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Nigeria’s under-20 National Women’s Football Team (Falconets) defeated France 1- 0 in their opening game of the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica on Friday at Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San Jose.

Senegal coach Aliou Cisse says international football – and the Africa Cup of Nations in particular – should never play second fiddle to club commitments and has 'challenged' Napoli not to buy African players. The 46-year-old's comments come after Napoli…

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will take on former European champions, Portugal in an international friendly in September. The three-time African champions were earlier scheduled to face the Djurtus of Guinea-Bissau in a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in…

Gambian sprinters competing in the Commonwealth Games have missed out on the 100m after visa issues kept them from arriving in time. The five are among a group of six Gambian athletes who have been held up in France where…

Sadio Mane scored his first official goal for his new club as Bayern Munich held off a late comeback from RB Leipzig to retain the German Supercup in a 5-3 thriller. 

Former Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure is set to take a coaching role with Tottenham's academy. Spurs were helping the former Ivory Coast international with his coaching badges and he has now completed his Uefa A licence. Toure, 39, helped City to their…

Tobi Amusan became the first Nigerian ever to win gold at the World Athletics Championships after racing to a stunning world record time of 12.06s.  It was the second time Amusan would break the record on the night, improving on…

South Africa’s Banyana Banyana on Saturday defeated hosts Atlas Lionesses of Morocco 2-1 in the final match of the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Rabat. The win helped them to their first title success in the tournament’s…

WAFCON 2022 first qualified for the semi-finals are the Copper Queens of Zambia who booked their place for the next round by beating Senegal on penalties (4-2) after a 1-1 stalemate at the end of extra time. The Copper Queens…

The Super Falcons of Nigeria advanced to the quarter-finals of the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), following a 4-0 victory against Burundi on Sunday, at the Stade Moulay Hassan in Rabat, Morocco. Nigeria will take on Cameroon’s Indomitable…

Former Liverpool team-mates Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah are on the updated 10-man shortlist for the Confederation of African Football's (Caf) Men's Player of the Year award for 2021-22. Mane, who joined German champions Bayern Munich last month, had the…

Super Falcons forward Asisat Oshoala has been ruled out of the Women Nations Cup in Morocco due to a “Grade two Ligament injury.” The 27-year-old suffered the injury during Nigeria’s 2-1 defeat to South Africa in the opening match on…