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By Tayo Adeyemo in Abidjan The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the FIBA FIBA Afrobasket Championship in progress has expressed its confidence that organizing the tournament will significantly benefit the economy and sports development of Ivory Coast. Speaking outside the competition, the director of competition, Coulibaly Soungemane, said that the tournament has already brought a positive impact, attracting tourists and …

The West Ham Lucas Paqueta midfielder was eliminated by the accusations of fixing commercials by an independent regulation commission, announced the club on Thursday. Brazil International has been accused of four alleged rules of FAI violation (FA) in relation to the matches involving the Premier League team. It was stated that the 27 -year -old tried directly to influence games …

The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has presented an official protest to the African football confederation (CAF) against Namibia arbiter Antsino Twanyukwa, who handled Wafcon’s final against Nigeria, reports Owngoalnigeria.com. Nigeria came from two goals down to win the 3-2 game against the host, and after they have now presented a protest against the referee for the way, which managed …

The tournament among the strongest women’s teams of the continent took place in Morocco. 1xBet, the best sports betting site and official partner of the Confederation of African Football, summarizes the competition. Best of the best Twelve teams took part in the tournament. As a result of the group stage, 8 of them advanced to the quarter-finals, where the real …

The former Super Eagles striker, the Brown Ideye assistant has issued another warning about Nigeria’s classification possibilities to qualify for the FIFA World Cup next year, since the open star described the remaining qualification games of the country as ‘The matches of doing or dying’. However, Sports247 informs that this time, unlike its previous bold prediction that Nigeria will not …

2025 Afrobasket semifinal commercials: d’Unigress, lionesse to rekindle the old rivalry Abidjan (Core reporter) will be a family rivalry on Thursday 31 July, in the light of the Palais de Sports Treichville of Abidjan when they defend the vision of the Egigra of Nigeria, the Lionesses of Cameroon in the quarterfinals of 2025 Afrobasket. D’Adue waited late on Wednesday evening …

Are the rewards of President Tinubu the Super Falcons for winning the WAFCon 2024 Justified? Watch this video to discover the truth behind the controversy. Topics discussed in video;*The Nigeria Super Falcons successfully completed their mission X after the victory over Morocco in the Wafcon 2024 final*Is the Rasheedat Ajibade MVP award justified taking into account the sther okoronkwo statistics?*Should …

Post views: 25 The multi-talented Nigerian athlete, Nwaozuzu chiurru, has again demonstrated his class on the continental phase, conquering two gold medals in the 65 kg category in the African Armvestling Championship just confused in Abuja. His exceptional performance added to his growing reputation of one of the best Nigeria athletes in special sports. …

There are internally conflicts in Atlético de Madrid with respect to Ademola Lookman, according to the famous Italian journalist Matteo Moretto. Moretto said the club is not sure to sign the Nigerian. Some inside the club are pressing for the deal, while others are not convinced about the player’s ability to have a positive impact on Atlético de Madrid. The …

Real Socity has made a U -turn on the future of the Nigeria Sadiq Umar international striker after its impressive ethics and working form since he joined the team for training prior to the season, reports Owngoalnigeria.com. Sadiq was omitted from the team’s training tour for Japan after being late due to visa problems and uncertainty about his future. He …