The ever-recurring conflicts between the Ijaw and Itsekiri ethnic groups in Delta State are as tangled a web as they come, but when two of the country’s top-ranked cruiserweights from either side of the Niger Delta, Ezra Arenyeka and Godday “Zodsolo” Appah, were billed to meet in a WBO Africa cruiserweight title “Peace Fight,” it […]
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It has been that kind of year for Nigerian football across all ages and genders, but a Super Eagles 3-0 loss to Guinea-Bissau in their 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying Group L match will certainly add another scar to what has already been a bruising year for Nigerian football. The result is […]
One of the main reasons international windows aren’t particularly popular among football fans is the often drab quality of football expected between national teams. This largely boils down to the gap in quality between these sides and the limited time players have to acclimatise themselves to their coaches’ tactical demands and compatriots’ strengths and weaknesses, […]
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This international break, which began on Monday, September 21, and will run until October 6, 2026, will be the longest one yet. After a round of UEFA Champions League matches, some four, five and seven league matches across Europe’s top leagues, and a couple of cup games in between, the 2026/27 football season has entered […]
Like the beginning of any new dawn, including football seasons in Nigeria, much anticipation and excitement trailed the commencement of the 2026/27 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season, which took off on August 28, with an incentivised Shooting Stars side defeating newly-promoted Inter Lagos 2-1 at the Lekan Salami Stadium in Ibadan. For anyone […]
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Arguably Nigeria’s most charming national side in recent times, the D’Tigress, Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, will return to competitive action when the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup kicks off in Berlin, Germany, on September 3. Nigeria sealed direct qualification to the 20th edition of the World Cup by winning the 2025 FIBA […]
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The second week of the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco brought further evidence of the changing tide in Africa’s women’s football, with the last four sides remaining poised to produce a first-ever champion, following the shock elimination of the 10-time holders Nigeria and their recent rivals, South Africa. The signs […]
For everyone who had expected a predictable outing at the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), the opening week of the expanded 16-team edition in Morocco proved otherwise. For the first time in the competition’s 28-year history, the biggest upset it has ever witnessed occurred not once, but twice, and within 24 hours of […]
There’s a lot to look forward to as the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) commences this weekend, from Sunday, July 27, when Algeria face Senegal in the opening match in Rabat, Morocco. Billed to run till August 16, this year’s WAFCON is set to be the biggest yet, featuring 16 countries for the […]
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More than Africa’s mixed outing at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the tournament also brought to the fore the reality facing a sundry of players whose international careers should now, inevitably, be brought to a close. No matter how prepared anyone is, dotage has a way of creeping up unnoticed. You do not have […]
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Bounce Africa’s best XI at the 2026 World Cup is heavy on Moroccan influence, and rightly so, given the Atlas Lions’ historic run to the quarterfinals. But there’s room too for players from Egypt, Cape Verde, Senegal and South Africa — yes, a Bafana Bafana player cracked our XI. We pored through the 260 players […]
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