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Deadline Day: Morocco’s Amrabat joins Fenerbahce on loan from Fiorentina

Deadline Day: Morocco’s Amrabat joins Fenerbahce on loan from Fiorentina

Morocco international Sofyan Amrabat has joined Fenerbahce on loan from Italian outfit Fiorentina, Afrosport reports. The Turkish giants announced on their social media handles that they have reached an agreement with Fiorentina to sign the combative midfielder on a season-long loan. The Atlas Lion star is reportedly on his way to Istanbul, the Turkish capital, to undergo his medicals and complete the necessary paperwork to make...

2024-25 UCL Draws: Holders Real Madrid get Liverpool, Milan; Man City to play Inter & PSG

2024-25 UCL Draws: Holders Real Madrid get Liverpool, Milan; Man City to play Inter & PSG

The draws for the new 36-team league format of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League season were held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on Thursday. The new Champions League format ushers in the single 36-team league phase. Each team is expected to face eight different teams (four at home, four away) in a round robin format. The top eight overall advance directly to the round of...

AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Super Eagles on path to failure without kicking a ball

AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Labbadia announces first Super Eagles squad

Newly-appointed Nigeria head coach, Bruno Labbadia has invited 23 players for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Benin Republic and Rwanda in September. Labbadia has wasted no time to hit the ground running after his confirmation as Finidi George’s successor on Tuesday. Current African Footballer of the Year, Victor Osimhen, Atalanta’s UEFA Europa League final hero Ademola Lookman, Fulham midfielder Alex Iwobi, and...

Done Deal: Mali forward Bilal Toure joins VFB Stuggart on loan from Atalanta

Done Deal: Mali forward Bilal Toure joins VFB Stuggart on loan from Atalanta

Mali forward El Bilal Toure has joined Bundesliga outfit VFB Stuggart on a one-year loan deal from the Italian Serie A side Atalanta, Afrosport reports. The German side has an option to buy the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations champion if certain criteria are met and the move signifies a breath of fresh air for the forward. The 22-year-old forward joined Atalanta on transfer deadline...

Paris 2024: Nigeria’s Favour Ofili rues omission from 100 metres event

Paris 2024: AFN responds to Ofili’s omission claim from women’s 100 metres

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has debunked claims it omitted the name of its reigning 100 metres queen, Favour Ofili, from the sprint event at the Paris 2024 Olympics. This comes after the track queen accused the Athletics body of incompetence and deliberately omitted her name from of the biggest events at the Games. However, the AFN has refuted the claims of Ofili stating that...