Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman scored a brilliant hat-trick for Atalanta in their exhilarating 3-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the UEFA Europa League final on Wednesday. The 26-year-old Nigerian made history at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, as he became the first African player to score a hat-trick in the final of a major UEFA competition, and the first player to score thrice in...
Nigeria forward Ademola Lookman became the first African player to score three goals in the final of a major UEFA tournament. Lookman scored two quick-fire goals in the first-half with a third in the second half to give Atalanta a 30 lead in the first half of the UEFA Europa League final against Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday. The hat-trick also made Lookman the third Nigeria international...
The heavy downpour in Accra, the Ghanaian capital city has forced the postponement of the group stage match between Nigeria and Togo in the WAFU B U17 Championship. The final group game that was initially slated for Wednesday at the University of Ghana Stadium will now take place on Thursday morning at the same venue. The other Group B match between Burkina Faso and Niger was...
Gareth Southgate announced his provisional squad for the 2024 European Championship on Tuesday with a few surprises in the selection. Six players with African heritage made the 33-man list that will be trimmed before the tournament kicks off Germany on June 14. Crystal Palace’s Marc Guehi who was born in the Ivorian capital city of Abidjan made the very competitive defensive line-up. Guehi played across England...
Ahead of next month’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers between Benin Republic and Nigeria, the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has substituted the officials initially selected to oversee the tie. Ethiopian official Bamlak Tessema Weyesa, who was initially selected as the referee for the match, has been replaced by Pierre Ghislain Atcho of Gabon. Weyesa’s countrymen, Temesgin Samuel Atango and Tigle Gizaw Belachew, retained their...
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