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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.

Lobi Stars’ Mathias devises novel COVID training routine

Nigerian attacking midfielder, Samuel Mathias has said he has been able to develop his own daily training routine that allows him to cope with coronavirus crisis lockdown. Football activities in the country were suspended indefinitely in mid-March. The Lobi Stars player...

Bundesliga Matchday 20 Preview

The Bundesliga continues into the second month of 2021 with a headlinefixture to kick-off the weekend in style under the Friday night lights of thecapital. League leaders FC Bayern München travel to Berlin to begin the action, facingHertha Berlin on...

Bayern punish Tolisso for getting tattoo during pandemic

Bayern Munich dropped World Cup winner Corentin Tolisso on Saturday and hit the France midfielder with an undisclosed "heavy" fine for breaking their hygiene rules during the coronavirus pandemic by getting a tattoo.  "Corentin Tolisso has violated our guidelines... which...

Hoffenheim thrash Bayern 4-1

TSG Hoffenheim created one of the biggest shocks in Europe this season with a stunning 4-1 victory over European champions, Bayern Munich on Sunday. Bayern came into the game on the back of their latest bit of silverware, the...

Man Utd miss out on second place, Villa soar into top six

A late Axel Tuanzebe own goal prevented Manchester United moving up to second in the Premier League after a 2-2 draw at Leicester, as Aston Villa moved into the top six with victory over Crystal Palace on Saturday (December 26). A...

Salah now Barcelona’s top transfer target

Spanish club, FC Barcelona have made Mohamed Salah their new top transfer target, and the Liverpool star is keen to go.   That’s according to reports in the Netherlands, with Barca’s new Dutch boss Ronald Koeman planning to raid the...

Foreign-born players fueling title glory for teams at 2023 Africa Cup of Nations

A record number of players at AFCON 2023 were born in a foreign country and their presence in their origin country's football teams is hailed as a win for the game on the continent. Joel Omotto, bird story agency Twenty-four nations,...

Mourinho breaks COVID-19 restrictions

Tottenham Hotspur manager, Jose Mourinho and some of his squad appear to have broken COVID-19 restrictions after footage of one of the club's training sessions was made public.In the video released on Tuesday, defenders Davinson Sanchez and Ryan Sessegnon...

Nigerian fullback Efugh plans comeback “whenever the next season starts”

Chinedu Efugh, a formidable presence in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) for the last decade, has explained his absence from the suspended 2019/20 NPFL season. The NPFL and other domestic leagues were suspended indefinitely on March 18 due to...

Man of the moment Mbappe squares up to old club Monaco in Ligue 1...

Kylian Mbappe underlined why he is seen as a future Ballon d'Or winner with his midweek Champions League hat-trick for Paris Saint-Germain against Barcelona, but Sunday's opponents Monaco hardly needed any warning about the threat posed by the electrifying...
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