Senegal

Sevilla vs Roma: Five Africans gunning for UEFA Europa League title

Sevilla vs Roma: Five Africans gunning for UEFA Europa League title

Five African players are aiming for European glory on Wednesday night when Sevilla tackle AS Roma in the UEFA Europa League final in Budapest. Sevilla have Morocco duo of Yassine Bounou and Youssef En-Nesyri, and Senegal midfielder Pape Gueye in their books while Guinea's Mady Camara and Gambia forward Ebrima Darboe are in Roma squad.   Yassine Bounou (Morocco) The 32-year-old has played in each of...

U20 World Cup: Highlighting Senegal’s failure after dominating Africa

U20 World Cup: Highlighting Senegal’s failure after dominating Africa

After winning the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in Egypt in March, Senegal struggled to replicate their impressive team effort at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina as they exit the tournament in the group stage. The Young Teranga Lions are the first and only African nation to be eliminated in the first round with the Gambia, Nigeria and Tunisia through to the round of...

U17 AFCON: Diouf leads Senegal stars in CAF Team of the Tournament

U17 AFCON: Diouf leads Senegal stars in CAF Team of the Tournament

Senegal players Serigne Diouf, Amara Diouf, Serigne Diouf and Abdou Aziz Fall have been named in CAF's Team of the Tournament for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations. Yahaya Lawali is the only Nigeria player in the 11-man selection after his solid defensive performances for the Golden Eaglets that earned him two Man-of-the-Match awards while Burkina Faso defender Lacina Traore got the nod for the left-back...

Osimhen & Lookman headline Africans in Serie A’s Team of the Season

Osimhen & Lookman headline Africans in Serie A’s Team of the Season

Nigeria's top goalscorers in the Serie A, Napoli's Victor Osimhen and Atalanta's Ademola Lookman have been nominated for the 2022-23 Serie A Team of the Season. Osimhen joins other stars in the selection as a result of his blistering form that helped him score 23 goals in 29 league goals and his return helped Napoli clinch their first top-flight crown since 1990. Lookman, on his part,...

U17 AFCON: Senegal & best 5 teams of the group stage

U17 AFCON: Five-star Senegal blitz past South Africa

Senegal produced a five-star performance in the quarter-final of the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations to defeat South Africa 5-0 on Wednesday evening. The emphatic victory at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Algiers automatically secure a place for the Teranga Cubs in the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup later in the year. South Africa showed a bit of composure in the opening minutes of the first...