France forward Kylian Mbappe has declared his plan to depart from Paris Saint-Germain at the conclusion of the current season.

The announcement was made through a video shared on his Instagram page on Friday.

In the video, Mbappe expressed, “…I have always said I will speak with you when the time comes. And so I wanted to announce to you all that it’s my last year at Paris Saint Germain. I will not extend. The adventure will come to an end in a few weeks.”

The 25-year-old’s contract with the Ligue 1 champions is set to expire, and there has been strong speculation linking him with a transfer to Real Madrid.

Last summer, there was a major standoff regarding Mbappe’s future with PSG.

At one point, he was sidelined from the first-team squad and omitted from the club’s pre-season tour of Asia.

However, an agreement was eventually reached to ensure PSG wouldn’t lose out when Mbappe eventually departs.

The details of his impending exit are still pending confirmation.

Leverkusen staged a late comeback, extending their unbeaten streak to 49 games and securing a spot in their first Europa League final in 22 years.

Their 2-2 draw against Roma resulted in a 4-2 aggregate victory in the semi-final second leg.

They are set to encounter Atalanta, another Italian team, in the final showdown in Dublin on May 22.

According to report, Roma kicked off strongly, creating the game’s initial chances, notably with Romelu Lukaku’s attempt thwarted by Matěj Kovář’s swift intervention.

Despite Leverkusen’s dominance in openings during the first half, their closest opportunity came from Exequiel Palacios, whose shot ricocheted off the post and Mile Svilar before being cleared.

The visitors capitalized on Leverkusen’s missed chances when Jonathan Tah fouled Sardar Azmoun, leading to a penalty converted by Leandro Paredes, halving their aggregate deficit as they headed into halftime.

Following the restart, Leverkusen intensified their offensive efforts, accumulating over 20 attempts on goal.

However, it was Roma who capitalized once more, this time from another penalty.

Adam Hložek was penalized for handball, allowing Leandro Paredes to equalize again and level the overall score.

Despite Roma’s minimal threat on a third goal, Leverkusen seized the opportunity, benefitting from an own goal by Gianluca Mancini off a deep corner from Grimaldo.

As Roma pushed forward in a bid for extra time, Leverkusen exploited their defensive gaps, with Josip Stanišić cutting inside to score, securing Leverkusen’s 49-game unbeaten streak and their spot in the final in Dublin.

The Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) has announced Bayelsa State as the hosts of the 2023/2024 NWFL Premiership Super Six tournament.

Biztellers reports that the highly-anticipated NWFL Premiership title championship is scheduled to run from Thursday 16th to Sunday 26th May, 2023 in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

It was gathered that Bayelsa was confirmed as host by the NWFL on Tuesday following a review of bid interests from various states to stage the playoff competition.

Chairman, the NWFL, Nkechi Obi, said, “On behalf of the board and management of the NWFL, let me congratulate Bayelsa State for being selected as the hosts for the NWFL Premiership Super Six.

“We hope this opportunity to host a great Super Six will further boost women’s football in Bayelsa and raise the profile of the sport in Nigeria.”

This will be the first time that the NWFL Premiership playoff tournament will be hosted by Bayelsa State.

Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, is also the home ground of Bayelsa Queens, who had a memorable 2022 NWFL Premiership campaign where they famously won the domestic title, WAFU-B playoff and eventually finished third at the 2022 CAF Women’s Champions League held in Morocco.

On the tournament’s schedule, Chief Operating Officer, the NWFL, Modupe Shabi, explained that the Super Six playoff would be played in a round-robin format, with each participating team playing five matches in the race for the coveted title.

Shabi said the participating clubs were expected to arrive Yenagoa on Thursday, 16th May 2024, followed by the draw and pre-match meeting to be held on Friday, 17th May from 10 am.

The playoff tournament would begin on Saturday, 18th May with Matchday One and end with the Matchday Five on Sunday, 26th May.

Three matches would be played on each Match Day, with breaks in between match days.

Biztellers reports that with holders Delta Queens missing out, six giants will battle for the coveted Nigerian league crown, having qualified as the top three finishers from two groups during the regular season of 14 matches.

The six teams include the host team Bayelsa Queens, Edo Queens, Rivers Angels, Confluence Queens, Nasarawa Amazons and Heartland Queens.

In Group A, Nasarawa Amazons finished as group winners with 27 points from 14 matches, followed by Confluence Queens in second with 25 points and Heartland Queens in third with 24 points.

Top in Group B was Rivers Angels with 27 points, four ahead of Edo Queens in second and Bayelsa Queens in third with 22 points from 14 games.

The title winner of this year’s Super Six tournament will represent Nigeria in the WAFU-B qualifiers to qualify for the 4th CAF Women’s Champions League.