(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City suffered a 2-0 defeat in the hands of Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. Wilfried Zaha scored early while Conor Gallagher grabbed a late second as City finished the game with 10 men after Aymeric Laporte was sent off in the first half. Pep Guardiola’s side slipped to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The head coach of Sierra Leone’s women’s football team has been arrested over allegations of sexual harassment, a police officer said on Saturday. The officer, who requested anonymity, said police arrested head coach Abdulai Kaloga Bah on Friday and that he spent the night in detention in the capital Freetown. Bah was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Juventus president Andrea Agnelli is refusing to give up hope on the European Super League (ESL) while insisting no player, not even Cristiano Ronaldo, is bigger than Juventus. Juve were one of 12 prospective founding members to announce their intention to form the breakaway, closed-shop competition involving Europe’s elite. The news of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Juventus slipped to a shock 2-1 defeat at home to Sassuolo in Serie A on Wednesday with Maxime Lopez’s stunning stoppage-time winner againt Massimiliano Allegri’s side. The hosts were well off the pace in the first half and fell behind to a fine team goal from Sassuolo, two minutes before the break, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsenal moved into the 2021/2022 League Cup quarter-finals with a victory over fellow English Premier League (EPL) side Leeds United on Tuesday. Arsenal eased through with second-half goals from Calum Chambers and Eddie Nketiah in a 2-0 win over struggling Leeds United. Chambers opened the scoring in the 55th minute, 23 seconds […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has ordered the immediate dissolution of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) Caretaker Committee headed by Musa Kida, ahead of the federation’s elections. In a letter addressed to Kida and Prof. Florence Adeyanju, member, Caretaker Committee, NBBF, the sports ministry, thanked the duo for their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mohamed Salah scored a hat trick as the Reds thrashed their rival 5-0 at Old Trafford, handing Manchester United one of its worst defeats in recent memory. Salah became the first opposing player to score a hat trick at Old Trafford in Premier League history. Undefeated Liverpool (21 points) is now just […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In an upset 3 -2 win, Namibia on Saturday knocked COSAFA Women’s Championship winners Tanzania, out of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2022 qualifier played at the Dobsonville Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Namibians’ came into the game smarting from a 1-2 loss they suffered in the first leg […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea have retained their place at the top of the Premier League thanks to a hat trick by Mason Mount and a resounding 7-0 win over 10-man Norwich City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. The hosts were without first-choice strikers Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner, who both suffered injuries in Wednesday’s Champions […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pope Francis has thanked Argentina football star Lionel Messi for sending him a Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) club jersey. “Lionel Messi, dear brother, thank you for the jersey and the dedication,” the pontiff said in a video published on Friday by Argentina’s Telam news agency. “Thank you for staying grounded. Stay like this. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea cruised to a 4-0 win over Malmo FF in the Champions League on Wednesday as strikers Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner were forced off through injury. Lukaku left the game at Stamford Bridge on 18 minutes with an ankle injury after he was brought down inside the box, while Werner limped […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman, Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), Sola Aiyepeku, on Tuesday expressed displeasure over the usage of over-aged athletes for the just-concluded National Youth Games (NYG) in Ilorin. African Examiner reports that Team Lagos came second behind Team Delta for the second consecutive time. Team Lagos had 19 gold, 25 silver and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Antoine Griezmann scored twice but was sent off for Atletico Madrid as they fell to a 3-2 Champions’ League Group B defeat to Liverpool. Liverpool’s in-form attacker Mohamed Salah netted a double, including the winner from the penalty spot. Salah opened the scoring with a deflected effort in the eighth minute and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -Bayern Munich FC defender, Lucas Hernandez, appeared before a Madrid court on Monday ahead of a potential six-month spell in prison, court officials have disclosed. Hernandez, 25, was due to appear Tuesday to inform the court where he would serve the sentence for violating a restraining order in 2017 while playing at Atletico […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – League leaders, Chelsea kept their grip on the top spot in the English Premier League (EPL) on Saturday by beating neighbours Brentford 1-0, thanks to a Ben Chilwell strike. But this was only after a string of last-gasp defending and saves by goalkeeper Edouard Mendy denied the hosts. Chilwell scored for the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Villarreal forward, Arnaut Danjuma, says that although he loves Nigeria, the Netherlands is the team after his heart. It was rumoured that Danjuma was contemplating switching allegiance to the Super Eagles in the past. However, the former Bournemouth winger was given a late call up to the Dutch senior side by Louis […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Belgium must wait to confirm their place at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after Wales maintained their chance of automatic qualification with a 1-0 win at Estonia on Monday. Kieffer Moore struck the only goal for Wales, who are third in Group E, five points behind Belgium. Belgium did not play […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Arsenal striker, Kevin Campbell has tasked Nigerian-born striker, Folarin Balogun, to leave the Gunners on loan. Campbell, speaking with Football Insider stated that Balogun needs a loan away from Arsenal to jumpstart his fledgling career. Campbell said: “He needs to learn his trade. Balogun needs to go out on loan and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Super Eagles of Nigeria made good their promise to bounce back from a shocking 1-0 loss to the Central African Republic, CAR by beating the Wild Beasts 2-0 on Sunday in Douala, Cameroon in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match. Goals from Leon Balogun and Victor Osimhen ensured that they […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tyson Fury retained his WBC heavyweight crown on Saturday with a spectacular 11th-round knockout of Deontay Wilder as their trilogy fight delivered a boxing classic. In an epic battle in front of 15,820 fans at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, both fighters were knocked down on multiple occasions in a contest […]
