Nigeria’s Super Eagles have crashed out of the ongoing African Cup of Nations. The Eagles lost to the Algerian national team, the Desert Foxes 2-1. By this victory, the Desert Foxes have qualified for the finals. A late minute strike from Algerian forward Mahrez was all the team needed to progress leaving the Super Eagles to play for the bronze ...

Nigeria’s Super Eagles have beaten  South Africa’s Bafana Bafana in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2019 in Egypt. The game ended 2-1 in favour of Nigeria. With this victory, the Super Eagles progressed to the semi-final of the competition. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that Samuel Chukwueze opened scoring for Nigeria on 27th minute. Chukwueze was in ...

By Ikem Aginam 10. Percy Tau – South Africa Club: Union SG/on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion (Belgium and England) The 25-year old helped Bafana Bafana qualify for the African Cup of Nations scoring 4 goals during the qualifiers. He is arguably South Africa’s most dangerous player and will be heavily involved in Bafana Bafana’s attack this summer. Percy ...

Madagascar senior national football team on Sunday shocked Nigeria’s Super Eagles 2-0 in the teams last group match at ongoing 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt. The result means that Nigeria will play the Round of 16 encounter as runner-up of Group B, while Madagascar top the group. (NAN)

Super Eagles of Nigeria have beat their Guinean opponents 1-0 at 2019 AFCON in Egypt. With this victory, Super Eagles lead in Group B with six points from two matches and have qualified for the Round of 16. The News Agency of Nigeria reports the result makes the Nigerian side the first team to progress from the first round at ...

Egyptian policemen pose in front of the Cairo International Stadium in Egypt, where Afcon takes place. Khaled Elfiqi/EPA Chuka Onwumechili, Howard University When the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) opens in Cairo, Egypt, the focus will be on the games between the continent’s top football teams to see who is going to raise the cup on Friday 19 July ...

Suleiman Ibrahim has emerged the 2019 Champion in the U-16 category of the just-concluded NNPC/SNEPCo Junior Tennis Tournament held at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club. Ibrahim from Junior Secondary School, Durumi in Abuja, came back after losing his first set 3-10 against David Dawariye from Faith Baptist High School, Diobu,Rivers State, finishing 10-4 and 12-10 in a tie break. But in the Girls ...

Devastated Anthony Joshua has vowed to come back stronger after suffering a stunning first professional defeat on his US debut. Joshua was stopped by Andy Ruiz Jr in the seventh round at Madison Square Garden, losing his WBO, WBA, IBF and IBO world heavyweight belts in one of boxing’s great upsets. Entering the fight as 1/20 odds-on favourite against late ...

English giant, Liverpool, have won this year’s European Champions League. The team beat Tottenham Hotspur in Madrid, Spain, on Saturday by 2-0. For achieving this feat, Liverpool are €108.9 million richer. Finalists Tottenham Hotspur are also smiling to the bank as they earn €104 million for their achievement. UEFA’s distribution formula shows that Liverpool will get €15.5m participation bonus, €8.1 ...

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles on Thursday advanced to the knockout stage of the ongoing FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Poland, in a miraculous way despite playing 1-1 draw with Ukraine in the last Group D encounter. The match played at the Bielsko-Biala Stadium saw the Flying Eagles and their Ukrainian counterparts employing their tried-and-tested strategy of congesting the middle with three ...