Buzanszky: Jeno Buzanszky, the last living member of Hungary’s Magical Magyars of the 1950s, died yesterday aged 89, a close friend of the family told Reuters. Buzanszky, right-back in the side that finished runners-up at the 1954 World Cup and won Olympic gold in 1952, had been in hospital since December.

Ivory Coast: Salomon Kalou scored a late winner as the Ivory Coast warmed up for the African Nations Cup with a 1-0 win over Nigeria in a friendly international at Sheikh Zayed Sports City yesterday. Cheick Tiote took advantage of a Nigerian error to cross for Kalou to score in the 84th minute. The Ivory Coast compete in Group D at the Nations Cup, which starts in Equatorial Guinea on Saturday.

Lyon: Alexandre Lacazette continued his remarkable run of goalscoring yesterday with a double which inspired Olympique Lyon to despatch Toulouse 3-0 and move to the top of Ligue 1. The French striker scored after 14 and 27 minutes — his 18th and 19th league goals of the season.

In Greece: Vitor Pereira, the new Olympiakos coach, celebrated a winning start to his reign yesterday as the champions won 3-1 at Skoda Xanthi to take over top spot in the Superleague from PAOK Salonika. While PAOK slumped to a 3-0 defeat at Asteras Tripolis, former Porto manager Pereira was left celebrating when his first match in charge saw his men leapfrog Salonika to go two points clear.

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