Kicking off!
After brushing aside debutants Equatorial Guinea 3-1 in their last group match on Tuesday, Nigeria’s CHAN Super Eagles will tomorrow battle the Palancas Negras of Angola for one of the semi-final tickets.
The Eagles have not been convincing but they are favoured to beat Angola who won one and drew two matches to place second in Group D of the ongoing Africa Nations Championship in Morocco.
Our cover story this week is a preview of the must win match between the two familiar football foes.
Thus, in the well crafted story, you will read the confidence some of the Super Eagles stars have exuded going into the crucial match.
Moving one, we have for you our exclusive interview with Nigeria and Africa’s number one table tennis player, Aruna Quadri. The poster boy of Nigerian table tennis spoke to us on his exploits in the game, challenges as well as relationship with Egyptian rival, Omar Assar.
Our man in London, David Billington is at his personal best once again as he provides for your reading delight some super exclusive stories in the Premiership which only a man with his ears to the ground can scoop.
In the world of tennis, World No 1 Simona Halep has set up an Australian Open final against Caroline Wozniacki after a thrilling 6-3, 4-6, 9-7 battle past former champion Angelique Kerber.
It is indeed a winner takes all contest as the final offers a first Grand Slam title and the world No 1 ranking for both Halep and Wozniacki, with the winner claiming both.
As usual our Europe Round Up is rich with exciting previews of some of the top clashes in European football.
Enjoy this delicious edition of SHOT! and keep a date with us.
Happy weekend.
“I tried to be calm today. It was a rollercoaster, up and down. If you don’t give up you can win. I did it well. I am proud of myself.”
“Nobody gave us much thought before the start of the championship. They expected to see us in 10th place but now everyone is talking about us.”
“An ambitious young international wants to win titles and is reluctant to sit on the couch on Wednesdays when others play Champions League games”.
Germany General Manager, Oliver Bierhoff urging Schalke’s youngster, Leon Goretzka to join Bayern Munichen for Champions League football.