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46<strong>—</strong>Vanguard, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2020 Messi’s Maradona tribute to cost Barca $3,600 Lennox Lewis wants boxing comeback aged 55 ENNOX LEWIS admitted he could stage a Lsens<strong>at</strong>ional boxing comeback as he has ‘unfinished business’ with his old heavyweight rival Riddick Bowe. After Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr - with a combined age <strong>of</strong> 105 - drew in an eight-round exhibition on S<strong>at</strong>urday night, former world champ Lewis hinted he could be next to return to the ring. The British-born star, 55, told BT Sport: “Sure! I mean, it seems like a lot <strong>of</strong> fun. “You have to look <strong>at</strong> Mike Tyson; Mike has been doing a lot <strong>of</strong> different things like wrestling, he’s been doing acting and he even had his own one-man band show. “So he knows how to entertain people, he knows wh<strong>at</strong> to do in these situ<strong>at</strong>ions.” Lewis KO’d Iron Mike in Memphis in 2002 and retired soon after his TKO win over Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko the following year. Lewis added: “When I was comment<strong>at</strong>ing for HBO, they had me put in there right in the action. “It was maybe to make me feel like I could come back for HBO wh<strong>at</strong>ever. But I just never caught it, it never happened. “I looked <strong>at</strong> the history <strong>of</strong> why boxers come back and most boxers come back because they have nothing else to do. “People keep coming up to them and saying to them, ‘Hey, when is your next fight? Who are you going to fight?’ •Lewis By John Egbokhan President <strong>of</strong> Nigeria Football Feder<strong>at</strong>ion, Amaju Pinnick, has expressed utter disappointment with the trio <strong>of</strong> Kano Pillars, Pl<strong>at</strong>eau United, Rivers United in last weekend’s continental m<strong>at</strong>ches. Speaking on the occasion <strong>of</strong> his 50 th birthday celebr<strong>at</strong>ion, Pinnick, said the three sides did not show the Nigerian spirit in their respective CAF club games, which they all lost. Reacting to the below-par outing <strong>of</strong> Nigerian clubs in the continent, Pinnick said, ‘’I am very disappointed. In as much as we can point to the fact th<strong>at</strong> the League has not Awoniyi wants to termin<strong>at</strong>e Liverpool contract H aving failed to secure United Kingdom work permit, former Golden Eaglets star, Taiwo Awoniyi is looking to end his Liverpool contract. Awoniyi joined the Reds in 2015 but has not been able to play in England. He has gone out on loan deals to different clubs in Holland, Belgium and Germany. He is currently with Union Berlin, after his hopes <strong>of</strong> starring for Liverpool this season was dashed. “It is my dream to play for Liverpool. But me playing for Liverpool has to do with getting my work permit,” Awoniyi told ESPN. “Liverpool have been gre<strong>at</strong>, they have been so supportive and we always talk with the director and every time, they tell me to be p<strong>at</strong>ient. “But the reason I discussed something permanent this season was Pinnick lambasts Pillars, Pl<strong>at</strong>eau Utd, Rivers Utd •Pinnick •Ndidi Ndidi eyes Leicester return in Ukraine Europa clash uper Eagles and Leicester City Smidfielder Wilfred Ndidi could make a return to action in Thursday’s Europa League clash against Ukaraine’s Zorya Lugansk. Ndidi suffered a long injury lay <strong>of</strong>f last in September in Leicester 4-2 win over Burnley. He has underwent surgery and last week he started training started, there is something called the ‘Nigeria spirit’ and we expect teams flying Nigeria’s colours to have th<strong>at</strong> in them. I am <strong>at</strong> a loss as to how Kano Pillars could be playing away from home, and they led their hosts, only to collapse to a 3-1 defe<strong>at</strong>. ‘’Nigerian teams should be made <strong>of</strong> sterner stuff. I commend Enyimba FC th<strong>at</strong> won away against their opponents in Ouqgadougou; th<strong>at</strong> is the way to do it. My challenge to the other clubs is to turn things around in the return legs and qualify for the next rounds <strong>of</strong> the CAF Champions League and CAF Confeder<strong>at</strong>ion Cup competitions.’’. Lionel Messi and Barcelona to pay a fine <strong>of</strong> for his tribute to Diego Maradona last Sunday. Messi, after scoring a goal Maradona would be proud <strong>of</strong> in the 4-0 win over Osasuna <strong>at</strong> the Nou Camp, he removed his Barcelona shirt and revealed an old Newell’s Old Boys No.10 shirt th<strong>at</strong> the l<strong>at</strong>e 60-year-old wore. Boyhood Newell’s fan Messi kissed his hands and pointed to the sky, recre<strong>at</strong>ing an image <strong>of</strong> Maradona in his brief spell <strong>at</strong> the Argentine outfit. Messi was booked for his emotional celebr<strong>at</strong>ion by referee M<strong>at</strong>eu Lahoz and SPORT say he and Barca could be punished further for the way in which he paid tribute. FIFA’s <strong>of</strong>ficial website st<strong>at</strong>es: “The IFAB, the body responsible for the Laws <strong>of</strong> the Game, decided to add a detail to Law 12 rel<strong>at</strong>ing to ‘Fouls and Misconduct’, st<strong>at</strong>ing: “A player who removes his jersey after scoring a goal will be cautioned for unsporting behaviour.” with the squad. Leicester coach Brendan Rodgers said on LCFC website: “Some <strong>of</strong> the injured players are training. We’ve got the likes <strong>of</strong> Ricardo, Wilf and Çalar… we’re hopeful <strong>of</strong> getting them some game time in Luhansk when we go there for our next European venture Thursday night,” he added. Ndidi’s potential return is a massive boost for Leicester ahead <strong>of</strong> the busy festive period. •Cavani •Awoniyi just th<strong>at</strong> I felt most loans I have been to, have not really been the way I want it. “And I felt like it happens th<strong>at</strong> way because the loan players get less <strong>of</strong> an advantage than the players <strong>of</strong> their own club. CAF Champions League: It’s not over for Pl<strong>at</strong>eau United, says Maikaba <strong>Why</strong> Rivers United lost to Futuro Kings <strong>—</strong>Afelokhai Anyansi Agwu celebr<strong>at</strong>es Enyimba’s victory E •Maikaba DINSON CAVANI apologised Efor his ‘racist’ social media post as he celebr<strong>at</strong>ed the win over Southampton. The Manchester United striker, 33, took to Instagram on Sunday night and replied to a comment with ‘Gracias Negrito!’. Cavani deleted the post from his story and has now issued an apology - claiming it was an ‘affection<strong>at</strong>e greeting to a friend’. marting from their S 1-0 home defe<strong>at</strong> to Simba FC <strong>of</strong> Tanzania in a CAF Champions League qualific<strong>at</strong>ion m<strong>at</strong>ch in Jos, Pl<strong>at</strong>eau United coach Abdul Maikaba said his team can salvage qualific<strong>at</strong>ion for the group stages <strong>of</strong> the tournament. Pl<strong>at</strong>eau United will be away to Dar es Salam on the weekend <strong>of</strong> December 4 for the second leg, and Maikaba believes it would not be mission impossible. “We have done it before. I believe we can do it again winning away from home. “We only need support and trust. We still have another 90 minutes to decide who’ll move to the next round.” He explained th<strong>at</strong> his wards were still m<strong>at</strong>ch rusty having stayed for months waiting for the Nigeria Pr<strong>of</strong>essional League to start. “Simba are just few inches ahead <strong>of</strong> us because they’ve played 11 league games before now.” •Afelokhai Rivers United FC goalkeeper Theophilus Affelokhai has revealed th<strong>at</strong> the NPFL side lost their first leg continental game against Futuro Kings due to overconfidence. Speaking after the loss, the former Enyimba shots stopper affirmed th<strong>at</strong> too much <strong>of</strong> confidence led to the loss and the team must do better in the second leg to advance. He also said he has never bowed out during the preliminary stages <strong>of</strong> the CAF competition in his career and it won’t happen now with his new club Rivers United. “We have resolved th<strong>at</strong> we will not relent ahead <strong>of</strong> the second leg, the confidence we placed on ourselves ahead <strong>of</strong> this game was too much despite the fact th<strong>at</strong> we know how much football has changed.” “As long as I’m here with the team because I don’t know when last I played with a team and we lost out from the preliminaries, we have to qualify and I have assured the team handlers th<strong>at</strong> we will do better in the second leg. nyimba chairman, Felix Anyansi-Agwu said his side’s 1-0 win against Burkina Faso outfit Rahimo FC in the CAF Champion League has rubbished the plans <strong>of</strong> his detractors. “There were a lot <strong>of</strong> things th<strong>at</strong> happened. We went through difficult moments to be in Ouagadougou,” Anyansi-Agwu, who is an Executive Committee member <strong>of</strong> the •Anyansi Nigeria Football Feder<strong>at</strong>ion, said. “I am very happy th<strong>at</strong> God has really rewarded us this team with victory “It’s a clear indic<strong>at</strong>ion th<strong>at</strong> this team would bring honour and glory to the country and it is unfair to <strong>at</strong>tempt to bring us down. ‘’Th<strong>at</strong> is why I’m extremely happy, more than any other day, about this result.” Cavani sorry for ‘racist’ post after win The forward said in a st<strong>at</strong>ement: “The message I posted after the game on Sunday was intended as an affection<strong>at</strong>e greeting to a friend, thanking him for his congr<strong>at</strong>ul<strong>at</strong>ions after the game. “The last thing I want to do was cause <strong>of</strong>fence to anyone. “I am completely opposed to racism and deleted the message as soon as it was explained th<strong>at</strong> it can be interpreted differently. I would like to sincerely apologise for this.”
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