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Football

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

Leeds inch closer to the Premier League; Man Utd win, Southampton draw

Leeds United look set to return to the Premier League as their 5-0 win over Stoke City propelled them back to the top of the Championship on Thursday night to move a point above West Bromwich Albion and six...

Aliko explains his departure from Katsina Utd

Katsina United goalkeeper, Mustapha Aliko has ended his one-year stint with the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) side. The former Niger Tornadoes shot-stopper originally signed a two-year contract with the Chanji Boys in 2019. Aliko said he had decided to...

Amoo prefers Premier League move for Osimhen

Former Nigerian assistant coach, Fatai Amoo has said he would have loved to see the Nigerian and Lille FC goal king, Victor Osimhen continue his amazing football development in the English Premiership. The Nigerian prodigy may be heading to Serie...

Q&A with Francis Moniedafe

Q&A Francis Moniedafe Few people live up to the description of living legend as well as Nigerian Francis Moniedafe. A veteran of the game, Moniefade has done it all, from playing at every level of the game in Nigeria to...

Mourinho on “beautiful” Lloris, Son bust-up

Tottenham Hotspur manager, Jose Mourinho has declared that the altercation between club captain, Hugo Lloris and attacker, Heung-min Son during the 1-0 win against Everton wasn't necessarily a negative thing. The Portuguese trainer went a step further to describe the...

Sarri takes positives from Juve “blackout” in Milan

Juventus head coach Maurizio Sarri has spoken about the "blackout" his side experienced in their capitulation to Milan in the Serie A on Tuesday night (July 7). La Vecchia Signora were firmly on track to record a routine win at...

Solskjaer wants England Cap for Greenwood

Manchester United's manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes the club's young striker, Mason Greenwood is ready to be capped by England. The teenage sensation is in great form this season and scored two brilliant goals as red-hot United defeated relegation-threatened Bournemouth...

Oluehi pens one-year contract with CD Pozoalbense

Super Falcons and Rivers Angels goalkeeper, Tochukwu Oluehi has joined Spanish Reto Iberdrola side, Club Deportivo Pozoalbense on a one-year contract for the upcoming 2020/21 season. The Nigerian player had a career stint at Belarussian top-flight, Bobruichanka Bobruisk, where she...

Mo Salah at the double, Man City crush Newcastle

Mohamed Salah scored twice for Liverpool as the Premier League champions ended their recent away goals drought since the restart by beating Brighton 3-1. Liverpool shot into a 2-0 lead under 10 minutes through Mo Salah in the 6th minute...

Zlatan on target, Milan stun Juventus

Italy's title race has been seemingly blown wide open again following Tuesday's 4-2 win by Milan over champions, Juventus at San Siro.It was a truly strange game whose result meant that Juve missed the chance to go 10 points...
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