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Wednesday, March 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Confusion has surrounded the death of Confederation of Africa Football’s doping doctor, Dr. Joseph Kabungo. Kabungo, a Zambian medical practitioner, was said to have died shortly after Ghana stopped Nigeria from qualifying for the 2022 World Cup on Tuesday. There are reports that Kabungo died as a result of the stampede that […]
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was heartbreak for Mohamed Salah and the Pharaohs of Egypt on Tuesday as they suffered another dramatic penalty kick shootout defeat to Senegal. The result meant they lost out on qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup billed for Qatar in November and December. Salah’s Liverpool teammate Sadio Mane sent Senegal […]
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tuesday’s awful outing of the Super Eagles of Nigeria has continued to spark social media reactions as some Nigerians have taken to their social media accounts to call for the sack of Nigerian coach, Austine Eguavoen. It could be recalled that the Super Eagles of Nigeria played a 1-1 draw with the […]
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Super Eagles of Nigeria have failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup after drawing Ghana 1-1 on Tuesday. Ghana qualified on an away goal advantage. Nigeria hosted arch-rivals Ghana in the second-leg of the 2022 World Cup playoff on Tuesday at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. The Black […]
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Sunday, March 27th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea’s four prospective new owners have an April 11 deadline to submit their final bids to buy the Blues. The Raine Group, the New York merchant bank in charge of the sale, has set that deadline for final bids to keep Chelsea on course to have new owners by May. Chelsea’s remaining […]
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Sunday, March 27th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Super Eagles of Nigeria on Saturday evening in Abuja resumed training ahead of their second leg 2022 FIFA World Cup play-off against the Black Stars of Ghana. African Examiner reports that the team had returned to Nigeria in the early hours of Saturday after a goaless draw with Ghana on Friday […]
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Saturday, March 26th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sacked workers of the now defunct Edo Sports Council on Friday prevented the national under-20 female football team from training at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin city. African Examiner reports that the Falconets will take on their Senegalese counterparts in an U-20 Women World Cup qualifiers on Saturday. Christopher Danjuma, coach […]
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Friday, March 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen, will spearhead the attack of the Super Eagles against Ghana in their 2023 World Cup qualifier on Friday and in-form Al-Hilal FC striker, Odion Ighalo, will begin from the bench in the match. Other players who are part of the starting list for the game are Francis Uzoho, […]
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Friday, March 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – European champions Italy will miss a second straight FIFA World Cup after being shocked 1-0 in stoppage time by North Macedonia in a play-off on Thursday. Four-time world champions Italy dominated the entire game in Palermo and recorded 32-4 attempts at goal but only a few were on target. Aleksandar Trajkovski did […]
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Thursday, March 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of Friday’s 2022 World Cup qualifying playoffs with Black Stars of Ghana, players and officials of the Super Eagles have left Abuja for Kumasi aboard Air Peace on Thursday morning. In a video obtained from NFF TV, the players and officials were seen getting set to board their Air Peace flight […]
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Monday, March 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fans of Wikki Tourists Football Club of Bauchi on Sunday went on rampage immediately after visiting Enyimba International FC of Aba drew goalless with the hosts. African Examiner reports that the 2021/2022 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) match day 19 fixture had left the fans dissatisfied. The Wikki Tourists fans then constituted […]
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Sunday, March 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Apostle Johnson Suleman of the Omega Fire Ministries, Auchi, Edo State, has stated that Arsenal is back to the UEFA Champions League. Suleman disclosed this as he reacted to Arsenal’s Premier League 1-0 victory against Aston Villa on Saturday. African Examiner recalls that Bukayo Saka was the scorer of the game in […]
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Saturday, March 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lionel Messi’s stop-start Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) career has stalled again, with the superstar forward ruled out of Sunday’s game at Monaco by illness. The Argentinian was absent from training on Saturday due to flu, and PSG have confirmed he is out of their plans for the fixture. PSG came into the weekend […]
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Saturday, March 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Russian Football Union (RFU) has failed in a bid to stay the suspension of its national team from World Cup qualifying, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Friday. The RFU had wanted a decision from the ruling body FIFA frozen until a full decision from CAS on its […]
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Friday, March 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that Leicester City midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi may not be available for the crucial tie of Nigeria’s all-important Qatar 2022 World Cup first leg qualifying play-off clash against Ghana has sparked social media reactions after he sustained a knee injury in the match against Rennes at Roazhon Park in the Europa […]
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Thursday, March 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A frontline Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Community Sport and Education Development (SCED) initiative has donated netball equipment to the Edo State Government. Some of the donated netball equipment include, 60 netball rims/net, 60 complete sets of green and purple training bibs, 120 netball balls and120 finger-held whistles, were joyfully received by representatives of […]
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Wednesday, March 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Atletico Madrid dumped Manchester United out of the Champions League round of 16 after edging to a 1-0 victory at Old Trafford on Tuesday. Renan Lodi scored the only goal just before half-time as Diego Simeone’s side won 2-1 on aggregate after a late draw in the first leg last month. Tuesday’s […]
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Sunday, March 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cristiano Ronaldo answered all the questions about his continuing value to Manchester United with a superb hat-trick to secure a 3-2 win over Tottenham Hotspur in an entertaining Premier League contest on Saturday. This was after just six days after doubts were raised about his injury absence for the Manchester derby and […]
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Saturday, March 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kano Pillars on Friday defeated Bauchi Nets 77-68 to emerge Group 3 winners in the 2022 Mark ‘D’ Ball Men’s basketball championship in Abuja. African Examiner reports that the result meant that Kano Pillars finished with a 100 percent win record. They topped the eight-team Phase 1 Group 3 table with 14 […]
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Thursday, March 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Kingdom has seized all assets of Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich. He is one of seven oligarchs hit with fresh sanctions, including asset freezes and travel bans over Russian invasion of Ukraine. Also affected are billionaires Igor Sechin and Oleg Deripaska, both seen as allies of Vladimir Putin. Prime Minister […]
