Eto’o fined $200,000 but escapes match-fixing charge
African football’s governing body has fined Samuel Eto’o, the president of the Cameroonian Football Federation (Fecafoot), $200,000 for an ethics breach, but found insufficient evidence to pursue a charge related to allegations of match-fixing. The Confederation of African Football (Caf)…
AFCON 2025Q: Benin Republic can beat Super Eagles again – Rohr
Benin Republic head coach, Gernot Rohr is optimistic the Squirrels can beat the Super Eagles again. The Squirrels claimed a famous 2-1 victory over their close door neighbour in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers last month. The two countries…
Ronaldo and Mbappe to face off in Portugal
The Portuguese team were back to training in Marienfeld,Germany, on Wednesday ahead of their Euro 2024 quarterfinal showdown on Friday against rivals France. The game will see what has been described by some commentators as a duel between the two…
Serena Williams addresses the issues of many women head-on, “saying a little prayer”
takes a determined approach to a situation that many women face at some point in their lives. With a clear goal in mind, Serena tackled her goal of losing weight after the birth of her second daughter, Adira River Ohanian….
AFCON 2025 Draw: Super Eagles placed in Pot 1
The Super Eagles have been placed in Pot 1 ahead of the draw ceremony for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) released the draw procedure on its official website on Wednesday. According to CAF,…
Sudanese Club Al Merreikh Unveil Super Eagles Goalkeeper
Nigeria goalkeeper Ojo Olorunleke has been unveiled by his new Sudanese club Al Merreikh. Olorunleke was unveiled by Al Merreikh at their base in Omdurman on Tuesday. The 28-year-old also officially signed a two-year contract with the Red Devils. The…
Nwokolo claims fifth belt with WBA, UBO win
Nigeria’s Emeka Nwokolo captured the vacant WBA North American Boxing Association super welterweight and Universal Boxing Organisation world super welterweight belts after defeating Colombia’s Jeovanis Barraza on Sunday at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Manchester, New Hampshire. The fight…
Tobi Amusan cleared for Paris Olympics
Nigeria’s 100m hurdles world record holder, Tobi Amusan, has been cleared to run in the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Court Arbitration of Sports (CAS) dismissed the appeals filed by World Athletics (WA) and by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against…
Ademola Lookman is Player of the Season – Score Nigeria
Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman has again been named the Player of the Season by his Italian Serie A club Atalanta. He won the award for the previous season. This past season, he scored a history-making hat-trick for Atalanta to…
Team Nigeria win women’s 4x400m, miss Olympics ticket
Despite winning gold and finishing well ahead of the rest of the field in the final of the women’s 4x400m at the Africa Senior Athletics Championship in Cameroon, Nigeria failed to pick their only remaining relay ticket to the Paris…