10- man Cote d’Ivoire are through to the semi-finals after winning Mali 2-1 on Saturday night in extra time The match had ended 1-1 after full time with Oumar Diakite’s goal in the 120+1 minute taking Ivory Coast to the last four Dourgeles scored Mali’s first goal in the 71st minute before Adingra levelled up…
Former Belgium International Marouane Fellaini has announced his retirement from football. “What an incredible journey it’s been,” said Fellaini in a social media post. “I am so grateful to have played the sport I love at the highest level.” Fellaini said he was “proud” to have represented the clubs he had and that it was…
Angola coach, Pedro Goncalves, has given excuses for his side’s quarter-final defeat to Nigeria’s Super Eagles on Friday. Recall that a first half goal from Ademola Lookman gave Nigeria 1-0 win over Angola at the Stade Felix Houphouet-Boigny. Speaking at his post-match interview after the game, Goncalves blamed his side’s loss for fatigue, as they…
Nigeria Super Eagles qualified for the semi¬final of the ongoing Af¬rica Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire after a hard fought 1-0 defeat of Angola Palancras Negras on Friday in Abidjan. They will know their semi¬final opponent today after Cape Verde and South Africa must have decided their semifinal tie today. With the win, Nigeria…
Atalanta winger, Ademola Lookman has entered the history book as the fourth Nigerian player to score three plus goals in the knockout stages in a single edition of the Africa Cup of Nations. Lookman joined the exclusive list after netting the winning goal in the Super Eagles hard-fought 1-0 victory against the Palancas Negras of…
The English Premier League, have congratulated four Super Eagles stars after Nigeria booked their place in the semi-final of the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast. In a tweet on its official X account the football body congratulated Alex Iwobi, Oka Aina, Frank Onyeka and Calvin Bassey after Nigeria defeated Angola 1-0…
DR Congo join Nigeria to book their place in the semi final of the Nations Cup after a comprehensive win over Guinea Former West Ham United defender Arthur Masuaku scored a vital goal as the Democratic Republic of Congo beat Guinea 3-1 on Friday Masuaku netted direct from a free-kick on 82 minutes to give…
Son Heung-min scored a brilliant extra-time free-kick to send South Korea to the Asian Cup semi-finals, having been seconds away from losing to Australia. Australia had looked set for victory thanks to Craig Goodwin’s volley from Nathaniel Atkinson’s cross. But Son was fouled by Lewis Miller and Hwang Hee-chan’s 96th-minute penalty sent the game to…
Super Eagles captain, William Troost-Ekong says he nearly stopped playing for Nigeria because of a disagreement he had with Coach Jose Peseiro Speaking ahead of Nigeria’s quarter final match at the ongoing Nations cup, Troost-Ekong said he was not sure of being in the team to Ivory Coast “I was not sure if I was…
Ademola Lookman continued from where he left off in the second round of the African Nations Cup as his goal once again proved the difference as Nigeria beat Angola by a lone goal Lookman’s two goals helped see off Cameroun in the second round and the youngster was on hand to finish off a good…
