(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In the last 16 several big-hitters were knocked out of the competition including Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham. Now we have been left with a real mixture of teams with the likes of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Man City and Chelsea perennial quarter-final contenders. Napoli are one of the favorites to win […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsenal suffered a double injury blow during their Europa League clash with Sporting as defenders William Saliba and Takehiro Tomiyasu departed the field after just 20 minutes. The Gunners went ahead in 20 minutes with Granit Xhaka finishing coolly after Gabriel Martinelli’s initial shot had been saved by Antonio Adan. However, Japanese […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen scored twice on Wednesday to help steer Napoli FC of Italy to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt. The win ensured they moved into the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the first time. The 24-year-old who scored in each half of the game was also the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- Chelsea continued their mini-revival on Saturday with a 1-3 win over Leicester City in a Premier League tie. Leicester remain rooted in the relegation battle, just one point above the drop zone after a fifth consecutive defeat. Ben Chilwell put Chelsea ahead early on against his former club before Patson Daka levelled. But […]
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles on Friday in Egypt finished third at the ongoing Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) following a 4-0 thumping of the Young Carthage Eagles of Tunisia. The third-place playoff at the Cairo International Stadium saw the Nigerian side going ahead in the 9th minute through Ibrahim Muhammad. Ahmed Abdullahi doubled the lead […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United extended their unbeaten streak at Old Trafford to 20 matches, blitzing Real Betis 4-1 in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League last-16 tie. Seeking an immediate remedy to his side’s 7-0 trouncing to rivals Liverpool on Sunday evening, Erik ten Hag had a smile on his face after […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria premier football league NPFL, top flight club, Rangers Inter. FC of Enugu Wednesday trashed Amateur INGAS FC 5-1 in the 2023 edition of the State F.A/Aiteo cup final match played at the Rangers Practice Pitch Enugu. African Examiner Sports reports that players of Ingas F.C of New Haven, Enugu could not […]
…..Both winning 1:0 in first leg (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayern Munich ended the Champions League hopes of Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, beating the French club 2-0 in the second leg of their last-16 tie to reach the quarter-finals 3-0 on aggregate. Leading 1-0 from the first leg in Paris last month, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting put […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Serie A top goal-scorer Victor Osimhen said on Monday he dreams of playing in the English Premier League. The Nigeria striker, who was in Rome to collect the award for foreign athlete of the year in Italy from the foreign press association, said he wanted to deliver a league title to Napoli […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah has become the club’s highest goal scorer in the history of the English Premier League. He attained this record to overtake Robbie Fowler as the Reds’ all-time highest Premier League goalscorer against rivals Manchester United. Liverpool defeated Manchester United 7-0 in a match many described as interesting. Liverpool […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool recorded their biggest win ever over high-flying Man Utd, thumping their arch rivals 7-0 at Anfield. It was the hosts that made the stronger start to the game and they almost took the lead through Darwin Nunez, but Lisandro Martinez saved the day with a crucial touch. Man Utd grew into […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsenal recovered from conceding the second-fastest goal in Premier League history as Reiss Nelson’s stoppage-time strike gave the Premier League leaders a thrilling 3-2 win over Bournemouth after title rivals Manchester City beat Newcastle 2-0 on Saturday. Mikel Arteta’s side was trailing by two goals with just over half an hour left. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Daniil Medvedev appears to have returned to his best form as he ended Novak Djokovic’s undefeated 15-0 start to the season with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over the world number one on Friday. After briefly dropping outside the top 10 for the first time since July 2019, Medvedev has stormed back into […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It’s another weekend of footballing action in the EPL with African examiner taking a look at some of the matches between top teams all around the EPl. Evenly matched encounter between Manchester City and Newcastle United kicks off what promises to be a great weekend for all EPL fans as the battle […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Current LaLiga leaders Barcelona will not be able to sign players in the summer transfer window. Barcelona have spent nearly £150 million over the past 12 months on the likes of Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Jules Kounde. Barcelona have continued to sign players despite an ongoing financial crisis which saw them lose […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsenal won their 100th league game against Everton with a comfortable 4-0 victory to not only stretch their lead to five points at the top of the Premier League table, but also to become the first team in English league history to register 100 wins against any one opponent. The Gunners have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s U-20 national team, the Flying Eagles, will on Thursday (today) face the Hippos of Uganda in the quarter-finals of the ongoing CAF U-20 AFCON in Egypt. Aside from a progress to the semi-finals of the competition, the winners of the clash will also secure a spot at the 2023 U-20 World […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lionel Messi won The Best FIFA men’s player prize for 2022 on Monday on the back of his World Cup triumph with Argentina and Spain’s Alexia Putellas retained the women’s award at a ceremony in Paris. Messi beat his Paris Saint-Germain teammate, and World Cup final rival, Kylian Mbappe to the men’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – New investment by companies across Tanzania will benefit from €540 million (TSh 1.3 trillion) of new financing backed by the European Investment Bank (EIB), Cooperative and Rural Development Bank CRDB, NMB Bank Plc and KCB-Tanzania. This was disclosed at the European Union (EU)-Tanzania Forum held in Dar es Salaam earlier today. This […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Antony scored a dramatic winner as Manchester United came from behind to banish Barcelona from this season’s UEFA Europa League. The Red Devils powered through to the last 16 by ending a 15-year wait for a win over La Blaugrana, who suffered their first defeat of the calendar year. Straight from kick-off […]
