(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chidi Ofor-Okenwa, the Chairman of the Enugu State Football Association (ENSFA) is dead. The media officer of Rangers Football Club, Norbert Okolie and a very close member of the family, who pleaded anonymity confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday. They told NAN that Ofo-Okenwa died in his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UK government’s cabinet minister responsible for sports on Monday said he had been in talks with the English Premier League (EPL). Speaking at a parliamentary questions session, Oliver Dowden, Culture, Media and Sports Secretary, said this was with the aim of getting football back on the field as quickly as possible: “I […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Austrian government said on Wednesday that professional football teams could re-start training to prepare for the resumption of the season, which would be played without fans for the foreseeable future due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. It also added that, when play re-started, the league would be responsible for conducting coronavirus […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Executive of the League Managers’ Association (LMA), Richard Bevan has advised that the football season in England should resume after all players have been tested for coronavirus. Bevan said “tests must be made available first” to NHS workers and patients. Once that’s happened, by all means let’s access it in sport,” he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In relation to league positioning and television fees, Premier League clubs have been projected to receive sum of £20m in advanced payments, in an effort to ease their cash-flow problems. The 20 clubs have agreed to the funding to cope with the lack of income because of the coronavirus crisis. The partial release of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Brazilian striker Ronaldinho and his brother have been released from prison and placed under house arrest in Paraguay. Specifically, the forward had spent time in jail along with his brother, Roberto Assis, after being arrested on March 6 and accused of using fake passports. The two had previously been denied bail but […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola’s mother, Dolors Sala Carrio, has died at age 82 in Barcelona, after contracting coronavirus. A post on the club’s social media Monday confirmed the death. The post read: “Everyone associated with the club sends their most heartfelt sympathy at this most distressing time to Pep, his family and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Canada became the first country to boycott the Tokyo Games due to the coronavirus pandemic. Australia also told its athletes to prepare for an Olympics next year as Japan and the IOC flagged the prospect of a postponement for the first time. Opposition to holding the Games in July rose sharply over […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s premier league side, Rangers Inter. FC of Enugu was on Sunday thrown into mourning, following the news of the death of its top striker, Ifeanyi George, who died in ghastly auto crash, along the Benin Agbor road in the early our of Sunday. The late George, and some of his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed that the Tokyo Olympic Games will go ahead as planned in July, despite coronavirus outbreak and concerns. The outbreak has already resulted in the postponement of sporting events. The PM added that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would have the final decision whether Tokyo 2020 will […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Holders, Liverpool are out of the Champions League after a dramatic last-16 second leg against Atletico Madrid went into extra time. Jurgen Klopp’s side’s aspiration to win the trophy for a seventh time – thought they had overturned Atletico’s 1-0 advantage from the first leg when Roberto Firmino’s first goal at Anfield this […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The German club – who were only formed 10 years ago – led 1-0 from the first leg in London and Marcel Sabitzer’s double at the Red Bull Arena put Leipzig in control. Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris should have done better for both goals – getting a hand to both the Leipzig […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City Wednesday staged a stunning fightback as goals from Gabriel Jesus and Kevin de Bruyne secured a memorable 2-1 win at Real Madrid to take control of their Champions League last-16 tie. After a cagey first half, the hosts relied on a defensive mix-up between Rodri and Nicolas Otamendi to take the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has not convinced everyone he is the right man to lead Manchester United, but he is beginning to prove he can come up with a big result just when he needs it most. One Premier League win in 2020? No league goal for more than a month? One top-flight […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s forward, Odion Ighalo says he has been desperate to join Manchester United, not minding the pay cut to make the deal happen. Ighalo confessed Wednesday that he did not sleep the night the deal was sealed. Similarly, the ex-Watford player disclosed that his mum cried at the news of his crossing to […]
(AFRICN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed retired Nigerian professional footballer, former Super Eagles player and Assistant Coach, Daniel Amokachi, Nigeria’s Football Ambassador. Amokachi, a member of the 1994 Super Eagles Team that won the African Nations Cup in Tunisia, was also in the Nigerian Olympic Football Team to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United have signed Odion Ighalo on loan The Nigeria striker, 30, will move to Old Trafford from Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua until the end of the season but there is no option to buy in the agreement. Ighalo, who left Watford in 2017, has been brought in on a short-term deal by manager […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja called on private sector investors to join hands with the government in youth and sports development in the country. The President spoke at a ceremony to receive the “Torch of Unity” and flag-off of its movement across Nigeria, heralding the National Sports Festival scheduled to hold […]
NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter were among several people reportedly killed Sunday in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. Bryant was on his way to a travel basketball game with his daughter Gianna Bryant, who was 13, when the helicopter crashed. Those aboard the helicopter included another player and parent. Los Angeles County […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leicester City’s defensive midfielder Wilfred Ndidi will be sidelined until February after sustaining a knee injury which requires surgery, manager Brendan Rodgers has said. Ndidi has been crucial to Leicester’s fortunes this season and the influential Nigerian leads the Premier League in both tackles and interceptions. “Wilf took a knock in training […]
