It was a family affair in a pre-season friendly game in Nigeria as former Super Eagles goalkeeper Dele Aiyenugba competed against his son, Daniel in a fixture between Kwara United and Beyond Limits Football Academy in Ikenne, Ogun State. Dele Aiyenugba was in goal for Kwara United while his protege wore the no. 1 shirt for Beyond Limits FA, the youth team of NPFL side Remo...
Super Falcons forward Gift Monday has defended teammate Asisat Oshoala's form at the ongoing Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The Barcelona Femeni star's best performance in the tournament was off the bench against co-hosts the Matildas which resulted in a 3-2 victory. However in the games against Canada and Ireland, the former Arsenal and Liverpool player was not so effective, drawing the ire...
This should be another summer where players across Europe are making moves across the continent in the transfer window. That norm however seems to have changed as a list of high-profile players that started with Cristiano Ronaldo and now Karim Benzema, N'Golo Kante, Roberto Firmino among others and have all headed to Saudi Arabia. This comes on the back of the Public Investment Fund (PIF) taking...
Wendy Shongwe has narrated how she made a promise to her father to play football over athletics while in school. The 20-year-old is currently a student at the University of Pretoria and is part of South Africa’s squad at the ongoing 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Playing football was however not straightforward for her as she started out in athletics where she excelled and that was...
Barbara Banda made history when she scored the 1000th goal in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Zambia’s 3-1 win over Costa Rica on Monday. The Shanghai Shengli forward scored the second goal of the game after Lushomo Mweemba gave the Cooper Queens the lead. Racheal Kundananji added the third goal in injury time to seal a historic maiden win for the southern African country in...
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