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Senegal has won the 2022 African Nations Championship (CHAN) after beating hosts, Algeria 5-4 on penalties in the final match on Saturday February 4, 2023. The keenly contested final of Africa’s home-based stars ended 0-0 in regulation time forcing penalties. Senegal triumphed 5-4 on penalties to be crowned Champions at …

The 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football League – NPFL entered its fifth Matchday on Wednesday February 1, 2023. Here is a summary of all ten (10) midweek games. Echeta Deputy scored a 29th minute winner for perfect Bendel Insurance FC to beat hosts El-Kanemi Warriors 0-1 in Bauchi. Nasarawa United continued …

Betis (Spain), Feb. 2, 2023 FC Barcelona extended their Spanish LaLiga lead to eight points after Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski scored to earn a hard-fought 2-1 win at Real Betis on Wednesday. Unbeaten in their last 14 matches in all competitions, FC Barcelona are on a four-game winning streak in …

– Report Police apprehension of culprit.  For fear of disciplinary action by the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), Bayelsa United FC has denied knowledge of the attack on a match official after it’s 1-1 draw with Doma United in Yenagoa, the state capital. Bayelsa …

By Georgina Adegbie Abuja, Jan. 30, 2023 The Nigeria Under 19 female volleyball team on Monday qualified for the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U19 World Championship in Croatia and Hungary. This is contained in a statement signed by Yiting Cao, International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Volleyball Department Project Manager. FIVB congratulated …

Walsall (London), Jan. 28, 2023 Kelechi Iheanacho spared Leicester City from a potential FA Cup giant-killing as his second-half goal saw the Foxes beat fourth-tier Walsall 1-0 on Saturday. The win takes Leicester to the fifth round, while Leeds advanced with a 3-0 win over Accrington Stanley. Leicester, who beat …

The first major infraction that the recently inaugurated Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the NPFL may have to deal with may have sprung up last week in Gombe as Doma United reportedly fielded a total of twenty-one players as against the approved number of twenty players in their matchday three …

Barcelona (Spain), Jan. 23, 2023 FC Barcelona extended their lead over Real Madrid in the LaLiga standings after Pedri’s first-half strike earned them a 1-0 win over Getafe on Sunday. Leaders FC Barcelona climbed to 44 points, six ahead of their bitter rivals Real Madrid who have a game in …

Abuja, Jan. 22, 2023 Senegal powered into the quarter-finals of the 2022 African Nations Championship (CHAN) after an emphatic 3-0 victory over DR Congo on Sunday. The Lions of Teranga defeated the two-time winners in their final Group B match played at the 19 May 1956 Stadium in Annaba to …

London, Jan. 23, 2023 Arsenal restored their five-point lead at the top of the 2022/2023 English Premier League (EPL) on Sunday, with Eddie Nketiah scoring twice in a 3-2 defeat of Manchester United. His goals included a 90th-minute winner, in a rip-roaring clash at The Emirates. It had looked as …

Akwa United FC, Lobi Stars and Bendel Insurance FC all secured away wins in week three of the 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football League season. Akwa United FC were 0-3 victors over Nassarawa United FC at their adopted home in Jos on Sunday afternoon. A first half goal from James Ajako …

Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen bagged his 13th Italian Serie A goal of the season to help Napoli secure a 0-2 win at Salernitana. Their quest for the Italian Serie A title will get a significant boost with another victory, one that took 45 minutes of toil for the breakthrough to …

Barcelona, Jan. 21, 2023 A Spanish judge has ordered that Brazil football player Dani Alves be jailed on remand without bail following an alleged sexual assault of a woman in a Barcelona nightclub. According to the regional court system on Friday, the 39-year-old who has denied any wrongdoing was taken to …

Abuja, Jan. 21, 2023 Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has extended the tenure of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) till the end of the 2022/2023 season. Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Communications, disclosed on Friday in a statement that Ibrahim Gusau, the Federation’s President, …

With a Bruno Fernandes strike, Manchester United FC were three minutes away from a 10th consecutive English Premier league win before Michael Olise struck to clip those hopes. The Crystal Palace Midfielder may be undecided over his international future, but his decision for the free-kick was precise and loaded with …

Head Coach of 2021 NPFL Champions Akwa United FC, Ayodeji Ayeni, says his team will hit Aba with a plan to defeat Enyimba International on Matchday 2 of the 2022/2023 NPFL season. Coach Ayeni made this revelation in a chat with the club’s media crew ahead of the clash on …

Daga Daniel scored in second-half stoppage time to secure a point for Dakkada in an NPFL opening day fixture away to Bayelsa United, Sunday. The Flying Eagles midfielder reached at the end of a poor defensive clearance by Moses Awala from a corner-kick to head home beautifully and cancel out …

Brighton, Jan. 14, 2023 Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp blasted his side’s effort in a humiliating 0-3 English Premier League (EPL) defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion which he called the worst ever in his reign. Winger Solly March scored twice and created a third for Brighton as they dominated the …

Liverpool, Jan. 14, 2023 Everton manager Frank Lampard says he expects a reaction from his ailing side when they travel to fellow strugglers West Ham United in the English Premier League (EPL) next weekend. His reaction came after their home defeat by bottom side Southampton on Saturday. The Merseyside club …

Red-hot Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen scored in the 14th and 65th minute as Napoli mauled Juventus 5-1 in the Italian Serie A on Friday night. Juventus arrived at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona as Serie A’s most in form team, following a winning run that has seen them leap to …

Paris, Jan. 12, 2023  Michel Platini, the former president of European football ruling body UEFA, is a possible candidate to become the new president of French Football Federation (FFF) after Noël Le Graët stepped down. French media reports on Thursday indicated that the FFF was working on a plan with …

Berlin, Jan. 10, 2023  Kylian Mbappe will be taking on “a huge responsibility” if he becomes the new France captain now, after Hugo Lloris retired from international football. That is the verdict of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) head coach Christophe Galtier, who steered clear of either recommending the role to Mbappe …

London, Jan. 6, 2023 Second-half substitute Riyad Mahrez earned Manchester City a win at Chelsea on Thursday to move the 2021/2022 champions to within five points of leaders, Arsenal in the English Premier League. Mahrez got on the end of a perfectly placed cross from fellow substitute Jack Grealish in …

Berlin, Jan. 6, 2023 Bayern Munich have signed Dutch defender Daley Blind on a free transfer on a six-month contract, the Bundesliga club said on Thursday. The 32-year-old became a free agent last week after agreeing to terminate his contract with Ajax Amsterdam six months early. “We are really pleased …

Alhaji Nura Kangiwa, Director-General, National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR) and President, Nigeria Polo Federation (NPF) By Taiye Olayemi Lagos, Jan. 1, 2023 Alhaji Nura Kangiwa, Director-General, National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), has emerged the President of the Nigeria Polo Federation (NPF). Kangiwa, who disclosed this in a …