Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Football

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

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...

Pinnick wants Waldrum to conquer Africa with Falcons

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president, Amaju Pinnick wants the new head coach of the country’s senior women’s national team, Randy Waldrum, to aim for glory at the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations. Waldrum’s appointment as Super Falcons head coach was...

France Football to select “greatest XI in history” to replace 2020 Ballon d’Or

It is no longer news that the Ballon d’Or awards will not be held this year because of the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. In its place, France Football have announced an ambitious replacement: the selection of "the greatest...

Shaqiri tests negative after positive COVID-19 result

Xherdan Shaqiri, Liverpool's Swiss international, has finally returned a negative Covid-19 test, the Swiss football federation announced on Thursday (October 8). Shaqiri had initially become the third Liverpool player to test positive for coronavirus over the past week after the...

Q&A with Dani Olmo, RB Leipzig

Q: How do you judge the start of the season for RB and foryourself personally? A:“We are very happy. We are in the next round of the DFLPokal (Cup) and also, we reached a very important winin the first game...

Arsenal sign Partey from Atletico Madrid

Arsenal have completed a deadline day signing of Ghana International midfielder, Thomas Partey from LaLiga side, Atletico Madrid in a £45 million deal. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta couldn't hide his excitement when speaking of the signing. "We have been...

Tottenham batter Manchester United

Jose Mourinho finally got his pound of flesh as Tottenham beat Manchester United 6-1 away at Old Trafford. Harry Kane and Son both scored twice with Lucas Moira and Tunguy Ndombele the other scorers. Anthony Martial was sent off quite...

Southampton sign Ibrahima Diallo

Southampton Football Club has announced the transfer of France Under-21 international Ibrahima Diallo. The central midfielder has joined on a four-year contract from Ligue 1 side Brest, having passed a medical over the weekend, becoming the third addition of...

Saints provide complimentary shirts after Chinese sponsor fiasco

Southampton Football Club this week announced it would provide free shirts to fans who had already purchased this season's club strip displaying a defunct sponsor. The move follows the recent appointment of Sportsbet.io as new Main Club Partner. Supporters who have...

Bundesliga side Hoffenheim and MLS club FC Cincinnati enter partnership

In the latest sign of growing trans-Atlantic football engagement, TSG Hoffenheimand FC Cincinnati have entered into a partnership that should see both teams benefitfrom both branding exposure and innovations in two very different football cultures. "We're very pleased that we've...
Error decoding the Instagram API json