Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

AFCON 2023 Exclusive: Revealed Wh Nigerian Referees Have Not Been Officiating On The Biggest Stage. AFCON 2023: Why Nigerian Referees aren’t officiating in AFCON tournaments. During a CAF referees training session held at Sol Beni (ASEC Mimosas Training Centre) in Abidjan on Thursday, CAF Head Of Refereeing Desire Doue emphasised the importance of Nigerian referees enhancing their performance to meet CAF standards. The Head of Refereeing at the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Desire Noumandiez Doue, has cited the exclusion of Nigerian referees from the 2023 African Cup of Nations roster, stating that they were not selected because they are…

Novak Djokovic is out of the Australian Open following his defeat in the hands of Jannik Sinner. Novak Djokovic Relentlessly beaten by Jannik Sinner who defeated 10-time champion Novak Djokovic to reach Australian Open final! Jannik Sinner (22) got the biggest win of his career, by beating 10-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic (36) 6-1, 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-3 in stunning fashion to reach his first-ever Grand Slam final in Melbourne. The Italian’s huge hitting proved to be too much for Djokovic, who made an uncharacteristic number of errors on his way to a meteoric first loss at this tournament since…

Following the completion of the group stage matches, the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF), has released a combined first XI of players that shone in the group stage and it is unsurprising that no Super Eagles player made the cut. AFCON 2023: Super Eagles of Nigeria players were all excluded as the Confederation of Africa Football, (CAF) released the Best Group Stage team of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON in Ivory Coast. Although Nigeria’s Super Eagles reached the knockout stage without a defeat after two victories and a draw in the group stage, CAF did not pick any…

President Bola Tinubu has said he is not impressed with the performance of the Super Eagles of Nigeria at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Côte d’lvoire. President Tinubu reportedly said this while speaking with the Minister of Sports, John Enoh, and he urged the team to give their best going forward so they can be crowned champions. Enoh disclosed this via a zoom meeting with the players on Wednesday night, January 24. According to the minister, He said that I should tell the players that he wasn’t too impressed with the last match but he knows that now…

Thomas Partey now back in full first-team training and he’s expected to be fit for the game against Nottingham Forest next Tuesday. Thomas Partey has given Arsenal a huge boost by making a return to full training ahead of the second half of the Season. Partey who welcomed his first child a baby girl with his partner Janine 2 days ago as now returned to full training. This is definitely a delightful news for all Arsenal Fans, as the Club Confirmed his return via a Tweet on their official Twitter handle. The Ghanaian who missed AFCON tournament due to the…

Samuel Chukwueze who plies his trade with AC Milan in Italy has said he doesn’t want to return to AC Milan without Winning the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Title. Samuel Chukwueze who featured in all Group stage matches for the Super Eagles made this known while speaking with newsmen ahead of Nigeria’s all important round of 16 clash with long time rival Cameroon Samuel Chukwueze consolidated on the first substitute appearance against Equatorial Guinea and had since been part of the starting 11 in subsequent group A matches featuring from the start against Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea-Bissau respectively. The…

Barcelona have been eliminated from the Copa del Rey, following their 4-2 loss to Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday night. Williams Brothers Inaki and Nico both scored in extra time of a thrilling quarter-final clash to send Barcelona packing. Gorka Guruzeta gave the hosts an early lead with a strike from a rebound inside the first minute. But Barca hit back before the break with two goals within five minutes through Robert Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal. Athletic fought back to level in the 49th minute with a towering header by Oihan Sancet, before they went on to win the tie in…

Richard Garlick To Take Over As New Arsenal MD: Arsenal Football Club has announced they have appointed Richard Garlick as the new club MD which will take effect from the summer of 2024 when current MD Vinai Venkatesham Officially steps down. We’re pleased to announce our Director of Football Operations, Richard Garlick, will take the role of Arsenal’s Managing Director in summer 2024. Arsenal FC announced. Richard will step into the role when Chief Executive Officer, Vinai Venkatesham, leaves Arsenal following the announcement of his decision to step down last year. A respected leader and qualified lawyer, Richard held a…

AFCON: Following the completion of group stage matches yesterday at the ongoing African Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire, the fixtures for the knockout phase has been officially confirmed AFCON 2023 group stage witnessed many categorized underdogs progressing while many house hold name crashed out Woefully. Host nation, Cote d’Ivoire got surprisingly lucky has they completed the fourth third-place spot following the defeat of Zambia in the hands of Morocco in Group F. It wasn’t a good outing so far for North African teams with the likes of former champions Algeria and Tunisia among the early exit. While West African…

Morocco gave host nation Ivory Coast a lifeline by beating Zambia to send the Elephants into the Africa Cup of Nations last 16 through the back door. Morocco rendered a huge Favour to host Nation Cote d’Ivoire as they defeated Zambia who needed a point from the Group F finale to deny the hosts the fourth and final qualification spot for the group stage’s best third-placed teams. Meanwhile, Ivory Coast, who sacked boss Jean-Louis Gasset earlier on Wednesday after their disappointing group displays put the West Africans on the brink of an early exit, will meet Senegal in a mouth-watering…

DR. Congo secured qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), last 16 following a goalless draw with the now-eliminated Tanzania, who are still waiting for their first-ever win at the tournament after nine matches. DR. Congo face off with Tanzania in the final Group F encounter. This clash pitted two sides yet to taste victory in AFCON after their opening two group games, leading to an understandably tentative start. Gaël Kakuta tested the water early on for DR Congo with a free-kick which sailed straight into Aishi Manula, while Lionel Mpasi Nzau made a comfortable save to keep out…

Namibia qualified for the knockout phase of the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time, as they held Mali to a 0:0 draw in their last group game on Wednesday. Namibia qualified as one of the four best third-placed finishers after they ended their Group E campaign with four points. Mali won the group with five points and South Africa were second also with four, finishing above Namibia after beating them 4-0 on Sunday. On the other hand, Tunisia were eliminated after they drew 0-0 with South Africa in the other Group E game. Group winners Mali advance to…