By Adeseye Adebiyi – The much awaited 17 th UEFA Champions league round of 16 matches was kick started Tuesday night with Paris Saint German taking on Chelsea and Sharkter Doneskt slugging it out with the Bayern Munich. The kick off matches produced a mind blowing show of athleticism and sportsmanship as both games recorded […]
By Adeseye Adebiyi – Arsenal Football Club Manager Arsene Wenger is not a happy man at the moment just as his prolific midfielder, Aaron Ramsey is set to be out of action for a month due to hamstring injury. Ramsey 24, has been battling with the injury since December 2013 in a north London Derby […]
The 2015 AFCON competition ended Sunday in Equatorial Guinea with the emerging the current Champion as they defeated their Black Stars of Ghana counterpart in Bata, with 9-8 penalties. The game extended to penalties as it ended goalless after the extra time. The African defending Champion Goalkeeper Boubacar Barry took the last penalty which led […]
Promasidor Nigeria Limited (makers of Cowbell, Toptea, Loya and Onga) in association with BME Concern/Ripples of UK on Monday donated 1000 hockey sticks to 24 secondary schools in Lagos during The Lagos State Secondary Schools Sports Festival, held at the Union Bank Sports Complex in Lagos. Over 500 students benefitted from the presentation which was […]
By Adeseye Adebiyi – The Mauritanian referee, Rajin Draparsad Seechum who officiated Tuesday match between Tunisia and the host of the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON) – Equatorial Guinea has been slammed with a six-month ban from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) organized matches. CAF sanction was announced Wednesday, over the award of […]
Daniel Sturridge returned from a lengthy injury layoff with a goal as Liverpool bounced back from their energy-sapping League Cup loss at Stamford Bridge in midweek with a comfortable 2-0 win over West Ham United at Anfield. It was another impressive performance by Brendan Rodgers’ men as they dominated for long periods and continued their […]
Adeseye Adebiyi – Chelsea football club will be without the service of their top striker Diego Costa for Saturday’s match against the English premier league champions Manchester city, after he was handed a 3 match ban by the independent regulatory commission for a violent conduct for a deliberate stamp on Emre Can. The Spaniard will […]
Former Super Eagles Goalkeeper, Wilfred Agbonavbare is dead Agbonavbare, who was former safe hands of the Rayo Vallecano football club between 1990 and 1996, died at the age of 48, Tuesday morning from cancer related ailment, at the Príncipe de Asturias Hospital in Alcalá de Henares near Madrid. He was part of the 1994 Super […]
By Adesye Adebiyi – Lagos – The newly crowned African women’s player of the year, Asisat Oshoala has signed a fresh contract deal with the Liverpool Female club side. The came atop Friday of some top American and European clubs to sign the Canada World under 20 Female Golden Boot and the Golden Ball winners. […]
By Niyi Adeyi – Coach Mauricio Pochettino Tottenham of the English Football club has attributed his decision to hand over the headship of the team to Emmanuel Adebayor on trust and confidence in him over superb performance. Irrespective of the mounting resentment, Pochettino affirmed Adebayor was one of the team’s “potential” three captains, saying he […]
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Ballon d’Or world footballer of the year award for the second year in a row. The Portugal captain beat Barcelona forward Lionel Messi and Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to the award. Wolfsburg and Germany midfielder Nadine Kessler was named women’s player of the year, while Colombia’s […]
The Nigerian 2014 African Footballer of the year nominee and Super Eagles Skipper, Vincent Enyeama has hailed the winner of the award, the Cote d’Ivoire National team skipper, Yaya Toure. While making the post-award speech, Enyeama, pointed out that his failure to win the coveted award did not have any link with disqualification of the […]
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has become the first player to be named Confederation of African Football African Footballer of the Year four years in a row. Toure, 31, was nominated after playing a pivotal role in winning the Premier League and League Cup. He also helped Ivory Coast qualify for the 2015 Africa Cup […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – Ex- Super Eagles and Enyimba FC of Aba defender Romanus Orjinta is dead at the age 33. AFrican Examiner Sports gathered that he was found dead in his Enugu residence on New Year’s Eve. As at the time of filling this reports, no detailed information surrounding his untimely demise. Orjinta […]
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will leave the club when his contract expires at the end of the season. Gerrard, 34, became free to sign a pre-contract agreement with an overseas team on Thursday and is believed to be wanted by clubs in the United States. The former England skipper, who made his Liverpool debut in […]
By Niyi Adeyi – The rumblings in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) are very far from over as the leadership in the glass house and other resenting interests are again locked in the confusion whether the Super Eagles Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi’s contract be renewed or closed. AFRICAN EXAMINER learnt that, a section of the […]
The fate of long serving President of the world Football Governing body FIFA, Sepp Blatter is unpredictable for now, as he and top officials of the body have engaged in secret talks with respect to continuity or otherwise of his tenure. Already, Blatter has indicated interest to re-contest FIFA Presidential election in May 2015, making […]
By Adeseye Adebiyi, Lagos – The draw for group of 16 in the 2014/2015 UEFA Champions League has held, with the Athletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Monaco, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Chelsea, FC Porto and Borussia Dortmund, coming under group of winners. The runners up tally comprise Juventus, Basel, Bayer Leverkusen, Arsenal, Manchester city, Paris saint german, […]
In line with the public anticipation, the South African prosecutors Tuesday appealed against the Justice Thokozile Masipa of the Pretoria High Court culpable homicide ruling against the Paralympic medalist, Oscar Pistorius. Pistorius who killed his late girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp last year February 14, after seven months of trial was sentenced to five years imprisonment, by […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA – The Nigeria Football Federation NFF Appeals Committee chaired by Okechukwu Ajunwa, has annulled the Sept 30 elections held in Warri, Delta state, which produced Amaju Pinnick as President. While annulling the election in Abuja, the committee warned Amaju Pinnick not to parade himself as NFF President henceforth pending the conduct of […]
