(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Harry Kane, Leroy Sane, Serge Gnabry and Mathys Tel seal win for Germans after Andre Onana gifted opener with a hOWLER in Group A clash Munich is etched into the very soul of Manchester United. Through tragedy, of course, but also through this club’s instinctive ability to fight back in the face […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian track queen Tobi Amusan has won the 100m hurdles at the Diamond League in Eugene, Oregon, US. The Sunday feat is her third consecutive Diamond League trophy. Amusan achieved this after finishing in 12.33 seconds to see off competition from Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quin in 12.38 seconds. US Kendra Harrison came […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Again, the Confederation of African Football, CAF, has ignored Nigerian referees for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations and this is making it 15 years without the west African country producing a referee at the continental tournament. According to the list released on Tuesday by the Confederation, referees from Mali, Burkina Faso, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Super Eagles of Nigeria on Sunday thrashed the Patriots of Sao Tome and Principe 6-0 in the 2023 African Cup of Nations qualifiers match played at Uyo, Akwa-Ibom state, Nigeria. A hat-trick from Napoli striker Victor Osimhen and a goal each from Ademola Lookman, Taiwo Awoniyi, and substitute, Samuel Chukwueze ensured […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, has stated that he feels terrible being away from football. The African Examiner recalls that Siasia was banned from all football activities for life in August 2019 by the world football governing body FIFA and fined $50,000 after he agreed to ‘the manipulation of matches’ for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City’s Erling Haaland and Spain’s World Cup-winning star Aitana Bonmati won the UEFA Men’s and Women’s Player of the Year prizes respectively at a ceremony in Monaco on Thursday. Norway striker Haaland scored 52 goals in 53 games to help City win the treble of Champions League, Premier League and FA […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ongoing annual general conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA in Abuja, has sparked controversy as some lawyers stormed out of the venue in the early hours of Thursday after controversial singer, Habeeb Olalomi Oyegbile better known as Portable was announced as a guest performer. The African Examiner writes that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayern Munich have been drawn with Manchester United in Group A of the 2023/24 Champions League season. The third team in the group is FC Copenhagen of Denmark and they will be joined by Galatasaray in the group. The draw for the group stage of this season’s UEFA Champions League, made at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea and Everton narrowly avoided humiliating League Cup exits against fourth tier opposition as they scraped into the third round on Wednesday. At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea trailed against minnows AFC Wimbledon before recovering to win 2-1 thanks to Enzo Fernandez’s first goal for the club. Struggling Everton came from behind in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ange Postecoglou suffered his first defeat as Tottenham boss as Fulham won 5-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in the League Cup second round on Tuesday. Postecoglou had masterminded an encouraging start to his first season in charge of Tottenham, with successive Premier League wins against Manchester United and Bournemouth following […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Erling Haaland Wins PFA Player Of The Year Award England and Aston Villa star Rachel Daly won the women’s prize, voted for by fellow players. Organised by the Professional Footballers’ Association, the awards salute the best male and female players in English football in 2023. Haaland enjoyed a stunning debut season for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan says she will be back “stronger” next year after she lost her world women’s 100m hurdles crown to Jamaica’s Danielle Williams on Thursday in Budapest. In an interview with journalists after the game, Amusan said it was quite “a journey getting into the final” despite all she had gone […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lionel Messi inspired Inter Miami to come back from 2-0 down to beat Cincinnati on penalties after their thrilling US Open Cup semi-final ended 3-3 after extra-time in Ohio. Miami, who won the Leagues Cup on penalties against Nashville on Saturday, are now one win away from their second trophy since Messi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsenal shrugged off Takehiro Tomiyasu’s red card to extend their perfect start to the Premier League season as Martin Odegaard sealed a 1-0 victory against Crystal Palace on Monday. Odegaard’s second-half penalty at Selhurst Park put Arsenal on course for their second successive win. But Mikel Arteta’s side had to dig deep […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – English Premiership side, Manchester United, on Monday issued a statement saying that Mason Greenwood does not have any future with the club. This development is coming at the end of an internal investigation into allegations made against the 21-year-old. The statement reads in part: “Based on the evidence available to us, we […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino suffered his first defeat as Michail Antonio’s superb strike and Enzo Fernandez’s penalty miss condemned the Blues to a 3-1 loss against West Ham on Sunday. After last weekend’s 1-1 draw against Liverpool, Pochettino’s side wasted a lively performance as they paid the price for sloppy defending and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian track queen Tobi Amusan has been cleared of doping violations with the provisional suspension lifted. “A panel of the Disciplinary Tribunal, by majority decision, has today found that Tobi Amusan has not committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) of three Whereabouts Failures within a 12-month period,” the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City won the UEFA Super Cup for the first time on Wednesday but needed penalties to beat Sevilla after a 1-1 draw in Athens. Youssef En-Nesyri’s towering first-half header gave the Spaniards the lead. European champions City were far from their slick best, but hit back to force the game to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea and Liverpool had to settle for a 1-1 draw to start their Premier League season on Sunday as Tottenham also drew 2-2 at Brentford as they began life without Harry Kane. Liverpool’s bright start was rewarded when Luis Diaz prodded home the opening goal, but debutant Axel Disasi earned Chelsea boss […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former world champion Anthony Joshua needed seven rounds to stop stand-in opponent Robert Helenius in the seventh round of their heavyweight bout on Saturday. Helenius was only drafted in after fighting in Finland last weekend when Dillian Whyte was ruled out of what would have been an all-British clash following “adverse analytical […]
