Only four African footballers made it into the 30-man shortlist for the 2022 Ballon d’Or award. They are Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt), Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich, Senegal), Riyad Mahrez (Algeria, Manchester City) and Sebastien Haller (Ivory Coast, Borussia Dortmund). The organizers of the awards, France Football, released the final shortlist on Friday. Salah, who won […]
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Nigeria beat France 1-0 in their opening Group C match at the Fifa Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica on Thursday. A goal from Flourish Sabastine after 85 minutes was enough to give the Falconets all three points over France – the latter’s first ever group-stage defeat at the finals. Severe weather conditions at […]
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Todag makes it 33 years since Samuel Okwaraji slumped and died while playing for Nigeria in a 1990 World Cup qualifier, but some of his teammates are yet to get over his painful exit. Okwaraji slumped during the Super Eagles’ 1990 World Cup qualifier against Angola on August 12, 1989 at the National Stadium, Lagos […]
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FIFA has confirmed that the 2022 World Cup will now kick off on Sunday, November 20, rather than the initially scheduled date of Monday, November 21. The first game will now be between the host nation Qatar and Ecuador instead of Senegal’s match against the Netherlands. This means the tournament will be extended to 29 […]
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The opening match for this year’s World Cup, between hosts Qatar and Ecuador, will be brought forward by one day to November 20, World Cup sources told AFP yesterday. The move, which should be approved by the FIFA Council before the 100-day countdown starts this week, will retain the tradition of the first match featuring […]
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