Football

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, on Monday, announced the appointment of coaches for the senior national team. The national football administrative body retained Austin Eguavoen as the coach of the Super Eagles. Eguavoen took the Super Eagles to the just-concluded Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon where they crashed out …

Some Senegalese nationals were spotted celebrating in the streets of Harlem, New York after their national team won the country’s first African Cup of Nations on Sunday, February 5. Newspremises had previously reported that Senegal won the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in their history after beating …

Cristiano Ronaldo has a new car and one with which he can take all of his large family on drives, with the Manchester United forward receiving a Cadillac Escalade SUV for his 37th birthday. The Portuguese forward celebrated the milestone on Saturday and the gift comes from his partner Georgina …

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 …