Four-time African Footballer of the Year, Yaya Toure has resigned his position as Standard Liege to become the assistant coach of Saudi Arabia national team. Toure is the latest football icon to consider a career in the Middle East as Saudi Arabia continue its football development and revolution ahead of the hosting of the 2034 FIFA World Cup. Standard Liege confirmed the departure of the 2015...
Mali international Abdoulaye Doucoure has penned a new contract at Everton that will keep him in the Premier League until June 2025. The new deal comes as a reward for the 30-year-old for his inspiring performances in Sean Dyche's team athat has put the club 15th in the league table. Doucoure played a massive part in helping Everton escape relegation to the Championship last season with...
Over 8,00 women have registered to participate in the 2023 Lagos Women Run 10km race that will take place on November 11 in Lagos State. Covener of the annual athletics event, Tayo Popoola explained that the 8000 participants include over 300 professional athletes and local athletes. Popoola, at a press conference in the Teslim Balogun Stadium, stressed that the eighth edition of Lagos Women Run is...
Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has been named as the eighth best player in the world during the 2023 Ballon d'Or ranking. Osimhen is the best ranked African star and he finished ahead of Real Madrid's Croatian star Luka Modric and Manchester City's Bernando Silva in the top 10 ranking. The Nigerian's heroic performance for Napoli last season earned him a a place in the star-studded...
Algeria international Youcef Atal has been slapped with a seven-match ban by French Ligue 1 authorities (LFP) over his social media comments about the ongoing war between Israel and Palestine. The Ligue 1 authorities confirmed the punishment after the 27-year-old defender was handed an indefinite suspension by his club, OGC Nice last week. In the wake of the Israel-Hamas war this month, Atal pledged his support...
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