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Senate has said that it will investigate why the Super Eagles lost the march against the Black Stars of Ghana in an attempt to qualify for this year’s World Cup played at the M.K.O Abiola National Stadium on Tuesday in Abuja. According to the Senate, board room politics contributed to Nigeria being edged […]
After voicing concerns over the Qatar’s suitability as 2022 World Cup, England boss Gareth Southgate has been told to ‘pick his words carefully’ by Qatar 2022 chief executive Nasser Al Khater Accusations concerning the treatment of migrant workers and a poor record of human rights have plagued the Gulf state since it was […]
The Management of Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja has defended why they switched off the light during a training session of the Black Stars Of Ghana ahead of today’s game against Nigeria. Recall that both teams are battling for a ticket to the World Cup in Qatar via the playoff and with the first […]
In June, the rematch between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk will take place in Saudi Arabia this is according to MailOnline. September last year, Usyk defeated Joshua in a bout and took his heavyweight title. Hopes of the former cruiserweight reclaiming his titles were almost dashed after Usyk returned to Ukraine, his country, […]
Falconets of Nigeria on Saturday evening defeated Senegal to pick up the ticket for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. The Falconets trounced their Senegalese counterpart 4-1 at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin to make it 7-2 on aggregate. Flourish Sebastine netted a brace in the 8th and 19th minute to put […]
Algeria’s Desert Foxes on Friday beat hosts Indomitable Lions of Cameroon 1-0 in Douala for a crucial lead in their 2022 FIFA World Cup playoff. The 2019 African champions scored through Islam Slimani in the 40th minute of the first leg encounter to tip the balance of the fixture in their favour. The […]
Reactions trailing the Super Eagles of Nigeria, after seen jumping from an airplane upon arrival in Ghana for the World Cup playoffs. In a viral video online, the senior men’s team was spotted jumping from the airplane as the make-shift ramp provided as an improvisation for the unavailable air-stairs was too short. […]
Manchester United goalkeeper, Paul Woolston has been forced to retire at just 23 years old due to injury. Woolston joined United from Newcastle in 2018 and represented the club’s Under-23 side. The North Shields-born shot-stopper suffered an unknown injury that led him to have two operations and a lengthy rehabilitation period but unfortunately, […]
Portuguese Football Federation announced on Tuesday that Pepe will miss Portugal’s World Cup play-off semi-final against Turkey after testing positive for Covid-19 Coach Fernando Santos called up Lille centre-back Tiago Djalo, 21, to replace the 39-year-old Porto player, with the 2016 European champions also without injured Manchester City defender Ruben Dias. Cristiano Ronaldo and […]
Super Falcons are set to face Canada in a pair of exhibition games scheduled for April. The friendly games were announced in a statement on the Canada football association’s website on Wednesday. The statement described the matchup as a “west coast series” that would see the Tokyo Olympics gold medalists host the African […]
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