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Orlando Pirates of South Africa goalkeeper Richard Ofori hopes his side can brush aside their underwhelming domestic form and become the first side from South Africa to win the CAF Confederation Cup today. The Buccaneers , who lie seventh in the Premier Soccer League and made early exits from two domestic knockout competitions, take on Moroccan club Renaissance Berkane at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium Uyo, Nigeria. The Soweto-based team also […]

The Flying Eagles of Nigeria have qualified for the 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations taking place in Egypt, after defeating Côte D’ivoire 2-1 after extra time in the second semi-final of the WAFU ZONE B tournament in Niger Republic. Daniel Daga gave the Flying Eagles the lead in the first half but the Ivorians equalized on the stroke of half time. After both teams failed to find the winner […]

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will now face Mauritius instead of São Tomé and Principe in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.. The confirmation of Mauritius as one of the teams placed in Group A alongside Nigeria, Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone was published today on the Super Eagles verifies Twitter handle. Confederation of African Football CAF disqualified São Tomé and Principe,from the qualifiers for fielding an ineligible player against Mauritius during […]

Super Falcons and Barcelona Femeni striker, Asisat Oshoala has celebrated her Pichichi win as the Primera Iberdrola was concluded yesterday with her side winning the 2021/2022 title with a perfect record of 30 wins from 30 matches, with 159 goals scored and 11 conceded. Barcelona Femeni defeated Atletico Madrid 2-1 on the final of the season with the goals scored by Irene Paredes and Aitina Bonmati, while Amanda Sampedro scored […]

The Nigeria Football Federation NFF has confirmed the appointment of Jose Peseiro as the new head coach of the Super Eagles with immediate effect, subject to the signing of agreed terms between both parties The 62 year old is a Portuguese who played as a striker in his days and has wide and varied experience coaching top Clubs and National Teams across four different continents, including Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.  The NFF […]

The Confederation of African Football CAF has appointed Namibian official Antsino Twanyayukwa as the referee for next week’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup final qualifying round first leg match between Ethiopia and Nigeria in Addis Ababa. Twanyayukwa will be joined at the potentially explosive encounter, scheduled for the Abebe Bekila Stadium as from 4pm Ethiopia time on Friday 20th May, by compatriots Eveline Augustinus as assistant referee 1, Pulen Agnes […]

Tottenham against arch-rivals Arsenal in the race for a place in next season's Champions League with an emphatic 3-0 north London Derby victory. In a charged atmosphere, The Gunners nightmare Harry Kane gave Spurs the lead from the spot in the 22nd minute after Son Heung-Min was fouled by Cedric Soares, then added a second before the break with a stooping far-post header after Rodrigo Bentancur flicked on a corner. […]

The Federal government has withdrawn the National Basketball team from all international competitions for a period of two years. This was made known today by the permanent secretary of Federal Ministry of Sport Development, Ismaila Abubakar.

Inter Milan came from behind against Juventus to clinch a first Coppa Italia since 2011 at the Stadio Olympico. HakanCalhanoglu’s 80th-minute penalty forced extra time and Ivan Perisic scored twice in three minutes as Inter lifted the cup for the eighth time. Nocolo Barella’s superb strike had put Inter ahead after just six minutes but holders Juventus scored twice in quick succession through Alex Sandro and Dusan Vlahovic to turn […]