By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja In less than 48 hours from today, all eyes will be on the Central African country, Cameroon, the host of the 33rd African Cup of Nations (AFCON) as no fewer than 24 countries including Nigeria will battle for the coveted trophy for the continent’s biggest football tournament. Tagged AFCON  Cameroon 2021, the competition which will ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in -Chief, Abuja Apparently to build African football together in the coming years, sports kits giant, Umbro South Africa has entered into a multi-year exclusive partnership agreement with the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The comprehensive partnership will see the iconic sports brand become the exclusive technical sponsor for CAF organized tournaments and events. The partnership will commence ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in Chief,  Abuja Expectedly, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has finally announced Portugal-born José Vítor dos Santos Peseiro as the new Head Coach of the country’s senior football team, Super Eagles to  replace sacked former coach Gernot Rohr. The announcement which was made public Wednesday by NFF Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire confirmed our recent report which revealed ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Caretaker Head Coach, Augustine Eguavoen has named Leicester City FC of England defender, Wilfred Ndidi and recuperating Victor Osimhen of SS Napoli in his 28-final list of the Super Eagles of Nigeria for the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) which will take place in Cameroon from January 9 to February 6, 2022, just as ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau Crystal Palace of England FC talisman, Willfred Zaha and AC Milan forward Frank Kessie are notable names in the list as Cote d’Ivoire Head Coach, Patrice Beaumelle on Thursday released his final 28-man squad for January’s  TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Cameroon 2021. ‘The Elephants’ as the Ivoirens are called were drawn in ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Chelsea Football Club’s attacking midfielder, Hakim Ziyech has been sensationally dropped as Head Coach of Morocco national senior team, Vahid Halilodzic has  announced the Atlas Lions squad that will compete in the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021. Accordingly, the Bosnian coach decided to give a debut call to Barcelona forward Abdessamad Ezzalzouli, after ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Nigeria’s U-20 women’s football team, Falconets will tackle their Cameroonian opponents on January 22, 2022 in the first leg of the fourth round FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup African qualifiers match. This is even as the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has fixed the return leg match for the weekend of February ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Less than four weeks to the start of the biggest Afrcan football fiesta,  the Afrca Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon, the country’s Minister of Public Health,  Dr. Manaouda Malachie has assured the world that the event will be successfully organized without any Covid-19 related hitches. It was exclusively gathered from a reliabe source in ...

 By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Nigeria’s U-20 women’s football team, Falconets have qualified for the fourth round of  the FIFA Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022 African qualifiers as their opponents Congo has withdrawn from the race for a ticket to represent Africa in the summer event. The Nigerian girls had walloped their hosts, Congo 4-0 in the ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist In spite of playing several international but inconsequential  matches during the FIFA Windows since this year Nigeria’s senior women’s football team, Super Falcons still plunged downwards in the latest FIFA rankings. This is even as the reigning World  Champions, United States of America (USA) Women’s National Team (USWNT) has for the fifth ...