The Draw Ceremony for the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations finals will hold in Cairo, Egypt on Friday evening. It is scheduled to take place behind the famous Giza Pyramids as from 6pm GMT (7pm Nigeria time). It is the biggest Africa Cup of Nations finals in the history of the competition, due to ... Read more...
Ahead of the opening match of the Under 17 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, Golden Eaglets coach, Manu Garba has stated that the team are not under any pressure to qualify for the 18th edition of the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup to be hosted in Brazil. Coach Manu who disclosed this in an interview... Read more...
By Jonathan Wilson (Guardian UK) English football has, of course, learned before about the dangers of hailing golden ages before they’ve hatched, but with four Premier League clubs in the last eight of the Champions League and a youthful national side playing with rare verve, it can reasonably... Read more...
The organisation that has given its name to the Friends Arena in Stockholm has expressed its dismay that Cristiano Ronaldo has been invited to play there with Juventus in August. The Portuguese forward has been accused of rape by Kathryn Mayorga, who says she was sexually assaulted in 2009, and ... Read more...
By Barney Ronay (Guardian UK) There was an interesting story last year on the Al-Monitor website about Mo Salah’s home town of Nagrig. An Al-Monitor journalist had travelled the dust roads from Cairo to discover exactly how Salah’s rise had inspired hope, laughter and joy. And found … no j... Read more...
Callum Hudson-Odoi’s wait for a first Premier League start is set to continue with Maurizio Sarri having opted against watching the youngster’s full England debut in its entirety and set to lean on more experienced campaigners for Chelsea’s trip to Cardiff City on Sunday. The winger had be... Read more...
