Wolves knock Man Utd out to reach semi-finals
Nuno Espirito Santo's side, in their first quarter-final since 2003, fully deserved their victory as United produced their worst performance under the interim management of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
United goalkeeper Sergio Romero, in for David de Gea, had kept United level with brilliant saves from Diogo Jota and Raul Jimenez either side of the interval, before the Mexican striker swivelled in the area to finally give Wolves the reward their domination merited with 20 minutes remaining.
Wolves were rampant and it was no surprise when the dangerous Jota doubled their lead six minutes later, shrugging off United's Luke Shaw on the break before shooting low past the exposed Romero.
United defender Victor Lindelof was shown a red card by referee Martin Atkinson for a touchline challenge on Jota, but it was downgraded it to yellow after a VAR review and, even though Marcus Rashford pulled one back in stoppage time, Wolves were worthy winners.
Fifa approves 24-team Club World Cup despite European boycott threat
The new competition is expected to include eight teams from Europe.
It will run every four years and take place from June to July in the slot currently used for the World Cup warm-up event, the Confederations Cup.
Fifa president Gianni Infantino said he was "extremely happy" after the Fifa Council backed his plan on Friday.
"Now the world will see a real Club World Cup where fans will see the best teams in the world compete to be crowned the real world champions," he said.The Club World Cup is currently held every December and features seven teams from six confederations, but the competition is largely ignored by European fans.
As well as eight European clubs, the new tournament would see six teams from South America, three each from Africa, Asia and North and Central America and one from Oceania.
It has been suggested each club could earn £50m from taking part.
The European Club Association (ECA) says any new competitions should be part of an agreed framework for the international match calendar post-2024.
ECA board members, including Manchester United's chief executive Ed Woodward, signed a letter expressing concerns, which was revealed earlier on Friday.
"[We are] firmly against any potential approval of a revised CWC - no ECA clubs would take part," it said.
When asked if he was concerned about staging a new Club World Cup without any of Europe's elite clubs, Infantino said: "We hope that all the best teams will participate and we've had some very positive discussions with Uefa.
Bottas wins Season-opener in Australia
The Finn took the lead at the start from Hamilton, who made a slow getaway from pole position, and even took the new bonus point for the fastest lap.
Hamilton was left far behind, and had to concentrate on holding off Red Bull's Max Verstappen for second place.
Verstappen passed Sebastian Vettel for third on a sobering day for Ferrari.
"Why are we so slow?" Vettel asked his team at two-thirds distance. "We don't know at the moment," came the reply. It was an exchange that summed up Ferrari's entire weekend.It was a weekend which began in mourning following news of the death of F1 director Charlie Whiting - one of the most influential people in the sport.
Whiting, who was 66, was due to officiate this weekend's race. He was the official race starter and oversaw all rules matters in F1.
Bottas dedicated the win to Whiting: "Thank you Charlie. This win is for Charlie and all his work in F1. He has done massive amounts, so thanks from all us drivers."
Nigeria's D'Tigers in group B of 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup
The draw ceremony was held in host country on Saturday, March 16 at Shenzhen Bay Arena in front of 8,000 spectators.
D'Tigers were the first country from Africa to qualify for the world tournament which will hold in China.
Alex Nwora's team were seeded in pot 7 for the draws as they were among the lowest ranked teams that qualified for the competition.
The draw ceremony kicked off after a performance by American music star Jason Derulo.
The 32 qualified teams were drawn into a eight groups consisting four countries each.
Former Los Angeles Lakers and American Guard Kobe Bryant conducted the draws.
D'Tigers will face former two time Champions Russia as well as 2004 Olympic Basketball game event winners Argentina and Korea Republic.
from Bola Esho's Blog
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