This special episode of the zone sees the crew bantering about valentine's and analysing some sports updates:

- Kwara Falcons, will make their Basketball Africa League (BAL) debut alongside five other teams.

- The Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF has promised to resuscitate the women’s basketball league after the forthcoming 2023 general elections.

- The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) has begun to give out contracts to its national team players to improve quality of play.

- Fernando Alonso says he is convinced the Aston Martin team he has joined this year will become winners in Formula 1 in the future.

- Super Bowl LVII drew the largest audience in six years and still fell short of the amount of people that tuned in to watch Rihanna perform during the Apple Music Halftime Show.

- Following reports that players and officials of the Flamingos were yet to receive their allowances and match bonuses after finishing third at the U-17 Women’s World Cup in India last year, the Nigeria Football Federation has paid the team part of their bonuses.

- Hundreds of grassroots referees have told the BBC they fear for their safety when refereeing and are dissatisfied with current measures to tackle abuse.

- Neymar has confirmed that he was involved in an argument with PSG sporting director Luis Campos on Saturday but questioned how the information came to light in the media.

- Elon Musk is among the many parties set to make a formal bid for Manchester United as the deadline to make offers approaches.

- John Brooks has been replaced as the VAR for Liverpool vs. Everton and Arsenal vs. Manchester City this week after he incorrectly ruled out a Pervis Estupinan goal for Brighton & Hove Albion at Crystal Palace on Saturday.

- A SUPER League rugby rat was kicked into touch by his wife and his club yesterday after he was filmed romping in an alley with a pal’s missus.

- It’s been 10 years since the former athlete Oscar Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, claiming he had mistaken her for an intruder and shot her through the bathroom door. With the time he has served, he might soon be a free man.