(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – France won the Fifa World Cup for the second time by overcoming Croatia’s bold challenge in a thrilling final in Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium. Didier Deschamps’ side repeated the success on home soil at France ’98 by a margin that hardly looked possible as Croatia stood toe-to-toe with the favourites for an hour. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea are set to announce the departure of the Manager Antonio Conte after two years in charge. The club have refused to comment on the status of the 48-year-old, who won the Premier League title in his first season and the FA Cup in May. But Chelsea player Cesc Fabregas has thanked […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has redeemed his 5 million naira pledge to the Super Eagles of Nigeria that recently crashed out of the ongoing 2018 world cup in Russia. The governor had during a fund raising ceremony organized by the nation’s Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Croatia ended Russia’s unlikely 2018 FIFA World Cup dream when they won 4-3 on penalty kicks to eliminate the gallant hosts, after a dramatic quarter-final which ended 2-2 in extra time. In Sochi city’s Fisht Olympic Stadium on Saturday, Ivan Rakitic scored the winning penalty kick to send Croatia into a semi-final […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – England’s players will not be “bowed by the pressure of the past”, said manager Gareth Southgate after they beat Colombia on penalties to set up a World Cup quarter-final against Sweden. It was their first shootout victory in a World Cup after defeats in 1990, 1998 and 2006. Eric Dier scored the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Teenager Kylian Mbappe scored two goals in four minutes to send France charging into the World Cup quarter-finals and Lionel Messi home with a thrilling 4-3 win over Argentina on Saturday. The 19-year-old forward’s electric pace caused Argentina many problems all afternoon and his twin strikes helped France overturn a 2-1 deficit. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Without further ado, the 16 teams that have qualified to play in the second round of the ongoing World Cup are set once again to do battle with each other for the quarter-finals slots. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 16 teams qualified for the knockout stage of the FIFA […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – FIFA has defended the fair play criteria used to rank teams with equal records in the World Cup group stage. Senegal became the first team in World Cup history to be eliminated because of their disciplinary record in Russia. They finished level on points with Group H runners-up Japan, but were shown […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Everton striker Wayne Rooney has signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with Major League Soccer club DC United. Everton and DC United made this announcement simultaneously Thursday afternoon. The former Manchester United striker will officially complete his move when the US mid-season transfer window opens July 10. There is no transfer fee, but it […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Defending champions Germany have been eliminated from the ongoing 2018 World Cup tournament after losing to South Korea in Kazan. The German machine was humiliated 2-0 by the ravaging South Koreans. Kim Young-gwon’s 92nd-minute goal, awarded after a Video Assistant Referee VAR decision, left four-time winner Germany on the brink of elimination. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – With a last-gasp goal by winger Salem Al-Dawsar, the Saudi Arabia on Monday at Volgograd Arena, beat Mohamed Salah Egypt’s side by 2-1 in their last Group A match in the ongoing FIFA world cup tournament in Russia. Salah opened the score line in the 22 minutes of the first half, but the equalizer came through […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Super Eagles of Nigeria Friday recorded a shocking but impressive victory in the ongoing FIFA 2018 world cup in Russia, after a lackey first half in their encounter with the Iceland but returned better, stronger and beat their opponent 2-0. The Nigerian fans and supporters’ call on the Coach Gernot Rohr to start Ahmed Musa […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Classy Croatia handed Argentina a 3-0 drubbing to claim a place in the World Cup knockout stage on Thursday. The Europeans stunned Argentina, thanks to goals by Ante Rebic, Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic in their Group D match in Novgorod. Rebic seized on a gaffe by keeper Willy Caballero to open […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Saudi Arabia’s official team plane caught fire in midair as they travelled to their next World Cup match. Flames were seen from the engine as the Russian Airlines Airbus was en route to Rostov where they take on Uruguay on Wednesday. An official statement from the football association read: “The Saudi Football […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick, Diego Costa countered with two goals, and the 2018 World Cup’s first full day got a welcome shot of energy as Portugal rallied on a late Ronaldo free kick to salvage a 3-3 tie with Spain. Ronaldo, who had scored on a penalty kick in the […]
Photo: Denis Cheryshev (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia got off to the perfect start for the hosts as the Russian national team cruised to a 5-0 victory over Saudi Arabia, using three goals from substitutes, including two from Denis Cheryshev. Russia scored just 12 minutes into the match thanks to a […]
L-R: Donald Duke, former Governor of Cross River State; Dr. Wiebe Boer, author of THE HISTORY OF FOOTBALL IN NIGERIA; Amaju Pinnick, President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF); Olusegun Awolowo, MD, NEPC; and Osagie Okunbor, MD, SPDC at the formal presentation of Dr. Boer’s new book about the history of football in Nigeria, released in Lagos ahead of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Britain’s richest man has had a bid to buy Chelsea football club turned down by Roman Abramovich, according to British media reports. The Daily Mail reported that Jim Ratcliffe, the chairman and chief executive of multinational petrochemicals group Ineos, expressed an interest in the Premier League club which the Russian has owned […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola “often has problems with Africans”, says ex-Blues midfielder Yaya Toure. The Ivorian, who left City in May after eight years at the club, says he wants to “break the myth” about Guardiola, whom he describes as “jealous”. “Maybe we Africans are not always treated by some in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 23-time Grand Slam winner, Serena Williams has pulled out of the French Open. The sudden development occurred before her fourth-round match with Maria Sharapova due to an injury which affected her serve. It would be recalled that the American last week made a successful return to Grand Slam tennis with a 7-6 […]
