Ekeomah Atuonwu Following Senegal’s victory as the winner of the just concluded African Cup of Nations (AFCON) hosted by Cameroon, Senegalese President Macky Sall has declared Monday a public holiday to celebrate the national football team’s win at AFCON. The president, who was outside the country, cancelled the last leg of his trip to welcome back the football stars to Senegal […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Paris Saint Germain (PSG) extended their lead at the top of ligue 1 to 13 points after a convincing 5-1 win against reigning champions Lille at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy on Sunday night. It was an entertaining match as action flowed for both sides at either ends of the pitch. The hosts applied some […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Anti-French protestors marched through Mali’s capital, carrying Russian flags and destroying cardboard cut-outs of French President Emmanuel Macron, in celebration of France’s envoy’s expulsion from Bamako. Last week, Mali expelled the French ambassador for making “hostile and offensive” remarks, according to the country’s transitional administration. Relations between Mali and its former coloniser have […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu It has been 5 days since 5-year old Rayan fell into a well and got trapped in Northern Morocco and rescue workers are closer to reaching the boy. The event that that gripped the whole country occurred on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 in the hill town of Chefchaouen. The boy’s mother told Moroccan […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Athletic Bilbao reached their third consecutive Copa Del Reysemi-final after a last-gasp win over a lacklustre Real Madrid side at San Mames. Alex Berenguer’s scintillating strike after a Casemiro’s mistake was enough to seal a shock 1-0 victory at San Mames and send Athletic through to the semi-finals. Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Sevilla already […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Egypt sealed a 3-1 win against Cameroon on penalties on Thursday. It will face Senegal in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals. It was the first game back at the Olembe Stadium in Yaounde since eight fans died after a crush outside Cameroon’s last-16 game against Comoros last Monday. A heroic […]
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Wayne Lumbasi As we move deeper into the second half of this campaign there are players whose current deals are set to expire. Here are some of the key free agents as the season comes to an end. Niklas Sule, Bayern Munich Bayern’s interest in Rudiger is partly influenced by uncertainty of the future of […]
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Wayne Lumbasi After an exciting night of football, Senegal beat Burkina Faso 3-1 to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations Final. Sadio Mane inspired Senegal to the finals with a goal and an assist. Sadio Mane was simply unreal. He was all over the pitch and wasn’t playing under any kind of pressure at […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Gabonese international striker Pierre Emerick Aubameyang has left Arsenal by mutual consent. He has moved to Barcelona on a free transfer. Aubameyang hadn’t featured for Arsenal since December following a disciplinary breach. He left Arsenal after he was removed as club captain and frozen out of the first team by Mikel Arteta. Aubameyang […]
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Wayne Lumbasi AFCON has reached the semifinals after a few blowouts and one extra time winner from Egypt. The final four of the competition features a star-studded matchup between host Cameroon 🇨🇲 and Egypt 🇪🇬. The other showdown is with Senegal 🇸🇳 playing against Burkina Faso 🇧🇫. The semifinals has a couple of interesting stories. […]
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