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Telecommunication operator, Globacom, has called on the National team, Super Eagles to make Nigerians happy by putting up superlative performance during the forthcoming African Cup of Nations scheduled to begin in South Africa on Saturday, 19th January...
Skipper Joseph Yobo has assured that Nigeria will shine at the AFCON even though the Eagles have struggled in their preparations. Yobo told MTNFootball.com in an exclusive interview from the team’s training base in Faro, Portugal, that it was wor...
Cristiano Ronaldo has said he wants to stay at Real Madrid until his current contract runs out, but admits he is unsure what will happen beyond then. The former Manchester United forward’s deal at the Bernabeu expires in 2015, but he has been lin...
The 3rd edition of the Nigeria Police Games to be hosted by River State in Port Harcourt next month will gulp a whopping N500million. The amount is for accommodation, transportation, kits, allowance, prize money, medics, medals, day to day runnin...
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson praised his side’s “really intense” victory after they beat Liverpool 2-1 at Old Trafford. Robin van Persie and Nemanja Vidic gave them a seemingly comfortable lead, although Daniel Sturridg...
A superb second-half display from Chelsea saw the Blues run out 4-0 winners against Stoke and inflict a first home Premier League defeat of the season on the Potters. The first half lacked quality but a Jonathan Walters own goal right before the break ...
“Minnows”, “rank outsiders” or, at best, a hardly flattering “unknown quantity”. These are just a few of the comments flying around about Ethiopia’s prospects in next week’s African Cup of Nations in Sout...
Reigning African champions Zambia wasted a myriad of scoring opportunities as they battled to a goalless draw against Norway at the Levy Mwanawasa stadium yesterday. In the final warm-up international before commencing the defence of the title Chipolop...
Chelsea forward Victor Moses has apologised for coming very close to getting sent off in Wednesday’s 0-0 friendly match against Cape Verde, reports MTN Football.
In just over a week’s time, the greatest continental football show piece in Africa, the African Nations Cup, will commence in South Africa. The south Africans claim that they are ready to receive the whole of Africa and there is no reason to disb...
StarAfrica.com has pulled out all the stops to make sure all internet users enjoy the Orange Africa Cup of Nations to be held in South Africa from January 19, 2013
Rabiu Ibrahim and three other players have been dropped by Super Eagles handler, Stephen Keshi ahead of the AFCON this month in South Africa. The other players axed are Kano Pillars defender Papa Idris, Henry Uche of Enyimba and Turkey-based striker Uc...
Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has dropped midfielder Andre Ayew from his squad for this month’s Africa Cup of Nations. The French-based star got a hamstring injury in training last week and failed to meet Saturday’s deadline for players to repor...
Reigning African Footballer of the Year Yaya Toure is currently receiving treatment for cough and fever at a clinic in Abu Dhabi where Ivory Coast are fine tuning for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations. The Ivorian delegation arrived in the United Arab...
Team Nigeria at the West and Central Africa junior tennis tournament holing in Togo, Benin Republic have started in bright note. Ten out of the eleven starlets slugging it out at the tournament won their opening matches with Rotimi Adetunji the only pl...