Author: Tumininu Yussuf
Nigeria’s senior male cricket team captain, Sylvester Okpe, insisted that the team had a good tournament with their performance at the recently concluded ILT20 Continent Cup in Kigali, Rwanda.
Nigeria’s Flamingos made a gritty 3-2 comeback against Ivory Coast at the ongoing WAFU B U-17 Girls Cup, securing a crucial six points from two matches.
The Super Falcons have been crowned the best women’s national team at the 2024 CAF Awards, and their coach, Justin Madugu, couldn’t be more thrilled with the recognition.
Four players from Nigeria’s Super Falcons were honored with a place in the CAF FIFPro Best XI for 2024, a prestigious recognition at the CAF Awards held on Monday night in Marrakech, Morocco.
Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie was named the Best Goalkeeper at the 2024 CAF Awards on Monday night.
Nigeria’s U-17 women’s football team, the Flamingos, cruised to a 3-2 victory over Ivory Coast on Monday in their second match of the inaugural WAFU B U-17 Girls’ Cup in Accra, with Harmony Chidi scoring all three goals to seal Nigeria’s top position in Group B.
Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior was named FIFA’s The Best Men’s Player of the Year on Tuesday, edging out Manchester City’s Rodri by just five votes.
Chelsea winger, Mykhailo Mudryk has been provisionally suspended after failing a drug test, the Football Association confirmed today. The 23-year-old Ukrainian, who has been absent from the Blues’ squad since late November, was previously listed as being sidelined due to illness, but reports now suggest his absence is related to an adverse analytical finding from a recent drugs test. Further reports in Ukraine are claiming the substance found in Mudryk’s sample was meldonium – a performance-enhancing drug that was banned in 2016. Player’s representatives have not commented. Mudryk, who joined Chelsea in a high-profile £88m transfer from Shakhtar Donetsk in…
Zambia’s Barbra Banda has been named the 2024 CAF Women’s Player of the Year, defeating Nigeria’s Chiamaka Nnadozie, who finished as the runner-up. The announcement was made at the star-studded 2024 CAF Awards in Marrakech, Morocco, on Monday. Banda’s outstanding performances over the past year earned her the top honor. The Zambia Women’s National team captain becomes the first Zambian to win the CAF Women’s Player of the Year Award. At the same awards ceremony, Banda also made the CAF/FIFPRO Africa XI 2024. Playing for Orlando Pride in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), she was a key figure in helping the team win the NWSL Shield and…
Manchester United manager, Ruben Amorim has explained his reason for excluding star players Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho from the squad for Sunday’s Premier League derby against Manchester City.
