BEB Weekend Sports: The News!

Totti To Retire At The End Of Season

Roma striker Francesco Totti will retire from playing at the end of the season, the club's new director of football has announced.

Monchi, who has moved to Roma from Sevilla, revealed at his presentation to the media that the 40-year-old, who has scored 250 goals in more than 600 appearances for the club, will not have his contract renewed in the summer.

However, the former Italy international will not be leaving the Serie A club and is set to take on a new non-playing role.

"In terms of Totti, I already knew that there was an agreement with the club that this would be his final year as a player, then he'd start as a director," Monchi said. "Francesco is Roma, I want to be as close to him as possible.

Nigeria Maintain 40th Position On Fifa Ranking

Nigeria maintained its 40th position in the world on the new FIFA ranking released by the world football governing body on Thursday.

The Super Eagles are still fifth in Africa behind Egypt ( 19) , Senegal ( 30) , Cameroon ( 33) and Burkina Faso ( 35) , while Congo DR ( 41st ) , Tunisia ( 42nd) Ghana ( 45th ) Côte d’ Ivoire ( 48th ) and Morocco ( 53rd) make up Africa ’ s top 10 in that order.

Brazil remain top of the latest FIFA world rankings published on Thursday which remain largely unchanged .

Djokovic Splits With Team

Novak Djokovic has announced he has split with his entire coaching team.

The former world No 1 and 12-time Grand Slam winner hopes his "shock therapy" will help him achieve better results.

Djokovic said he had mutually agreed with his coach Marian Vajda, fitness coach Gebhard Phil Gritsch, and physiotherapist Miljan Amanovic to end their successful and long-term partnership after last month's Masters tournament in Monte Carlo.

Fiba Changes Headgear Rules To Allow Hijab

Basketball has changed its rules on headgear in a move that will allow players to wear the hijab during matches.

Previous rules had banned the practice, over what world governing body Fiba said was a safety issue.
The Qatar women's team withdrew from the 2014 Asian Games after being denied permission to wear the hijab - a head covering worn by many Muslim women.

On Thursday, new rules were ratified that will take effect from 1 October.

"The new rule comes as a result of the fact that traditional dress codes in some countries - which called for the head and/or entire body being covered - were incompatible with previous headgear rules," a Fiba statement read.

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