Fulham FC Manager Marco Silva has said he and the club are rooting for the duo of Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey in Sunday’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final. Fulham FC Boss, Marco Silva who happens to be the coach of the two Nigerian players Iwobi and Bassey at club level in Fulham, has reiterated his support and that of the club is for his two players and the Nigeria national team. As the Super Eagles take on hosts nation Cote d’Ivoire in the final of the AFCON 2023 tournament at the Alassanne Ouattara Stadium in Ebimpe, Abidjan, on…
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President Tinubu will be watching live from the stands on Sunday when Super Eagles of Nigeria take on host nation Cote d’Ivoire in the grand finale of AFCON 2023. This was made known by the president of the Confederation of African Football Federations, CAF, Patrice Motsepe, who revealed that Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be attending the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final. Nigeria and hosts Cote d’Ivoire will clash in the final of the competition at the Alassanne Ouattara Stadium, Ebimpe, Abidjan, on Sunday. While speaking a press conference on Friday at the Palace de la Culture in…
Hugo Broos the head coach of the Bafana Bafana says his side will aim to finish their AFCON 2023 campaign on a high. Hugo Broos and the Bafana Bafana failed to progress to the final of the AFCON after losing 4-2 on penalties to the Super Eagles of Nigeria on Wednesday night. The Champions of 1996 will now face the Democratic Republic of Congo in the third-place match at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan on Saturday. “We played a very good game against Nigeria. It was a great performance and we showed that we are a great team again,”…
Nigeria’s Weightlifting Quartet Steps Closer To Olympics The contingent made up of four weightlifters including Rafiatu Folashade Lawal (59kg), Adijat Olarinoye (59kg), Joy Ogbonne Eze (71kg) and Umoafia Edidiong (73kg) and four officials namely Janet Ali, Abdulsalam Kayode and Onubaye Sefiat and a referee: Lawrence Iquaibom , left the shores of Nigeria for Egypt on Saturday last week for the championship that served as Olympic Games Qualifier. The weightlifters left Nigeria with the firm promise that they would outperform the medals recorded in the 2023 edition where they won three gold medals, seven silver and two bronze medals with five…
Cote d’Ivoire forward Sebastian Haller says the Elephants want to avenge their defeat to Nigeria in the group stage of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Sebastian Haller the hero of the Ivorian team in their last encounter against DR Congo in the semi final has said the host nation wants revenge against the Super Eagles of Nigeria. The hosts will battle the Super Eagles for the ultimate prize at the Alassanne Ouattara Stadium, Ebimpe, Abidjan, on Sunday by 9pm Nigerian time. Emerse Fae’s side lost 1-0 to the Super Eagles in the group stage earlier in the competition.…
Super Eagles of Nigeria has paid their last respect to fans and supporters of the Nigerian national team that tragically lost their lives while cheering them on against South Africa on Wednesday night. The Super Eagles learned of their passing yesterday. And in a bid to show our important and valued they are, the Super Eagles of Nigeria paid their last respect to the departed Nigerians who tragically lost their lives. The statement on their official X account reads: “During the course of our semi-final match, we tragically lost few supporters. In a cruel twist of fate, their fervent passion…
Basketball Olympics Qualifying campaign has started and Nigeria’s Women Basketball team D’Tigress Began on a winning note after defeating Senegal in the first game in Brussels (Govima Sport Reports) D’Tigress started the game quite well winning the first quarter 20:18 point however their counterpart from Senegal took the game to a new turn winning the second quarter by a landslide 28:17. At the end of the third quarter, the Nigerian ladies won but were trailing by 8 points 49:57. With only a quarter to go, D’Tigress produced a remarkable ball playing skills to score in quick succession taking the total…
UEFA Nations League draw: France & Italy placed in same group, As Germany face Netherlands. UEFA Nations League, draw took place some moments ago as UEFA announced that Germany and the Netherlands will face off while France have been drawn into a group of death with fellow heavyweights Italy and Belgium. France and Italy are in Group 2 in League A, which also includes Belgium and Israel. Germany and Hungary, who will face each other in the group stage of Euro 2024, were drawn together again, and will face Netherlands and Bosnia in Group 3. Spain, winners of the last…
Katsina United has handed professional contracts to two of their youth players ahead of the second half of the season (Govima Sport Reports) Katsina United made this known via a Tweet from their X account. The statement reads: “We are pleased to announce the promotion of our youth team players Baffa Armaya’u (Aguero) and Abdul Rahman Garba to the senior team. Both have signed their first professional contract” The two youngsters will be looking forward to making their debut when the season resumes for the second half of the 2023/2024 NPFL season.
A blue card is set to be introduced to football as part of sin-bin trials to be announced on Friday (Govima Sport Reports) Blue card is set to go trials as part of proposed new shake up for the beautiful game of football. As reported by Telegraph Sport, the game’s lawmakers, the International Football Association Board (Ifab), has signed off on what would be the first new card to be used in the sport since the advent of yellow and red cards at the 1970 World Cup. The revolutionary move will be announced by Ifab as part…
AFCON 2023: Ex-minister, Ogah charged Super Eagles to remain resilient as they face host nation Cote d’Ivoire in the AFCON tournament final clash on Sunday. Still on the AFCON tournament where the Super Eagles of Nigeria has been very impressive and now into the final, the ex-Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, Dr Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah, has urged the team to keep going. He commended the Super Eagles of Nigeria for their courageous efforts so far at the on going AFCON tournament. The former minister applauded the players of the Super Eagles of Nigeria on their resounding victory against…
UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin announces he will not run for UEFA presidency in 2027. The UEFA President made this known some minutes ago while speaking with newsmen. And as quoted by sky sports, he however did continue advocating for gender balance in the world of football. “Since I see all the men here, you should think about gender equality as sports journalists as well.” Ceferin said. Aleksander Ceferin calls for equality across the game, speaking after his decision to step down as UEFA president. It’s over. More details subsequently. (Govima Sport)