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Plateau United have been eliminated from the CAF Confederation Cup after a 3-0 defeat to Al Akhdar of Libya. The Jos club won the first leg 4-1 but were dumped out on away goal rule with the tie ending 4-4 on aggregate. Fidelis Ilechukwu’s side thwarted all efforts by the Libyans to score in the first half but fell apart after the break. Al Akhdar scored three goals in the […]

Hosts of this year’s CAF women’s Champions League, ASFAR of Morocco, have qualified for the final after edging Nigeria’s Bayelsa Queens 1-0 last night. The only goal of the game was scored by Ibtissam Jraïdi whose 27th minute strike was enough to earn her side the hard fought win. Bayelsa Queens have now lost their second game of the tournament after losing 2-1 Mamelodi Sundowns in their Group B opener. […]

Cameroon legend, Samuel Eto’o, believes that an African team can win the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. No African team has been able to reach the semi-final stage of the FIFA World Cup, though Cameroon and Senegal got to the quarter-finals at Italia ’90 and Korea/Japan 2002 respectively and Ghana achieved the same feat at the South Africa 2010 edition. Eto’o believes that African teams have acquired enough experience […]

Victor Osimhen failed to add to his goal tally, but Napoli defeated Empoli 2-0 to make it 10th straight win in Serie A. Osimhen previously scored in Napoli’s last four Serie A games but missed out on extending the run. The 23-year-old also failed to equal Arkadiusz Milik’s record. The Poland international was the last Napoli player to have found the net in five consecutive matches.

Guinea will face Burundi in a friendly match as part of their preparations for the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualifying fixtures against Nigeria. The Guinea Football Federation, in a statement, said the friendly encounter, will hold at the Grande Stade De Marrakech, Morocco, on November 19. The Guineans made it to the final qualifying round without kicking a ball following the withdrawal of their opponent, Uganda, while Olympic Eagles, […]

Organizer of the French topflight, Ligue 1, has celebrated Super Eagles striker Terem Moffi, after he netted his ninth goal of the season at the weekend against Paris Saint-Germain, PSG. Moffi cancelled out Neymar’s opener for PSG as he drew Lorient level on 53 minutes with a superb strike, making it his third goal in his last four games for his French outfit. Moffi left Nigeria to join the Buckswood […]

Kieran Tierney's sublime first-half strike was enough to ensure Arsenal held onto the top spot in Europa League Group A as FC Zurich were beaten 1-0 on a nervy night at the Emirates Stadium. The Scottish man kept his composure to spear a finish from the edge of the box shortly after the quarter-hour mark, as Mikel Arteta's side, finished their group-stage campaign with just eight goals from their six […]

Bayelsa Queens recorded their first-ever win at the CAF women’s Champions League after defeating DR Congo’s TP Mazembe 2-0 in their second Group B game yesterday in Morocco. Heading into the game, Bayelsa Queens lost 2-1 to defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns in their group opener but first-half goals from Ogoma Joseph and Chinyere Igboamalu secured the important win for Bayelsa Queens. Joseph broke the deadlock in the 3rd minute from […]

The Nigeria Professional Football League NPFL yesterday held an induction course for the newly promoted teams into the league for the upcoming 2022/2023 league season at the Sandrialia hotel Jabi, in Abuja.  The program which was aimed at sensitizing the newcomers to the top flight started at about 10:00 a.m, and the representatives of the clubs Bayelsa United, Bendel Insurance, Doma, and El Kanemi Warriors were put through various sessions […]