Enjoy the crew banter and discuss news stories around the world.

- Following the defeat against rivals Sierra Leone in their first game of the 2024 ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup qualifiers in Tanzania on Monday, the Junior Yellow Greens say they are determined to win the rest of their matches in order to stand the chance of playing in Sri Lanka next year.

The Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, has echoed the words of Lewis Hamilton in bluntly describing the “bitter reality” of their deficit to the Formula One championship leaders Max Verstappen and Red Bull.

- The NBA's board of governors has reportedly given the green light for the Charlotte Hornets' sale to a group led by Rick Schnall and Gabe Plotkin.

- Nigeria captain, Onome Ebi, says the nine-time African champions have no reason lose against Australia on Thursday as they seek more money from the tournament.

- The draw for the 2023/24 season of the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup preliminary stages will take place on Tuesday at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.

- Anambra State Government may have finally decided to join the league of state governments that are sponsoring football teams in the various cadres of the nation’s domestic leagues.

- Nigeria Premier League club Remo Stars have announced that Shola Ogundana has joined Brazilian giants Flamengo on loan.

- Erik ten Hag has called on Manchester United to sign a striker “as soon as possible” to allow enough time to integrate a new recruit into the team, with the manager admitting the club’s failure to do so so far this summer is not ideal.

- Kylian Mbappe reportedly has no intention of playing in Saudi Arabia despite Paris Saint-Germain granted Al-Hilal permission to speak to the French star after they launched a staggering world record £259million bid.

Wilfried Zaha has joined Galatasaray following the expiration of his Crystal Palace contract.

- Disturbing scenes at the Rose Bowl, where minutes before the start of the Real Madrid vs AC Milan friendly, Shaka Hislop lost consciousness during a pre-match segment.