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Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr said Algeria were worthy winners after Riyad Mahrez’s last-gasp free-kick sent his team through to a first Africa Cup of Nations final in 29 years. Manchester City winger Mahrez fired in from 20 yards with the last kick of the game in Cairo to clinch a 2-1 victory after Nigeria forward Odion Ighalo […]
Algeria beat Nigeria 2-1 to enter AFCON Finals on Sunday. Riyad Mahrez rifled in a stoppage-time free-kick to earn Algeria a dramatic victory over three-time champions Nigeria and set up a rematch with Senegal in the Africa Cup of Nations final. Algeria led through a first-half own goal by William Troost-Ekong before Nigeria equalised with […]
Dylan Bronn scored the only goal for Senegal against Tunisia at added extra time, to book a place in the Africa Cup Of Nations Final in Egypt.
Lewis Hamilton extended his lead at the top of the Formula One championship on Sunday after winning the British Grand Prix for a record sixth time. Hamilton, a Briton, won for the seventh time in 10 GPs this season to pull further away from Valtteri Bottas, who had started from pole position in the other […]
The day after their exquisite and efficient performance against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa, conquerors of seven-time champions and host nation Egypt, that saw them reach the semi-finals of AFCON 2019, the Super Eagles received pledges of more dollar rain from two of Africa’s richest businessmen. On a visit to the team’s Le Meridien […]
Frank Lampard was denied a winning start in his first match in charge of Chelsea as Bohemians struck late to earn a 1-1 draw in a friendly on Wednesday. Lampard named two separate line-ups for the first and second half in Dublin with a host of youngsters from the club’s academy given their chance to […]
William Troost-Ekong’s late winner sent Nigeria through to the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday after a tense 2-1 victory over South Africa in Cairo. Samuel Chukwueze fired the Super Eagles ahead in the first half in front of a healthy, largely pro-Nigerian crowd at the 75,000-capacity Cairo International Stadium. But Bongani […]
South Africa coach Stuart Baxter says his team is not afraid of Nigeria’s Super Eagles. “We’ll be respecting Nigeria but not fearing them. We will have to produce a very good South Africa performance to beat them,” he said. He also dismissed the assertion from his Nigeria counterpart Gernot Rohr that Bafana Bafana is the […]
Super Eagles winger, Samuel Chukwueze has said that Gernot Rohr’s men are battle ready to tackle South Africa in tonight’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, quarter-final clash. Chukwueze pointed out that the Super Eagles will try harder to beat the Bafana Bafana at the Cairo International Stadium. Nigeria head to the game […]
Arsenal are reported to have reached a £25m deal with Saint-Étienne over centre-back William Saliba, but the French club’s insistence to take the player back on loan could mean that the Gunners can keep the majority of their transfer budget free for other targets this summer. The 18-year-old enjoyed an impressive breakthrough season in Ligue […]
