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September 5, 2019 Parlour warns Abraham: Don’t dump England for Nigeria

Parlour warns Abraham: Don’t dump England for Nigeria

Ray Parlour, has warned Chelsea striker, Tammy Abraham, against ditching the England national team for the Super Eagles.

Abraham has started off the 2019/20 season with Chelsea on a blistering form, scoring four goals in four games, which has attracted interest from Nigeria.

The Nigeria Football Federation have been trying to lure the Chelsea striker, who has two non-competitive caps for England to switch allegiance.

Speaking on Talk Sport’s programme, The Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast, Parlour said Abraham would get his chance with the Three Lions if he remained patient.

“If he keeps scoring goals, he certainly will get into the England squad because Jamie Vardy is obviously retired and they’re lacking a little bit up front,” he told TalkSport.

“He’s got an opportunity to be in the squad, but obviously he won’t be in front of Harry Kane.”

Parlour, however, believes Abraham should stick with England, having played for them at the age grade levels.

“Once you start as a youngster to play for a country, I think you should stick with them,” Parlour added.

“It’s up to the player; he’s looking at this situation, looking forward, whether he’ll get an opportunity, but he said no, I want to try and play for this country (England). “It’s a battle, because there are a lot of good players at England, and it’s not easy to get into the squ

September 5, 2019 Blanca Fernández Ochoa: Spain’s missing Winter Olympic medallist found dead

Blanca Fernández Ochoa: Spain’s missing Winter Olympic medallist found dead

The body of former Spanish alpine skier Blanca Fernández Ochoa has been found after days of searches involving hundreds of police and volunteers.

Ms Fernández, 56, was discovered in a mountainous area near Madrid. She had been missing since 23 August.

The authorities are now investigating the cause of her death.

Ms Fernández was the first Spanish woman to win a medal at the Winter Olympics, capturing bronze in France’s Albertville in 1992.

“It is a very sad day for Spanish sports,” said María José Rienda, Spain’s secretary of state for sports.

September 5, 2019 US Open 2019: Rafael Nadal beats Diego Schwartzman to reach US Open semi-finals

US Open 2019: Rafael Nadal beats Diego Schwartzman to reach US Open semi-finals

Rafael Nadal remains the favourite to win the US Open and move within one on Roger Federer’s tally of 20 Grand Slams after a hard-fought quarter-final win over Diego Schwartzman.

Spanish second seed Nadal won 6-4 7-5 6-2 against the Argentine 20th seed.

But he was made to work as Schwartzman twice rallied from four-game deficits in a stuffy Arthur Ashe stadium.

Nadal, 33, will next play Italy’s 24th seed Matteo Berrettini, who beat Gael Monfils in their last eight clash.

Three of the men’s semi-finalists – Berrettini, Grigor Dimitrov and Daniil Medvedev – have never played in a Grand Slam final.

Boxers to miss Olympics qualifier championship in Russia

Nigeria will miss the first opportunity of having boxers qualify for the 2020 summer Olympics in Tokyo as lack of funds ruled the team out of the 2019 AIBA Men’s World Championships in Ekaterinburg, Russia from September 7 to 21.

The female team will also miss out on their qualifying series, also to be hosted in Russia, from September 30 to October 14 in Ulan Ude.

The boxing team was poorly represented at the 2016 edition of the Olympics in Brazil with only Efe Ajagba competing after qualifying from the sole African qualifying series in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Ajagba went on to reach the quarter-final of the Games before being defeated by Kazakhstani Ivan Dychko.

Team Nigeria had a poor outing at the last African Games in Morocco, winning one gold, one silver and five bronze medals.

The Nigeria Boxing Federation has failed to attend major international events in recent years which have further reduced Nigeria’s ranking in the Games.

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