(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dani Carvajal chipped home a Panenka penalty to win Spain the Nations League on Sunday, with a 5-4 shoot-out victory over Croatia, after a tense match finished 0-0 following extra-time. Spain goalkeeper Unai Simon denied Lovro Mayer and Bruno Petkovic from the spot, before Carvajal cheekily chipped home to earn La Roja […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Super Eagles of Nigeria on Sunday in Liberia defeated the Sierra Leone National Football Team 3-2 to book their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote D’IVoire. The Super Eagles needed just one point to book their passage to Cote D’Ivoire, but were made to work their socks off to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Spain’s Joselu pounced with two minutes remaining to snatch a 2-1 win over Italy on Thursday and set up a Nation’s League final against Croatia. Luis de la Fuente’s side had a tight battle in Enschede to progress to Sunday’s decider, where Zlatko Dalic’s outfit are waiting after beating hosts the Netherlands […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The management of the Premier League has announced the opening-day fixtures for the 2023/2024 season. Manchester City will kick off their bid for a record fourth straight Premier League title away to Burnley, managed by their former captain Vincent Kompany. The fixture list released on Thursday confirmed the Treble winners will visit […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City tasted Champions League glory at last on Saturday as a second-half Rodri strike gave the favourites a 1-0 victory over Inter Milan in a tense final, allowing Pep Guardiola’s side to complete a remarkable treble. Rodri fired in from a Bernardo Silva cutback midway through the second half at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Erling Haaland says he is “not stressed” about his mini goal drought ahead of Saturday’s Champions League final against Inter Milan after already scoring 52 in his first season at Manchester City. The Norwegian smashed the Premier League record for goals in a single campaign, with 36, and has helped take City […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Coal City Football League has officially unveiled foremost Nigeria’s betting company, Bet9ja Foundation as the official title sponsor of the 2023 season 4 (Boolu Ogbe), meaning neighborhood soccer competition in the state. The local football league which commenced in 2020, has been an annual event which the organizers says is aimed at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Jarrod Bowen’s dramatic 90th-minute goal secured West Ham their first major European trophy since 1965 with a 2-1 win over Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League final on Wednesday. It is the second European trophy for West Ham after they won the now defunct Cup Winners’ Cup 58 years ago with a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Karim Benzema and Lionel Messi are expected to move to Saudi Arabia, reports said on Sunday after the ex-France attacker’s departure from Real Madrid was confirmed. Saudi state television channel Al-Ekhbariya claimed 35-year-old Benzema had signed with Jeddah-based Al-Ittihad. Senior officials from Al Hilal have flown to France to try and seal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria have bowed out of the 2023 U-20 World Cup after slumping to a 1-0 defeat against South Korea on Sunday. The Flying Eagles enjoyed the earlier exchanges but failed to make them count in the quarter-final clash. While the game ended barren after normal time, it only took South Korea five […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City are one game away from a historic treble after Ilkay Gundogan scored twice to beat Manchester United 2-1 in the FA Cup final on Saturday. Pep Guardiola’s men completed a domestic double at Wembley and can become just the second side, after United in 1998/99, to win the Premier League, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tare Pet Montessori Group of Schools Yenagoa has emerged the winner of the second edition of the Bayelsa State Netball Challenge. The competition which held in the indoor sports hall of the Samson Siasia Stadium in Yenagoa, featured as part of the events marking this year’s Children’s Day celebration in the state. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UEFA began disciplinary proceedings on Friday against AS Roma coach Jose Mourinho for using insulting and abusive language against an official in the Europa League final. Mourinho, 60, was shown the yellow card by English referee Anthony Taylor during the bad-tempered final in Budapest on Wednesday, which Sevilla won on penalties after […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier said on Thursday he hopes fans will give Lionel Messi a cordial reception in his final game at their Parc des Princes home. The game on Saturday against Clermont will mark the end of Messi’s two-year stay at Qatar-backed PSG, who have already been crowned Ligue 1 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Argentina have been eliminated from the FIFA Under-20 World Cup on their home soil as Nigeria emerged triumphant in San Juan. The Flying Eagles won 2-0 thanks to two second-half goals, dampening the night and stunning a vocal home crowd that had gathered in large numbers to cheer on their national team. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At the end of a long, dramatic, ugly night in Budapest, another slice of European history for Sevilla. It took more than 130 minutes, eight penalties, at least a dozen bookings and innumerable rounds of whingeing and warring between both benches. But eventually Sevilla did as they always do. They triumphed in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria will face rivals Argentina in the Round of 16 at the 2023 U-20 World Cup. The Flying Eagles will take on the hosts in an encounter on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Ladan Bosso’s team finished as one of the third-best-placed teams after earning six points from three Group D games. They […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea hired Mauricio Pochettino as their new manager on Monday as the Argentine accepted the daunting task of reviving the troubled Premier League club. Pochettino agreed a two-year contract with an option for an additional year and will return to the Premier League four years after being sacked by Chelsea’s London rivals […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Erling Haaland has won the 2022/2023 Premier League Player of the Season following a record-breaking debut term in England’s elite championship. The Manchester City forward bagged an incredible 36 league goals in just 35 games– shattering a 29-year record for the most strikes in a Premier League campaign. There could only be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United sealed qualification for next season’s Champions League with a 4-1 thrashing of beleaguered Chelsea on Thursday. Casemiro, Anthony Martial, Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford were on target as the Red Devils moved up to third in the Premier League. A miserable night summed up Chelsea’s season despite spending over £500 […]
