The Head Coach of Solutions FC, Awka, Uche Okagbue, is dead. A statement by Patrick-Estate Onyedum, Chairman of Anambra Sports Development Commission, on Saturday, said Okagbue died on Friday. The statement said the State government was saddened by the unfortunate demise of Okagbue who had handled the state-owned...
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Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-Wei and Belgium’s Elise Mertens won the women’s doubles crown at the Australian Open on Sunday with an emphatic 6-1 7-5 victory over Latvian-Ukrainian pairing Jelena Ostapenko and Lyudmyla Kichenok. The win earned the second seeds their second women’s Grand Slam doubles crown after victory at...
Football fans in Kano on Saturday described the Super Eagles’ defeat of Cameroon in the round of 16 at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) as superb and commendable. The win helped Nigeria to book a quarter-final ticket at the ongoing competition in Cote D’Ivoire. Nigeria’s Ademola...
Gelson Dala scored twice as Angola reached the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) quarter-finals with a comprehensive 3-0 last-16 victory over neighbours Namibia on Saturday in Bouake. Angola, who claimed their biggest-ever Cup of Nations finals win with the result, left Namibia rueing four mad first half...
Former Nigerian International, Henry Nwosu, said the Super Eagles are getting stronger and more coordinated in their play. He applauded them over thier 2-0 win over the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in the knockout stage of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023 in Cote D’Ivoire. Nwosu told...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The 5th edition of the most exciting youth cricket festival in Nigeria is set to kick off this Friday across the country in 6 zones with zonal eliminations. According to the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) Development Manager South, Mr. Tonye Timinadi, 32 states...
The Super Eagles’ Media Officer, Babafemi Raji, has said the players were all fit and battle ready ahead of their Round of 16 clash against the Cameroon. The Super Eagles take on the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in a crucial Round of 16 clash of the ongoing Africa...
The Chairman, House Committee on Youth Development, Hon. Martins Esin has charged the Super Eagles of Nigeria to go all out for victory against Cameroon on Saturday in Abidjan. Esin said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ahead of the epic Round of...
Amidst a plethora of block burster fixtures in the AFCON 2023 Round of 16 fixtures, the mouth watering clash between perennial rivals, the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon on Saturday in Abidjan stands out as an African classic. Between both countries, they have...
Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen will leave Napoli this summer and join “either Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain or an English club”, the Italian club’s president and owner Aurelio De Laurentiis said on Friday. De Laurentiis was responding to an interview that Osimhen, who is with Nigeria at the Africa...
All the Super Eagles players at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Côte D’Ivoire, took part in the team’s training session on Friday in Abidjan. The training was in preparation of the first game of the round of 16 matches against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon...
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said on Friday he will leave at the end of the season, in a surprise decision. “I can understand that it’s a shock for a lot of people in this moment when you hear it for the first time,” Klopp said in an interview...
Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro, says the team’s approach against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon on Saturday is to defend as a unit, while being clinical in front of opposition goal. The gaffer said this on Friday in Abidjan at a pre-match press conference ahead of the...
The on-going Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d’Ivoire has zoomed into the round of 16 stage, with mouth watering clashes set to start on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that as the boys have been separated from the men as 16 teams have...
Some football fans in the FCT have urged the Super Eagles to be focused and disciplined when they take on the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in the round of 16 of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Abidjan, Cote d`Ivoire. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Ghana Football Association (GFA) has sacked Black Stars’ coach, Chris Hughton, following the team’s group stage exit from the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d’Ivoire. GFA announced this on Tuesday shortly after the team’s elimination was confirmed. “Chris Hughton has been relieved of his duties as...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will on Saturday clash with Cameroon in the Round of 16 at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d’Ivoire. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three-time champions who finished second in Group A with 7 points will...
Five-time champions Cameroon lived up to their billing Tuesday in Bouake with a never-say-die display to advance to the round of 16 at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The Indomitable Lions had looked down and out of contention in their Group C match day 3 fixture,...
Super Eagles goalkeeper at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023, Stanley Nwabali, has dispelled insinuation that he is now Nigeria’s first choice goalkeeper. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Chippa United FC of South Africa goalkeeper said this on Tuesday in Abidjan. Nwabali...