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The Super Falcons star, who had won the prize in 2015 has been nominated for the best defender award after she scored two goals and featured in all 20 games for Pitea so far this season. The 30-year-old also hit 200th match appearance in the Swedish women topflight this season, becoming the first African to attain the feat having made her debut in 2004. Aside from Ikidi, other nominees are former Linköping duo of Linda Sembrandt and Jessica Samuelsson, who had recently joined Montpellier and Arsenal respectively....

After flattering to impress in their opening loss to Croatia, Alex Iwobi, Odion Ighalo and Shehu Abdullahi were replaced by Ahmed Musa, Kelechi Iheanacho and Kenneth Omeruo as Rohr switched to a 3-5-2 formation against the Europeans. It worked a treat against the Vikings as Musa grabbed the goals to see the West Africans coast to a 2-0 victory. And the German tactician has opted to stick with what worked in Volgograd....

Nigeria failed Wednesday to reach the final round of 2014 World Cup qualifiers in Africa after a 1-1 draw in Namibia. The African champions needed a win in Windhoek to take an unassailable four-point Group F lead with one game to spare. But the ‘Super Eagles’ had to settle for a point when Godfrey Oboabona equalised seven minutes from time at Sam Nujoma Stadium. Deon Hotto Kavendji had put the ‘Brave Warriors’ ahead on 77 minutes as they threatened to avenge a 1-0 loss in Calabar last June....

These pandemic-era affairs, billed as “Auto Discos”, are hosted by Club Index, a dance hall and live performance space located near the Germany-Netherlands border. As advertised on the company’s Facebook page, Club Index has thrown several events of this sort over the past week and has scheduled additional drive-in discos for evenings to come. Photos taken during one of its recent Auto Disco events and later shared to Instagram show hundreds of cars lining the venue’s parking lot, all facing an elevated platform that musical guests can use as a stage....

The video, posted by a nightclub in the UK, showed what items were left behind at closing time—and viewers couldn’t get enough. So far, the clip, found here, has generated over 7.9 million views, 684,000 likes, and 2,800 comments. The clip falls into a broader category of workplace TikToks, as the platform has become a hub for creators to “expose” the hidden, obscured, strange, and otherwise interesting aspects of their seemingly-normal jobs....

Georgia saw the highest spike among the states reporting record daily case counts, with around 4,500 new cases reported Friday, a 60.7 percent increase on the total new cases seen Thursday. Most businesses in Georgia resumed operations from early May, while a selection of venues were allowed to reopen from April 24. The state’s seven-day rolling average of daily cases has been increasing on a sharp incline since around mid-June, according to Worldometer....

Though virtual assistants are fast becoming a simple solution for offloading noncritical tasks, managers must be careful given the importance that’s placed on social media today. A skill mismatch or improper training can do more harm than good in the long term. Below, 10 members of Newsweek Expert Forum share recommendations for managers to keep in mind as they use virtual assistants to grow their business’ social media presence....

Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is well-known for getting angry. On Twitter, he once posted that people who don’t get mad at video games have a “weak mindset,” and that they aren’t taking their “craft” seriously. He’s also been recorded on his stream losing it several times. So it isn’t a surprise to hear that he was screaming on stream again. RELATED: Fortnite Skye’s Coastal Campsites: Where to Find Campsites for Week 7 Challenge...

Both Pikmin 3 Deluxe, set to release October 30, and Age of Calamity, set to release in November, will be the focus of a Nintendo Treehouse Live tomorrow that the Nintendo of America Twitter publicized this afternoon. The October 7 livestream will begin at 10:00 a.m. PT with a “deep dive” into the Wii U Pikmin game’s enhanced Switch port, then look at a new stage and gameplay details for the hack-and-slash Breath of the Wild prequel....

Meledandri is connected to Nintendo in a very interesting way. He’s the CEO of the American animation studio Illumination. It’s most famously known as the studio behind the Minions movies, as well as Despicable Me. More importantly, however, it’s currently working on Nintendo’s upcoming movie based on Mario. In other words, Meldandri being nominated for Nintendo’s board implies that Nintendo is looking to bring Illumination and animated film into the company’s wheelhouse, even before production is wrapped on the Mario movie....

While these Nintendo leaks haven’t threatened the personal data of users of Nintendo products and/or games, they have been detrimental to the company, granting dubious hackers deep insights into the inner workings of Nintendo’s most prized consoles and games. While Nintendo is known for being highly protective of its properties and seems to always be on high alert when it comes to such data leaks, it appears that hackers have eluded the company’s security protocols once again, as new information pertaining to the development of the Nintendo Switch has just been leaked....

A Cub Scout leader was looking to produce a special celebration for their achievement of the highest rank in the Cub Scouts. They got the idea to reach out to Nintendo, hoping to receive something as simple as a official Nintendo letterhead offering praise to present duing the Cub Scouts’ electronics-themed Blue & Gold Banquet event, but he got something even better. RELATED: Nintendo President Doug Bowser Teaches His Parents How to Play Mario Kart...

Nintendo does not seem to be hyping up the 2nd anniversary of ACNH. Given that the 2.0 update and Happy Home Paradise were announced to be the last major updates for the title, it is understandable that the company does not have anything big prepared for the occasion. However, Nintendo still has not shared anything related to the franchise as a whole. Fans are likely hoping that this means Nintendo is working on another Animal Crossing video game and is only waiting for the perfect time to reveal the project....

Nintendo Switch Online is the first online service from Nintendo to require payment. On previous consoles such as the 3DS, Nintendo allowed players to freely experience online functions like playing with friends. But with the Switch, Nintendo followed Sony and Microsoft, which have traditionally required a subscription fee to access online multiplayer, though Nintendo Switch Online costs much less at $20 per year. Like PlayStation and Xbox subscription services, Nintendo Switch Online also offers some other perks, such as accessing a growing catalog of NES titles....

Headlining Nintendo’s Sale is Dragon Quest 11 S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition, which is available for $41.99 or 30% cheaper than its original list price of $59.99. Immediately after its initial release back in 2017, Dragon Quest 11: Echoes of an Elusive Age received mostly positive reviews, and the game is often regarded as one of the best JRPG games of all time. Apart from its immersive story and characters, Dragon Quest 11 also offers the traditional turn-based combat system that the franchise is known for but with a modern twist....

The unfortunate target of Saban’s “wrath”? Crimson Tide mascot Big AL. Saban got his message across to the pachyderm in a public service announcement the football program posted Thursday on Twitter. Saban was joined in the spot by Jeff Allen, Alabama’s associate athletic director for sports medicine. “All of us want to make sure we play football this fall,” a masked Saban said into a camera at the end of the PSA, “and to make that happen, we must be sure we stay at home if we have symptoms, wash our hands often, follow all social distancing guidelines, and please wear a mask anytime you’re around other people....

Minaj posted on her Instagram story that she was put in “Twitter jail” over a series of tweets she made on Monday prior to the Met Gala. The post read, “Asking questions is OK. I like being fkng dumb. Then boom. Can’t tweet.” Later, the rapper went live on the platform and said, “Look at what they just did. I will never use Twitter again. First of all, I didn’t give any facts about any vaccine… I didn’t give any facts about anything....

In spite of coming off a win away to Juventus in the Champions League, Sunday’s 3-1 loss to Manchester City leaves them 12 points off the Premier League leaders in eighth. With a lack of confidence, according to Butt, inconsistent performances and results are expected. “I think it’s difficult when you have got players that aren’t in form,” he told Sky Sports. “It doesn’t matter who you are or what team you manage, if the players are not on a high or confident they are not going to win too many games....

The Season 16 winner was accused of having two legendary Big Brother players—Dan Gheesling and Derrick Levasseur—removed from the All-Stars lineup. Rumors claimed Nicole eavesdropped on digital conversations which included pre-game alliances. In return for reporting these connections to CBS, she was offered a spot on the show. Nicole denied this in a conversation with Tyler Crispen, which was captured on the Big Brother live feeds this week. “I knew people were trying to–people were sending people to ask me if I was on [the All-Stars season]–and trying to figure it out,” she explained....