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Tobi Amusan Broke Indoor 60-Meter Hurdles Record

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Amusan Records Jamaican 100-Meter Season-Best Time

Nigerian Athlete, Tobi Amusan has set a new African women’s indoor record in 60 metres after finishing at 7.75 seconds at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston. Amusan retired the 7.77 record she had previously established in Kazakhstan at the Astana Indoor Meet in January with her 7.75 seconds run in Boston. However, despite setting the new record, she came...

AFCON 2023: “We Want To Play The Final” — South Africa Coach

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AFCON 2023: Defeat To Super Eagles Difficult To Take — South Africa Head Coach Broos

South Africa head coach Hugo Broos has expressed his team’s desire to play in the final of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. The Bafana Bafana will confront the Super Eagles in the semi-final at the Stade de la Paix, Bouake on Wednesday night. The Super Eagles will head into the game as favourites, but Broos is banking on his side...

Nigeria Super Eagles Soar Into AFCON Semi-finals, Beat Angola 1-0

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Goalscorer Lookman and Osihmen celebrates during the q'finals game against Angola

The Super Eagles of Nigeria beat Angola to advance into the semi-final game of the ongoing 2023 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup in Cote d’Ivoire on Friday. A lone goal from Ademola Lookman in the 41st minute gave Nigeria the lead and victory. In a highly contested match at the 33,000-capacity Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Nigeria emerge victorious, securing a coveted...

Tinubu Charges Super Eagles Ahead Of Angola Game

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Tinubu Charges Super Eagles Ahead Of Angola Game

President Bola Tinubu has charged the Super Eagles of Nigeria to keep flying in the ongoing African Cup of Nations tournament. Speaking via video call from France, the President urged the players to reach for goals in the crucial Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final clash against Angola this evening. The video call was posted on his son, Seyi Tinubu’s Instagram story on...

AFCON 2023: Criticism Don’t Bother Me Anymore — Peseiro

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Peseiro Should Be Sacked Despite Leading Eagles To AFCON 2023 Final, Says Idah

Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro has said he is not bothered about criticisms from football fans. Peseiro was criticized by football fans and pundits in the build-up to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Peseiro was criticized by football fans and pundits in the build-up to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. READ ALSO: “We Will Make Life Hard For Them”...

“We Will Make Life Hard For Them” — Angola Star Dala Warns Super Eagles

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"We Will Make Life Hard For Them" — Angola Star Dala Warns Super Eagles

  Angola forward, Gelson Dala has warned the Super Eagles to brace up for a difficult test in Friday’s quarter-final clash at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. The encounter is slated for the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan. Jose Peseiro’s side face a tough task against the free-scoring Angolans, who have netted nine times in the competition. The Palancas Negras have also...

AFCON 2023: Nwabali To Face Angola; Musa, Osayi-Samuel Out

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Chippa United Gives Nwabali Heroic Welcome

Stanley Nwabali is expected to be in goal when the Super Eagles take on Angola in their quarter-final tie at the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations on Friday. There were fears the Chippa United goalie could miss the clash with the Black Antelopes after sustaining a mild ligament injury in Nigeria’s Round of 16 victory against the Indomitable Lions...

AFCON 2023: Amokachi Praises African Teams For Performance

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AFCON 2023: Amokachi Praises African Teams For Performance

Former Super Eagles forward, Daniel Amokachi has said there is a remarkable improvement in the level of football at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Countries like Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea and Angola have make big impression in the competition, while there have been major upset too. Former champions Black Stars of Ghana and Desert Foxes of Algeria failed to make...

Nigeria Vs Angola: Anything Can Happen To Anyone – Goalkeeper, Nwabali Gives Injury Update

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Nwabali Optimistic About Eagles Winning 2025 AFCON

Super Eagles goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali, on Wednesday insisted that anything could happen to anybody amid the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. The Chippa United shot-stopper said this while thanking everyone who checked up on him after he sustained a knee injury during Nigeria’s AFCON round of 16 win over Cameroon a few days ago. Nwabali, in a tweet via his...

AFCON: Top Scorers After Round Of 16

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Ondo Amotekun deploys personnel to Ekiti, arrests 31 suspects

With the Round of 16 of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON concluded, here are the top goal scorers in the competition so far. Equatorial Guinea’s Emilio Nsue, despite exiting the tournament, remains the top scorer in the 2023 AFCON with five goals. Nsue is followed by another evictee, Egypt’s Mostafa Mohamed who has four goals alongside Angola’s Gelson Dala, who...

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