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Monday, April 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Twelve top European football clubs have agreed to found a Super League as soon as possible, the clubs announced in a joint statement late on Sunday The founding clubs of the mid-week league were listed to include English Premier League clubs Manchester United and Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea. The […]
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Saturday, April 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea have defeated Manchester City in the semi-final of the English FA Cup played at the Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday. A goal by Hakim Ziyech from a Timo Werner assist in the 55th minute saw Chelsea head to the FA Cup final. Chelsea will now await the winner of the […]
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Friday, April 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Top flight Nigeria Professional Football NPFL, Club side, Kano Pillars FC has officially unveiled its former player, and Super Eagles Skipper, Ahmed Musa at the club’s secretariat. Recalled that Musa, left the Kano club side about 10 years ago, for greener pastures abroad. Speaking at the event, Musa, said he is back […]
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Wednesday, April 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Paris St Germain (PSG) reached the Champions League semi-finals despite a 1-0 home defeat by holders Bayern Munich, on Tuesday, as they progressed on away goals. This was after a 3-3 aggregate result in a thriller that was on a knife edge until the final whistle. Bayern striker, Eric Choupo-Moting scored the […]
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Tuesday, April 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City’s Phil Foden grabbed a last-minute winner as they beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in their 2020/2021 UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg match on Tuesday. Foden’s goal was a saving grace after Marco Reus had netted a late equaliser for the German visitors. Manchester City took a 19th minute lead with […]
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Sunday, April 4th, 2021
(AFRCAN EXAMINER) – Diogo Jota came off the bench to provide a second half spark where he bagged two goals to help guide Liverpool to a comprehensive 3-0 win over Arsenal at the Emirates. Liverpool dominated proceedings in the first half but despite pegging Arsenal back in their own half they lacked a cutting edge […]
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Saturday, April 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City moved closer to the Premier League title as the runaway leaders won 2-0 at Leicester, while lowly West Bromwich Albion handed Thomas Tuchel the first defeat of his Chelsea reign with a stunning 5-2 victory on Saturday. Pep Guardiola’s side are 17 points clear of second placed Manchester United after […]
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between Ivory Coast and Ethiopia was called-off with around ten minutes remaining after Ghana’s referee Charles Bulu collapsed on the pitch and was stretched to the hospital. The fourth official, who is reported to be an Ivorian, was unable to take his place and the match was […]
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Football Federation says that the Confederation of African Football has cleared Super Eagles midfielder, Alex Iwobi, to play in Nigeria’s game against Lesotho. NFF disclosed this on its Twitter handle on Tuesday, Few hours before the African Cup of Nations qualifier to be played at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in […]
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Saturday, March 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria have qualified for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) scheduled for Cameroon, ahead of their Match Day 5 fixture, after Sierra Leone’s goalless draw with Lesotho on Saturday The Super Eagles, who played later in the day in Group L, qualified by virtue of the result of the earlier fixture […]
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Saturday, March 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles midfielder, Alex Iwobi, has tested positive for the dreaded coronavirusThe Everton player was sidelined for the match against Benin Republic at 5pm because of this and he has gone into isolationIwobi will also miss next Tuesday’s clash against Lesotho at the Teslim Balogun stadium in LagosOur correspondent reports that Benin’s […]
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Friday, March 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ghana’s Black Stars qualified for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tagged “Cameroon 2021” after holding their hosts South Africa to a 1-1 draw in Johannesburg on Thursday. Ghana raised their tally to 10 points, same as South Africa but led the Bafana Bafana on head-to-head rule. Sudan are third with […]
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – FIFA said Wednesday it had extended the ban on its former president Sepp Blatter and former secretary-general Jerome Valcke by six years and eight months, in relation to the receipt of huge bonuses. Blatter, who is 85, received 23 million Swiss francs ($24.6 million) in “extraordinary bonuses” linked to the 2010 World […]
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rangers Inter. FC of Enugu South- East Nigeria, Monday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Sports stadium Enugu, humbled visiting Nasarawa United FC 2-0 in the ongoing Nigeria professional football league NPFL, week 17 game The Enugu club side currently occupying 2nd position in the NPFL log with 30 points after executing 17 matches, […]
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Monday, March 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Team Manager of Lobi Stars football club of Makurdi, Barnabas Imenger, is dead The former Super Eagles player died after a protracted illness in Abuja He played for former Hawks FC of Makurdi, which later became BBC FC , Lobi Bank FC and Lobi stars football club It learnt his corpse […]
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Sunday, March 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsenal came back from three goals down on Sunday to earn a draw against West Ham in the London derby West Ham leaped to a three-goal lead with J. Lingard (15) J. Bowen (17) T. Souček (32) in the first half. But Alexander Lacazette netted a goal before the close of the […]
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Saturday, March 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senegal’s football federation has called on its French-based players to be released for upcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, calling the league’s ban on internationals travelling outside the European Union “discriminatory” The French football league (LFP) announced this week that its clubs will bar non-European players for playing for their country later […]
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Thursday, March 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea beat Atletico Madrid 2-0 on Wednesday to reach the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2014. Hakim Ziyech and Emerson Palmieri were on target to give coach Thomas Tuchel’s rejuvenated team a 3-0 aggregate win. Substitute Emerson made sure of victory by scoring in the fourth minute of […]
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – New Confederation of African Football president Patrice Motsepe raised the bar Tuesday for national teams in the continent by insisting one of them must win the World Cup soon. “An African team must win the World Cup in the near future,” said the 59-year-old South African billionaire at a press conference in […]
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Monday, March 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kelechi Iheanacho hit a hat-trick as Leicester thrashed doomed Sheffield United 5-0 to move into second place in the Premier League, while Brighton improved their hopes of avoiding relegation with a vital win against Southampton on Sunday Leicester showed no mercy to bottom-of-the-table United in the visitors’ first match since Chris Wilder’s […]
