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Nigeria’s Moffi & Simon nominated for 2024 Marc Vivien Foe award

Nigeria’s Moffi & Simon nominated for 2024 Marc Vivien Foe award

Super Eagles forwards Terem Moffi and Moses Simon have been selected for the award of the best African player in the French Ligue 1 in the 2023-24 season. The Marc Vivien Foe award is an annual award that was named after Cameroon legend Marc Vivien Foe who died during the 2003 FIFA Confederation Cup match between Cameroon and Colombia on June 26, 2003. Moffi is leading...

2023 African Games: Silver in women’s team tennis as Nigeria finishes second in overall standings

2023 African Games: Silver in women’s team tennis as Nigeria finishes second in overall standings

Nigeria capped off a successful outing at the 13th edition of the African Games in Accra, Ghana, with a silver medal in the women’s team tennis event, losing 2-0 to Egypt at the Borteyman sports complex on Saturday, March 23, the final day of the event. The West African powerhouse finished in second place in the overall medal standings for the seventh time and the third...

Cameroon: FECAFOOT suspends Wilfried Douala and 61 others for age fraud

Cameroon: FECAFOOT suspends Wilfried Douala and 61 others for age fraud

The Cameroonian Football Federation (FECAFOOT) has suspended sixty-two (62) players, including Wilfried Nathan Douala, who was part of their squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Ivory Coast earlier this year. Douala and the other 61 players have been suspended for “double identity” following suspicions of the players possibly hiding their actual ages. The Cameroon-based midfielder, who plies his trade with Victoria United,...

‘Cameroon pepper well served’ – Nigerians react to Ngannou’s KO loss to Joshua

‘Cameroon pepper well served’ – Nigerians react to Ngannou’s KO loss to Joshua

Anthony Joshua's knockout win over Francis Ngannou in a 10-round heavyweight fight has continued to generate reactions on social media. The former heavyweight champion of Nigerian roots made light work of his Cameroonian opponent with a brutal knockout that left him unconscious in the second round. The victory puts Joshua in leading position to contest for a heavyweight title but Nigerians are more satisfied as they...

Ngannou sends message to fans after defeat to Joshua

Ngannou sends message to fans after defeat to Joshua

Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou has sent an apology to his fans after he suffered a knock-out loss to Anthony Joshua in a heavyweight boxing fight. Joshua floored the Cameroonian star twice at the Kingdom Arena before landing a knockout blow in the second round of the contest. Friday's fight was Ngannou's second boxing bout after he made his debut in the sport against Tyson...