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Lukaku, who spent last season on loan with Inter Milan, is still a Chelsea player by contract, Inter Milan was hoping to secure the Belgium permanently, but talks have collapsed.

Sisi Alimosho declared that she was part of those that trained Samuel Chukwueze early on in his career.

The senior women's basketball team of Nigeria defeated Senegal 84-74 in Kigali, Rwanda to win the FIBA Women's AfroBasket title, winning it for the fourth consecutive time in history.

The Falcons, who are currently ranked 40th by the football body, fell out of the women's competition in the Round of 16 yesterday after losing to the Three Lioness of England by a penalty shootout.

The Super Falcons, who were ranked 40th in the World going into the competition, were able to hold the Three Lionesses to a goalless draw after 90 minutes and 30 minutes extra time, but the Lionesses came on top on penalties.

“We have to be more consistent this season. We have to repeat the good performance every three days. So there are a lot of details,” Varane told MUTV.

This will be Mikel Arteta's third trophy and second Community Shield in charge of the Gunners and would be Arsenal's 17th Community Shield title.

The 2022 World Cup winner moved to Inter Miami last month after rejecting a world-record contract from Saudi Arabian club, Al Hilal and also turned down the opportunity to return to Barcelona.

Despite England going into the game as the favourites to come out on top, the European champions have been warned not to count their chickens before they hatch as the Super Falcons is expected to give them a fight on the pitch in Australia.

Data provided by football’s governing body showed that, after 48 matches so far, 1,222,839 fans had passed through the turnstiles, which is a 29 per cent increase compared to after 48 matches in France four years ago.