Wayne Lumbasi Knockout fixtures for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) were confirmed on Thursday evening after Tunisia, Gambia, Ivory coast, Mali and Equatorial Guinea booked their places in the last 16. The first group stage threw up great goals, controversial incidents and shocking results as 24 teams have been whittled down to 16 for […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Liverpool have booked their place in the Carabao Cup final courtesy of a 2-0 win against Arsenal at the Emirates. A brace from Diogo Jota sent the Reds to victory. Arsenal could have scored an opener as Alexandre Lacazette clanged the crossbar with a free kick. Bukayo Saka had nipped in front of Andy Robertson […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Defending champions Algeria have crashed out of the Africa Cup of Nations after losing 3-1 to Ivory Coast to finish bottom of Group E. Patrice Beaumelle’s side, which was already guaranteed a place in the knockout stages, showed more attacking intent throughout .They took the lead when Nicolas pepe’s deft cross was volleyed in […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Ousmane Dembele has been told to leave Barcelona as soon as possible after the contract rebel’s hesitancy in signing a reduced new deal. The 24 year old Frenchman has been in talks over a new deal. He has not signed one despite having a new contract offer on the table for a number […]
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Wayne Lumbasi The super Eagles of Nigeria 🇳🇬 on Wednesday night beat Guinea Bissau 🇬🇼 2-0 to cement their place at the top of Group D. Nigeria is the only team with a 100 per cent win ratio at the AFCON so far in Cameroon. The super eagles look unstoppable. Striker Sadiq Umar scored his first goal […]
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Oliver Meth JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Xenophobic tensions are brewing in Johannesburg spurred on by political parties. This week saw smaller parties, Patriotic Alliance (PA), ActionSA and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) grandstanding ‘attacking foreign national owned stores and vendors’. All three of these parties have campaigned on the promise of a ‘borderless Africa’ during […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Rwanda’s Salima Mukansanga is the first woman to referee an Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) match. She oversaw the Group B clash between Guinea and Zimbabwe in Yaoundé on Tuesday. On Monday, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) statement said that Mukansanga will officiate the match with two female assistant referees, Carine Atemzabong of Cameroon […]
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Wayne Lumbasi A second 1-1 draw of the season against Brighton leaves Chelsea 12 points back of Manchester City. This also leaves the blues a distant third behind Liverpool and Manchester city. Brighton remain unbeaten in six games in all competitions and continue to grow confidence and class under Graham Potter. The blues found it hard […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Ghana suffered a humiliating group stage exit at the Africa Cup of Nations. The four-time champions were beaten by debutants Comoros in a shocking 3-2 defeat. Comoros took the lead after four minutes when Ben Mohamed drilled the ball low into the bottom corner of the goal. Things got to worse when the […]
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Wayne Lumbasi The host nation Cameroon 🇨🇲 maintained their unbeaten run in the tournament on Monday. They finished as group leaders with seven points after three matches. The Indomitable Lions took the lead when Captain Vincent Aboubakar drilled home his fifth goal of the tournament after 39 minutes. He drilled a low shot into the […]
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