Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

Senegal ended their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), group stage with a 100% record, as they eased past Guinea with a 2-0 win to top Group C. The National Elephants duly finish third in the group, but are guaranteed to progress as one of the four best third-placed teams. The reigning AFCON champions came into this top-of-the-group clash knowing their spot in the knockout stages was already guaranteed. Tensions still flared in the opening exchanges regardless, but once the dust settled, Senegal took charge of the contest, albeit without troubling lbrahim Koné between the sticks. Aliou Cissé’s side had previously…

Cameroon defeated Gambia in a dramatic 3-2 win to qualify for the round of 16 at the on going AFCON 2023 on Tuesday. Cameroon needed the maximum 3 point in their Group C clash with Gambia, to stand a chance of progressing after just one point in two games group games. The first half ended 0:0 before Cameroon got their opening goal in the 56 minutes thanks to Toko Ekambi, however Ablie Jallow leveled things in the 72 minutes to make the scoreline 1:1 Subsequently Gambia took the lead 2-1courtesy of Ebrima Colley with 85 minutes gone before Cameroon managed…

Nigeria’s Female Basketball Team D’Tigress and the current champions of Africa Basketball Championship will be competing in Belgium to pick a ticket for the Olympics. Says Musa Adamu Whilst chatting with Newsmen, the General Manager of Nigeria basketball national teams, Musa Adamu, has given assurances to Nigerians about the readiness of the reigning African basketball champions, D’Tigress of Nigeria that they will do well and make the nation proud at the FIBA Women’s Olympic qualifiers tournament, scheduled to hold between February 8-11 2024 in Belgium. In his words Adamu, acknowledges that there are apparent concerns by stakeholders and lovers of…

AFCON 2023 Reports: Egypt secured qualification from the Africa Cup of Nations group Stages For The Fourth Consecutive Time, Despite Conceding a Stoppage-time Equaliser Against Cape Verde in a Dramatic 2-2 Draw! As Ghana Looks Set To Exit AFCON Yet Again In Two Consecutive Tournament. Egypt needed a win to guarantee their place in the knockout stages of the AFCON via second place -but they would have to do so without their injured talisman Mohamed Salah, and found themselves facing a confident Cape Verde side with an unexpected 100% win record so far in the tournament. Having failed to win…

Nigeria’s next opponent at the on going Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023) will be confirmed today (Tuesday). According to CAF’s official schedule, which means that Jose Peseiro’s men will play the team that finishes second in Group C. Nigeria Super Eagles are through to the Round of 16 after finishing as runners-up in Group A And the final positions in Group C will be revealed later today. Defending Champions Senegal currently top that group with six points from two matches. However, their last group match against Guinea has significant implications. A win for Guinea who are second with four…

Nigeria scrapped out a win in their final group A contest to qualify for knockout phase, thanks to a first-half own-goal by Opa Sangante Which was the saving grace that helped Nigeria book their seat at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), knockout stages in what was a very tough 1-0 victory against a spirited Guinea-Bissau side seeking their first ever win at the tournament. Nigeria faced the already eliminated Guinea Bissau, who having never lost all three games in the AFCON group stages, mounted an impressive resistance to thwart Victor Osimhen and his compatriots, even looking more menacing in…

Equatorial Guinea silenced a lot of doubters as they walloped Cote d’Ivoire in their final group match to seal their progression into the knockout phase and doing so in style. Before the game, the host Nation were the favourite to win this one, however things turned out completely different as Equatorial Guinea came all out to injure the Elephants. Hatrick Hero in the last encounter Emilio Nsue continues his goal scoring exploit at the on going AFCON tournament as he scored a brace yet against one in each half and with Pablo Gaynet and Jannick Buyla the other two scorers…

Sunshine Stars of Akure have sacked the team’s head coach Edith Agoye (Govima Sport Reports) Following the team’s defeat in Ilorin against Kwara United, Sunshine Stars of Akure has decided to part ways with the team’s head coach Edith Agoye. The Owena Whale’s season has been all about ups and downs and their recent form hasn’t been impressive to say the least. The Akure gunners currently sit 12th on the log with 22 points in 19 games this season. And over the weekend they suffered a narrow defeat to the Afonja Warriors. The team has picked up some fantastic points…

Nigeria Super Eagles will today face off with Guinea-Bissau in their final group game of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), currently on going in Cote d’Ivoire. With the match slated to hold at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium 18:00 WAT (Govima Sport Preview) Nigeria will be hoping to round up their group game in style, when they face off against Guinea Bissau later today, and they must not lose this particular contest as they are level on points with Equatorial Guinea. With both side currently on (4points each). And With Equatorial Guinea currently top of Group A with better…

Remo Stars defender Isah Ali has joined Portuguese club CD Feirense. NPFL and Remo Stars Defender Ali Isah joins! Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, a Portuguese club founded on 18 march 1918, the club currently plays in the LigaPro, the second tier of Portuguese football… CD Feirense has only managed to secure 6 wins since the start of the season, sitting uncomfortably on 14th position two places Above relegation zone… But with this acquisition of a top defender in Ali, Isah Ali will look to help CD Feirense from the hands of relegation with…

South Africa, finally hit the ground running as they thrash Namibia four goals to nothing to bolster their chances of making the knockout stages. South Africa with an impressive first-half showing to secure all three points in the (AFCON), group stage second encounter, keeping their chances of progression alive until the final round of the group stage. Namibia started positively, but South Africa took the lead, following a VAR check, they were awarded a penalty for a handball inside the box. Percy Tau -South Africa’s talisman stepped up to take the spot kick and confidently sent the ball into the…

AC Milan was in action yesterday against Udinese as action returns in Serie A. But the game was marked with sad moment as racism keeps ruining the beautiful game. AC Milan eventually won the match by 3 goals to 2 with goals from Loftus Cheek, Luca Jovic and Noah Okafor’s late strike enough to earn the maximum 3 point. Udinese have in Goal Nigeria International Maduka Okoye, however, some set of fans were chanting the ridiculous words of “Monkey” towards AC Milan’s Mike Maigan. The French Goalkeeper said after the game while speaking with the media.  “We can’t play football…