Saturday, November 16, 2024

Football

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

Napoli win 2020 Coppa Italia

Napoli are 2020 Coppa Italia champions following a 4-2 penalty shootout victory over Juventus in Rome’a Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Wednesday night (June 17). Veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was in inspired form for Juventus in regulation time, making a...

Premier League all square with 9 games to go and Black Lives Matter up...

All Premier League Clubs have now played the same number of games after the outstanding fixtures were concluded on Wednesday (June 17). Play resumed with players across all teams with fixtures on Wednesday kneeling ahead of their games in solidarity...

City win, goal-line failure as Premier League returns with all the drama

Manchester City romped to an impressive 3-0 win over Arsenal to further delay Liverpool's coronation as the Premier League restarted without fans but definitely all the drama. The game marked a return to the Etihad for Arsenal Manager, Mikel...

Southampton to launch new Secutix ticketing system

Southampton Football Club will be introducing a new ticketing website and system for the start of the 2020/21 season, in partnership with SecuTix. A cloud-based ticketing solution, SecuTix will handle both ticketing and hospitality bookings through its SecuTix 360° platform,...

Bayern win Bundesliga title

Bayern Munich won the Bundesliga on Tuesday night (June 16), after beating Weder Bremen through star striker Robert Lewandowski‘s first-half goal, scored just before the interval. This was the Polish striker's 46th goal of the season in all competitions and takes...

Marcus Rashford a champion of free meals for school children

Manchester United striker, Marcus Rashford has been out of action since being sidelined with an injury late last year but he is in the news again. Not for his footballing skills or recovery but for a campaign he is...

Schooled by the “Headmaster” – a Q&A with Mutiu Adepoju

Q&A with Mutiu Adepoju Mutiu Adepoju was part of Nigeria’s golden generation that delivered World Cup qualification in 1994. Earlier that year, Nigeria had won the Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia with Mutiu playing an important role thanks to...

Bidvest Wits sale – is it now Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila?

Has Limpopo Businessman, Lawrence Mulaudzi really bought former PSL Champions, Bidvest Wits? This has been the biggest talking point in South African and indeed African football over the weekend. There hasn't been an official confirmation from Wits or the...

Even the Corona break couldn’t stop Messi record

A late strike by Lionel Messi in a game against Mallorca on Saturday (June 13) was enough to put paid to any worries that the break caused by the coronavirus pandemic might have ended his record-breaking form. Messi was imperious...

Mbachu backs Okon for Super Falcons’ job

Former Nigerian winger and coach of Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) Premiership side, Heartland Queens FC, Stella Mbachu has picked former Nigerian coach, Edwin Okon as the best hand for the vacant Super Falcons coaching job. The immediate past occupier...
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