SPORTS UPDATE WITH EMMAH ATAI: Chelsea are in advanced talks with French champions Paris St-Germain over the sale of defender David Luiz for about £40m.The 27-year-old Brazil international joined the Blues from Benfica for £21.3m in January 2011. MEANTIME, striker ,Demba Ba claims he will still be a Chelsea player next season after revealing Jose Mourinho has told him he wants him to stay. Ba had said he wanted to leave in April because he felt he was not being given the opportunity to become a first-team regular at the club. Along with Chelseas other strikers, he was also criticised by the manager for a lack of success in front of goal. Moussa Sissoko insists he is happy at Newcastle and is looking forward to returning to the club after playing at the World Cup with France. The player’s agent sparked speculation of a potential move for the midfielder when he was quoted as saying Sissoko was “open to proposals”, but the 24-year-old has moved to calm the fears of Magpies supporters. Toni Kroos says he never had any intention of leaving Bayern Munich for Manchester United this summer. The midfielder was a key target for the fallen Premier League side and they believed they had made significant progress in trying to sign him only this week. However, as Bayern said they would not be held to ransom by Kroos over a new contract, United unexpectedly dropped their interest in him. BESIDES THAT, Manchester United scouts are watching Dnipro winger Yevhen Konoplyanka. The long-time Liverpool target is available for £12.1million this summer and United have joined the throngs watching him lately with Paris Saint-Germain, Tottenham, Arsenal and German club Schalke all represented. Liverpool came close to doing a deal of nearly £20m in January while Tottenham have maintained dialogue with Dnipro ahead of appointing a new manager. WORLD CUP: In our world cup coverage this evening, As the world cup fever grows stronger here on 91.2 Croozefm we are giving you all you need to know about the world cup: our trivia this evening revolves on the qualifying campaign : Luis Suarez and Robin van Persie finished the qualifying campaign with 11 goals each, making them the joint top scorers of the 32 teams that reached the World Cup finals. Uruguays Suarez scored nearly half of his countrys goals in qualifying as they secured their spot via a play-off with Jordan, while Van Persies goals helped Netherlands finish top of their group with a +29 goal difference. Germany forward, Miroslav Klose says the title of World Cup all-time top scorer is driving him to get fit for the tournament in Brazil next month after an injury-plagued season. the 35-year-old is preparing for his fourth World Cup, has scored 14 goals in his previous tournaments and is joint second with fellow German Gerd Mueller on the all-time scorers list behind Brazilian Ronaldo on 15. Nigeria goalkeeper ,Vincent Enyeama has his sights set on helping his nation make World Cup history by taking the Super Eagles to the semifinals in Brazil. No African nation has ever managed to get beyond the quarterfinals of world footballs showpiece tournament with Ghana the latest to fall just short as they lost their last-eight encounter to Uruguay on penalties in South Africa four years ago. NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE: You may be aware of the fact that, Ndejje Angels haven’t played a single game, More than three weeks into the 2014 National Basketball League season. Well, the university outfit will finally open their account tonight against Riham Warriors at YMCA @8:30PM. Warriors have not been anywhere near convincing with their start to the season. Warriors beat Nkumba Marines with a lot of grit and inevitably suffered the ignominy of a 65-60 loss to unbeaten KIU Titans. Meanwhile, KCCA Leopards will also kicked off their first game of the season @6:30pm against defending champions UCU Lady Canons. The relatively new look Lady Canons have won all their four games but not in dominant styles like they have done in recent seasons.
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