The Confederation of African Football (CAF), through its Technical Study Group has revealed the best XI players at the just-concluded 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. The squad is dominated by Nigeria and Ivory Coast who have three players each as Equatorial Guinea’s Emilio Nsue also made the cut as the tournament’s top goalscorer with five goals. Reigning African Footballer of the Year, Victor Osimhen who played...
The 2024 Professional Fighters League season is set to commence on February 24 with a blockbuster fightcard that features PFL champions and Bellator champions in the Saudi Arabian city of Riyadh. The season-opening clash will be the maiden pay-per-view super fight event hosted by the PFL. PFL made headlines across Africa in May 2023 after Cameroon fighter Francis Ngannou announced his new deal with the American...
Super Eagles midfielder Alex Iwobi has cleared all his pictures and videos on the social media platform, Instagram after reported cyberbullying. Iwobi has been a target of heavy criticism for his performance in Nigeria's 2-1 defeat to Ivory Coast in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final. The Fulham star saw 79 minutes of action on Sunday and he was replaced by Alhassan Yusuf in the...
Nigeria captain Ahmed Musa has called on his compatriots to remain united after cheering the Super Eagles to the second-place finish at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. The Super Eagles suffered a 2-1 loss to host country Ivory Coast in Abidjan on Sunday which deprived them a fourth AFCON title. Although Musa did not play a minute of football in the tournament, he described his...
Men's marathon world record holder, Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya has been confirmed dead in a road accident that happened in western Kenya on Sunday. Kiptum bettered Eliud Kipchoge's record to set a new world lead time of 2 hours and 35 seconds in Chicago Marathon last October. Kiptum's car was the only one involved in the crash after it veered off the road around 11pm (Kenyan...
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