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NWFL: What to know about 2023-24 season & how to watch matches on your phone

NWFL: What to know about 2023-24 season & how to watch matches on your phone

The 2023-24 Nigeria Women Football League will begin on Tuesday, November 14 with 16 teams vying for the league title. Delta Queens are reigning champions after clinching the 2022-23 title in June on home ground in Asaba and will begin their defence against newly-promoted Ekiti Queens in Ado-Ekiti. The new season comes with an unprecedented live broadcast of the Nigeria women's league game on television. Afrosport...

Ghana football mourns as Black Stars player Dwamena passes away on the pitch

Ghana football mourns as Black Stars player Dwamena passes away on the pitch

The Ghana football community has been thrown into mourning by the tragic death of Black Stars forward Raphael Dwamena who slumped and died during an Albanian Superliga match on Saturday. Dwamena who was playing for his club, FK Egnatia against KF Partizani, collapsed in the 23rd minute and was confirmed dead upon arrival in the hospital.  The 28-year-old had suffered heart problems in the past but...

Lagos Women Run: NSCDC officer Abiye wins 2023 edition

Lagos Women Run: NSCDC officer Abiye wins 2023 edition

Joy Abiye, an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, has emerged winner of the 2023 edition of the Lagos Women Run at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Onikan on Saturday.  Abiye, a native of Ondo State, crossed the finish line of the 10km race first in a time of 33 minutes, 41 seconds to win the grand prize of 1.5 million naira.  Meanwhile,...

U17 World Cup: Morocco & Mali off to winning start in Indonesia

U17 World Cup: Morocco & Mali off to winning start in Indonesia

Morocco and Mali secured comfortable wins in their opening matches at the FIFA U17 World Cup in Indonesia on Friday morning. Morocco sealed a 2-0 win over Panama in Group A while Mali romped to a 3-0 triumph over Uzbekistan in a Group B fixture. Saifine Chlaghmo scored the first goal of the tournament with his opening strike for the Atlas Lions in the 16th minute...

EFC 109: Mulenga extends first round knockout run against Henning

EFC 109: Mulenga extends first round knockout run against Henning

Zambia's Humphrey Mulenga continued his first-round dominance against opponents with a quick knockout victory against heavy-handed Cole Henning in the main event of Thursday's EFC 109.  It took 21-year-old Mulenga 4 minutes and 56 seconds to cement his position as one of the biggest lightweight fighters in Africa after his knee-kick pushed Henning to the canvas who was later saved by the referee to prevent follow-up...