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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.

Khune stars as Kaizer Chiefs win on CAF Champions League return

Itumeleng Khune saved a penalty as South African giants Kaizer Chiefs made a winning return to the CAF Champions League by beating PWD Bamenda 1-0 in Cameroon at the weekend. Several superb saves by the 33-year-old goalkeeper kept Chiefs level...

Two candidates drop out of Barcelona Presidential race

Two more candidates have dropped out of  January's presidential elections at FC Barcelona.This was ratified Monday and it means that the race has now been narrowed   to five individuals.  Catalan radio station RAC1 reported on Monday that Jordi Farre...

Liverpool stumble again in Southampton defeat

Liverpool failed to win for the third consecutive Premier League game as Danny Ings's second-minute goal earned Southampton a 1-0 win at St. Mary's on Monday. The English champions remain top of the table on goal difference over Manchester United,...

Ozil won’t leave Arsenal says agent

Mesut Ozil’s agent says the German midfielder will not leave the North London club at the end of the current season. Erkut Sogut, the midfielder’s representative however conceded that there is a ’90 per cent’ chance that Ozil will...

Osimhen poised to make Napoli switch

21-year-old Nigerian international Victor Osimhen appears set to join Italian club, SSC Napoli from his French club, Lille OSC. Osimhen netted 13 goals in 27 league appearances for Les Dogues before the 2019/20 campaign was cancelled following the outbreak of...

Arsenal and Man City, Man Utd and Chelsea in FA Cup Semis

Manchester United and Chelsea will face off in the first semi-final of the FA Cup, while Arsenal square off with Manchester City in the second. The draws were made at half-time during the Newcastle v Manchester City quarter-finals game. United...

Bureau of FIFA Council Approves Increase of FIFA World Cup™ Squads to 26 Players

Size of final squad lists for FIFA  World Cup 2022™ increased to at least 23 and maximum of 26 players; 73rd FIFA  Congress to be held in Kigali, Rwanda on 16 March 2023; Equipment Regulations for FIFA competitions updated The Bureau of the...

Nigeria League – Olusoji respects the qualities of Vandrezzer FC

FC Nilayo head coach, Sunday Olusoji has praised greatly the qualities of the Nigeria National League (NNL) side, Vandrezzer FC, after the Abeokuta outfit fell 0-1 to the Lagos side in Saturday’s NNL Southern Conference B1 matchday 2 clash...

Arteta lifts lid on Luiz, Ceballos bust up

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has spoken about reports of a fight in training involving two of his charges, David Luiz and Dani Ceballos. There were reports on Thursday (November 19) that the two footballers were involved in a scuffle...

‘Diego will never die:’ Napoli honour Maradona with Europa League win

Napoli's players honoured club legend Diego Maradona on Thursday by stepping out onto the pitch wearing his number 10 jersey before their 2-0 Europa League win over Rijeka. "Diego is a legend and will never die," said Napoli coach Gennaro...
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