The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced that the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations, will be held in Cameroon from January 9 to February 6. At a virtual executive committee meeting chaired by CAF president Patrice Motsepe, it was also decided that a draw to divide the 24 qualifiers into six groups will…
Brazillian Football legend, Ronaldo Nazario has apologised for his “horrible” haircut at the 2002 World Cup which inspired school kids to copy his style. The former Real Madrid striker and current owner of football club, Real Valladolid shaved off all his hair apart from a small section at the front of his head just…
Popular football pundit and lifelong Arsenal fan, Claude Callegari has died at the age of 58, just two days after he told his social media followers he would ‘disappear soon to see my mother then you can all be happy’. On the afternoon of March 29, the former Arsenal FanTV pundit passed away with the…
The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) has named Barcelona the best club of the past decade. “FC Barcelona won the CLUB WORLD RANKINGS of the First Decade (2001-2010) and also of the second Decade (2011-2020),” the IFFHS said in a statement. Barça were ranked with 2,877 points with rival Real…
The Spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari “is too slow.” Ahmed made the comment while appearing on an Arise Television program on Wednesday March 24, and further stated that banditry and kidnappings did not exist two, three years ago. The NEF spokesperson who averred that…
Former Super Eagles striker, Barnabas Imenger is dead. The team manager of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) club, Lobi Stars died on Sunday night, March 21 after battling an undisclosed sickness. Imenger who has reportedly been in and out of hospitals since January 2021 made a name playing for BBL Hawks Makurdi, BCC Lions…
Xabi Alonso has agreed on a deal to become the new manager of Borussia Mönchengladbach in June 2021. The former Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid midfielder, 39, is currently in charge of Real Sociedad’s B team but will return to Germany in June to take the top job at Mönchengladbach. Alonso will replace…
The UEFA Europa League Quarter draw for 2020/21 has been revealed. Premiership club, Manchester United will face Spanish side, Granada, while Arsenal will take on Slavia Prague. The games will be played across two legs on Thursday, April 8, and Thursday, April 15, 2021. See full draw below. Granada vs Manchester…
Players and officials of Ekiti United football club were involved in an auto accident in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday evening, March 16. The club’s Media Officer, Quozeem Oladapo, in a statement disclosed that the accident occurred while the players were returning to Ado-Ekiti from their evening training session Ikere-Ekiti. According to the statement, there were…
Floyd Mayweather has confirmed he intends to link up with Anthony Joshua and give him advice before his mammoth world title fight with Tyson Fury. The British heavyweights will finally meet this year to decide who wins the four-belt undisputed heavyweight champion and Floyd Mayweather, who is undefeated as a professional boxer says he will…
