(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsenal have signed Gabon striker and the 2015 African Footballer of the Year Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Borussia Dortmund for a club record £56m. The English club had two bids for the 28-year-old rejected by Dortmund before agreeing to a fee that eclipses their £46.5m for Alexandre Lacazette in July. Dortmund finally agreed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Midfielder, Mesut Ozil has signed another three-and-a-half-year contract with the Arsenal. The new deal has extended his tenure till 2021 summer. The German midfielder broke the Arsenal record; as the first highest-paid player- earning about £350,000 a week before tax. The news deal follows months of speculation about the future of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has joined West Brom on loan for the rest of the season. Sturridge was linked with Inter Milan and Newcastle in recent weeks but a source has told Sky Sports News he chose West Brom for family reasons. The 28-year-old England striker will be able to play in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Roger Federer has won his 6th Australian Open and 20th Grand Slam title. Federer won the just concluded Championship with a five-set victory over Marin Cilic. The Swiss lost five games in a row as he dropped the fourth set but recovered to win 6-2 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 3-6 6-1. With the […]
BALTIMORE MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Jose Mourinho has signed a new contract with the Manchester United as the Manager, extending till 2020, with the option of a further year. His previous deal at Old Trafford is due to expire in 2019. Reacting, the former Chelsea Manager said he was “delighted” that United felt and trusted […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former US Olympic gymnastics team doctor Mr. Larry Nassar has been sentenced to 40 to 175 years. The ruling by Justice Rosemarie Aqualina was given after taking testimonies from about 160 of his victims. Justice Aqualina dismissed Nassar’s statement as insincere as he attempted to apologize to the court. The […]
Photo: Football Icon, Pele (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Brazilian Football legend Pele has been hospitalized after collapsing Thursday due to exhaustion. The 77-year-old was due to travel to London this weekend for a dinner held in his honour by the Football Writers Association (FWA). According to FWA, Pele is the only player to have won three […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – North and South Korea have agreed to march together under a single “unified Korea” flag at the next month’s Winter Olympics in the South. Similarly, the two countries BBC reports have agreed to field a joint women’s ice hockey team in rare talks at the truce village of Panmunjom. These […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Referee who awarded a controversial penalty against Northern Ireland during their World Cup play-off defeat by Switzerland Ovidiu Hategan has admitted his decision was faulty. He has also missed the golden opportunity of being included in the list of Fifa 36 Referees officiate games in the approaching World Cup […]
Photo: Arsenal Boss, Arsene Wenger (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsene Wenger crashed out of the FA Cup in the third round for the first time in his long Arsenal career and the worst of it was his view was perfect. Wenger sat in the stands and suffered as his second-string team conceded four against Nottingham Forest, a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool have reached an agreement with Barcelona for the sale of midfielder Philippe Coutinho, according to ESPN FC. Multiple reports in both Spain and England suggest the two clubs have agreed a fee of £142 million (€160m, $192.7m), with Liverpool receiving £105m up-front and the rest in performance-related add-ons. The full figure […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa’s football governing body, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has named Mohamed Salah of Egypt and Liverpool as the 2017 African Player of the year. Mohamed Salah beat Sadio Mane of Senegal and Liverpool, and Gabon’s Pierre Emerick Aubameyang who plays for Dortmund. he takes over from Algeria’s Riyad Mahrez who […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At last, a member of the defunct Abiola Babes FC Abeokuta and former Nigeria goalkeeper Raymond King who has been battling with the partial stroke has died. The ex-goalkeeper who died at age 52 according to one of his teammates, Taju Disu, died Monday at the Lagos State University Teaching […]
AFRICAN EXAMINER)- It is a measure of Manchester City’s divine attacking rhythm of the last few months that a goalless draw away from home against Roy Hodgson’s improving Crystal Palace will be hailed as a minor triumph for the Premier League title race, such as it is. It was a fine afternoon for Palace, who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United Manager Jose Mourinho has declared the sum of £300m he has spent on his squad so far is “not enough”. Mourinho made the declaration after their 2-2 draw with Burnley Tuesday. “Spending £300m is not enough. The price for the big clubs is different than for the other clubs. The […]
From Ignatius Okpara in Port Harcourt (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria premier league club, Rivers United players on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest at the Government House Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, demanding for the payment of their sign-on fees for 2014/15 season. The aggrieved players who stationed themselves at the entrance of the government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The world Football Governing body FIFA has slammed a fine of 6,000 Swiss Francs against the Nigeria Football Federation for fielding an ineligible player in a Russia 2018 World Cup qualifying match. FIFA disciplinary committee in a statement issued Tuesday alleged that Nigeria fielded Shehu Abdullahi, a player it said was not […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United Manager Jose Mourinho and Manchester co-assistant coach Mikel Arteta had both suffered from a post-match row unpleasant experience. While Mourinho was allegedly pelted with water and milk, Arteta had a cut on his fore head. Arteta was left with a cut, though it is unclear how it was caused and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Russia has been banned from competing at next year’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang by the International Olympic Committee. But Russian athletes who can prove they are clean would be allowed to compete in South Korea under a neutral flag. It follows an investigation into allegations of state-sponsored doping at the 2014 Games […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Super Eagles of Nigeria Friday were drawn in Group D with the Iceland, Croatia and Argentina for the 2018 World Cup tournament in Russia. The Nigerian National team will play their first game against Croatia on June 16, in Kaliningrad. Perhaps the toughest match, the Super Eagles last group match will […]
