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At Least 8 Dead In Stampede At African Cup Of Nations Soccer Game In Cameroon

At least eight people were killed and 50 people injured after a stampede during an Africa Cup of Nations match in the Cameroonian capital Monday, state broadcaster Cameroon Radio Television...... Read more Eguavoen Leaves Nigeria Future Open To NFF

Coach Augustine Eguavoen stated that only the Nigeria Football Federation can decide if he will continue as head coach of the Super Eagles or not. Eguavoen – who represented the Super...... Read more Cameroon Qualify For AFCON Quarter Finals With Narrow Win Over 10-Man Comoros

Cameroon narrowly beat 10-man Comoros in the last 16 at the Africa Cup of Nations, despite playing against a side with an outfield player in goal. Goals from Karl Toko Ekambi...... Read more Musa Barrow Takes Lowly-Ranked Gambia To Quarter-Finals

Star forward Musa Barrow scored on 71 minutes to take debutants Gambia, the lowest-ranked team at the Africa Cup of Nations, into the quarter-finals on Monday with a 1-0 victory over...... Read more Falcons Striker, Rasheedat Ajibade, Extends Atletico Madrid Deal

Super Falcons forward, Rasheedat Ajibade, has extended her deal with Atletico Madrid Femenino by three years. Ajibade has joined former Spanish champions Atletico Madrid on a two-year deal from Norwegian outfit...... Read more Pope Francis Gifts Lionel Messi Signed Jersey

The Vicar of Rome, Pope Francis, has given fellow Argentine and Paris Saint-Germain talisman Lionel Messi a signed football jersey. This is according to the Vatican’s sports association, which broke the...... Read more Okoye, Iwobi Face Death Threats,Disable Social Media Comments

Super Eagles goalkeeper, Maduka Okoye, has deactivated the comment section of his Instagram page following the deaths threats he received after Nigeria’s ouster from the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON)....... Read more Real Madrid Forward Karim Benzema's Home Robbed

Police are investigating a robbery at the house of Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema while he was playing in the club's 2-2 LaLiga draw with Elche on Sunday. Sources close to...... Read more Adebayor Says There's No Way Back For Aubameyang At Arsenal

EMMANUEL ADEBAYOR believes there is no way back for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at Arsenal because Gunners fans don't know how to "forgive". Adebayor, 37, left the Emirates for Manchester City in 2009...... Read more Zimbabwe's Brendan Taylor 'Blackmailed To Spot-Fix Matches After Cocaine Use'

Former Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor says he was blackmailed into accepting a bribe to spot-fix international games but that he never went through with it. Taylor, 35, said he was threatened...... Read more Nigeria Vs Tunisia: Fans Blame Okoye For Eagles Defeat

Fans on Sunday blamed newly signed Watford goalkeeper, Maduka Okoye, for his role in Nigeria’s exit at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. The Super Eagles suffered a 1-0...... Read more Comoros Will Play Without A Recognised Goalkeeper For Last-16 Tie With Cameroon

Africa Cup of Nations giant-killers Comoros will play Monday's last-16 game against hosts Cameroon without a recognised goalkeeper. Salim Ben Boina was injured in their final Group C match, while fellow...... Read more NPFL: MFM Suffer Third Straight Defeat After Going Down At Kano Pillars

It is not the best of campaigns for MFM after they lost 1-0 away to Kano Pillars, in the NPFL on Sunday. It is now three consecutive defeats for the Lagos-based...... Read more Carthage Eagles Of Tunisia Eliminate Super Eagles Of Nigerian In AFCON Quarter Final

Tunisia upset 10-man Nigeria to set up a quarter-final tie against Burkina Faso at the Africa Cup of Nations. Youssef Msakni beat Super Eagles keeper Maduka Okoye with a long-range effort...... Read more Okumagba Urges Super Eagles To Be Cautious, Vigilant Against Tunisia

President of Super Eagles Supporters Club (SESC), Prince Vincent Okumagba has called on the Austin Eguaveon led technical bench to be cautious in the game against Tunisia so as to properly...... Read more Cameroon 2021 AFCON Round Of 16 war: The Dice Is Cast As Tunisia Tries Nigeria For Size

As the round of 16 matches in the ongoing 2021 Africa Cup of Nations football summit in Cameroon continues the match between Nigeria and Tunisia have taken the shine off all...... Read more NIGERIA VS TUNISIA: Fans, Bookmakers Urge Eagles To Go For Victory In AFCON Round Of 16 Battle

#Say game won’t be tea party As tension and debate over the round of 16 fixture that paired Nigeria’s Super Eagles and Tunisia’s Carthage Eagles rage amongst fans and pundits...... Read more Super Eagles Set To Devour Tunisia

Nigeria have not lost a game at the Africa Cup of Nations so far, and they will look to keep it that way on Sunday when they trade tackles with the...... Read more NPFL Week 8 Fixtures

16:00 Lobi Stars - Enyimba 16:00 Akwa United - Sunshine Stars 16:00 Gombe United - Niger Tornadoes 16:00 Shooting Stars - Kwara United 16:00 Kano Pillars - MFM 16:00 Rivers United...... Read more AFCON: Trouble For Comoros As Both Goalkeepers Contract COVID-19

The Comoros, the surprise package of the Africa Cup of Nations, are struggling to put a team together for their last-16 tie against host nation Cameroon after 12 players and management...... Read more African World Cup playoffs: Salah, Mane Meet As Egypt Face Senegal; Ghana To Play Nigeria

Liverpool teammates Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane will face each other in the African World Cup playoffs, after Egypt and Senegal were drawn together. Meanwhile, Algeria and Ghana, smarting after humiliating...... Read more Nigeria Considering Appointing Augustin Eguavoen Permanently

Nigeria interim coach Augustin Eguavoen will likely keep the job on a permanent basis, but only if he wants it, a top NFF official has told ESPN. Eguavoen, who is currently...... Read more England To Play Ivory Coast In A Friendly At Wembley On 29 March

England will play Ivory Coast in a friendly at Wembley on 29 March. Ivory Coast are ranked 56th in the world and are through to the last-16 of the Africa Cup...... Read more Okumagba thumbs up Eagles, cautions against speculations about Eguavoen’s elevation for now

*Says it is too early, distracting for the team President of Super Eagles Supporters Club (SESC), Prince Vincent Okumagba, has thumbed up the performance of the Super Eagles at the...... Read more Nigeria To Play Tunisia In AFCON Second Round

Nigeria is set to play Tunisia on Sunday in the second round of the Africa Cup of Nations being held in Cameroon. Tunisia, who lost to Gambia 1-0 on Thursday, booked...... Read more