Super Eagles and Napoli Victor Osimhen striker, has been discharged from the Ruesch Clinic in Milan, where he underwent a successful facial reconstruction surgery following several fractures to the cheekbone and orbital bone.

The 22-year-old forward has been ruled out for a lengthy 3-month period which spans the duration of the African Nations Cup in Cameroon, and has inadvertently been ruled out from participation in the tournament.

Osimhen suffered many fractures in an aerial collision with Inter Milan defender Milan Skriniar in a Serie A match on Sunday, where Napoli suffered their first loss of the current Seria A campaign.

The method for the reconstruction, which required six plaques and up to 18 screws, has been outlined by operating surgeon Gianpaolo Tartaro.

The initial rehabilitation is expected to last at least 90 days, excluding Osimhen from the 2022 Nations Cup, which begins on January 9.

Victor Osimhen was released from the Ruesch Clinic this morning and returned home, according to a statement on Napoli's website.

Osimhen had scored 13 goals in 20 appearances for club and country before his injury.

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Nigeria's Aruna Quadri has clinched a last-16 spot in the ITTF World Table-Tennis Championships.

The 33-year-old maintained his composure as he navigated his way past India's Sathiyan Gnanasekaran in the gruelling encounter against the 38^th seeded player in the competition.

Quadri, having reached the 3rd round in 2019 where he lost to world No.1 Fan Zhendong in Hungary, had to claim the (4-3) win in 7 sets of the thrilling encounter where the Nigerian broke the 3rd round jinx at the championships.

The 13^th seed will be playing in the last-16 of the World Championships for the first time in his illustrious career.

He is currently the only African remaining in the men's singles in Houston after notable names including, African champion, Omar Assar and World Table tennis championship debutant Ibrahima Diaw had been eliminated after suffering crucial first-round losses to 2018 Polish Open champion, LIM Jonghoon and Sweden's Jon Persson respectively.

Quadri has been drawn against Sweden's Kristian Karlsson in the round-of-16 tie who is currently seeded 28^th. The match will be played on Friday, November 26.

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Celtic's hopes of qualifying for the Europa League were shattered after a late collapse in their defeat at Bayer Leverkusen.

After battling back with an audacious Josip Juranovic penalty - given after a VAR check - and a second-half Jota strike, the Scottish club were on course for their first win in Germany.

On the club's 13th journey to Germany, they had goalkeeper Joe Hart's heroics - and the woodwork - to thank for a comeback that would have made history on the night.

However, Robert Andrich, whose header had put the hosts ahead early on, equalized in the 82nd minute, and Moussa Diaby blasted in the winner to give Leverkusen the lead and inflict misery on the travelling fans.

Celtic, who had conceded the most goals in the group stage, were overwhelmed by Leverkusen's late push, as their defensive flaws were once again exposed.

The Scottish side had already secured a third place slot and a place in the Europa Conference play-offs, where they would face the tournament's runner-up, but the manner of this setback will sting after such a promising performance.

Celtic are now four points behind Real Betis, who beat Ferencvaros 2-0, in second place, with the Spaniards travelling Glasgow next month in their last group match.

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West Ham advanced to the Europa League last 16 with a win over Rapid Vienna in a match played behind closed doors in Austria.

Andriy Yarmolenko headed in Nikola Vlasic's cross at the back post to put the Hammers ahead Just before half-time.

Yarmolenko was fouled by Maximilian Hofmann minutes later, and captain Mark Noble converted the ensuing penalty into the top corner to extend their lead.

With a game to spare, David Moyes' side is already certain to win Group H.

After collecting 10 points from their first four games, the Hammers were already certain of a top-two finish, but this victory insured they would finish first.

This means they will bypass the qualifying round play-off in February, when the eight Europa League group runners-up face the third-placed teams in their Champions League groups, and will go straight to the last 16 in March.

The Hammers won the European Cup Winners' Cup, in 1965, but they lost in the final in 1976.

Their performance in the Europa League this season is already their best in European play since 1980-81.

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