Rangers goalkeeper coach, Anthony Donwa will take charge of the same position with the Nigeria U-17 side, the Golden Eaglets.

Donwa will work alongside experienced tactician Manu Garba who was appointed two weeks ago.

Rangers celebrated his appointment on their X handle.

“Congratulations, coach! on your appointment as goalkeeper coach of Nigeria’s Under-17 team,” the club stated.

“We are proud of you.”

The Nigeria U-17 team are preparing for next month’s WAFU B U-17 Championship in Ghana.

Kylian Mbappe turned on the style as Paris St Germain eased to within touching distance of a third successive Ligue 1 title with a 4-1 victory at relegation-haunted Lorient.

The 25-year-old scored twice and also set up Ousmane Dembele for the second of his two goals with a touch of genius to maintain the Champions League semi-finalists’ 11-point advantage over second-placed Monaco.

PSG can claim a sixth crown in seven years against Le Havre on Saturday.

Luis Enrique’s men are now unbeaten in 25 league games dating back to September 15 while Lorient, who pulled one back through substitute Mohamed Bamba amid a late flurry, are three points from safety.

With Mbappe starting in one of nine changes to the side which lined up for Sunday’s 4-1 home win over Lyon, PSG began in a patient mood with the hosts enjoying a fair share of possession and mustering the first attempt on goal, a wayward seventh-minute strike from Gedeon Kalulu.

Indeed, they should have taken the lead with 12 minutes gone when Kalulu played the ball into the path of Imran Louza, whose cut-back was steered wastefully wide by Ayman Kari.

However, Lorient keeper Yvon Mvogo had to get down well to palm away Mbappe’s curling 17th-minute effort, but was helpless to prevent the visitors from taking the lead two minutes later.

Senny Mayulu won possession on halfway and slipped the ball into Dembele’s run before watching him cut inside Isaak Toure and Julien Laporte and place the ball inside the stranded Mvogo’s right post.

It was 2-0 within three minutes after Mbappe picked out Nuno Mendes on the left and then made his way into the box, where he dispatched the return pass just inside the other upright with an outrageous flick.

Louza dragged a long-range effort wide and Gianluigi Donnarumma had to make a stunning save to keep out Tiemoue Bakayoko’s downward header from a Louza corner, but Dembele curled a 42nd-minute corner onto the roof of Mvogo’s net as the Parisians finished the first half strongly.

The hosts returned determined to remain compact in an attempt to frustrate the visitors and, as a result, initially found themselves camped deep inside their own half with Fabian Ruiz dictating play from the middle of the field.

However, the game was rather meandering towards the hour-mark when Mbappe produced another piece of magic, holding off defender Nathaniel Adjei before poking the ball through his legs and then crossing for Dembele to tap home.

Bamba’s bullet header from fellow substitute Benjamin Mendy’s cross seconds later reduced the deficit and Donnarumma had to block Panos Katseris’ late effort with his foot, but Mbappe wrapped up the win at the death, cutting in from the left to shoot past Mvogo.

Two Premier League players were arrested last weekend on suspicion of rape and assault, according to the UK Sun.

It is understood that both footballers are 19 years and play for the same club.

The police interviewed one of them briefly at their club’s stadium on suspicion of assault and aiding and abetting a rape.

He was then formally arrested after leaving the stadium, spending the night in a police cell, before being quizzed by detectives under caution.

His teammate was also arrested and questioned the next day on suspicion of rape.

A police spokesperson said: “Officers have arrested two men following a report of a rape.

“A 19 year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault and aiding and abetting a rape.

“A second 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of rape.

“Both men have since been released on police bail.”

Real Madrid have now opened an 11-point gap between themselves and Barcelona.

This follows a thrilling 3-2 win over the Catalans in an El Clasico clash on Sunday night.

Andreas Christensen opened the scoring with a powerful header, before Vinicius Jr equalized from the spot.

Fermin Lopez put Barca in front again, but Lucas Vazquez popped up unmarked at the back post to make it 2-2.

Jude Bellingham lashed home the winner in added time, as Carlo Ancelotti’s men took a big step towards the LaLiga title.

Real are also on course for the double this season, as they play Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

Super Eagles defender, William Troost-Ekong has given latest update on his recovery from injury.

Troost-Ekong underwent surgery for a thigh injury in February.

The centre-back sustained the injury during the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire.

“I have had my first session on grass with the ball and I am just a matter of days to rejoining the group,” the PAOK Salonica of Greece defender disclosed in an interview with Eagle7fm.

“It was first feared I will be out for three, four months, but it is now just seven weeks after surgery.”

The 30-year-old could now return in time to help PAOK’s quest to win the Greek League title.

PAOK are two points behind leaders AEK Athens on table.

Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola has taken responsibility for Cole Palmer’s departure from the club last summer.

Manchester City cashed in on the midfielder for £42.5 million.

The 21-year-old has gone on to score 20 Premier League goals for Chelsea in his first season at Stamford Bridge.

And now the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss has provided a major reason for Palmer’s departure.

Ahead of Chelsea’s clash with Manchester City, Pep Guardiola spoke about Palmer, who scored four goals against Everton on Monday.

“He was asking for two seasons to leave Man City. I said: stay. He wanted to leave. What can we do?,” he said.

“He’s an exceptional player with super potential. I didn’t give him the minutes he deserves that he now has at Chelsea.”

Hundreds of youngsters were sent away from the Golden Eaglets first training in Abuja on Thursday.

The Golden Eaglets started preparations for the WAFU U-17 Championship at the FIFA Goal Project Pitch on Thursday.

According to a report in SCORENigeria, head coach, Manu Garba is fully focused on working with only the 51 players he invited to camp.

Most of the invited players have also done the mandatory MRI test and are eligible to feature at the WAFU tourney.

Ghana will host the competition from May 15.

The Golden Eaglets are the defending champions after they beat Burkina Faso in the final two years ago.

The WAFU tourney will serve as the qualifier for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

Former international, Emmanuel Amuneke, Domenec Torrent and Antonio Conceicao have made the final three-man shortlist for the Super Eagles coaching job.

DAILY POST learnt from a reliable source in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) that the names of the three coaches have benn sent to the executive committee by the technical committee.

“Torrent is the number one candidate among the foreign coaches with Conceicao the second choice”.

“For the local coaches, Amuneke has the best CV and experience. He is far ahead of his colleagues.

“Majority of the board members are in support of a foreign coach, while others want a local lad.

“So, either of these three men, all things being equal will get the job at the end of the day.”

Torrent once worked as an assistant to Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, while Conceicao was in charge of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Amuneke once coached the Nigeria U-17 side and the Tanzania national team.

The two semi-final fixtures in this year’s Champions League have been confirmed.

This follows the completion of all quarter-final ties on Wednesday night.

Bayern Munich will play Real Madrid after they beat Arsenal 1-0 at the Allianz Arena to qualify with a 3-2 aggregate.

Madrid drew 1-1 on the night at the Etihad, before winning the penalty shoot-out 4-3.

In the other semi-final clash, Paris Saint-Germain will take on Borussia Dortmund.

PSG sent Barcelona packing with a 6-4 aggregate win on Tuesday, while Dortmund eliminated Atletico Madrid with a 5-4 aggregate victory.

The last-four fixtures have been scheduled for April 30 and May 7, 2024.

Barcelona manager, Xavi Hernandez, has blamed referee, Istvan Kovacs for their Champions League exit.

Despite coming into the second leg of their quarter-final clash against Paris Saint-Germain with a 3-2 advantage, the LaLiga giants were eliminated in front of their fans.

Raphinha gave Barca the lead, before Kovacs sent off Ronald Araujo for a last-man tackle.

From then on, Ousmane Dembele, Vitinha and Kylian Mbappe (brace) scored to send PSG through.

Xavi, who also saw red in the game, said afterwards: “It’s a pity, our Champions League is over due to the referee’s mistake.

“I just told the referee that he’s been a disaster. It’s the reality.”

Wrexham United goalkeeper, Arthur Okonkwo has been named in EFL League Two’s Team of the Season.

The 22-year-old goalie has kept 13 clean sheets in the league this season.

The Nigerian has started 34 of Wrexham’s 44 League Two fixtures.

The Arsenal-owned shot-stopper played a starring role in the Red Dragons wrapping up a top-three finish and back-to-back promotions.

Okonkwo will be available this summer as his contract at Arsenal is about to expire.

There is expected to be a massive scramble for his signature following his exploits with Wrexham.

Arsenal legend, Ian Wright, has accused Gabriel Martinelli of “switching off” during the 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa.

The Gunners’ Premier League title hopes were hit on Sunday, as goals from Leon Bailey and Ollie Watkins sealed the win for Unai Emery’s men.

Arsenal were hoping to return to the top of the table following Liverpool’s shock defeat to Crystal Palace earlier in the day.

But they slipped up themselves in a huge boost to defending champions Manchester City.

With six fixtures left, Pep Guardiola’s side find themselves two points above Arsenal and Liverpool, who are only separated on goal difference.

Analysing Arsenal’s defeat for Premier League Productions, Wright criticised Martinelli’s lack of awareness in the build-up to the opening goal.

The Brazilian forward replaced Leandro Trossard in the second half, but allowed Bailey to roam free at the back post and tuck in Lucas Digne’s cross.

He said: “Look at Martinelli, this is what we’ve been saying because Arsenal have been so good defensively this season.

“Everyone has been switched on but in this instance, he switches off. Bailey is his man, that’s his man in this situation. He has to get closer to him, it’s as simple as that.”

Former England women’s player, Eniola Aluko, has become the first black woman to own a club in Italy.

Aluko has acquired a major stake in FC Como’s female team.

The 37-year-old confirmed this in a post on her X page, where revealed she is a part of a $100 million ownership group, known as Mercury 13, which acquired a majority stake.

Como Women was only established in 2020, and they use a 3,700-capacity stadium.

They currently play in the top flight of the Italian Serie A.

Eniola, who is the sister of former Super Eagles player Sone Aluko, was born in Lagos to Nigerian parents in 1987.

But she eventually naturalized to England and played for the Three Lionesses.

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, on Friday announced the appointment of Manu Garba as head coach of the country’s U-17 side, Golden Eaglets.

Garba is making a return to the position having guided the Golden Eaglets to win the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2013.

The former Nigeria international will immediately resume the role and take charge of the team’s preparations for the WAFU B U-17 Championship, taking place in Ghana.

The competition will take place next month.

The WAFU tourney will serve as qualifier for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

The Golden Eaglets were knocked out at the quarter-final stage of the last edition of the competition hosted by Algeria.

At least 11 Chelsea players were absent in training ahead of Monday’s Premier League clash against Everton.

According to Standard Sport, Axel Disasi and Enzo Fernandez have joined the injury list.

Raheem Sterling and Robert Sanchez are listed as ill.

Already unavailable are Levi Colwill, Wesley Fofana, Reece James, Romeo Lavia, Christopher Nkunku and Lesley Ugochukwu all on the club’s injury report.

But there is a positive update for Chelsea with defender Ben Chilwell returning to partial training.

The Blues go into the game sitting in 9th place with 44 points.

Manchester United will be without Jonny Evans and Raphael Varane for this weekend’s clash with Bournemouth.

The Premier League club confirmed this in a statement on Thursday.

Varane will be out for “the next few weeks” after sustaining a muscle injury against Chelsea.

Evans also has a muscle issue, but it is said to be “shorter-term”.

United are already without six senior defenders. Tyrell Malacia, Luke Shaw, Lisandro Martinez and Victor Lindelof are also injured.

With Evans and Varane joining them on the treatment table, Erik ten Hag faces a selection crisis.

Napoli have identified Lille striker, Jonathan David as the top target to replace departing Victor Osimhen.

Despite signing a contract extension with Napoli last December, Osimhen is set to leave the Italian side at the end of the season.

Paris Saint-Germain is leading the race to sign him as a replacement for Real Madrid-bound Kylian Mbappe.

Chelsea are also said to be interested in signing the Nigeria international as their marquee forward signing to take the club to the next level.

La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that Jonathan David is the top preference for Napoli.

David has scored 23 goals and provided 7 assists in 39 games so far this season, mirroring his output from the 2022-2023 campaign.

Al-Nassr striker, Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off as his team lost 2-0 to Al-Hilal in a Saudi Super Cup clash on Monday night.

Ronaldo received his marching orders for elbowing Ali Al-Bulaihi.

Al-Nassr thought they had taken the lead when Otavio diverted into the net as the first half ended.

However, the goal was chalked off, because Ronaldo made an attempt to touch the ball from an offside position.

The decision left Ronaldo fuming and he argued with the referee about the decision.

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner was given a yellow card for dissent, but he then lashed out at an Al-Hilal player and was shown a straight red card late in the game while his team were 2-0 down.

Ronaldo raised his fist at the referee after the card came out and sarcastically applauded the official as he walked off.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Monday announced that the Under-15 national football team, known as the Future Eagles, will not participate in the upcoming UEFA U16 Development Tournament starting in Spain on Friday over visa issues.

According to a statement released by the federation on its official X, formerly Twitter account, players and officials of the team were denied visas by the Spanish Embassy to take part in the tournament.

“Players and officials of the Nigeria U15 team, Future Eagles, have been denied visas by the Spanish Embassy and will, therefore, not be travelling to take part in the UEFA U16 Development Tournament starting on Friday,” the statement said.

The UEFA U16 Development Tournament was established by the European football governing body (UEFA) in 2012 with the aim of helping aspiring footballers across the globe participate in international football.

Each tournament consists of four national teams from both UEFA nations and non-UEFA national boys’ and girls’ national teams.