(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea has been reportedly given permission to talk to the current head coach of Brighton & Hove Albion, Graham Potter, about becoming the new head coach of the club. It was gathered that Potter had been reassured that if he were to take the Chelsea job, he would be permitted to try […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea FC has sacked their head coach, Thomas Tuchel, the Premier League club has announced in a statement on their website on Wednesday. “On behalf of everyone at Chelsea FC, the Club would like to place on record its gratitude to Thomas and his staff for all their efforts during their time […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Preliminary stage of the Bet King Nigeria, sponsored 2022 edition of the Coal City Football League tagged: “Boulu Ogbe season three, has kicked off with 14 teams doing the battle after the Tournament’s sponsor, BetKing Nigeria Performs the draws. Speaking during the weekend at the Tournament’s draws ceremony held at the Rangers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Super Falcons on Saturday lost 0-4 to world champions U.S. in the opening game of their two-match tour. Nigeria in this match missed the services of midfielders Ngozi Okobi-Okoeghene, Halimatu Ayinde as well as captain Onome Ebi. However, some national under-20 team players were invited to join the squad. But this […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Serena Williams is out of this year’s US Open and probably her last outing after a three set loss to Australian, Ajla Tomljanovic in the third round. The 7-5 6-7 (7-4) 6-1 result brings a glittering career with 23 Grand Slams to a likely end. It took over three hours for the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is back in London after completing his deadline-day switch to Chelsea. Aubameyang only left the Emirates Stadium for FC Barcelona in February after his contract was terminated following a falling-out with manager Mikel Arteta. He scored 11 goals in 17 LaLiga appearances for Barca. But, with their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Super Falcons have arrived in the U.S. on a two-match tour comprising two friendly matches with the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT). Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. He said the first of the two matches will take place […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s D’Tigers lost their first qualifying game against Cote d’Ivoire on Friday night at the Palais des Sports Treichville in Abidjan The Nigerian team, who had suffered three defeats in their last qualifier window, suffered another in the hands of the Elephants, who out-fought them 78-66. In the first quarter, both teams […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Community Sport and Educational Development (CSED) Initiative, a frontline Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) in collaboration with the Akwa Ibom State Secondary Education Board (SSEB) has trained additional 46 Physical and Health Education (P.E) teachers and two secondary school students on netball in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. This brings the total number of teachers, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on social media are presently expressing their grievances on Minister on Sports, Sunday Dare, as pictures of Falconets sleeping on the floor in Turkey Airport emerged on social media on Wednesday. African Examiner writes that the Falconets represented Nigeria in the 2022 FIFA women’s World Cup in Costa Rica, They defeated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – German Regionalliga club, SV Straelen has stated that Sunday Oliseh has resigned his appointment as head coach of the team. Oliseh took the decision after the team did not get a win in all five outings under his care. SV Straelen scored just a goal in the five games and also lost […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United produced an utterly unexpected 2-1 victory over old rivals Liverpool in the English Premier League (EPL) at Old Trafford on Monday. It helped to turn fan protests against the club’s owners into a rare night of celebration. Manchester United’s vastly-improved performance for their first points of the campaign, thanks to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria bowed out of the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup after a 2-0 loss to The Netherlands on Sunday. The Falconets could not reenact earlier round performances, which saw them winning all three group phase matches, in this their quarter-final match in Alajuela, Costa Rica. Flourish Sabastine, who scored Nigeria’s winning goal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oleksandr Usyk has again defeated Anthony Joshua to retain his heavyweight world titles. Both boxers met on Saturday night in Saudi Arabia, 11 months after Usyk dominated Joshua over 12 rounds in London. Joshua was awarded a 115-113 decision by the first judge. However, Usyk was awarded the bout 115-113 and 116-112 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kamaru ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ Usman, has lost the UFC Welterweight champion title to Leon Edwards. Edwards stopped Kamaru Usman from making history on Saturday when he claimed the welterweight title in the UFC 278 main event. Edwards (19-3 MMA, 11-2 UFC) prevented Usman (20-2 MMA, 15-1 UFC) from tying Anderson Silva’s record […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The prize money for Saturday’s (today) heavyweight title rematch between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia has been revealed. According to Evening Standard, Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk will each receive a guaranteed minimum of £33.2m ($40m) for their rematch. Recall that the duo went head-to-head on Wednesday at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South East Badminton in collaboration with Community Sport and Educational Development (CSED) Initiative, a frontline Non-governmental Organisation (NGO), has organised a two-day badminton clinic in Nsukka, Enugu State. The grassroots outreach training, which is the first to be jointly facilitated by the Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN) and CSED Initiative, was held […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets set a World Cup group stage perfect record for themselves after beating Canada 3-1 in Alajuela on Thursday morning to finish with a perfect nine points out of nine in Group C. Head Coach, Chris Danjuma Musa said before the encounter that his girls would seek to win […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – World governing football body, FIFA, suspended India on Tuesday for “undue influence from third parties”. The country was also stripped of the right to host the Under-17 Women’s World Cup, scheduled for October. “The Bureau of the FIFA Council has unanimously decided to suspend the All India Football Federation (AIFF) with immediate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool forward Luis Diaz cancelled out Wilfried Zaha’s opener for Crystal Palace as the teams drew 1-1 in the Premier League at Anfield on Monday. Liverpool’s striker Darwin Nunez was sent off for a head-butt on his home debut. Liverpool dominated the opening half but it was Zaha who broke the deadlock, […]
