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The Federation Of Algerian Football ( FAF) has concluded plans to hijack Jose Peseiro under the nose of the Nigeria Football Federation. The Desert Foxes of Algeria are currently without a manager after Djamel Belmadi was relieved of his duty. After winning the 2019 African Cup of Nations, Belmadi has failed to lead Algeria outContinue reading “Algeria eyes Peseiro”

Ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games qualifying tournament, FIBA has released power rankings for the tournament. Nigeria’s D’Tigress are among the countries that will slug it out for a place in this Paris 2024 Games. The Nigerian side booked their automatic spot in the qualifier after they emerged as the winner of the last Women’sContinue reading “2024 Olympic Qualifier: D’Tigress Ranked 12th In Power Rankings, Eye Ticket”

Egypt have sacked head coach Rui Vitoria after the national team’s underwhelming performance at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) confirmed on Monday. Vitoria’s dismissal follows Egypt’s dramatic 8-7 penalty shootout defeat against DR Congo in San Pedro in the last 16, dashing their hopes of a record-extending eighth AFCONContinue reading “Egypt sack Rui Vitoria as head coach a week after Afcon 2023 exit”

There is serious panic in the camp of the Elephant of Coted’Ivoire after the African soccer ruling body officially ruled out 4 of its players for the semi-final. The two-time champions set up a semi-final clash against DR Congo on Saturday after their 2-1 win over the Eagles of Mali. Meanwhile, CAF on Monday confirmedContinue reading “AFCON’23: fear in Ivorian Camp As Four Players Ruled Of Semi-Final Game”

Gabonese referee Pierre Ghislain Atcho has been dismissed from the AFCON 2023 by the CAF Referees Committee headed by Ivorian Désiré Doué Noumandiez. During the round of 16 match between Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal, referee Atcho gave a yellow card to Sadio Mane for a critical foul which many believed should have earned a redContinue reading “CAF Dismisses Gabonese Referee After Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire Game”

The Super Eagles will fly out to Bouake on Sunday for their semi-final fixture at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Bouake, which is situated in the northern part of Cote d’Ivoire, is an hour’s flight from Abidjan. The players and their officials will depart Abidjan in the morning and have their training session laterContinue reading “AFCON 2023: Super Eagles fly out to Bouake Sunday for semis”

Nigeria’s Super Eagles were the first side to book a semi-final berth at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations after Ademola Lookman’s first-half goal ensured a 1-0 win over Angola’s Palancas Negras in the last eight on Friday. Lookman has now scored in back-to-back games after bagging a brace against Cameroon in the round ofContinue reading “Lookman Fires Nigeria’s Super Eagles Into 18th AFCON Semi-Finals”

Bay FC, the Bay Area’s new women’s professional soccer franchise in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), has signed Nigerian international Asisat Oshoala from FC Barcelona, the club announced on Thursday Agba Baller has her teeming fams called Oshoala signed to a contract through the 2026 season with an option for the 2027 campaign. OshoalaContinue reading “Agba Baller completes move to US”

The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Board has announced a new kick-off date for the second stanza of the league. They have set aside February 14th as the day action resumes in the NPFL. This decision comes after the initial resumption date of February 4th was postponed, with the league citing public demand influenced byContinue reading “NPFL issues new Resumption Date”

Former Super Eagles forward, Daniel Amokachi popularly called The bull has said there is a remarkable improvement in the level of football at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Countries like Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea and Angola have make big impression in the competition, while there have been major upset too. Former champions Black StarsContinue reading “AFCON 2023: Amokachi eulogize African Teams For Raising The Bar”

The technical crew of the Indomitable Lions are set to experience enmasse following their Round of 16 to defeat Nigeria in the ongoing AFCON in Cote D’Ivoire. The five-time African champions suffered a 2-0 defeat to Super Eagles in Abidjan on Saturday courtesy of Ademola Lookman brace. Meanwhile, the update coming from the camp ofContinue reading “2023 AFCON: Cameroon technical crew set to resign en masse”

Super Eagles number one Stanley Nwabali was not involved in training as the Super Eagles begin preparation for their quarter-final clash against the Black Antelopes of Angola. The Chippa United goalie sustained an injury in Nigeria’s 2-0 victory against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon last week Saturday and was replaced by Francis Uzoho 10 minutesContinue reading “AFCON 2023: Nwabali Misses Training As Super Eagles Begin Preparation For Angola battle”

African no 1 Table Tennis player, Quadri Aruna has raised concerns over the clash in the schedule of the 2023 African Games and the 2024 Singapore Smash Event. The 13th African Games is scheduled for 8th to 23rd March 2024 in Ghana while the Singapore Smash Event is billed for 7th to 17th March 2024Continue reading “Aruna raises alarm over clash of African Games, Singapore Smash”

The Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, has moved up in the ranking of men’s football leagues in Africa. The ranking was conducted by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, IFFHS. IFFHS is an organisation that chronicles the history and records of association football, founded in 1974 by Alfredo Poge in Leipzig. It ratesContinue reading “NPFL moves up in global football league rankings”

Former Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has rated Stanley Nwabali better than Francis Uzoho. The Chippa United goalkeeper has now become the first choice for the Super Eagles despite not playing in the qualifiers. Though Nwabali has reiterated that Uzoho remained Nigeria’s first choice and that he’s only privileged to be in goal. While speakingContinue reading “2023 AFCON: Rohr Rates Nwabali high”