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Former England defender Steven Caulker says he has a strong connection with Sierra Leone as he awaits Fifa clearance to play for the Leone Stars. The former Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool centre-back, who played for England in 2012, has a…

French Magazine France Football which awards the Ballon d’Or explained through the voice of its Chief editor Pascal Ferré, the reason behind Senegal and Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy snub from the 30-man shortlist for the Ballon d’Or 2021. The 28-year…

Kenyan Olympian and world cross-country champion Agnes Jebet Tirop was found dead at her home on October 13 in Iten, Kenya, with stab wounds in her stomach, according to a Tweet from Athletics Kenya. Athletics Kenya wrote that her husband…

Famara Diedhiou scored a hat-trick for Senegal as they and Morocco won on Tuesday to become the first nations to secure places in the final African World Cup qualifying round. Turkey-based Diedhiou overshadowed teammate and Liverpool star Sadio Mane with…

Leon Balogun and Victor Osimhen scored a goal each as the Super Eagles beat the Central African Republic on Sunday to avenge their shocking loss to the Les Fauves in the reverse fixture of the 2022 World Cup qualifier.  The…

Three Napoli players have been subjected to racist abuse in Florence, just two weeks after AC Milan's Mike Maignan was subjected to similar insults. Napoli beat Fiorentina 2-1 at the Stadio Artemio Franchi on Sunday afternoon, yet the game was marred by the…

Banyana Banyana of South Africa has put a major dent on Nigerian football, as they overran the Super Falcons 4-2 to lift the maiden Aisha Buhari Cup yesterday. It was a sweet revenge for the Banyana Banyana, who lost 0-1…

Former Cameroon international Samuel Eto'o is to stand as a candidate in the race for the presidency of his country's football federation (Fecafoot). The former Barcelona and Inter Milan star made the announcement on his social media pages on Tuesday…

Legendary Serbian coach Milovan Rajevac arrived in Ghana on Sunday night to sign a contract to coach the senior national team for his second stint with the four-time African champions – the Black Stars.  The 67-year-old is arriving in the…

Substitute Gift Monday handed Nigeria a sweet 2-0 victory on the opening day of the maiden edition of the Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Tournament in the City of Lagos. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State led eminent political big-wigs, and…

Former Borussia Dortmund manager Lucien Favre has reportedly applied for Ghana Black Stars coaching job as Ghana Football Association (GFA) fired CK Akonnor on Monday. The 63-year old Swiss tactician is among the foreign coaches to have sent their application…

Liverpool kept pace with the Premier League's leading pack as Mohamed Salah's 100th English top-flight goal helped them to victory at Leeds. The game was somewhat marred, though, by a dislocated ankle to teenage midfielder Harvey Elliott, who was stretchered…