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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.

Messi hates football without fans

FC Barcelona captain Lionel Messi insists that playing football without fans present in the stadium has been extremely difficult to deal with.The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in fans been prevented from attending games and Messi has...

Napoli win appeal against 3-0 Juventus forfeit defeat

 Italian club, SSC Napoli have won their appeal against the 3-0 forfeit defeat to Serie A champions, Juventus.It means that the subsequent one-point penalty which the Naples club was hit with has also been rescinded.The game has now been...

Scott McTominay and Aaron Wan-Bissaka to miss EFL clash versus Everton

Two Manchester United stars Scott McTominay and Aaron Wan-Bissaka will take no part in the club’s EFL Cup game against Everton on Wednesday.Despite being ruled out of the quarter final clash against the Toffees, the duo will be in...

Aduku targets 100% NWFL Premiership performance

Bayelsa Queens head coach, Moses Aduku has promised to keep intact his side 100% performance so far in the ongoing top-flight against equally 100% record holders, FC Robo Queens. The Restoration Girls will host the Lagos landladies in Wednesday’s Nigeria...

African players in Europe: Two-goal Salah leads Golden Boot race

Egyptian Mohamed Salah shot to the top of the Premier League Golden Boot race by bagging a brace at the weekend as Liverpool demolished Crystal Palace 7-0. The 28-year-old sharpshooter has averaged a goal a game since the league season...

Second position is failure for Enyimba – Osho

Enyimba manager, Fatai Osho has said that coming second would be outright failure for the two-time African champions in their upcoming clash against Sudanese giants, Al-Merrikh Sporting Club. The People’s Elephant have a date with the Sudanese champions on Wednesday...

Abraham at the double as Chelsea sink West Ham

Chelsea returned to winning ways on Monday (December 21), overcoming a nervy spell to beat West Ham 3-0 and reignite their challenge for a Premier League top-four place after consecutive defeats. West Ham proved tricky opponents at an empty Stamford...

Solskjaer savours Man Utd triumph

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has spoken about his happiness after Manchester United's stunning 6-2 victory over Leeds United in the Premier League on Sunday.Scott McTominay and Bruno Fernandes netted braces with Victor Nilsson Lindelöf and Daniel James also making goalscoring...

Zidane lauds Benzema

Real Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane has praised star forward, Karim Benzema following another scintillating display which culminated in an important victory of Los Blancos in La Liga on Sunday.The champions defeated Eibar 3-1 at Ipurua Futbol Zelaia to...

NPFL gets December 27 kick-off date

The League Management Company (LMC) has confirmed Sunday, December 27 as the commencement date for the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) 2020/2021 season. The league organiser said the commencement date was arrived at after consultations with the Nigeria Football Federation...
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