Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Football

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

Bosso explains F/Eagles’ WAFU tie loss to Ghana

Nigeria’s U20 men’s team (Flying Eagles) head coach, Ladan Bosso has blamed his wards wastefulness in front of goal for the sour defeat to Ghana’s Black Satellites in their last Group B game of the 2021 U20 AFCON qualifiers...

Boninsegna takes aim at CR7, lauds Lukaku

Former Italy international, Roberto Boninsegna has taken aim at Juventus' Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of Sunday's Derby d'Italia. Boninsegna who earned 22 caps while representing Italy at senior level between 1967 to 1974 insists that while the Portuguese player's...

Hertha Berlin win Berlin Derby vs Union

A first goal by Nigerian forward Taiwo Awoniyi was not enough as Hertha Berlin won the Berlin derby 3 goals to 1 against Awoniyi's Union Berlin at the Olympic Stadium. Union are not nicknamed ‘the Iron Ones’ for nothing and Urs...

Solskjaer keen to build Man Utd ‘culture’

Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is keen to build a new culture at the club after guiding them to a place in next season’s UEFA Champions League. United sealed third place in the 2019/2020 Premier League after defeating Leicester...

Arab wings, the “Jollof Derby” and five African cup finals

African Football fans across the continent and elsewhere were on the edge of their seats as the Qatar 2022 FIFA World cup playoffs produced some mouth-watering results and the setting for 5 explosive fixtures next Tuesday, March 29, 20022...

Inter could see Conte exit

Antonio Conte could be on his way out of Italian club, Inter Milan after he failed to guide the Nerazzurri to UEFA Europa League success. Inter’s 3-2 Europa League defeat to Sevilla on Friday (August 20) meant Conte finished...

Q&A: Pellegrino Matarazzo/ VfB Stuttgart

Q: How do you feel about being a head coach in the Bundesliga? “It’s a fantastic feeling to have such a big responsibility at a club likeStuttgart. It is a club with so much history and culture and such...

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023: Meet Onome Ebi, the oldest player in the tournament

This year's tournament features Onome Ebi, the seasoned Nigerian captain who, at 40, is proving that years of experience can be key to winning titles, on and off the pitch. Joel Omotto, bird story agency Onome Ebi, the captain of Nigeria,...

FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura to Receive the World Football Summit Lifetime Achievement Award

The World Football Summit (WFS) (www.WorldFootballSummit.com), the biggest platform dedicated to the football industry, and APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading pan-African communications consultancy and press release distribution service, are proud to announce that FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura has...

Real Madrid again world’s most valuable club

Thirteen-time European champions, Real Madrid have held on to their record of being the most valuable football club in the world for the second year in a row, after increasing their value by eight percent in 2019. Friday’s edition of Dario AS Los...