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 […]
Oyewale Oyelola Super Eagle’s of Nigeria will battle South Africa’s Bafana Bafana on Wednesday in Uyo Stadium, Akwa Ibom state to qualify for 2015 African Cup of Nations. Nine countries have already qualified for the competition holding in Equatorial Guinea. They are: South Africa, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Zambia, Tunisia and Senegal. […]
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has congratulates the Super Eagles of Nigeria “on their dogged and hard-fought victory over the Red Devils of Congo in Pointe Noire.” Nigeria’s Super Eagles beat Congo on their home soil 2-0 to revive their chances of finishing the group in second place which is good enough for them to qualify […]
Oyewale Oyelola The Confederation of African Football Federation (CAF) has announced Equatorial Guinea as the new host OF 2015 African Cup of Nations (AFCON). CAF President, Issa Hayatou made the announcement Friday after the country’s Head of State, Teodoro Obiang Nguema expressed readiness to host the continental football fiesta. The new development was due to […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Uyo, Three persons were on Friday trapped to death while more than 20 were seriously injured during the formal opening of the new Akwa Ibom ultra modern International Stadium, in Uyo the state capital. African Examiner reports that apart from the stampede, security agents at the gate dispensed teargas canisters on fans, […]
Emem Eduok scored the winning goal as Nigeria’s home based professional players beat their Ghanian counterparts 1-0 at the newly built Akwa Ibom International Stadium in Uyo in a friendly match, tagged the Transformation Cup, on Friday. Eduok, who was playing from the right wing scored the Super Eagles only goal in the 35th minutes […]
Oyewale Oyelola Thousands of South Africans attended the burial ceremony of South Africa Captain, Senzo Meyiwa who was murdered in his girlfriend’s house earlier in the week. Senzo Meyiwa was shoot death by robbers as he tried to protect his girlfriend when three-robbery gang attacked her apartment. The burial ceremony held at the Durban Stadium, […]
Oyewale Oyelola Stephen Keshi on Friday returned to his duty as Super Eagles, Head Coach two weeks after Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) replaced him with Shaibu Amodu as interm Coach. Keshi fondly called the Big Boss was recalled due to President Goodluck Jonathan directive to Amaju Pinnick led NFF executive committee during the week. Our […]
A week after his controversial judgement, Justice Ambrose Alagoa of a Jos Federal High Court, the Plateau state capital, has upturn his last Thursday judgement which sacked the newly elected Nigeria Football Federation President (NFF) Amaju Pinnick reinstated him and sacked the factional head, Chris Giwa. Justice Alagoa Thursday struck out the suit filed […]
