Transfer: Iheanacho close to joining Leicester for £25 million

There are indications that Manchester City and Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho is close to joining former English Premier League champions Leicester City in a deal worth about to worth £25 million.

According to reports on  the 20-year-old is in advanced talks with the Foxes and is thought to be well interested in making the switch.

Since making his debut for the Blue side of Manchester in 2015, Iheanacho has scored 21 goals in 64 games in all competitions.

His current deal which he signed last August ends in 2021, but saw his playing time limited by the arrival in January of Brazil forward Gabriel Jesus.

Should Kelechi Iheancho join Leicester City, he would become the third Nigerian currently playing for the club joining Ahmed Musa and midfielder Wilfred Ndidi.

Basketball: Sunshine Angels defeat Zamfara 51-32 points

The national female Basketball League dunk off today at the Indoor sports hall of the National Stadium in Abuja with Sunshine Angels starting on a good note by defeating Zamfara Angels 51-32 points.

Speaking in a telephone chat with our sports correspondent Isaac Afolabi, chairman of the association Mr Segun Ikuesan said despite the lack of motivation poor condition and the absence of match and feeding allowance the girls passionately descended on their opponent.

Ikuesan appealed for adequate motivation from relevant authorities and stakeholders in supporting sports which he noted could divert youths attention from social vices.

The 2015 winners, Dolphins basketball club and First Deepwater, Delta Force Basketball Club, Zamfara Babes, AHIP Queens of Kano Oluyole Babes of Ibadan and Nigeria Immigration basketball team are others expected to compete for honours Others include Plateau Rocks of Jos, Benue Princess, FCT Angels of Abuja, Sunshine Angels of Akure, Nasarawa Amazons, Taraba Hurricanes.

The 2017 women's league is sponsored by Zenith Bank.

In the meantime, athletes at the Ondo state sports council this morning barricaded the entrance of the Akure sports complex protesting the delay in the payment of their eleven month salaries.

The protest which prevented management staffs and staff of the sports council from gaining access to the sports complex lasted for hours.

One of the players who prefer to be anonymous said most of the athletes have been training on empty stomach.

Sunshine Stars Management clears the air on Austin Eguavoen

Head of the three man committee in charge of Ondo state football agency Mr Mike Elegbeleye has denounced the insinuation that sunshine stars is about to sign Coach Austin Eguavoen.

Elegbeleye confirmed this in an interview with our sports correspondents in Isaac Afolabi in Akure shortly after the week eighteenth npfl match between sunshine stars and Remo stars in Akure.

The former director general of the national sports commission said the meeting with Eguavoen was just mutual.

Meanwhile Thomas Adesina thirteenth minute goal gave sunshine stars a comfortable 1-0 victory against Remo stars.

Reacting to the match,Remo stars coach Fatai Osho commended the officiating saying his team will improve ahead of their next game against enyimba.

On his part sunshine stars coach Kayode Olujohungbe said he is confident the team will pick vital points in subsequent matches and move up the ladder in the Nigerian league.