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The draw for the 2017 African Nations Cup qualifiers conducted in Cairo on Thursday produced some interesting groupings. The group winners and two best second placed teams join hosts Gabon for finals. AFCON 2017 FULL DRAW Group A: Tunisia, Togo, Liberia, Djibouti Group B: Madagascar, DRC, Angola, CAR Group C: ...

Super Eagles star, Emmanuel Emenike survived a gun attack in Turkey yesterday April 4th after unknown gunmen attacked the bus conveying him and his turkey based football club, Fenebahce team mates. The group was heading to the airport from a match they had just finished playing against Rizespor in the ...

Emmanuel Emenike walked out on a match in Turkey over the weekend after racist chants by his own club (Fenerbache) fans were directed at him. Emenike was obviously hurt during Sunday, March 22 match against Besiktas after his home fans began to taunt him. He removed his shirt and ran ...

Former Super Eagles striker, Yakubu Aiyegbeni and Kalu Uche have emerged as the highest paid Nigerian football players in the recently compiled report of Nigerian footballers’ earners list . The new report, according to SuperSport, has it that the former Super Eagles striker, Yakubu Aiyegbeni and Reading FC of England ...

Goal.com has named Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo as the wealthiest footballer in the world with a personal fortune of �152m, about �7m more than his rival, Lionel Messi (�145m). Neymar, comes third in the list with a fortune of �97.9m. Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Paris Saint-Germain and Sweden is worth ...

The most valuable player from the women world cup, Asisat Oshoala (MON) shared photos of her in training. More photos

Chelsea midfielder, Eden Hazard has signed a new five-and a half year extension deal with Chelsea Football Club. The contract will keep him at Stamford Bridge until 2021. The Belgian has scored 43 goals and contributed 46 assists in 147 appearances for Chelsea since joining from French side Lille for ...

African Women’s Player of the Year, Asisat Oshoala, has signed a deal to join Liverpool Ladies. The 20-year-old moves to the FA Women’s Super League champions from Nigerian Women’s Championship title winners, Rivers Angels. Oshoala, who was voted the most valuable player at the U-20 World Cup in Canada in ...

Former Nigerian International goalkeeper, Wilfred Agbonavbare has been diagnosed with cancer. The ex-Rayo Vallecano goalkeeper is currently at a Spanish hospital where he is undergoing treatment for an undisclosed type of cancer. Agbonavbare was a member of Nigeria’s U-21 Mexico 1983 Flying Eagles, 1984 AFCON silver medalist and 1994 AFCON ...

After winning his third Ballon d’Or, footwear giant Nike has created their first ever micro-diamond encrusted gold football boots for Cristiano Ronaldo which he will wear in his next match which is today January 15th against Atletico Madrid. It’s a gift from Nike The boot, (pictured right) dubbed the Mercurial ...

Ivory Coast international footballer, Wilfriend Bony is now the most expensive African footballer of all time following his move to English club Manchester City. Bony, 26, agreed a 4 and half year deal with City. �It’s a great feeling for me, it’s a big honour to be here and it’s ...

Christiano Ronaldo has just been announced the winner of the 2014 Ballon d’Or. Ronaldo, who is the current Ballon d’Or holder, scored 17 goals as Real Madrid won their 10th Champions League title, overcoming Atletico Madrid 4-1 after extra-time in the final in Lisbon. He beat Argentine forward, Lionel Messi ...

Alot went down last night at the Glo CAF Awards, such as the performance of high-life singer, Flavour and his scantily dressed dancers. Top filmmaker and actress, Funke Akindele and Lagbaja equally thrilled the audience with their performance. Many other top Nigerian celebs were in attendance.

Many thought he should have won it but he lost to Yaya Toure last night, see what he had to say.

After Two hours of fun and excitement, the African Player of the Year was Finally Announced…. Yaya Toure yet again wins the award for the Fourth Consecutive Time, Equaling the Record of Samuel Eto’o. It wasn’t really a bad Night for Nigerian Football as Nigerian Female Footballer Asisat oshoala won ...

Nigeria’s Super Falcons and Rivers Angels player, Asisat Oshoala, was the female star of the night at the 2014 Glo-CAF Awards ceremony which held in Lagos. Oshoala had beat compatriot Desire Oparanozie and Cameroonian goalkeeper Annette Ngo Ndom to win the women’s top prize, ‘Female Player of Year’. She also ...

Nigerian-born Footballer Adebayo Akinfenwa has been named the ‘Strongest Footballer in the World’ by FIFA 15 computer game. From BBC Sports He captured attention on yesterday night Monday January 5th when he scored an unlikely equaliser against Liverpool in the FA Cup third round. But who is the man they ...

There have been rumours surrounding the best and most sought after footballer in the world and possible move to top premier league side, Chelsea FC for a world record and mouth watering 200 million pounds. It is believed that Messi is going through some tough times with his coach at ...

Vincent Enyeama has been named the Goal Nigeria Player of the Year 2014, winning the award courtesy of overwhelming votes from readers of the football website. The Lille and Super Eagles goalkeeper led the field that included illustrious compatriots Ahmed Musa, Obafemi Martins, Mfon Udoh and Ikechukwu Uche. A joyful ...

Stuart Scott, a longtime anchor at ESPN, died Sunday morning at the age of 49. Stuart joined ESPN in 1993 for the launch of ESPN2, was diagnosed with stomach cancer in November 2007 and dealt with recurring bouts of the disease. He is survived by his two daughters Taelor, 19, ...