The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has given the new match ball for the 2024-25 CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup a Nigerian name, Ola. OLA is a name in the Southwestern part of Nigeria popular to the Yoruba ethnic group which means either wealth, respect or honour. The word also has an Arabic meaning of 'rise' and 'success'. CAF disclosed that the new match...
Super Eagles striker Victor Boniface has clinched the Rookie of the Season award in the German Bundesliga following his fine performances for Bayer Leverkusen. The 23-year-old joined Leverkusen in July 2023 and he has made a remarkable start to life in Germany. The Rookie of the Season award honours the best young player in the German top-flight and the Nigeria international saw off competition from RB...
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will face each other in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, May 18 with four heavyweight titles from WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF on the line. The four heavyweight titles will be on display at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh as the world awaits the coronation of the first heavyweight champion since 1999. A boxer who holds the titles from the four boxing...
Ronwen Williams is upbeat about South Africa's chances of securing a win against Nigeria in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Bafana Bafana and the Super Eagles will rekindle rivalry at the Goodswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on June 7, with Hugo Broos' men hoping to revenge for their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations semi-final defeat to the West Africans. The most recent encounter between both...
The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying match between Nigeria and South Africa will now be held on June 7 at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The Super Eagles will then travel to Ivory Coast to face Gernot Rohr's Benin Republic at the Felix-Houphouet Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, on June 10. The games will be Finidi George's first assignment with the Super Eagles...
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