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Stay connected via Google News Femi Azeez scored a brace on his debut to send the Super Eagles to the final of the 2026 Unity Cup. The Millwall forward’s goals were enough for Nigeria’s 2-0 victory over Zimbabwe in the semi-final of the mini-tournament on Tuesday at the Valley Stadium in London. The match was a breeze for an Eagles side loaded with trialists and captained by Terem Moffi. Other more experienced players on the starting line were just Alhassan Yusuf and Igoh Ogbu.

Stay connected via Google News Victor Udoh, a Nigerian footballer, has died at the age of 21. Royal Antwerp, Udoh’s first European club, announced his passing in a statement on Tuesday. Udoh died a little over a month after proposing to his girlfriend in Nigeria. According to reports, the footballer died in Abuja on Monday while on an off-season holiday from European football. He signed a three-year contract with Czech second-tier side Ceske Budejovice in 2025.

Stay connected via Google News Giants of Africa, a non-profit organisation co-founded by Masai Ujiri, the Nigerian-born Dallas Mavericks president, has inaugurated a new basketball court at King’s College, Lagos. The facility was inaugurated on Tuesday, and it is the organisation’s 50th basketball court built across the continent. Giants of Africa, under its “Built Within” initiative, plans to build 100 basketball courts around the continent.