Osimhen, Oshoala, Nnadozie, Win 2023 CAF Awards
Victor Osimhen has been crowned the 2023 African Footballer of the Year in a momentous event, seeing off competition from Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi and Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah. Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala clinched her sixth title of the award, having won it in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2022. The Super Falcon’s goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie, also […]
Manchester City Come Back To Avoid Defeat At Luton
Manchester City showed their champions’ mettle as they came from behind to beat Luton 2-1 and register their first Premier League win in a month. The treble winners came on a run of four league games without a win and were without striker Erling Haaland due to a bone injury. Meanwhile, it was two goals […]
Euro 2024: Adidas Ball Technology To Enable Quicker Offside And Handball Calls
Uefa has said the ball that will be used at Euro 2024 will help produce faster offside and handball decisions. The ‘Fussballliebe’ uses Adidas’ connected ball technology to send data in real time to officials. Uefa says the ball will offer “unprecedented insight into every element of the movement of the ball, contributing to the […]
Super Falcons Seal Nations Cup Qualification
The Super Falcons have sealed a spot in next year’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations after beating Cape Verde 2-1 at the Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde in Praia. The Nigerian ladies, in the reverse fixture played at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja last Thursday, won emphatically 5-0. Cape Verde took the lead in […]
Haaland Hits 40 In The Champions League As Man City Comeback To Beat Leipzig
Erling Haaland became the fastest player to score 40 Champions League goals as Manchester City came from 2-0 down to beat RB Leipzig 3-2 on Tuesday. The defending champions were on course for their first European defeat at the Etihad since 2018, when Lois Openda took advantage of shambolic defending to score twice in the […]
Asisat Oshoala, Chiamaka Nnadozie Make Final List For CAF Female Footballer Of The Year
Asisat Oshoala and Chiamaka Nnadozie have been listed among the final ten nominees for the CAF women’s Player of the Year award, ahead of the 2023 CAF awards scheduled to be held in Marrakech, Morocco, on December 11. CAF revealed this via its X account yesterday. In 2022, Oshoala beat Zambia’s Grace Chanda and Ajara […]
Super Eagles In 3rd Place, After Rwanda Shocks South Africa In 2026 World Cup Qualifier
Hosts Rwanda beat visiting South Africa 2-0 on Tuesday in Butare to shoot to the top of Group C in the 2026 FIFA World Cup African Qualifiers. The result meant that Rwanda now had four points from two matches to stop South Africa from widening their lead. It was also a result that would help […]
Osimhen And Oshoala Nominated For The 2023 Globe Soccer Awards
Nigerian duo Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala have been nominated for the 2023 Globe Soccer Best Men and Women Player Awards, respectively. The nominees for the awards were unveiled on Tuesday by the organizers, with the Napoli star battling 29 others for the prize, including Jude Bellingham, Karim Benzema, Robert Lewandowski, Kylian MbappĂ©, Lionel Messi, […]
Benjamin Mendy To Sue Man City For Unpaid WagesÂ
Benjamin Mendy is taking former club Manchester City to an employment tribunal over millions of pounds he claims he is owed in unauthorised wage deductions. The 29 year old France full-back left City at the end of his contract this summer, having been cleared of a series of rape and attempted rape charges made against […]
NFF Has No Money To Pay Off Peseiro
After two poor performances in the World Cup qualifiers, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) would happily fire its coach JosĂ© Peseiro if it had the money to pay compensation. NFF member Nse Essien, who is part of the NFF executive committee, told this to newsmen to express the disappointment of the federation over the male […]
