Football

Senegal have won the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in their history after beating Egypt on penalties on Sunday February 6. Sadio Mane, who had missed a penalty in the first half, scored the decisive spot-kick as Senegal triumphed 4-2 in the shootout. The final had ended …

Egypt defeated Cameroon 3-1 on penalties to reach the Africa Cup of Nations final, ending the hosts’ hopes of glory on home soil on Thursday night, February 3. The second semi-final finished goalless after 120 minutes but it was Egypt who were victorious in the shootout. Egypt had coach Carlos …

Former Nigeria head coach, Gernot Rohr has dismissed reports linking him to the vacant Black Stars coaching job. Recall that Ghana sacked Milovan Rajevac after the Black Stars were eliminated from the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON. Rohr was reported as one of the candidates to replace Milovan Rajevac …

Robot-refs will officiate during the upcoming Club World Cup, as Chelsea will become the first Premier League side to experience the innovative system. The Blues will be looking to win the competition at the second time of asking, having previously lost against Corinthians in the final in 2012.  Thomas Tuchel’s …

Rafael Nadal won from two sets down against Daniil Medvedev on Sunday afternoon, January 30 in an epic battle in Melbourne, to win the Australia Open. The Spaniard surpassed the previous men’s record of 20 he held jointly with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, the latter of whom was denied …

Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, has described as ‘idiotic,’ comments made by Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari’s phone call to the Nigerian national football team made them lose their match against Tunisia, leading to them crashing out of the 2021 African Cup of Nations. Recall that on Sunday, January 23, the …

Watford have sacked boss Claudio Ranieri after 14 games and less than four months in charge. The Italian, 70, was appointed on 4 October but managed only seven points from 13 Premier League games. Last Friday’s 3-0 home defeat to Norwich saw Watford drop into the bottom three with 18 matches left and prompted …

Tunisia ended Nigeria’s AFCON run with a first-half strike from Yousef Mskani as the North Africans ran away with a shock 1-0 win over the Super Eagles in Garoua, Cameroon. Details later …

With Senegal leading the African Zone (20th in the World), Morocco (28th), Algeria (29th) and Nigeria (36th). Others are Egypt (45th), Cameroon (50th), Ghana (52nd), Mali (53rd) and Congo DR (64th). Emmanuel Adebayor & El-Hadji Diouf were the Special Guests who conducted the draws. The 2022 FIFA World Cup playoff …

Holders Algeria crashed out of the Africa Cup of Nations on Thursday after losing 3-1 to Ivory Coast in Douala. The Dessert Foxes needed a win to stay alive, but found themselves trailing by two goals at the break after Franke Kessie capped off a fine move and Ibrahim Sangare …