Mozambique scored two stoppage-time penalties to sensationally salvage a 2-2 draw against Ghana at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Tuesday. The Black Stars looked set to pick up their first Group B win, after Jordan Ayew netted two first-half spot kicks following fouls on Joseph Painstil...
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Super Eagles Coach Jose Peseiro says the team must be more clinical if Nigeria is to go far in the knockout stages of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Nigeria booked their passage into the last 16 after defeating Guinea Bissau on Monday, thanks to a first-half...
Super Eagles of Nigeria’s Coach, Jose Peseiro, has said that his team was keeping the goals for the next round of the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d’Ivoire. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Portuguese said this on Monday in Abidjan...
Equatorial Guinea caused a major upset in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) soccer tournament when they humiliated hosts Cote d’ivoire 4-0 in the final Group A match on Monday. Emilio Nsue’s brace in both halves of the match played at Ebimpe’s Alassane Ouattara Olympic Stadium silenced...
A cross-section of football fans in Osogbo have expressed worry over the Super Eagles’ inability to score several goals so far at the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The fans while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in the Osun capital city, after extolling...
The Super Eagles advanced to the next round of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Monday in Abidjan with a 1-0 win over Guinea-Bissau. The result meant Nigeria finished second, after group leaders Equatorial Guinea held firmly to Group A top spot after a 4-0 annihilation of...
Super Eagles of Nigeria beat Guinea-Bissau 1-0 to advance to Round of 16 at 2023 AFCON in Côte d’Ivoire as Group A runners-up. Equatorial Guinea beat Côte d’Ivoire 4-0, with the former advancing as group winners. More details later…….
The management of Sunshine S su FC of Akure on Monday announced the sacking of its Head Coach, Edith Agoye and three assistant coaches. The announcement was made by the Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development, Mr Bamidele Ologunloluwa, at a meeting with the coaching crew of the...
Some football enthusiasts in Enugu have expressed the hope that the Super Eagles will win their last group match against Guinea Bissau in the ongoing Total Energies African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d’Ivoire. The fans expressed their optimism ahead of the Monday encounter in separate interviews...
The Nigeria Men Handball team on Sunday defeated the Kenyan opponent 32-23 in their third game at the ongoing Africa Men’s Handball Cup of Nations in Egypt. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this is first victory of the team after losing their two earlier matches...
Some Nigerian football fans in Abuja on Sunday, urged the Super Eagles to go for goals to overcome Guinea Bissau to qualify comfortably for the round of 16 at the ongoing 2023 Africa cup of Nations (AFCON) in Côte d’Ivoire. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
The following are the results of Match Day 19 fixtures played on Sunday in the 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL): Gombe United FC 1-1 Bayelsa United FC Kano Pillars FC 2-1 Heartland FC Lobi Stars FC 1-0 Plateau United FC Remo Stars FC 2-1 Abia Warriors FC...
The 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Match Day 19 fixture involving hosts Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan and Enyimba International ended in chaos on Sunday. While the match ended 2-1 in favour of the visiting Aba side, the after-match situation was very chaotic as the...
Pharaohs of Egypt playmaker, Mohamed Salah, has said that his country’s national team has the quality to make it to the next round of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), in Cote d’Ivoire. Salah said this on Sunday in Abidjan at the pre-match news conference ahead of...
Nigeria’s Under 20 Women’s football team, the Falconets have booked a place in the finals of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup scheduled to hold in Colombia, from Aug. 31 to Sept. 22. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Falconets qualified for the World Cup...
A former Board Member and South-East Director, Nationwide League One (NLO), Ebere Amaraizu, has said the Super Eagles must be wary of Guinea Bissau as “they will take on Super Eagles as wounded lions”. Amaraizu said this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Enugu....
Gelson Dala struck twice as Angola defeated Mauritania 3-2 in an entertaining Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) clash on Saturday to close in on a spot in the last 16. Dala gave Angola the lead on the half hour in Bouake when a loose ball fell his way...
Senegal coach Aliou Cisse rejoined his squad on Saturday after spending a night under observation in hospital in Ivory Coast, where the Lions of Teranga are defending their Africa Cup of Nations title, the country’s football federation announced. Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) president Augustin Senghor said Cisse...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Leadership of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has expressed delight with the turn of performance and subsequent victory by the Super Eagles over the Elephants of Cote d’ivoire in the second group A match at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations...
Algerian Influencer, Sofia Benlemmane has been deported from Cote d’Ivoire, after ridiculing the country during 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON). Benlemmane was arrested, deported and banned from the Ivory Coast for life, following the widespread video that depicted the country in negative light She said...