Edo Queens captain Efe Osakpolor has one aim in mind heading into the CAF Women’s Champions League, which is to lift the trophy at the end of the tournament that will run from 9 to 23 November in Morocco. The soft-spoken defender underscored this ambition while sharing her thoughts on their chances at going all the way at the tournament …

Ademola Lookman and William Troost Ekong have been nominated for the 2023 Confederation of African Football (CAF) men’s player of the year award. The duo will battle Achraf Hakimi of Morocco, Simon Adingra of Cote d’Ivoire, and Serhou Guirassy of Guinea for the most coveted individual prize for male footballers on the continent. Lookman was the standout performer in Atalanta’s …

Seasoned football coach, Jose Mourinho has said that struggling Manchester United “will succeed sooner or later” as the Fenerbahce boss prepares to take on his former club in the Europa League on Thursday. United manager Erik ten Hag is under pressure after a poor start to the season, which has included draws in their first two European matches — against …

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will on Wednesday announce its decision on the botched AFCON qualifying Group D match between Libya and Nigeria, which was scheduled for Martyrs of February Stadium in Benina, Benghazi on 15 October. According to Libya Al-Ahrar Channel, the apex continental football body will announce the final decision regarding the players’ ordeal during the first …

Super Eagles winger Chidera Ejuke has emerged as the most successful dribbler in LaLiga this season, boasting an impressive 61% success rate in his attempts. The 26-year-old Sevilla star, who joined the Spanish club as a free agent from CSKA Moscow in the summer, has completed 28 successful dribbles out of 46 attempts in the 2024/25 LaLiga campaign. This places …

Galatasaray are awed by Victor Osimhen’s bicycle kick goal in Saturday’s 3-0 win at Antalyaspor, with the Turkish champions describing the effort as more than a photograph, a work of art, in a statement on their Instagram page on Sunday. The Nigeria striker delivered the spectacular effort that will stay indelible in the annals of global football to round off …

Flamingos striker Harmony Chidi has expressed her delight after claiming the Player of the Match (POTM) award in Nigeria’s 4-0 win over Ecuador in their second Group A match of the ongoing FIFA U-17 World Cup in the Dominican Republic. Chidi failed to get on the score sheet in Nigeria’s opening 4-1 win over New Zealand but lived up to …

Super Eagles forward, Victor Boniface was involved in a serious auto accident, after his match-winning performance in Bayer Leverkusen’s 2-1 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga on Saturday. Boniface shared photos on his social media accounts, displaying the wreckage of his car and his injured hand covered in blood, along with an image of himself in a hospital …

Nigeria made a bold statement at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in the Dominican Republic with a 4-0 thrashing of Ecuador in their second Group A match on Saturday night at Estadio Cibao, Santiago de Los Caballeros. Bankole Olowookere’s side dominated their South American opponents from start to finish, securing a decisive result that has propelled them to the …

France International Raphael Varane has been appointed a board member at Como after retiring from football last month, the Serie A club announced on Saturday. Como said that Varane would join the club’s board to advise on “youth development, education, and product innovation”. His youth development work will integrate “academic, leadership, and vocational training into the youth programmes… to help …