000 ($68,500, 64,600 euros) for drink driving, he said on Facebook on Tuesday.

Chelsea have been fined £100,000 (about N50 million) and Manchester City must pay £35,000 (about N17.5m) after players from both teams clashed during their Premier League meeting at Etihad Stadium.

An Afghan boy who became an online hit after wearing a homemade shirt bearing Argentina captain Lionel Messi’s famous national team number 10 has met his hero.