(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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. […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Goals from Lucas Hernandez and Leroy Sane helped Bayern Munich secure a 2-0 win over Barcelona in the Champions League to ruin Robert Lewandoski’s return to the old side. Lewandowski departed the Bundesliga champions this summer and endured a difficult night back at Allianz Arena after failing to make the most of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anthony Joshua has entered the WBC rankings at No 6 on Monday in view of a potential heavyweight showdown with Tyson Fury. To this end, Anthony Joshua has accepted to fight Tyson Fury on December 3 in an all British boxing heavyweight fight. Fury’s US promoter confirms all parties are working towards […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hakim Ziyech’s hopes of playing for Morocco at the World Cup finals later this year have been boosted after he was recalled to the national squad for two friendlies. The 29-year-old Chelsea midfielder had announced in February that he was retiring from international football after he had a dispute with then coach […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s under-19 boys volleyball team will meet their Egyptian counterparts in the final match of the ongoing Under-19 Boys African Nations Volleyball Championship on Saturday. African Examiner reports that both teams on Thursday won their semi-final matches played in El Jadida in Morocco to advance to the final. Nigeria defeated Cameroon 3-1 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –Chelsea has officially appoint Graham Potter, as new head coach. A statement from the club read on Thursday read, “Potter is one of the most exciting coaches in the game, starting his journey in Sweden before bringing his talents to the English game over the past four seasons. The 47-year-old is educated to […]
(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 […]
