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Tuesday, November 26th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu …As Nigeria Beats Cameroon 2-1 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s National blind football team, Star Eagles on Tuesday defeated their Cameroonian counterpart, 2-1 in the first match of the ongoing African Blind Football Championship taking place in Enugu, South- East Nigeria. African Examiner Sports reports that the Championship, which was officially kicked off by Enugu […]
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Monday, November 25th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Irked by the abysmal performance of Rangers Inter. FC of Enugu in the ongoing 2019\2020 Nigeria professional football league NPFL season, Management of the club on Sunday evening announced the sacking of its Chief Coach, Benedict Ugwu, and other Technical crew members. The announcement was made immediately at end of the week 5 match of the […]
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Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has fired by the club a disappointing start to the season, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. The Argentine, appointed by the north London club in 2014, had turned Tottenham into a force in England and took them to the Champions League final in June. Results […]
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Friday, November 15th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cup holders, Nigeria have crashed out of the ongoing U23 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt following a dire 0-0 draw with South Africa on Friday. The draw on the night was not enough to see the Eagles through to the semi finals. The result meant they finished third in Group B […]
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Sunday, November 10th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool registered a 3-1 victory over Manchester City in what could turn out to be one of the biggest results of the ongoing English Premier League season. Liverpool midfielder Fabinho opened the scoring in the sixth minute through a thunderous strike. Mohamed Salah doubled his side’s lead only seven minutes later as […]
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Thursday, November 7th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 10 nations, including Nigeria will be converging in Enugu, South- East, Nigeria, between November 22nd to December, 2nd 2019, in the qualifier to battle for the blind football sole African ticket ahead of the Paralympics games in Tokyo Japan 2020. The blind football African championship qualifier, according to the organizers, will […]
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Thursday, November 7th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, has sacked Sunday Adeleye, the embattled Technical Director of Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), making him the first casualty of radical reforms taking place in the sports ministry. Special Assistant to the Minister, Kola Daniel, said in a statement that Dare also […]
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Saturday, November 2nd, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leadership of the newly inaugurated Enugu sports club is to embark on various developmental projects estimated at 40,000,000 (forty million naira) in the 2019\2020 financial year. Executive chairman of the club, Hon. Onyeka Onwe, who disclosed this yesterday in Enugu during the colorful official inauguration of the executive […]
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Friday, November 1st, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Building on the success of the first two years of the FC Bayern Youth Cup in Nigeria, VOE Foundation has announced plans for the hosting of the third edition of the tournament, beginning from November 2019 to January 2020. The FC Bayern Youth Cup is an international tournament series held in different […]
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Sunday, October 27th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool recovered from the shock of going behind in the first minute to beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 at Anfield on Sunday and restore their six-point lead at the top of the Premier League. Jordan Henderson equalised after the break before Mo Salah tucked away a penalty to complete the comeback as Liverpool’s […]
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Sunday, October 27th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria notched a 4-2 comeback win over Hungary Saturday night at Goiania’s Estadio Olimpico in the Group B opener of the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2019. A trio of Golden Eaglet goals in the 79th, 81st and 85th minutes were decisive for the five-time U-17 world champions. Despite conceding the opening goal […]
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Management of Enugu sports club, says plans are afoot for the upgrading of its Squash and Table tennis facilities to global standards capable of hosting international competitions. It said as a veritable tool for unity and national cohesion, there is need for the private sector to always support sporting […]
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Thursday, October 10th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Five-time champions Nigeria have landed in host nation Brazil, for this year’s FIFA U-17 World Cup finals holding from Oct. 26 to Nov. 17. A statement from the Director of Communications, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ademola Olajire, said a team of 25 players and nine officials flew out of the country through […]
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Monday, September 30th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s only representatives in the ongoing 2019 CAF Confederation Cup Rangers Inter. FC of Enugu are through to the playoff round of the continental soccer tournament after coming from behind on Sunday to defeat AS Pelican FC of Gabon 4-3 on goal aggregate. African Examiner Sports reports that […]
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Thursday, September 26th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mohamed Salah appears to have again fallen out with Egypt’s football federation. This was after the country’s votes for FIFA’s player of the year awards were deemed invalid and therefore did not count towards the striker’s overall tally. FC Barcelona forward Lionel Messi beat Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk and five-times winner […]
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Tuesday, September 24th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Authorities of Rangers International FC of Enugu on Tuesday sealed a five year multimillion naira contract deal with a branding, development and management company, Desgraf & Mart Limited. (D&M). According to the deal, D&M is granted an exclusive right to use the Licence Marks in the manufacturing, distribution […]
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Sunday, September 15th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Newly promoted Akwa Starlets FC of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, South- South Nigeria, has emerged Champions of the 2019 edition of the Nigeria National League (NNL) Super-4 Tournament held Sunday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe sports Stadium, Enugu. The team defeated Adamawa United FC by 2 – 0 […]
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Sunday, September 15th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola shrugged off his team’s shock 3-2 defeat by newly-promoted Norwich City in the English Premier League (EPL) on Saturday with a direct message. He said his team simply could not be expected to win every week. Guardiola’s team beat Liverpool to the title by a solitary point […]
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Sunday, September 15th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu …Organizers Task Teams to Play By Soccer Rules (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All is now set for the 2019 finals of the Super 4 competition of the Nigerian National League (NNL) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe stadium in Enugu, South East Nigeria. African Examiner Sports reports that the four second tier clubs participating […]
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Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Super Falcons moved to the third round of CAF’s 2020 Tokyo Women Football Qualifiers after beating Algeria 1-0 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos on Tuesday to qualify 3-0 aggregate. The Falcons had defeated the North Africans 2-0 in the first leg in Algiers. The African champions’ foreign-based players, who […]
