Lionel Messi believes Brazil, France and England will be Argentina’s main rivals at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Two-time champions Argentina are bidding to win the tournament for the first time since 1986. They enter the World Cup in excellent form as they are unbeaten in 35 matches stretching back to the semi-finals of the 2019 Copa America. This …

Nigeria’s debt office said on Thursday it expects the government to approve total borrowing of 1.649 trillion naira ($5.39 billion) in 2019. Half the debt, 824 billion naira, will be foreign borrowing, Patience Oniha, the director general of Nigeria’s Debt Management Office, told reporters in the capital Abuja. Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, has been racking up debt in an effort …