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Friday, September 2nd, 2022
(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 […]
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2022
(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 […]
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Saturday, August 27th, 2022
(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 […]
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Saturday, August 27th, 2022
(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, […]
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Wednesday, August 24th, 2022
(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 […]
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Wednesday, August 24th, 2022
(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 […]
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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022
(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 […]
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Monday, August 22nd, 2022
(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 […]
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Sunday, August 21st, 2022
(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 […]
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Sunday, August 21st, 2022
(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 […]
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Saturday, August 20th, 2022
(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 […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Friday, August 19th, 2022
(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 […]
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Thursday, August 18th, 2022
(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 […]
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2022
(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 […]
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2022
(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, […]
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Monday, August 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amaju Pinnick, president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has talked about his decision to stay clear from pursuing a third term in office. In a chat with Arise TV on Monday, the NFF president stated that some people hate him “for no reason” and that he is tired of dealing with […]
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Monday, August 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Under-20 National Women’s Football Team (Falconets) defeated South Korea 1-0 on Sunday in their Group C Match Day Two of the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica. African Examiner reports that the Falconets got a vital boost at the Estadio Alajuela Morera Soto Stadium with the defeat of […]
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Sunday, August 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All is now set for the Enugu State Taekwondo Association long Vacation classes programme for kids also known as ‘Super Summer Kiddies. The Association hinted that modalities for the programme has been concluded, adding that it is supported by the Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV) in partnership with ASTRIC […]
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Thursday, August 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Glory Ogbonna, an ace defender of the Super Falcons has signed a one year contract with the Turkish women league champions, ALG Spor Kulűbű. Ogbonna disclosed this in a telephone interview on Thursday in Calabar. She said that the contract signed on Wednesday, would see her play the women version of the […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The First Counselor of the Embassy of France in Nigeria, Olivier Chatelais gave the charge his opening remarks at an art exhibition organized in Abuja by the French Institute in Nigeria, in partnership with the Embassy of France in Nigeria. The exhibition entitled, “Game of Confidence”, was created by Taiwo Aina, a […]
