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Oke, who holds a personal season’s best of 17.13m but failed to hopp, step and jump into the triple jump final at the recently concluded Rio Olympics barely a year after finishing eight at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing,China will hope to end his season perhaps with another jump outside 16m as he is not in contention for the points scoring Diamond race which runs throughout the 14 IAAF Diamond League meeting series

The fee paid and the length of contract is currently not known.
It is expected the former Fulham loanee will be back-up to strikers Troy Deeney and Odion Ighalo, with former Liverpool forward Jerome Sinclair and £12.5m signing Isaac Success also competing for first-team opportunities

Both the Super Eagles and Taifa Stars have little other than pride to battle for in Saturday’s game, as Egypt’s Pharaohs have already picked the lone ticket from the group to Gabon. But the Eagles and their new Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr will use the match as a rehearsal for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Series Matchday 1 clash with Zambia in Ndola on 8th October.

Man City have won both of their league fixtures this season in addition to two European ties, but West Ham were dumped out of the Europa League on Wednesday night and will enter this match short of confidence

Next up for Tottenham, who have moved onto five points in the Premier League table, is a trip to Stoke City after the international break on September 10, while Liverpool will host Premier League champions Leicester City on the same day