(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 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Football Federation have confirmed the receipt of an in-depth technical report on the Super Eagles’ outing at the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cameroon from the team’s technical crew led by Augustine Eguavoen. The NFF Scribe, Mohammed Sanusi, in an official press statement issued Tuesday revealed that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ousmane Dembele is in talks over a permanent transfer to Paris Saint-Germain. Barcelona want £20m for the transfer after telling Dembele, who is out of contract at the end of the season, to find another club. Dembele reached a verbal agreement with PSG on Sunday, despite interest from the Premier League, Skyspors […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Fulham supporter died on Saturday after suffering a cardiac arrest which led to the Championship game against Blackpool at Craven Cottage being halted for over 40 minutes. “It is with immense sadness that we inform fans of the passing of supporter, Paul Parish,” Fulham said in a statement. “Paul suffered a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mohamed Salah scored the decisive spot-kick as Egypt beat the Ivory Coast 5-4 on penalties after a 0-0 draw in Douala on Wednesday to reach the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals. Egypt, the record seven-time African champions, will play Morocco in the last eight in Yaounde on Sunday. Details later…
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – France forward, Anthony Martial, believes that his lone move to Sevilla from Manchester United will see him enjoy playing football again. African Examiner writes that Martial took a wage cut to complete a move to the LaLiga outfit this week. “It’s not just about money. It’s to play and to enjoy it. […]
