Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

In what could have been another Stalemate at the on going AFCON 2024 in Côte De’Voire, a late penalty change the look of things as Burkina Faso triumphs to go top of group D thanks to a late penalty. West African side Burkina Faso had plenty of the possession but couldn’t utilize it to their advantage as Mauritania defense stood their ground, however a late mistake inside the box lead to a VAR review after Issa Kabore was brought down inside the box and eventually earning a penalty in the 93rd minute. Betrand Traore converted the resulting penalty from the…

Breaking: Following the axing of Portuguese Coach Jose Mourinho in the early hours of today…. AS Roma has moved swiftly to resolve the vacant managerial position and former club player Daniele De Rossi has now been appointed as the new first team Coach on a six month deal. Offered contract is until June 2024 with option to extend. The Club Announced. We shall bring you more details subsequently

Serie A side AS Roma have announced that they have parted ways with manager Jose Mourinho. Following a poor run of form that has left the club ninth on the log in Serie A, Roma have announced they have parted ways with the Portuguese Coach. Jose Mourinho who took over as Roma manager in 2021 shortly after being sacked by Tottenham enjoyed a successful first campaign at Roma, winning the club their first trophy in 11 years by winning the UEFA Europa Conference League. In his second season, he guided the team to the Europa League final where they lost…

The 2019 champions came into the tie as favourites on paper but alas! they could only settle for a draw as Angola Stood firmly in a fierce Monday night clash. Fares Chaibi was the first to test Adilson Cipriano as early as the 6th minute after doing well to connect with a Youcef Belaili cross for his volleyed effort to go narrowly wide. Belaili, remained a constant threat to the Angolan defense throughout the game and almost opened the scoring charts in the eighth minute after doing well to cut in from the left to unleash a powerful strike that…

Following the announcement which was released by FIFA on their official account yesterday, Inter Miami’s Forward Leonel Messi is the Winner of 2023 FIFA Best Player as Manchester City’s Duo Pep Guardiola and Ederson Wins Best Coach and Best Goalkeeper Respectively. Cristiano Ronaldo on the other hand has been left out in the world best 11 footballers for 2023 announced by the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), on Monday. Despite being the highest scoring forward in the past year, the Al-Nassr forward couldn’t get a spot on the team. Treble-winners Manchester City were fully represented as the 2023 FIFA…

Cameroon and Guinea played out a 1-1 draw in a heated encounter at the Charles Konan Banny Stadium in the second Group C game of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations Côte d’Ivoire 2023. The Guineans took an early lead through Mohamed Bayo. Who found himself in space inside the box and he gleefully pounced on a loose ball inside the penalty box to place the ball beyond the reach of Fabrice Ondoa to give Guinea the lead against the five times champions, Cameroon. Guinea captain, Francois Kamano however was sent off after a rough tackle on Cameroonian midfielder, Olivier…

Premier League charges Nottingham Forest and Everton with breaching financial rules. Both clubs facing points deductions charged by Premier League with breaching profit & sustainability rules. Second charge this season for Everton, who has previously been docked 10 points back in November. The latest Developments could spell doom most importantly for Everton Football Club. More to follow……..

Gambia not a match! for the Teranga lions of Senegal as they were beaten hands down in Yamoussouko. Defending Champions Senegal began the defense of their title which they won last time out in Cameroon, with a brilliant performance against Gambia as they recorded their first win of the group stage. The breakthrough came quite early enough for Senegal just barely four minutes into the match, when former Liverpool Star and current Al Nassr player, Sadio Mane set up Marseille’s Pape Gueye inside the box. And Gueye slotted the ball home into the low bottom corner with a precise low…

Matches Continue in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), 2023/2024 season. All set for round 18 fixtures in the on going season of the NPFL as newly promoted side Sporting Lagos will be at home to welcome Shooting Stars Sport Club of Ibadan, while table toppers Remo Stars will be facing Katsina away from Home. In another encounter, Lobi Stars of Markudi will be at home as they welcome Kano Pillars. And  Today’s fixture will be rounded up a with what could be a thrilling encounter between Bayelsa United and Bendel Insurance. All matches kick off by 4pm Nigerian time.…

It wasn’t a perfect start in Ivory Coast for the Super Eagles of Nigeria, following their underwhelming start at the on going Africa Cup of Nations, after being held to a 1-1 draw by underdog Equatorial Guinea in their opening Group A match. However according to their Gaffer, Jose Peseiro, there is no need to panic.­ The Portuguese while facing the media said “I’m sad about the result but not with the capacity of our performance. We played a good game, we created many chances and clear opportunities, especially in the second half, and I think we deserved to win,”…

Undoubtedly, it is safe to say this is an AFCON with loads of Surprises as West African heavyweight Ghana lost to Cape Verde in their opening group Game. It was indeed a nightmare for the Black Stars of Ghana who were outplayed by their counterpart from Cape Verde, and the Final Score did show that the better team won on the night. The Black Stars would’ve hoped for a better result preferably the maximum three point, but it wasn’t just their night as their star fail to shine against the Black Sharks of Cape Verde. However, it was Cape Verde…

It took a Mohamed Salah 97th-minute penalty to spare the Pharoahs from a disaster, as they rescued a 2-2 draw against the Mambas of Mozambique in their Africa Cup of Nations opener. The Pharoahs of Egypt started brilliantly in Abidjan for their first group game, thanks to a goal in two minutes from Mostafa Mohamed in the first half. However things spunned out of control for the Egyptians as Mozambique scored two goals in three second-half minutes through Witi and substitute Clesio Bauque to take the lead. Mozambique were seconds away from earning their first ever AFCON win in their…