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Nigeria Professional Football League Giants Rivers United have crashed out of this season CAF Champions League, following a 1-0 defeat to Al-Hilal of Sudan on Sunday. Recall, the first leg of the encounter in Nigeria ended 1-1, giving the Sudanese…

Egypt's Mohamed Salah and Guinea's Naby Keita were amongst the goals as Liverpool humiliated Manchester United, romping to a stunning 5-0 victory at Old Trafford in the Premier League on Sunday that leaves Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's future in serious doubt.

Nigeria Football Federation NFF has reinstated as the Head Coach of Super Eagles B team Salisu Yusuf following the recommendations of the federation's Technical Department. The former Kano Pillars and Ebyimba gaffer has also been appointed as the Assistant Head…

Nigeria and FC Barcelona Femeni forward, Asisat Oshoala, was yesterday listed in FIFA’s Technical Advisory Group on women’s football. The Super Falcons Captain is the only current African player in the TAG headed by Jill Ellis, a former FIFA World…

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…