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Nigeria has won the 2023 African U-21 Nations Women’s Volleyball Championship Zone 3 in Niamey, Niger Republic. Nigeria defeated Ghana 3:0 (25-10, 25-15, 25-10) in the finals on Sunday night to clinch the title. The girls had earlier eased past local rivals, Ghana in their first match of the tournament with a 3-0 […]
Sporting a pair of sunglasses, Asisat Oshoala celebrated Barcelona’s UEFA Champions League triumph with her teammates in early June, but Nigeria was already on her mind. Standing on the balcony of the historic palace in Placa de Sant Jaume in the city’s Gothic neighbourhood before several thousand jubilant fans, Oshoala was handed the microphone. […]
Real Madrid’s Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti will take over as head coach of Brazil’s national team for the 2024 Copa America, a source at the Brazilian Football Federation told AFP on Tuesday. The federation had announced earlier that Fluminense’s Fernando Diniz would take charge of the team in the interim period. Ancelotti has […]
Former England midfielder, Steven Gerrard, has been appointed as the new manager of Saudi Pro League side Al Ettifaq. Gerrard was confirmed on Monday as the new manager of the Saudi Pro League club. The club confirmed the appointment in a post on its official Twitter handle, @Ettifaq_EN. The post reads: “Where […]
The Super Falcons of Nigeria are off to Melbourne, Australia for a training tour ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The players and the coaching crew left the country on Sunday night. The Super Falcons will spend 15 days in Melbourne where they are expected to engage in friendly games before the competition. […]
Al-Nassr has unveiled Nike as its new kit manufacturer following Cristiano Ronaldo’s arrival in January this year. In a post made by the club’s official Twitter account on Sunday, it stated, “We are delighted to announce Nike, as our official kit supplier for the 2023-24 season. “This deal will be activated starting from […]
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has engaged coach Rena Wakama as head coach for the Team Nigeria Women’s basketball team for two years. The federation made the announcement in a tweet on Friday. D’Tigress have been without a head coach since Otis Hughley resigned from his role with the five-time Afrobasket champions in 2022. […]
Paris Saint Germain coach Christophe Galtier was held for questioning along with his son as part of a probe into alleged discrimination, the Nice prosecutor told AFP on Friday. The move follows an investigation launched in April, following claims he made racist and Islamophobic remarks about players when he coached Nice in the 2021/22 […]
French footballer Benjamin Mendy will return to a UK courtroom Monday for the start of his retrial for two alleged sexual offences, five months after a jury cleared him of multiple other counts. Manchester City player Mendy, 28, will be back in the dock at Chester Crown Court in northwest England to face one […]
Bayern Munich have signed Borussia Dortmund left-back Raphael Guerreiro on a free transfer, the Bavarian club announced on Friday. Guerreiro, 29, joins Bayern after seven seasons at Dortmund, where the Portuguese international won two German Cups. His deal with the German champions is set to run until 2026. A Euro 2016 winner with […]
