Thursday, April 25, 2024

Football

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

Ramos rejects contract extension at Real Madrid

Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos has rejected a one year contract extension at the Spanish club.Ramos' current deal at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu runs out on June 30 with an agreement yet to be reached between both parties about...

FIFA and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) formalise relations with landmark Memorandum...

Football’s global governing body FIFA and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further develop their long-standing working relationship. The long-term agreement will lead to both organisations working closely with those forcibly displaced...

Anyansi wants the NPFL televised

Chairman of two-time African champions, Enyimba International, Felix Anyansi-Agwu says the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) must have its games televised live.South African pay-tv broadcaster, SuperSport have since pulled the plug on a broadcast deal reached in 2013 to...

Amoo backs Golden Eaglets to come good

Head coach of Nigeria's U-17 football team, Fatai Amoo has backed his charges to bounce back into the reckoning, following their underwhelming start at the WAFU B U-17 tournament in Togo. The five-time world champions lost their opening game 0-1...

Premier League wrap Saturday: Chelsea blow chance to go top

Chelsea wasted a golden opportunity to go top of the Premier League on Saturday losing 1-0 to Everton at Goodison Park.Gylfi Sigurdsson's 22nd minute penalty was the difference between the two sides as the Blues remained in third place...

Tuchel lifts lid on Giroud’s future

 Thomas Tuchel has revealed that no decision has yet been made on Chelsea's France international striker, Olivier Giroud.Tuchel added that he has not had ample time since he was appointed Chelsea manager to make a decision on the veteran...

Neymar reaches milestone but PSG held ahead of Man Utd showdown

Neymar scored his 50th league goal for Paris Saint-Germain but warned the Ligue 1 leaders needed to improve quickly as they prepared for a crunch European clash with Manchester United by drawing 2-2 with Bordeaux on Saturday. The world's most...

Sidwell reveals ex-Chelsea stars were devastated over Mourinho sacking

Former Chelsea star, Steve Sidwell has sensationally revealed that John Terry, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba cried after Portuguese coach, Jose Mourinho was sacked as manager of the club in 2007. Sidwell claimed that the players were so devastated at...

Guardiola thinks City can prove something

Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City still has a point to prove when they welcome Liverpool to the Etihad Stadium on Thursday (July 2) despite losing the Premier League title the previous week after a 1-2 loss to Chelsea at...
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