that is huge because victor 0simhen is so important for the super eagles.ica, south africa have played, you can never write them off in this tournament. in club football, the eight teams left in the women's champions league now know they're route to the final. if chelsea want to give outgoing manager emma hayes the perfect send off, they'll need to beat ajax in the quarter finals — and then beat either norwegian side brann or defending champions barcelona to reach the final. the other two quarterfinals see lyon face benfica and paris saint—germain play sweden's hacken. less than five months after being appointed, boris becker has stepped down as coach of world number seven holgar rune. in a statement on social media, becker said he had to withdraw from the role because of "private and professional responsibilities". the three—time wimbledon champion previously coached novak djokovic from 2013 to 2016. meanwhile, former world number one simona halep�*s appeal against a four—year doping ban will be heard by the court of arbitration for sport from wednesday. h

one of the stars of the africa cup of nations, nigeria striker victor 0simhen, is in danger of missinginal against south africa on wednesday. he didn't travel to bouake with the rest of the squad due to "abdominal discomfort". it's hoped he'll be able to join them on tuesday. last seasons top scorer in serie a has one goal to his name so far at this afcon but it's his tireless running and pressing that's been a key part of nigeria's success. england cricket captain ben stokes said he was happy with the way england went about their run chase, despite losing the second test in india by 106 runs. the series is now level at 1—1. chasing 399 to win, england were bowled out for 292, jack crawley top scoring with 73. india were impressive in their bowling, particularly jasprit bumrah who took nine wickets. ravi ashwin also took three for 72 and is now on 499 test wickets. stokes says he was encouraged by england's performance. i was happy with the way in which we went about that chase. that's exactly how we play cricket. when an opportunity presents itself and it's sort of a pressure situatio

victor 0simhen meanwhile salvaged a draw for napoli in their first leg tie with barcelona.his first start for the club since december. robert lewandowski had earlier given the la liga champions the lead in the 60th minute, but it's all square before the return leg in spain some big news off the field in germany. it's been confirmed that manager thomas tuchel will leave bayern munich at the end of the season. he's going a year earlier than planned as part of "a sporting realignment" at the club. he led bayern to last season's bundesliga title, but they're currently eight points behind leaders bayer leverkusen after back—to—back league defeats. one of those was an emphatic 3—0 loss to leverkusen — whose manager xabi alonso is one of the leading candidates to replace tuchel it is delicate because they are still in a fight over who was winning the title but with an 8—point gap may be that is not that acute at the moment. leverkusen are in pole position and maybe xabi alonso would be willing to entertain this more than he would otherwise but he is the number one preferred option

and they've been given a massive boost with striker victor 0simhen declared fit to play.een a doubt with an abdominal problem. nigeria are hoping to win their fourth afcon title — and as our reporter ian williams has been telling me from bouake — south africa will need to beat them for the first time at the tournament. they never have at african before. four out of five victories at african. chances depend on the south african. chances depend on the south africa goalkeeper who saved a remarkable four penalties out of five i/a—final shoot—out against cape verde. they led by the leader hugo bruce. can he do the same this time round? and they match—up will be the one people are looking at, williams against 0simhen, the african footballer of the year. nigeria a surprise package this year because of their form coming to the tournament, drawing world cup qualifiers against zimbabwe and lost a warm up game to give me but that's how you win four successive clean sheets. they look like a real unit now led by 0simhen. 0simhen against williams when the game kicks off at 5pm. william

and they've been given a massive boost with striker victor 0simhen declared fit to play. afcon semi—final which nigeria won — and they'll be hoping to do the same later, as they chase their fourth title. to look ahead to both semi finals — we can join ian williams who's in the city of bouake in ivory coast. let's talk about nigeria, that's the game you'll be at... three time winners how do you rate south africa's chances of stopping them? they never have before. three victories out of three for nigeria against south africa at afcom. chances depend on the south africa goalkeeper who saved a remarkable four penalties out of five in the quarterfinal shoot—out against cape verde. and hugo bruce who led cameroon to a surprise title in 2017, can he be the same this time round? an interesting match—up that people are looking at, the goal for south africa against 0scar the african footballer of the year. a surprise package in the semifinal because of their form coming to the tournament, drawing world cup qualifiers against zimbabwe and a warm up game lost to guinea but many pundi