The Supersand Eagles continued their imperious run at the 2015 African Beach Soccer Championship with a 4-1 thrashing of Egypt on Wednesday. On the beach of Roche Caiman Sports Complex in Victoria, where they sliced host nation Seychelles 10-1 on Tuesday, Audu Adamu Ejo’s wards were somewhat
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Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has been handed a two-match ban by the French Football Federation for comments made about a referee on Twitter. Aulas branded the performance of Clement Turpin “appalling” following his side’s 1-1 Ligue 1 draw with PSG in February, in which Zlatan Ibrahimovic levelled with a 69th minute. The comments landed Aulas […]
Gbolahan Salami has charged his Warri Wolves teammates to record a big win in a CAF Confederation Cup second round match on Saturday against MK Etancheite from DR Congo as a befitting birthday gift for him. “Wednesday is my birthday and I want my team mates to brace up for the game and use the […]
Luis Enrique insists Barcelona have enough quality at their disposal to cover Dani Alves. The Brazil international has been involved in a long-running transfer saga with his contract at Camp Nou set to expire at the end of the campaign. A move to a different league appears the most likely outcome should the former Sevilla […]
Mr. Bernard Camille from the Indian Ocean island of Seychelles has been appointed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) as Referee for this weekend’s CAF Confederation Cup second round, first leg match between Warri Wolves of Nigeria and FCMK of Democratic Republic of Congo. Camille’s compatriots, Hensley Danny Petrousse, Jean Joseph Felix Ernesta and […]
Onome Ebi has revealed that African champions’ Super falcons will show their class at the All Africa Games and Olympic qualifiers as well as the FIFA Women’s World Cup. The FK Minsk of Belarus player was part of the Falcons team who thrashed Mali 8-0 in Abuja to book a ticket to play in the […]
Dagenham and Redbridge midfielder Joss Labadie has been banned for six months by the English Football Association (FA) after being found guilty of biting for a second time. The 24-year-old was charged by the FA after claims that he bit Stevenage defender Ronnie Henry in a League Two encounter last month. Labadie was banned for […]
Brazilian wonderkid Nathan Allan de Souza is undergoing a medical at Stamford Bridge after the Premier League leaders reportedly agreed a deal worth £4.5m to beat off interest from Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool. The 19-year-old youth international broke through the ranks with Atletico Paranaense but has become embroiled in a legal battle with the […]
Former Super Eagles players, most especially those of the USA ’94 and Atlanta ’96 fame, teamed up with sports writers, music stars and other On Air Personalities (OAPs), for a rare appearance in a football match recently, at the Campos Mini Stadium, in Lagos Island. The novelty match was organized by Nigeria’s leading telecommunications and […]
A handful of Manchester City fans were ejected from Old Trafford for allegedly mocking the Munich Air Disaster during Sunday’s 4-2 derby defeat by Manchester United. Stewards threw out the group who were said to be attempting to taunt home supporters by making airplane wings in a sick reference to the 1958 tragedy. A total […]
Manchester United wide man Ashley Young believes Yaya Toure failed to do his job in keeping tabs on Marouane Fellaini throughout the Manchester derby on Sunday. Young and Fellaini were instrumental as the Red Devils claimed a 4-2 win over Manchester City to move four points clear of the Sky Blues. United, along with Arsenal, […]
Barcelona head coach Luis Enrique says Paris Saint-Germain still have the ability to hurt his side despite missing a host of key players. The Catalan giants travel to Paris for their UEFA Champions League (UCL) quarter-final first leg today, but the hosts could be without up to four regular first-team starters. Former Barca man Zlatan […]
Romel Lukaku is nearing a return for Everton against Burnley this weekend after a hamstring injury.The £28 million summer signing is Everton’s top scorer in the Premier League with eight goals, but has missed their last two games after limping off against QPR on March 22. He made good progress last week but was not […]
The referee for Floyd Mayweather’s showdown with Manny Pacquiao will earn the sum of $10,000 (£6,800) for officiating the biggest fight since the turn of the millennium. Mayweather and Pacquiao are expected to pocket £82m and £54.5m respectively from the fight which is reportedly worth an estimated $300m (£205m). If those figures are accurate, undefeated […]
Title sponsor of the Glo Premier League, Globacom, has expressed concern over the early exit of Kano Pillars FC and Enyimba FC of Aba after both sides were eliminated from the ongoing CAF Champions League. Pillars and Enyimba lost out in the second round to teams from Algeria and Egypt respectively in what observers termed […]
Eric Cantona proved a controversial and outspoken figure during his playing career, and his latest claims about who is the world’s greatest player will surprise many. The ongoing debate usually surrounds two men – Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. But Cantona has shunned both of those names in favour of Paris
Thomas Muller says Bayern Munich are brimming with confidence ahead of today’s UEFA Champions League quarter-final with Porto despite the injury crisis that has hit the Bundesliga champions. Franck Ribery and Bastian Schweinsteiger were the latest two players to be ruled out of the last eight clash due to an ankle injury and illness respectively. […]
Real Madrid will aim to turn around a dismal recent record against city rivals Atletico Madrid when the clubs meet in the quarter-finals of the Champions League tonight. Since overcoming their neighbours to lift an historic 10th European crown last May, Real have failed to beat Atletico in six attempts. A 1-0 defeat at the […]
The long awaited contract between the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and Stephen Keshi as the Head Coach of the Super Eagles will be finally signed on Friday, April 17. General Secretary of NFF, Mohammed Sanusi told Extra Time in Abuja that the Federation have concluded to name a coach for the Super Eagles on the […]
One of the first stars of women’s football in Africa, Mercy Akide Udoh was a trailblazer in more ways than one. An exciting attacking player, she starred for Nigeria in three FIFA Women’s World Cups, two Olympic Football Tournaments and won three African titles with the Super Falcons. She was named by CAF as the […]
