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League leaders Bayern Munich crashed to a 2-1 defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday as the Bavarian giants gave hope to their Bundesliga title rivals.

Atletico Madrid gave renewed hope to their La Liga title rivals on Saturday by losing 2-0 at home to Levante and missing the chance to extend their six-point lead at the top of the table.

French defender Benjamin Pavard is in quarantine after becoming the latest Bayern Munich player to test positive for the coronavirus, the Bundesliga club announced Thursday.

Serena Williams has been denied the opportunity to match Australian Margaret Court's record of 24 major singles titles after she was beaten by 23-year-old Naomi Osaka at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday.

THE Super Eagles' Head Coach, Mr Gernot Rohr, was at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere for an on-the-spot assessment of the facilities ahead of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying match between Nigeria and Lesotho scheduled for March 2021.

An unstoppable Serena Williams reached a 40th Grand Slam semi-final Tuesday, overpowering second seed Simona Halep to book an Australian Open last-four showdown with Naomi Osaka.

Martin Odegaard, who joined Arsenal from Real Madrid on a loan deal till the end of the season, has said that he is happy at Arsenal.

THE Alimosho League, organised by Alimosho Football Coaches Council and inaugurated late last year, has ended recently as two top teams in each group booked a place in the Super Four League that will kick off from February 26 to 28.

Arsenal’s home Europa League tie against Portuguese giants Benfica on February 25 has been switched to Greece because of Covid-19 restrictions in England, UEFA announced on Friday.

Liverpool have suffered another injury setback with Brazilian midfielder Fabinho set to miss Saturday’s trip to Leicester.