(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Nigeria coach, Christian Chukwu, has raised questions about Augustine Eguavoen’s match-reading skills. Chukwu slammed Eguavoen for not tweaking his tactics against Tunisia in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, which led to the exit of the Super Eagles. Chukwu, however, admitted that Eguavoen did very well as a coach, as compared […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Super Falcons beat the Cote d’Ivoire senior women national football team 2-0 in the first leg match of the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) qualifiers’ final round on Friday at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. More details later. NAN
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Blessing Okagbare, Nigeria’s 2008 long jump silver medalist has been banned for 10 years for doping, The Athletics Integrity Unit announced this on Friday. The 33-year-old, who is also a sprinter, was expelled from the Tokyo Olympics last year before the women’s 100m semi-finals after testing positive for human growth hormone at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – FC Barcelona came from behind to earn a 1-1 draw with Napoli in their Europa League knockout round playoff first leg at the Camp Nou on Thursday. The hosts dominated possession in the opening 30 minutes and had several good chances to take the lead, but it was Napoli who scored first. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles forward, skipper Ahmed Musa has donated the sum of two million naira to struggling former Nigeria International Kingsley Obiekwu. Obiekwu, a member of the Atlanta ’96 Olympics gold medal-winning squad, Dream Team, disclosed in an interview in Akwa on Tuesday that he uses his only car for commercial transport to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Red Bull Salzburg came within minutes of a famous victory on Wednesday in the last 16 of the 2021/2022 UEFA Champions League. But Kingsley Coman’s late equaliser rescued a 1-1 draw for former champions Bayern Munich. Coman, who got the winner in the 2019/2020 final match, converted at the back post in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Death threats have been made against several Bayern Munich players via an anonymous letter, a police spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday. “We are investigating on suspicion of threats and disturbing the public peace by threatening to commit a crime,” said the spokesperson, who did not provide further details. The Bild newspaper had reported […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Senior Women’s National Team, D’tigress on Sunday edge passed Mali, 73-69, to book their spot in the FIBA Women’s World Cup in Sydney Australia come September. D’tigress, who had earlier lost their first game to China, 90-76, on Thursday had to rally round to record a shocking 67-65 against world’s […]
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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two Ethiopian marathoners, Daresa Ulfata and Dagne Siranesh have emerged both male and female winners of the 42-km 7th Access Bank Lagos City Marathon held on Saturday in Lagos. African Examiner reports that Daresa Ulfata won the 42-km men’s marathon with the time of 2:11:54 to win the star prize of $30,000 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Igoche Mark, the President, Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has congratulated D’Tigress over the team’s qualification for the 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup. African Examiner reports that D’Tigress on Friday qualified for the 2022 FIBA Women World Cup to be hosted in Australia later in the year after a 67-65 win against world […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leicester City winger Ademola Lookman has had his application to change nationality to represent Nigeria instead of England approved by FIFA. The 24-year-old is on loan at the King Power Stadium from RB Leipzig, having previously represented Everton and Charlton Athletic. Lookman has not represented England’s senior team, but was an Under-19, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool closed the gap on English Premier League (EPL) leaders Manchester City to nine points as Diogo Jota’s double earned them a 2-0 victory over Leicester City on Thursday. After Manchester City’s 2-0 win over Brentford on Wednesday extended their advantage at the top to 12 points, second-placed Liverpool needed to issue […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Real Madrid assistant manager, Jose Peseiro, has opened up concerning the reason he did not become the head coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria. African Examiner recalls that the NFF had previously declared Peseiro as the next substantive coach of the Super Eagles, just a week after Augustine Eguavoen was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles’ Interim Technical Adviser, Augustine Eguavoen, says the appointment of former teammate Emmanuel Amuneke to assist him at the senior national team is “a very good development”. Eguavoen stated in Ilorin on Wednesday that the coming of Amuneke would be a great addition to the quality of the team’s coaching. African […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has informed Portuguese coach, Jose Peseiro that he can take another job ahead of Nigeria’s 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Ghana in March. African Examiner recalls that NFF named Peseiro as Super Eagles’ substantive head coach last December following the sack of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sadio Mane made up for an earlier penalty kick miss with the decisive kick on Sunday in Yaounde as Senegal claimed their first Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title. They claimed the title with a 4-2 penalty kick shootout win over Egypt at the Olembe Stadium in the final match of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hosts Cameroon on Saturday came back from the dead to wrestle the bronze medal from Burkina Faso in a thrilling contest at Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo in Yaounde. After going down to three goals, the Lions roared back to 3-3 before nicking the ensuing penalty kick 5-3 to win the thrilling contest. After […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayern Munich had to fight hard for a 3-2 win against RB Leipzig on Saturday to extend their 2021/2022 Bundesliga lead over Borussia Dortmund to nine points. Thomas Müller broke the deadlock in the Allianz Arena in the 12th minute, taking the rebound after goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi saved Robert Lewandowski’s effort. However, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three Watford players have returned from international duty at the Africa Cup of Nations over the past week. The club made this known in a post on their website. William Troost-Ekong reported back to the London Colney training ground last week after Nigeria’s elimination, while Morocco pair Adam Masina and Imran Louza […]
