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FC Barcelona have reached a full agreement with manager Hansi Flick over a new contract extension that will keep the German coach at the club until 2028 following their dramatic La Liga title triumph.

The agreement comes less than 24 hours after Barcelona sealed their 29th Spanish league title with a commanding 2-0 victory over arch-rivals Real Madrid at Spotify Camp Nou.

Goals from Marcus Rashford and Ferran Torres secured the crucial El Clasico win, handing Barcelona an unassailable 14-point lead with three games remaining.

The victory completed another remarkable domestic campaign under Flick, who has quickly transformed Barcelona into one of Europe’s most exciting attacking sides since taking charge.

• FIFA World Cup 2026 Trophy (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP)

FIFA on Monday unveiled an 11-member Technical Study Group for the 2026 World Cup, with former players and coaches set to analyse matches and decide the winners of major individual awards during the tournament.

The panel, unveiled during a virtual media briefing will be led by FIFA Senior Football Expert Pascal Zuberbühler and includes former Manchester City defender Pablo Zabaleta, ex-Germany striker and coach Jürgen Klinsmann, Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill, former Ghana coach Otto Addo, Costa Rica legend Paulo Wanchope and Brazilian World Cup winner Gilberto Silva.

Others on the panel are Tobin Heath, Jon Dahl Tomasson, Jayne Ludlow and Aron Winter.

FIFA said that the group will also decide the winners of the Golden Ball, Golden Glove and Best Young Player awards during the tournament.

The 2026 World Cup will feature 48 teams for the first time, with 104 matches scheduled across the competition.

• Image: Victor Osimhen (R) tussles with Besiktas’ Emirhan Topçu during their match in the Turkish topflight.

Okoroma United football club of Nembe Local Government Area edged out Akinima Biogbo of Ogboloma in Yenagoa Local Government Area 1-0 to win the 2026 Bayelsa State Governor’s Cup.

The finals in both male and female categories were played at Sampson Siasia Stadium in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

The new champions went home with the star prize of N30 million while Akinima Biogbo received N13 million cash prize.

In the women’s final, Active Ladies of Agudama defeated the defending champions, Afini Ladies of Amarata by a lone goal to clinch the prize money of N10 million while the runners up got N7 million.