Liverpool maintained their unbeaten start to the Premier League season as they played out a thrilling goalless draw with Arsenal at Emirates Stadium. In a game littered with chances, brilliant goalkeeping and defensive mistakes, it was almost beyond belief that neither side could carve out a victory and deliver an early psychological blow among the […]
Usain Bolt produced perhaps his greatest performance of all as he put a troubled build-up behind him to beat favourite Justin Gatlin to retain his world 100m title. The controversial Gatlin came into the final on a 28-race unbeaten run and apparently relishing his role as the sport’s bad guy. But at the same Bird’s […]
Manchester City laid down a significant early marker in the Premier League title race with a commanding dismissal of champions Chelsea at Etihad Stadium. Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho’s turbulent week – shaped by the controversy surrounding the demotion of medical staff Eva Carneiro and Jon Fearn – ended in misery as he saw his side […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – The two million naira cash gift given to Rangers International FC of Enugu on Friday by the state governor, Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwuanyi has torn the club apart over sharing formula. AFRICAN EXAMINER Sports reports that some officials of the Enugu club side, had on Friday morning after their training at […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – The board of Nigeria Premier League (NPL) defending champions, Kano Pillars, has sacked its coach, Okey Emordi, for poor performance. The club slide in a statement signed by its media officer, Idris Malikawa, said the new board headed by Kabiru Baita approved Emordi’s dismissal. According to the statement made available […]
The Super Falcons on Saturday in Abuja struggled to a 1-1 draw with Equatorial Guinea in the first leg match of their 2016 Olympic Games qualifying fixture. In the match played at the National Stadium’s main bowl, the Falcons really struggled to stamp their authority and put the match under control. With the visitors threatening […]
Former Super Eagles’ captain Sunday Ogorchukwu Oliseh resumed life as Head Coach of the team on Wednesday, with a clear message to the generality of Nigerians: “I come to serve my country, not to wage a war.” There were several questions and insinuations at Wednesday’s colourful official presentation ceremony bothering on Oliseh’s perceived ‘stubborness,’ but […]
The League Management Company has named the yet-to-be-unveiled Highest Goal Scorer trophy for the Nigeria Professional Football League after Super Eagles legend Rashidi Yekini. LMC Chairman, Mallam Shehu Dikko, said in a statement that the decision to name the trophy after the late striker was made by the board in order to immortalise the player […]
Sunday Oliseh is in advanced talks with the Nigerian Football Federation over becoming the new Super Eagles coach. The 40-year-old former midfielder, who captained Nigeria and won 63 caps, is set to be appointed in the coming days. The NFF have acted quickly to fill the vacancy following the sacking of Stephen Keshi on Saturday. […]
Stephen Keshi’s contract as head coach of the Super Eagles has been terminated, the Nigeria Football Federation has announced. The 53-year-old who was re-appointed as the country’s senior national team coach in April was kicked out on Saturday evening, with assistant Salisu Yusuf and the Technical Directorate of the NFF led by Amodu Shuaibu to […]
By Adebiyi Adeseye – Apart from the popular Sports and Movie academies which are meant to discover and train the young and upcoming stars, another “catch them young” sports concept has been conceived and unveiled in Lagos. Referred to as Kiddies Olympic, the sport initiative was hatched by some Lagos based Creative arts experts with […]
AfricanFootball.com can exclusively reveal that ambitious Portuguese side, CD Aves has tabled offers for Flying Eagles stars, Akinjide Idowu and Zaharadeen Bello. Defensive midfielder Idowu and central defender Bello featured at the recent FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. A source informed AfricanFootball.com that Bello’s club Dabo Babes of Kano was studying the offer […]
Fifa.com – Departing Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has pin-pointed his omission against Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League as the moment he decided it was time to leave. The 35-year-old had already been told by manager Brendan Rodgers his game-time would be managed, but the midfielder was desperate to play against the defending European […]
NIGERIAN defender David Faramola Oniya on Saturday collapsed on the pitch and died after playing a few minutes at a local friendly match in Malaysia. Oniya, 30, went down about three minutes into the game for T-Team and was pronounced dead at hospital around half-an-hour later, the club`s chief executive told the media. “There was […]
By Niyi Adeyi – The Nigerian Flying Eagles have crashed out of the ongoing U-20 World Cup Football tournament, in New Zealand. Nigerian side was defeated early Thursday morning by their Germans’ counterpart with a lone goal in the 15th minute of the first half of the match, in which the Nigerian side lost so […]
By Niyi Adeyi – Resignation from the office by the immediate past FIFA President, Sepp Blatter might not yield him the needed peace after all, as he is currently being investigated by the US officials as part of the inquiry into corruption in the world Football house. Some US media reported that the US prosecutors, […]
By Niyi Adeyi – At last, the controversial fifth time President of the world Football governing body, Sepp Blatter, has thrown in the towel, as he announced his resignation Tuesday from the global Football house exalted position. Blatter and many FIFA officials have been embroiled in messy controversies of corruption, culminating in the demand by […]
By Ayo Balogun – The NFF President Amaju Pinnick, has been named a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), organizing committee for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), for 2015/2017 season. Besides Pinnick, other notable Nigerian Football stakeholders such as former member of the FIFA Executive Committee, Dr. Amos Adamu. Adamu,has also been co-opted […]
The world Football Governing body, FIFA has provisionally banned Concacaf General Secretary, Enrique Sanz from participating in football-related activities. The Scribe coordinates Football in North and Central America as well as the Caribbean. He was one of the seven officials arrested and detained last week by the US Department of Justice on charges of racketeering, […]
By Niyi Adeyi – Against all odds, long term serving FIFA President, Sepp Baltter has been re-elected the world Football Governing body head for four years tenure. The returned President emerged Friday the winner, with a total of 133 votes as against his only rival, Jordanian Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein who scored 73 votes, at […]
