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NPFL : Rangers Stun Jigawa Golden Stars in Enugu,  Enyimba thrashes  Wikki Tourists 3-0 In one of the Rescheduled NPFL matchday 13 fixtures played today, Enugu Rangers continue with their unbeaten run in the second half  of the season as they defeated visitors, Jigawa Golden Stars 1-0 at Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium ,Enugu . Dauda madaki 70 minutes strike made the difference for Rangers after the first half ended goalless .  Madaki broke the deadlock inside the 70th minutes of the game when He strike home from close range after Ibrahim olawoyin finds him with a through ball inside the box. Abduikadir Danburan came very close to level the game for Jigawa Golden Stars with a free kick which hits the cross bar in the 90th minutes of the game . The win moved Rangers to 16 place with 20 points after 15 NPFL games with 4 more  games to play  in hand . In other Rescheduled games played today, Enyimba picked up their third NPFL win in a row after they thrashes Wikki Tourists 3-0 throu

OFFICIAL: NFF Sack Imama, Appoints Yobo as New Super Eagles  Assistant Coach      The Nigeria Football Federation has appointed former Super Eagles's Defender and Captain, Joseph Yobo as assistant coach of the team.He replaces Imama Amapakabo in the three-time African champions technical Crew.        Yobo,who played for the Nigeria U20 boys -Flying Eagles during the FIFA world Youth Championship (Now known as the FIFA U20 World Cup) in 1991,won his first cap for the senior team in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match away to Zambia in chingola in April 2001,and played in three FIFA world Cup finals 2002,2010,2014.

Chelsea reach an agreement with Ajax Amsterdam for the transfer of Ziyech English premier league outfit,Chelsea have reached an agreement with Holland champions, Ajax Amsterdam for the summer transfer of winger,Hakim Ziyech in a deal worth close to 45m euros .    The Moroccan international will Join the Blues in the summer and will be the first signing of the summer after they failed to bring in any player in the January transfer window.

 Coronavirus:Chinese Grand Prix postponed over virus fears            The Chinese Grand Prix has been postponed as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.    The FIA,Formula 1's governing body,said it had accepted a request from Chinese organisers to postpone the event,scheduled to take place in Shanghai on 19 April. It added all parties would take the "appropriate amount of time" to discuss potential new dates .

Lewis Hamilton out of Ferrari frame as they plan to stick with Sebastian Vettel in 2021      Ferrari have dampened their interest in Lewis Hamilton by Insisting Sebastian Vettel is their first-choice driver for the 2021 season .         With Charles Leclerc already signed to Ferrari until 2024,there was conjecture Vettel could leave when his own contract expires at the end of this season,and Ferrari have already held talks with Hamilton.     But following the launch of Ferrari's car for the 2020 season,team principal Mattia Binotto downplayed the prospect of a cross-grid switch for six-time world champion .    "I think Sebastian is our first choice at the moment, said Binotto," And obviously it's something we are discussing with him and we will continue discussing but he's certainly our first option, our preference at the moment.      This week Mercedes expressed their confidence in Hamilton staying at a team where he has dominated the sport,with a co

LeBron James ,Kawhi Leonard and James Harden on shortlist for US Olympic Team   LeBron James,Kawhi Leonard and James Harden are among the 44 Finalists for the 12 Spots on the 2020 US Olympic Men's Basketball team. The candidates include nine members of the united states 2016 Olympic team and seven from the 2012 squad ,both team which won Gold Medals . The 2020 Olympics will be held in Tokyo from July 24 to August 9,with the men's basketball gold medal game on August 8. Twelve Nations will complete in the 2020 Games  Already Qualified are the United States ,host Japan, Argentina, Australia, France, Iran,Nigeria and Spain . Team USA will be coached by San Antonio Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich ,who is taking over for Duke's Mike Krzyzewski .Assistant coaches are Steve Kerr(Golden States Warriors) LIoyed Pierce (Atlanta Hawks) and Jay Wright. The 44 candidates and their NBA teams  Boston Celtics: Jaylen Brown,Gordon Hayward,Marcus smart ,Jayson Ta