Frank Lampard, an English professional manager and former footballer is set to be announced as Everton new head coach on Monday, January 31 2020, after the final paperwork was concluded on a 2½-year contract. The 43-year-old becomes the sixth managerial appointment since Farhad Moshiri came on board as the club's major shareholder in 2016, two weeks…
Spanish tennis star, Rafael Nadal has win his second Australian Open title and lift a record 21st Grand Slam trophy on Sunday. Nadal beat Daniil Medvedev 2-6,6-7,6-4,6-4,7-5 in 5 hours and 24 minutes as he came from two sets down to defeat the Russian in the epic final. The victory is only the Spaniard’s second…
Manchester United's striker, Mason Greenwood has been in the eye of the storm after being accused of domestic violence by his girlfriend, Harriet Robson. Harriet, a social media influencer, took to her Instagram page on Sunday, sharing disturbing pictures of her bleeding, with several bruises on her body. She claimed to have been suffering from…
Burkina Faso on Saturday stunned the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia by a lone goal to progress to the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Cameroon 2021. Dango Ouattara’s goal on the stroke of halftime was enough for Burkina Faso to beat Tunisia at the Stade Roumdé Adjia in Garoua. Ouattara, who was sent…
Ola Aina is confident the Super Eagles will put up a better showing at the next Africa Cup of Nations following their shocking exit from Cameroon 2021. The Super Eagles started the competition on a good note, winning all three group games against Egypt, Sudan and Guinea-Bissau. The West Africans however stumbled in the second…
Mohamed Salah scored the decisive spot-kick as record seven-time champions Egypt beat the Ivory Coast 5-4 on penalties after a 0-0 draw in Douala on Wednesday to reach the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals. The Liverpool star smashed home his penalty with the Ivory Coast’s Eric Bailly the only player to fail from the spot,…
At least eight people have been killed and dozens more injured in a crush outside an Africa Cup of Nations football match in Cameroon. Videos showed crowds of screaming football fans being crushed at the entry gates to the Paul Biya stadium in the capital Yaounde. Witnesses described chaotic scenes outside the ground as thousands…
The Super Eagles returned to Nigeria from the ongoing 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the team of players and officials returned via a chartered flight from Garoua where they played four matches. They arrived at 1.10 a.m. at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International…
A football administrator, Ebere Amaraizu, says it is painful that , being the best qualifiers, were edged out by the best loser of the group stage, Tunisia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Tunisians, in a round of 16 knock-out stage of the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON), defeated the Super…