(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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, […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – RARARA Football Club of Katsina on Friday in Abuja held hosts to EFCC FC to a 1-1 draw in a Group A1 Week Six match of the ongoing 2020/2021 Nigeria National League (NNL). EFCC’s Clement Obi opened scoring in the 18th minute of the game played at the Area 3 football pitch […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has sacked Mike Idoko, the Vice-Chairman of Lobi Stars Football Club of Makurdi Anthony Ijohor, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), who disclosed this in a statement said the decision was as a result of the club’s “continuous poor results”. “The termination of Idoko’s appointment is with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the commencement of Nigeria’s Nationwide league one (NLO) league season for 2021 which begin from 7th March, 2021 across all centres, Director of the competition in South- East zone, Ebere Amarizu, has reminded participating teams and officials of the need to operate within laid down stipulated rules and regulations of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tiger Woods told responding deputies to his single-vehicle crash last week that he did not know how the accident happened and didn’t remember driving. USA Today cited a copy of the search warrant affidavit that was used by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to obtain the black box in the SUV […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United lost further ground at the top of the 2020/2021 English Premier League (EPL) table as they drew 0-0 at Chelsea on Sunday. Thomas Tuchel’s men benefited from a contentious call relating to a potential penalty kick award against them. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side came into the weekend 10 points adrift […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria National League (NNL) will visit police formations nationwide, to seek collaboration of the force in providing adequate security during league encounters. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NNL, Sajo Mohammed, disclosed this in Abuja that the league management had zero tolerance for hooliganism at match venues. He said it […]
