(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Roma are considering making an offer for Kelechi Iheanacho if they fail to sign Tammy Abraham. Iheanacho signed a new three-year Leicester City contract in April but he is now reported to be a transfer target for Jose Mourinho’s as Roma. The Serie A club have already agreed a £34million deal with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Substitute goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga made two shootout saves as Champions League winners Chelsea beat Spain’s Villarreal 6-5 on penalties to add the UEFA Super Cup to their trophy collection on Wednesday. Extra time had ended 1-1 at Belfast’s Windsor Park ground, with Chelsea replacing goalkeeper Edouard Mendy with Kepa in the final […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former FC Barcelona skipper, Lionel Messi, has finally reached an agreement with Paris Saint-Germain as a free agent. Following the Argentine’s failure to reach an agreement on a new deal with the Catalan mega-club after a meeting last Thursday, there have been rumours linking the 34-year-old to PSG. Messi, at Sunday press […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former FC Barcelona captain Lionel Messi on Sunday confirmed he could join Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) after his reluctant departure from the Spanish giants. The 34-year-old Argentina superstar is a free agent after his contract at Camp Nou expired. Asked about possibly joining the Parisians, Messi told a news conference: “That’s honestly one […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The U.S topped the Olympics medals table for the third successive time after ending the Tokyo Games on Sunday with a best 39 gold, 41 silver and 33 bronze medals. American highlights included veteran Alysson Felix winning a gold medal in the 4×400 metres relay and a bronze medal individually to become […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Jack Grealish’s Manchester City debut was spoiled by Kelechi Iheanacho as the Leicester striker’s late penalty clinched a 1-0 win in the Community Shield on Saturday. All eyes were on Grealish when he came on as a second half substitute following his British record £100 million ($139 million) move from Aston Villa […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Solomon Dalung, former minister of sports, has stated that the Sunday Dare-led administration must take responsibility for the “shame” it brought to Nigeria at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. Dalung also stated that Dare, who replaced him as the sports minister in 2019, does not have the “patriotic political will to consolidate on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rangers inter. FC of Enugu at the main bowl of Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium Enugu, defeated visiting Plateau United of Jos 2-0 in the week 38 and last match of the 2020/202 season of the Nigeria professional Football league NPFL. The Flying Antelopes scored at exactly 7 minutes into the first half via […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi will leave Barcelona despite both parties having reached an agreement over a new contract, the La Liga club said on Thursday, citing economic and structural obstacles to the renewal of the deal. Messi, who joined Barca’s youth set-up aged 13, is the club’s all-time top scorer […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police investigating the online racial abuse of England players following the Euro 2020 final against Italy have made 11 arrests so far. Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were victims of abuse after they missed penalties in the shoot-out defeat at Wembley in July. The UK Football Policing Unit said of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s women’s 4 x 100 metres relay team were unsuccessful on Thursday as they could only turn in a time of 43.25 seconds in their heat at the Tokyo Olympic Games. The result could only place the team in sixth position in the eight-team heat 2 of the competition’s first round. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has announced a reward of 15, 000 dollars, 10,000 dollars, 7,500 dollars for gold, silver and bronze medalists at the Tokyo Olympics. Simon Ebohdjaiye, Director, Federation and Elite Athletes Department (FEAD), Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development said this on Tuesday in Tokyo. Ebohdjaiye made the announcement shortly […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – NIGERIAN wrestler Blessing Oborududu has won the first silver medal for Nigeria in the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Earlier, long jumper Ese Brume won the first bronze for Nigeria. Oborududu lost 4-1 to her opponent USA’s Tamyra Mensah-Stock in the final of the women’s freestyle 68kg on Tuesday (today). Oborududu is the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Long jumper Ese Brume has won the country’s first medal at the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Olympics clinching bronze in the final event of the women’s long jump. She jumped 6.97 meters and came just short of 0.3 of Germany’s Malaika Mihambo’s 7.00 meters and American Brittney Reese’s 6.97 meters. Brume came […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Blessing Oborodudu has qualified for the final in the women’s wrestling event at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Her qualification guarantees Nigeria a silver or gold medal. She defeated Azerbaijani’s Elis Manolova and Meerim Zhumanazarova of Kyrgyzstan to advance to her first Olympic semi-finals.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Below is the current medals table of the ongoing 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo at the end of Sunday’s events across all the sports and at all the venues: Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It was another “near miss” for Team Nigeria on Monday at the ongoing 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo as medal hope Tobiloba Amusan failed to deliver. Amusan, running from lane 6 in the women’s 100 metres hurdles final at the Olympic Stadium finished fourth after a time of 12.60 seconds. It was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Head Coach of kickboxing in Ogun State, Olufunke Ogunsuyi, has been confirmed dead. She died in Ilorin on Saturday while participating in the Kwara Zonal and Invitational Kickboxing Championship. She officiated in the competition and also fielded two athletes. The corpse of the former kickboxing champion was picked up in her […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Team Nigeria’s Grace Nwokocha has crashed out of women’s 100m at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. She crashed out after finishing fifth in heat 3 of women’s 100m semis with a time of 11.07 seconds. Earlier, Blessing Okagbare and Grace Nwokocha on Friday qualified for the semifinals, giving Nigeria hope of winning a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Team Nigeria’s Divine Oduduru has been disqualified from Heat 5 of men’s 100m for a false start at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Meanwhile, Ese Itsekiri representing the country in the 100 metres at the Olympics qualified for the semi-final after finishing 3rd respectively in his heat. Itsekiri finished in 10.15 seconds […]
