During the 2025–2026 season, more than 500 African players will participate in Europe’s Big 5 divisions, providing teams ranging from Manchester City to PSG with unparalleled skill and athleticism. Unending Talent Supply Every year, technical geniuses are produced by Africa’s academies in Senegal, Nigeria, and the Ivory Coast. Take Ajax’s Ajax Cape Town system or […]
Senegal Football Federation (FSF) President Abdoulaye Fall unleashed sharp criticism against Morocco’s influence over African football governance following the Lions of Teranga’s 1-0 AFCON 2025 final victory. Speaking at a January 24, 2026, ceremony in Bambey, Fall accused host Morocco of controlling the Confederation of African Football (CAF), with vice-president Fouzi Lekjaa pulling strings. CAF […]
Former Super Eagles of Nigeria winger, Victor Moses, has been evicted from his hotel in Milan, Italy, according to Sportmediaset. This is due to the spread of coronavirus in the country. The sports news outlet reports that Moses and two other Premier League imports, Christian Eriksen and Ashley Young, were asked to leave Hotel Melià […]
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has postponed this month’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches indefinitely because of the coronavirus pandemic. The continent’s football governing body made the decision on Friday in order to protect the health and safety of stakeholders including players, sponsors, match officials and broadcasters. The games were initially fixed […]
Manchester United made a big statement on Thursday towards the Europa League quarter-finals by thrashing Austrian side LASK Linz 5-0 on Thursday in their last 16 first leg tie. The match was played at an empty Linzer Stadium due to the coronavirus pandemic. Striker Odion Ighalo fired Manchester United ahead in the 28th minute as […]
In the light of the ‘COVID-19’ outbreak, which has been officially declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), we have been forced to take the difficult decision to postpone the celebration of WFS Africa, scheduled for March 17-18 in Durban, South Africa. After closely monitoring the evolving coronavirus outbreak and assessing the […]
Bafana Bafana head coach, Molefi Ntseki has named his Africa Cup Of Nations squad for this month’s qualifiers. Bafana will face off with Sao Tome e Principe in back-to-back fixtures this month as they look to get closer to another AFCON campaign, which will take place in Cameroon next year. The South African national team […]
Former Super Eagles number one goalie Vincent Enyeama has rubbished reports that he has retired from football after finding it hard to get a club for the past three years. Since the ex Enyimba captain was released in France in April 2017, he has not played any competitive football for any club in the world. […]
World Heavyweight Champion, Anthony Joshua has given a rousing speech in London in front of the Royal Family in which he spoke about his Yoruba roots and Nigerian heritage. He spoke on Monday night during the Commonwealth Day celebration service held at Westminster Abbey. “My name is Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua and like many of […]
In the CAF Confederations cup, Moroccan clubs asserted their dominance once again with RS Berkane and Hassania Agadir eliminating Al-Masry and Al Nasr Benghazi 3-2 and 7-0 respectively, that is the aggregate score of the two legs. Pyramids FC, although beaten 1-0 at home by Zanaco, qualified thanks to a 3-0 win in the first […]
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) today has reacted to the death of Nasarawa United’s Chineme Martins, during a Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) fixture on Sunday. Martins collapsed after colliding with a Katsina United player. Efforts to revive the player were unsuccessful, as he eventually gave up the ghost before he was even rushed to […]
Nigerian-New Zealander Sensational athlete Israel Adesanya has retained the UFC middleweight title, beating Cuban Yoel Romero at UFC 248 in the fifth round. The judges scored the five-round fight at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas 48-47, 48-47, 49-46 in the Adesanya’s favour. “There were only seven strikes, with Romero landing four to Adesanya’s three, including […]
Kaizer Chiefs has been praised from one of football’s greatest ever players turned coach, Lothar Matthäus giving his opinion on the club’s Naturena village. Matthäus visited Kaizer Chiefs this week as part of his trip to South Africa with the Bundesliga, with a view to ‘build a working relationship between Chiefs and the Bundesliga’. Speaking […]
Former Nigeria Striker Odion jude Ighalo score twice for Manchester United as his new club silence their Derby County counter part in an exciting match which ended 3-0. Ighalo joined United on loan from Shanghai Greenland Shenhua of the Chinese super league. His tranfer came as a bit of shock for many football lovers who […]
Following their painful loss at the weekend, plans are in progress for relegation-bound AmaZulu to take on Kaizer Chiefs this coming Saturday. Usuthu, who are currently without a head coach after the club decided to put Jozef Vukusic on special leave, have a daunting task of climbing out of the relegation zone with seven matches […]
Ex-Nigeria international Victor Moses faces lenghty spell on the sidelines at Inter Milan after suffering a muscle strain. The injury of the 29-year-old Nigerian was confirmed on Monday at the Humanitas Research Hospital, after he underwent a scan. ‘Victor Moses underwent medical tests at the Humanitas Research Hospital in Rozzano this morning, with an MRI […]
The quarter finals of the CAF Champions League witnessed some exciting results. Two-time defending champions Esperance of Tunis of this competition are on the brink of elimination from the competition unless they put up an inspired performance in the return leg after losing 3-1 to Zamalek of Cairo in the first leg. CAF descends heavily […]
According to various media reports, Morocco’s Mouad Hajji has resigned from his position as Confederation of African Football (CAF) General Secretary. Hajji took on the role back in April 2019 after replacing the late Amr Fahmy and now according to Moroccan news outlet Le360 is believed to have resigned less than a year later. Hajji […]
A Kaizer Chiefs midfielder has turned down one of the club’s contract offers. According to various sources, George Maluleka and Chiefs are currently still locked in negotiations for a new deal, with the source since revealing that the midfielder turned down one of the club’s latest offers. Maluleka’s current deal with Amakhosi will come to […]
David Ssemuju, Uganda’s top hope in the African Olympic Qualifiers in Dakar, Senegal, has lost the semifinal to Algeria’s Younes Nemouchi 4-1 this evening. Ssemuju, Africa’s top middleweight until yesterday, was aggressive as usual in all rounds, chasing the bigger, and mobile Nemouchi but was trailing 18-20 after 2 rounds. He upped his gear to […]