Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

Aryna Sabalenka crushes Qinwen Zheng to defend Australian Open title. An authoritative Aryna Sabalenka (25) blew China’s Zheng Qinwen (21) off court on Saturday to successfully defend her Australian Open title -the first woman to do so in more than a decade. The Belarusian world number two proved too powerful for the 12th seed with a 6·3, 6·2 drubbing in 76 minutes to claim her second Grand Slam crown on Rod Laver Arena. It capped an incredible display of power and poise from Sabalenka over the past fortnight, with the 25-year-old surging to the title without losing a set through…

Angola defeated Namibia to set up a quarter final clash with whoever wins between Nigeria and Cameroon Angola produced a fine outing as they ousted Namibia to qualify for the quarter finals and now awaiting the winner between Super Eagles of Nigeria and The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon. The first round 16 clash at the on going AFCON tournament produced a 3 goal victory for Angola. With Gelson Dala scoring a brace in the first half despite going 10 men down early on in the 17th minute when Neblu recieved a red for an aggressive foul. Gelson Dala produced a…

Peter Obi the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party during the last election as shown his support and encouragement to the Super Eagles of Nigeria ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations AFCON 2023 Round of 16 clash between Nigeria and Cameroon later tonight, the Labour Party Presidential candidate, charged the Super to double their efforts against the indomitable Lions. Peter Obi stated this on Saturday ahead of the kick-off of the game by 9pm. Obi, who gained the affection of Nigerian Youths passionately following his remarkable goodwill during and after the 2023 general elections in March last year, reminded…

NFF President Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has expressed confidence that the Super Eagles will triumph successfully and win the 34th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations ongoing in Cote D Ivoire. NFF President gave his thoughts on the AFCON tournament on going in Cote d’Ivoire. As the Super Eagles battles Cameroon in round of 16 clash. The Super Eagles started their journey with a one-all draw against the Equatorial Guinea team and defeated the host nation, Cote D Ivoire by one goal to nil before proceeding to their last game in group A against Guinea Bissau to seal their…

NPFL will keep seeking to improve its officiating as the league looks to resume after the mid-season break commenced over the weekend. Davidson Owumi, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) looked back at the proceedings and noted that there has been marked improvement in several aspects of the league organisation. Assessing the performance of the Referees, the former international turned football administrator believes that officiating got better with a handful of errors that could have been erased if modern technological aids have been deployed. “After 185 matches, we probably had issues with less than…

NPFL takes step up to move higher in strongest League Rating, becoming the 7th Best league in Africa. Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), moved up in ranking of men’s football league in Africa by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). The IFFHS is an organisation that chronicles the history and records of association football founded in 1974 by Alfredo Poge in Leipzig. It rates the competitive edge of leagues and for the current rating, the Italian Serie A is global Strongest League while Egypt tops in Africa and rated 20 in the world. NPFL was rated 77…

Cameroon’s head coach, Rigobert Song, dismisses any concerns within his team regarding the goalkeeping position, emphasizing the depth of talent available. Despite the surprise the last time out by benching Manchester United’s Andre Onana in favor of Fabrice Ondoa during the 3-2 victory against Gambia, Song commends Ondoa’s performance. And he emphasized the excitement of having two quality goalkeepers. Cameroon is a country which has always had great goalkeepers; today, we also have two good goalkeepers. We can share playing time between them.” He emphasizes the understanding among all his goalkeepers”  Song saidWith a squad of 27 players, Song affirms…

Jose Pesiero says he’ll take one goal all day in as much he wins ahead of the Super Eagles encounter against Cameroon. Jose Peseiro the Super Eagles coach at a Media Conference Room ahead of the show down against Cameroon tomorrow has said he’ll take one goal in as much as he didn’t concede any. Pesiero when asked about the scarcity of goals from his side. Journalist: we have decades of history with Cameroon, are we seeing more than one goal tomorrow? “At least one goal, we’ll attack well and defend together, you do that and we win. I have…

Nigeria Handball Men, emerges winners Nigeria beat Cameroon 33 to 25 goals to emerge the Champions of the President’s Cup at the ongoing 2024 African Senior Men’s Handball Nations Cup in Egypt. Nigeria finished 9th position overall at the 26th Edition of the African Nations Cup. Congratulations to the team.

Jurgen Klopp announces shock decision to leave Liverpool at end of season Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp (56) has shocked the footballing world by announcing that he will step down from his role at the end of the season. The German revealed in a statement that he had informed the club of his decision back in November, stating that he is ‘running out of energy. “l am, how can I say it, running out of energy. I have no problem now, obviously. I am absolutely fine now. “I know that I cannot do the job again and again and again and…

AFCON 2023 Group Stage Stats as we approach the knockout phase. AFCON 2023 Group Stage Stats So Far! Interestingly, 89 goals ⚽ were scored during the group stage matches at the on going AFCON tournament. 🟨 120 yellow cards were issued by officials 🟥 4 red cards were given 🥅 11 penalties were given with 9 scored from the spot and two missed spot kick. Three Own Goals were scored Team with maximum points: Only defending Champions Senegal qualified with the maximum 9 points  Teams in the knockout but without a win: – Egypt and DR Congo First knockout qualification…

Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed the various Countries that will be participating in the football event of the 2024 All African Games slated to hold early this year. Confederation of African Football (CAF) Confirms Nigeria’s U20 Men and Women’s team among the participants with an automatic selection. Ghana will host this year’s All African Games, which is the 13th edition, slated to hold from March 8 to 23 across three cities in Ghana: which include— Accra, Kumasi and Cape Coast. The men’s football event will feature the eight quarter-finalists of the CAF U20 Africa Cup of Nations in…