Posted by Samson Kankan
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Sunday, October 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -Tottenham boss Antonio Conte has accused English top-flight referees of lacking consistency. Conte expressed his dismay at the standard of refereeing after seeing Emerson Royal sent off in Saturday’s 3-1 defeat at Premier League leaders Arsenal. And the Italian believes referees need to go back to school or they will continue to lag […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Saturday, October 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The recently announced Enugu Marathon 20 kilometers race, jointly organized by Amstel Malta Ultra and the Enugu State Ministry for Youth and Sports, will commerce today. Dubbed, “Run for the Coal City”, the event will symbolically be the crescendo of the Amstel Malta Ultra Fitness Fiesta initiative, while serving as a springboard […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, September 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford are big doubts for Manchester United for Sunday’s derby against Manchester City due to injury. According to The Times it is understood that neither Rashford and Martial trained fully this week, casting doubt over their availability for this weekend’s clash against the Premier League champions at the […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, September 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)-Ibrahim Gusau, a member of the immediate-past Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Friday emerged as the Federation’s new president. Gusau polled a total of 39 votes to beat other contestants in the race which went into a run-off. In the first ballot, Gusau scored 21 votes but could not be […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, September 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Thursdays handed over the Certificate of Occupancy and other land documents to late Stephen Keshi and 14 other members of the 1994 Super Eagles Team. The late sport’s legend was gifted a three-bedroom flat in Delta State. In a statement signed by the Director, Press and Public Relations, […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, September 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The new man and board that will constitute the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will emerge today at the 78th Annual General Assembly of the federation that will be held in Benin City, capital of Edo State. Aside the election of the new NFF President, the election of a new Executive Committee to […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, September 29th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Nigeria Union in Japan, Kennedy Nnaji said that a warm reception awaits the Super Falcons of Nigeria, when they arrive Japan for a friendly against the Japanese Women`s senior national team. Nnaji stated this in a statement made in Lagos on Thursday. African Examiner reports that the Super Falcons match […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A controversial penalty tucked in by Riyad Mahrez and a 28-yard scorcher by Youcef Atal saw Algeria complete a comeback and left the Super Eagles to a narrow 1-2 defeat. The international friendly played in Oran on Tuesday, saw Ngeria open scoring early in the 9th minute through France –based Terem Moffi. […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After 20 years of active football, former Super Eagles captain, John Obi Mikel, has announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 35. Mikel Obi made this revelation on Tuesday on his social media account as he penned an emotional note to his fans. “There is a saying that “all […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) launched an investigation on Tuesday after two Mali players were filmed fighting with each other after their team were eliminated from the Women’s World Cup. The incident took place after Mali lost 68-81 to Serbia in their Group B clash in Sydney on Monday —- their fourth […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tyson Fury has declared he will not be fighting Anthony Joshua because “no contract has been signed” after his self-imposed 5 pm deadline on Monday. Joshua said on Sunday he will sign the contract to fight Fury after the WBC champion issued an ultimatum if they are to put together their all-British […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria drawn in group B will kick off against former champion Germany in the group’s opener. The Nigeria team will then take on Chile and New Zealand in other games of the group’s stage. The top two teams from the four groups will advance to the quarter finals. Meanwhile, Nigeria has featured […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Thursday, September 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles midfielder Alex Iwobi is in the running for Premier League Player of the Month for September. Iwobi is nominated alongside five other players for the individual accolade. The other nominees are; Philip Billing (Bournemouth), Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)-The World Athletics has officially rectified the women’s world 100m hurdles record set by Tobi Amusan at the 2022 World Championships. A statement by the international athletic governing body on Tuesday further revealed that the record times of two other athletes — Mondo Duplantis and Sydney McLaughlin – have also been ratified. The athletes […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Deontay Wilder’s head trainer Malik Scott believes Anthony Joshua’s chances in the potential title clash with Tyson Fury should not be overlooked. Fury, who is the current WBC heavyweight champion, fought the former champion, Wilder three times. In their third encounter, which took place last October, Fury overcame two knockdowns to eventually […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sports Enthusiast, and Special Adviser to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on information, Barrister Steve Oruruo, has stressed the need for all hands to be on deck towards promoting grass root football and other sports in the state and country. He said if the round leather game, soccer is properly developed […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, September 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United bounce back from Real Sociedad defeat with 2-0 win over Sheriff FC. The result showed that United moved up to second in their Europa League Group E behind Sociedad. Ten Hag men will next face Neil Lennon’s Omonia from Cyprus in the competition after the international break on October 6. […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Thursday, September 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja has approved National Honours and cash rewards of N200 million for Team Nigeria contingents to the 2022 Commonwealth Games and World Athletics championships. According to a statement issued by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, Buhari spoke at a […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Thursday, September 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lionel Messi set a new Champions League scoring record after helping Paris Saint-Germain to a 3-1 win at Maccabi Haifa in Group H on Wednesday night. The Israeli side took the lead in the 24th minute through Tjaronn Chery before Messi drew PSG level on 37 minutes. Messi’s goal means he has […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Wednesday, September 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Premier League has agreed to reschedule Arsenal’s clash with Man City set for Wednesday October 19. A new date will be announced ‘in due course.’ The clash was postponed due to Arsenal’s Europa match against PSV which was rescheduled for Thursday October 20. There were concerns Arsenal may have had to […]
