Thursday, May 15, 2025

Football

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

Ferran Torres tops a Messi record

Ferran Torres broke a record previously held by Lionel Messi when he struck a memorable hat-trick for Manchester City against Newcastle on Friday (May 14). The 21-year-old’s treble helped the newly crowned Premier League champions to a thrilling 4-3 victory...

Osho demands positive result in Cairo to aid qualification

Enyimba coach Fatai Osho has insisted his side get a positive result when they face Pyramids FC in the CAF Confederation Cup this weekend. The Aba Elephants travelled to the 30 June Air Defence Stadium in Cairo for a date...

Eguma hopeful of improvement in away form

Technical manager of Rivers United, Stanley Eguma, believes his side's route to success this season is by improving on their results on the road. The Pride of Rivers are two points behind league leaders, Akwa United and have been perfect...

Bundesliga Wrap, Matchday 33: Freiburg hold Bayern as Lewandowski equals Muller’s record

Newly crowned Bundesliga champions, Bayern Munich were held to a 2-2 draw by 10th placed SC Freiburg at Schwarzwald-Stadion as Matchday 33 of the German top-flight saw seven games decided on Saturday (May 15). Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring through...

OM School in Nigeria completes first Open Day

A partnership between French team Olympique Marseille and Nigerian sports companies took another step forward on Saturday (May 15) as parents and guardians of students enrolled at the Olympique Marseille (OM) School, in the southern city of Port Harcourt,...

Robert Lewandowski at record-equalling 40 goals – SEE HIGHLIGHTS VIDEO

Polish striker Robert Lewandowski took his Bundesliga tally for the season to a record-equalling 40 on Saturday (May 15) during a Bayern Munich game against Freiburg. Lewandwoski's feat has equalled Gerd Müller’s scoring record from the 1971-1972 Bundesliga season....

David Luiz and Arsenal set to part ways

Arsenal defender David Luiz is set to leave the club after the climax of the 2020-21 season. Luiz, who was signed from Chelsea in the summer of 2019 and has spent the last two years in North London reportedly informed...

Rodgers wants Leicester to inspire lesser teams by lifting FA Cup

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers has stated that he wants his side to be an inspiration to clubs who want to punch above their weight despite the finances and status.Leicester will have a chance to win their first ever...

Hugo Broos appointment as Bafana Bafana coach made public

New Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos addressed the media at a press conference at SAFA House on May 12, 2021 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 69-year-old Belgium national hailing from the capital of West Flanders, Bruges. Broos has...

Pirlo won’t step down as Juve boss after Milan thrashing

Andrea Pirlo has said he won't be stepping down as head coach of Juventus after the club's hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League took a hit on Sunday (May 9).  Juventus suffered a 3-0 home defeat to AC...