•Sancho was handed the number 10 shirt on his return to Borussia Dortmund. Jadon Sancho rejoined Borussia Dortmund on loan for the rest of the season today, less than three years since Manchester United paid £73 million ($93 million, 85 million euros) for the England winger. Sancho had been frozen out at United for most […]
Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid 5-3 after extra-time in a pulsating battle in Saudi Arabia to reach the Spanish Super Cup final yesterday. Mario Hermoso and Antonio Rudiger exchanged early headed goals before Ferland Mendy sent Madrid ahead at the Al-Awwal Park stadium in Riyadh. Antoine Griezmann levelled with a milestone goal for Atleti...
•Flamengo coach Dorival Junior The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) confirmed yesterday former Sao Paulo boss Dorival Junior has been named coach of the Brazilian men’s national team, taking over the five-time world champions after a string of poor results. Dorival, whose appointment to the job was first announced Sunday by his former cl...
•Daniel Maldini Daniel Maldini, the son of Italian football icon Paolo Maldini, completed today a loan move from AC Milan to Monza until the end of the season. Maldini has already been on loan at Empoli this term and played as a substitute in the Tuscan club’s 3-0 home defeat to Milan on Sunday, reports […]
Apprehensive Nigerians could now be assured of watching an uninterrupted live matches of the Africa Cup of Nations as the Confederation of Africa Football has finally granted the cable television channel right to show the matches. DSTV had been subjected to bidding war for coverage right of the 2023 AFCON in Cote d’Ivoire but that […]
•Super Eagles set to jet off to Abidjan in an African attire Super Eagles of Nigeria have departed Lagos for Abidjan this morning, ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast. To reflect the national colours, officials and players donned traditional white kaftans with green caps, reports Vanguard. The contingent arrived in […...
Aside from players stealing the limelight, Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is also known to have produced some ace coaches that have gone to compete with the best from around the world. The likes of Hassan Shehata, Herve Renard, Claude Le Roy, Stephen Keshi, Hugo Broos are among the finest to have graced the continent […]
•Victor Osimhen Newly crowned African Player of the Year Victor Osimhen is a star on a mission. He wants to transform the suffering of Nigerian supporters into joy with an Africa Cup of Nations title. The Napoli forward topped the African poll last month to finish ahead of Egyptian Mohamed Salah and Moroccan Achraf Hakimi […]
Following the announcement by Multichoice, the sub-Saharan African broadcast heavyweight, owner of Cable platform DSTV, that SuperSport pay-TV service will not broadcast live matches of the 2023 AFCON, Nigerians have been scrambling for alternative ways to watch the continent’s biggest football competition. It was earlier reported that MultiCh...
•Liverpool’s players Liverpool survived an Arsenal barrage to seal a place in the FA Cup fourth round in dramatic fashion as two late goals secured a gritty 2-0 win yesterday. Jurgen Klopp’s side rode their luck for long spells as Arsenal wasted a series of chances to take the lead at the Emirates Stadium, reports […]

