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Thanks to his strike in the third place, the Nigeria international moved ahead of four rivals to claim the prize for the first time Odion Ighalo has won the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Golden Boot for the first time, having scored ...

Senegal 0 Algeria 1: Deflected early Bounedjah goal enough for AFCON glory On the back foot for the majority of the final, Algeria defended their early lead to claim the Africa Cup of Nations title against Senegal. Algeria became Africa Cup of ...

Nigeria has been drawn with Sierra Leone, Lesotho and Benin Republic in Group L of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers.   The draw took place on Thursday evening at the headquarters of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) ...

Amaju Pinnick and the Nigerian Football Federation, have reacted to his removal as the first Vice President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Thursday.   Pinnick in his reaction to the announcement of his removal, thanked the African football body for an ...

The Nigerian Football Federation President, Amaju Pinnick has been removed as the Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) Vice President and replaced with South Africa’s Danny Jordaan.   Though no reason was given for his sudden dismissal from the job he took over ...

Odion Ighalo has retired from international football and is expected to make the announcement soon, after a successful outing at the 2019 African Cup of Nations.   The Shanghai Shenhua striker had limped off in the 44th-minute of the third-place match ...

The kidnappers of Samson Siasia’s mother are reportedly demanding N70m ransom to release her.   The gunmen were said to have called the ex-Super Eagles coach with a foreign number to demand a ransom after he spoke with his mother to ...

Mikel Obi has officially announced his retirement from the national team, Super Eagles.   In a post he shared on his Instagram page this afternoon, the football star says at 32, he believes it is time for him to retire so ...

The 30-year-old scored his fifth goal in the continental tournament to help Nigeria claim victory over the Carthage Eagles Nigeria clinched the bronze medal by defeating Tunisia 1-0 in the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) third/fourth-place match at Al-Salam Stadium on Wednesday. Francis Uzoho was ...

The England international has been chosen as the man to succeed veteran Juanfran on the right side of defence after completing his move from Spurs Tottenham‘s England full-back Kieran Trippier has completed a move to Atletico Madrid, the Spanish club confirmed on Wednesday. ...

German club, RB Leipzig have reportedly agreed for a deal with Everton to sign Nigerian footballer Ademola Lookman.   The news of his imminent move comes after the 21-year-old winger enjoyed a successful loan spell at the German club just last year.   According to ...

      Binghamton University basketball player Calistus Anyichie passed away from an accidental drowning death on Sunday evening, Binghamton University released in a statement on Monday. “There are no words. There is no blueprint for how to deal with such ...

Former Super Eagles coach, Christian Chukwu has come out to say he lacks words to use in thanking billionaire businessman Femi Otedola, for footing his medical bill.   Through the assistance of Otedola, Chukwu, who was down with prostrate cancer, underwent ...

In an unprecedented protest, the leading Arsenal fans’ groups and influential blogs have joined forces today to call on the club’s owner, Stan Kroenke, to “reinvigorate” a footballing institution that has fallen into stasis with regression on the field, a ...

  A legendary four-division champion and Olympic gold-medal winning boxer, Pernell Whitaker died Sunday night after being hit by a vehicle in Virginia Beach, Virginia, according to the Virginia Beach Police Department. He was pronounced dead at the scene of ...

A 47-year-old woman was grabbed by quick-thinking stewards as she made an attempt to invade the Cricket World Cup final between England and New Zealand on Sunday.   Elena Vulitsky, was advertising the same x-rated website her son’s girlfriend Kinsey Wolanski promoted at the Champions League ...

Super Eagles’ loss to Algeria in the semi-finals match of the 2019 African Cup of Nations played last night, took its toll on Okey Bakassi and he has already blamed it all on the goalkeeper, Daniel Akpeyi.   The Super ...

Beauty Ogere Siasia, the 76 year-old mother of former Super Eagles striker and Coach, Samson Siasia has been kidnapped again, the second time in four years.   According to reports, Madame Siasia was abducted from her home in Sagbama Local Government ...

Super Eagles of Nigeria coach, Gernot Rohr has reacted to his team’s semi-final game at 2019 Africa Cup of Nations which they lost to 2 – 1 to Algeria last night.   Manchester City star, Riyad Mahrez scored a stunning free-kick for the Desert Foxes in the ...

A number of Nigerians took to their social media accounts to say they hope Nigeria loses to Algeria at AFCON because most of the players making up the Super Eagles team are Igbos.   The men said they support Algeria ...

This evening, Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal, 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, to reach his 12th Wimbledon final.   He will face Novak Djokovic, the top seed and defending champion, in the final on Sunday. Federer, 37, has won eight Wimbledon ...

FIFA, world football’s governing body, is doubling its minimum ban for racist incidents to 10 games, and will start inviting players to make victim statements at disciplinary hearings, according to its new disciplinary code.   Stricter handling of discrimination allegations ...

A protracted transfer saga has finally reached its end, with the World Cup winner swapping the Spanish capital for Catalunya Barcelona have officially announced the signing of Antoine Griezmann from Atletico Madrid, with the French forward putting pen-to-paper after the Blaugrana paid ...

  Andy Ruiz Jr has declared that he is not willing to rematch Anthony Joshua in the UK. The Mexican-American heavyweight claimed the WBA, IBF and WBO titles from the Brit in New York last month, and wants the return ...

New Orleans Saints defender, Carl Granderson was taken into custody during a court appearance on Thursday and ordered to serve six months in jail by the presiding judge, who refused to accept a plea deal entered in his sexual assault case. ...