Friday, April 19, 2024

Football

The beautiful game played in Africa. News, events, results, analysis, statistics, profiles, colour stories and more, from across the continent.

The Perfect Philosophy – interview with Enock Mwepu

A TALK ABOUT HIS START TO FOOTBALL IN ZAMBIA, HIS BIG CHILDHOOD DREAM OF PLAYING IN LIVERPOOL AND HIS IMPRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR FC SALZBURG. Your nickname is The Computer. Could you explain how this came about, please? "This is all to...

Pulsic fit to face Everton

Chelsea's American star Christian Pulisic has been declared fit to face Everton in the Premier League on Saturday.Pulisic has struggled for fitness since he tore his hamstring in the FA Cup final defeat to Arsenal. The 22-year-old's return is being...

Wolves sign Portuguese wonderkid Fabio Silva

Wolves have completed the signing of highly-rated Porto star Fabio Silva, in a club-record deal reported to be €40 million (£35.6m). Silva, 18, has signed a five-year deal with the club and further increases the significant Portuguese contingent at Molineux. The...

African Women’s GOAT: Q&A with Mercy Akide

Mercy Akide-Udoh is widely considered the greatest African women's footballer in history. Born on August 26, 1975, the former Super Falcons attacker played for clubs like Garden City Queens, Jegede Babes, Ufuoma Babes and Pelican Stars in Nigeria before continuing...

Vandyke Sports and RESULT Sports to drive Africa’s first Sports innovation Hub in Partnership...

The University of Port Harcourt (Uniport)  and it’s Uniport Sports Institute  and Vandyke Sportscom Limited also known as Vandyke Sports have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on August 1, 2020.  The MOU was signed by Professor Stephen Okodudu, Vice-Chancellor of the University of...

Lewandowsky unfortunate not to win Ballon d’Or

Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold has said Bayern Munich striker, Robert Lewandowski was extremely unfortunate not to claim last season’s Ballon d'Or. The Polish attacker enjoyed an incredible season in 2019-20, helping Bayern win the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and Champions League treble. ...

Africa looks to football to accelerate tourism, grow talent in Africa

From cultivating their sporting muscle to reaping the full benefits of extended branding for tourism and business, more African countries are partnering with European football clubs. Malawi is the latest to sign a partnership deal. bird story agency More African countries...

Educating footballers

Former Nigerian international, Waidi Akanni is on a mission to prevent young footballers from sacrificing their education for a career on the pitch. This will help Nigeria, he says. by Humprehy Njoku Waidi Akanni comes from the generation of Nigerian football...

Tonali explains Milan switch

Sandro Tonali says he "closed all other doors" when his childhood team Milan made it clear they wanted to sign him. Milan announced the signing of the Italy international on loan with an option to buy for a reported...

Edmond Tapsoba and the Bayer 04 Leverkusen defence – one reason Leverkusen could contend...

Bayer Leverkusen have never won the Bundesliga title — they have come close, though, in the past, and with Leon Bailey and Florian Wirtz helping transform Peter Bosz’s attacking philosophy into points on the pitch, they have never had...
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