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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has suspended Senegal’s head coach, Pape Thiaw, for five games and fined him $100,000 for “unsporting conduct” after he ordered his players to leave the pitch during the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final against Morocco. In a ruling announced on Thursday, CAF also fined the Senegalese federation […]
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has fined the Algerian Football Federation $100,000 for the “inappropriate behaviour” of its national team’s players and officials after the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) quarter-final match against Nigeria. CAF announced the sanction in a statement on Wednesday. Nigeria defeated Algeria 2-0 at the Grand Stade de Marrakech […]
The Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Shehu Dikko, has assured Nigeria’s Super Eagles players and officials that all financial entitlements will be resolved before the next match on Saturday. Dikko revealed that the budget for the Super Eagles’ AFCON 2025 was approved by President Bola Tinubu in November 2023, but approvals and […]
Forty-seven-year-old Adeniyi Kayode faces a possible life sentence after being identified by authorities as the driver behind the accident involving former heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua, which led to the death of his two close friends. Investigations are still ongoing to determine the circumstances leading to the collision, but claims speculate that Kayode might […]
President Bola Tinubu has commended the Super Eagles for the efforts in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying playoffs in spite of Sunday’s defeat to the Democratic Republic of Congo in Morocco. Presidential Spokesperson, Mr Bayo Onanuga, conveyed this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. Tinubu urged the team to put the […]
Rena Wakama, head coach of D’Tigress has been appointed head coach of Hive BC in the Unrivaled Basketball League 2025–26 season. Wakama, who led the D’Tigress to back-to-back FIBA Women’s AfroBasket titles in 2023 and 2025 will take charge of one of the league’s two expansion franchises as Unrivaled enters its second campaign in January 2026. The announcement […]
The Flying Eagles of Nigeria kept their U20 World Cup hopes alive with a dramatic 3-2 victory over Saudi Arabia in a Group F encounter at the Fiscal Stadium in Chile on Friday. A stoppage-time penalty calmly converted by captain Daniel Bameyi proved decisive, capping off a tense contest that saw Nigeria twice surrender […]
Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota has died at the age of 28 following a tragic road accident in Spain. The fatal crash occurred on the A-52 motorway, at kilometre 65, near the municipality of Palacios de Sanabria in the province of Zamora. Jota, born in 1996, was a key figure for both […]
Tonobok Okowa, the president of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), says Favour Ofili is “old enough to decide what’s best for her” and will not be stopped if she opts to switch allegiance to another country. On Sunday, reports circulated on social media that the 22-year-old sprinter has written to the Athletics Integrity Unit […]
Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim said Thursday that his players cannot “hide” after a dismal season hit a fresh low when they were booed off following a friendly defeat in Malaysia. United finished 15th in the Premier League and failed to win a trophy, then immediately jetted out Sunday for lucrative friendlies in Kuala […]
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