BEB Weekend Sports: Gist!

Moses Nets Winner For Super Eagles

Victor Moses scored a controversial winner as Nigeria defeated Poland 1-0 in an international friendly played on Friday at the Municipal Stadium in Wroclaw.


The Chelsea star appeared to dive inside the area to win a penalty in the 61st minute.

Referee Michael Oliver pointed to the spot and Moses dusted himself to send the goalkeeper the wrong way.

The goal came against the run of play, as the Poles were completely dominated from the first half and even had a perfectly good goal ruled out, even though the ball crossed the line.

Deportivo La Coruna’s Francis Uzoho also had to make a couple of saves from Robert Lewandowski, although he endured several nervy moments.

Gernot Rohr’s men will now play Serbia in their second friendly of this international window in four days time.

Germany And Spain Keep Unbeaten Runs Going With Draw

Germany and Spain played out an entertaining friendly draw in a meeting of the past two world champions.

Spain, the 2010 World Cup winners, led within six minutes as Rodrigo smashed home from Andres Iniesta's pass.

But reigning world champions Germany levelled from Thomas Muller's 25-yard curling effort in a lively first half.

The second half in Dusseldorf was not as enthralling, with frequent changes killing any momentum, although Mats Hummels hit the bar for Germany.

His header from Toni Kroos' free-kick clipped the top of the frame.

Both sides remain unbeaten since Euro 2016, with Germany one game away from equalling their record of 23 matches, while Spain have not lost in 17.Germany face Brazil on Tuesday, with Spain meeting Argentina.

Vettel Leapfrogs Hamilton To Win Season Opener

Sebastian Vettel won a dramatic Australian Grand Prix after leapfrogging Lewis Hamilton during a safety car period.

The Mercedes driver was in control of the race until Romain Grosjean's Haas stopped on track and officials imposed a virtual safety-car, which restricts the pace of the cars on track.

The world champion had already made his pit stop but Vettel had yet to make his - and Ferrari pounced on the opportunity.

A pit stop made under the virtual safety car takes 10 seconds less than one made when the cars are at full speed and the time gain of stopping while Hamilton was restricted on track allowed Vettel to rejoin the race just ahead of the Mercedes.

Hamilton tracked the Ferrari closely for much of the rest of the race but was unable to pass, before he dramatically lost pace in the closing laps and had to focus on maintaining second.

It was a bitter blow for Hamilton in the first race of a year in which he hopes to beat Vettel to be the first driver of the current era to win a fifth world title.

Federer To Lose Top Spot And Miss French Open

Roger Federer will lose his world number one spot after defeat at the Miami Open - and has announced he will miss the clay court season, including the French Open.

The 36-year-old, who suffered a shock 3-6 6-3 7-6 (7-4) loss to world number 175 Thanasi Kokkinakis in Miami, did not play on clay last season either.

Last year, he won Wimbledon after returning from his break.

The Swiss will be replaced by Rafael Nadal at the top of the new rankings.

On losing his world number one position, Federer - the defending Miami champion - said:

"I deserve it after this match. I feel so bad."

After the defeat, he added:

"I decided not to play the clay season."

Federer, who won his 20th Grand Slam at the Australian Open in January, began in typically assured style but was worn down by Australian qualifier Kokkinakis, 21, who won in two hours 21 minutes.

from Bola Esho's Blog