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Newly appointed 53-year-old George Finidi coach to the Nigerian Super Eagles team has resigned from his position and given reasons for his decision. According to Finidi, his resignation was moved by the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, to acquire a technical adviser for the team. On Saturday, Finidi tendered his resignation after he did not […]
It was a night of celebration as the Super Falcons of Nigeria broke the 16-year delay at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in South Africa to qualify for the 2024 Olympics game in Paris. In the 1-0 defeat to South Africa Bayana Bayana, Rasheedat Ajibade at 43 minutes penalty booked a place for the Falcons […]
The Bafana Bafana stars of South Africa on Tuesday shocked the Atlas Lions of Morroco with a 2-0 win in the ongoing African cup of Nations. The goals scored by Evidence Makgopa in the 57th minute and Teboho Mokoena in a free kick at the 96th minute gave the South African side a […]
Continental broadcast giants Multichoice has said the African Cup of Nations games which will begin this weekend in Cote d’Ivoire will be broadcast on DStv. At first, Multichoice was at loggerheads with CAF after a disagreement over the broadcast right of the tournament which was sold to a Francophone media powerhouse ‘Next World. The […]
Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen has been crowned the 2023 CAF African Player of the Year. The 24-year-old who also is a Napoli striker, got the highest vote, defeating Egypt’s player, Mohammed Salah and Achraf Hakimi of Morocco to wear the crown. Osimhen made a difference as the first Nigerian to win the […]
Nigerian football Victor Osimhen has threatened to sue Napoli, an Italian professional football club over a video posted on TikTok on Tuesday. The video clip shared on the club’ TikTok handle but later deleted appeared to be mocking Victor for missing a penalty during their 0-0 draw with Bologna in Serie A last weekend. […]
Spanish football player Jenni Hermoso has file a formal complaint against Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales over his infamous World Cup kiss. Prosecutors gave the 33-year-old 15 days to accuse Rubiales of sexually assaulting her by kissing her on the lips without her consent after Spain’s Women’s World Cup victory over England last month. The action, which Rubiales says was […]
The weekend was filled with excitement from the victory of the women’s basketball team during the African Women’s Championship. D’Tigress on Saturday, August 5, 2023, defeated Senegal in Kigali, Rwanda, to retain their FIBA Afrobasket Championship title with 84 points against their counterparts. Rendering praises to the Nigerian girls that have won the title […]
Zambia has been eliminated from the Women’s World Cup ongoing in Australia and New Zealand alongside Costa Rica. Spain, Japan, and Costa Rica were in a draw in group C with Zambia copper queens at the tournament. After the Cooper Queens were defeated 5-0 by Japan during their first game, they had high […]
26-year-old women’s 100m hurdles world record holder, Tobi Amusan has been charged by the Athletic Integrity Unit (AIU) for missing her doping tests. According to AIU rules any athlete that misses tests within one year is guilty of anti-doping rule violation, therefore a two-year suspension will be slammed the athlete but can […]
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