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The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), through its Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) programme, and TopTier Sports Management have announced plans for a landmark Legends Football Match to celebrate Nigeria’s celebrated mid-1990s football generation. The match, scheduled…
Former Super Eagles coach, Jo Bonfrere, has claimed that the decision to take Ademola Lookman by Atletico Madrid manager, Diego Simeone, cost the team as they lost 1–0 defeat to Arsenal. The LaLiga side were eliminated from the Champions League…
FIFA announced on Wednesday it had extended Gianluca Prestianni’s suspension worldwide after the Benfica winger was originally banned by European football’s governing body UEFA. Argentina’s Prestianni was handed a six-game ban, with three of them suspended, for discriminatory conduct in…
Ola Aina remains doubtful for Nottingham Forest’s trip to Aston Villa, according to head coach, Vítor Pereira, DAILY POST reports. Aina was stretchered off the pitch in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final tie last week. Pereira…
Goalkeepers from top European clubs including Arsenal, FC Barcelona, and Real Madrid are dominating the conversation over who currently ranks as the best in world football, with several elite performers making the case for the top spot. At the centre…
Real Madrid defender, Antonio Rudiger, slapped younger teammate Alvaro Carreras during a dressing room row, the Daily Mail reports. It is claimed that both players had to be pulled apart during the incident at the training ground. Rudiger “lost his…
Football Australia called on Wednesday for a ban on public watch parties for the 2026 World Cup in Melbourne’s Federation Square to be reversed. The governing body said it was “extremely disappointed” with the decision by Melbourne Arts Precinct, which…
Manchester United midfielder, Casemiro, has suggested who the club should appoint as permanent manager. The Brazilian, who is set to leave Old Trafford at the end of the season, spoke during a recent interview with ESPN. Speaking on who Man…
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has scrapped the Anambra State Sports Development Commission (ASSDC) and reinstated the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports. This was confirmed in the 18-man Commissioner-nominees list Mr Soludo sent to the Anambra House of…
Manchester United midfielder, Casemiro, has explained why he won’t stay one more year at the club. The 34-year-old is set to leave Old Trafford at the end of the current season. The Brazilian, however, had been urged by the club’s…
A 14-year-old junior golfer and student of Technical College, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Malik Adams, has emerged champion of the inaugural Golf Shop NG Tournament, defeating a field of more than 170 players at the Elephant Cement Golf Club in Sagamu, Ogun…
Former West Ham United and Aston Villa midfielder, Nigel Reo-Coker, has insisted that Arsenal will want to face Bayern Munich in the Champions League final and not Paris Saint-Germain. Reo-Coker stated this after Arsenal eliminated Atletico Madrid from the Champions…
Arsenal’s Champions League elimination of Atletico Madrid condemned Diego Simeone’s side to a fifth straight season without silverware, inevitably raising questions over the Argentine coach’s future. Asked if he had the strength to continue after Tuesday’s defeat in London, Simeone’s…
Rena Wakama’s rise from grassroots promise to global force has earned another defining stamp of legacy, with the D’Tigress head coach officially inducted into the Hall of Fame of Wake Forest High School as part of its Class of 2026.…
Super Falcons goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie is aiming to win the golden glove in the Women Super League, WSL, DAILY POST reports. Nnadozie, who joined Brighton on a free transfer last summer has kept six clean sheets in 18 league appearances…
Raphael Onyedika missed out on this year’s Ebony Shoe award, which recognises the best African player in the Belgian Pro League, losing out to Zakaria El Ouahdi of KRC Genk, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. At 24, the Moroccan right-back has…
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