Lagos, Nigeria – Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman and Zambia’s Barbra Banda have been crowned as the best footballers in Africa for the year 2024. The duo won the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) best male and female awards on Monday, December 16, 2024. Africa has a new 🇳🇬 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 🇿🇲#CAFAwards2024 pic.twitter.com/JwHiUsXCGa — CAF_Online (@CAF_Online)…
The groups for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers for the European zone are set, but the final match-ups will only been known after the Nations League quarter-finals. By Nathalia Araújo, dpa The six groups of four teams (A-F) and the six groups of five teams (G-L) were drawn by football governing body FIFA on Friday.As…
Franziska Preuß claimed the first World Cup win for Germany in the new biathlon season with a triumph in the women’s sprint in Hochfilzen, Austria on Friday. By Nathalia Araújo, dpa In the men’s event, Johannes Thingnes Bø won his first individual race of the season after missing out on the top spot on the…
Munich, Germany – Thomas Müller scored, made a crucial block and helped his coach in a post-match interview. No wonder Bayern Munich may be tempted to have their talisman around for another year. By Carsten Lappe, dpa Thomas Müller has shown once again on and off the pitch how important he remains for Bayern Munich…
Berlin, Germany – The NFL will keep hosting games in Germany until 2029 and next year the league will stage a regular season match in Berlin, it said on Wednesday. “We have committed to Germany for another five years until 2029 and will host at least one match per season. Within this cycle, there will…
Dortmund, Germany – Borussia Dortmund aim to take “a big step” towards direct qualification for the Champions League round of 16 with victory against Barcelona on Wednesday, despite the bad news that centre-back Niklas Süle will be out of action for months. “We will play with a lot of courage. We will not change our…
Munich, Germany – Michael Olise scored twice as Bayern Munich thumped Shakhtar Donetsk 5-1 to rise into the automatic last-16 places in the Champions League on Tuesday, while leaders Liverpool made it six wins from six and holders Real Madrid also won. Bayer Leverkusen leapfrogged Inter into second after Nordi Mukiele’s late goal in a…
Munich, Germany – Bayern Munich have cracked the €1 billion ($1.05 billion) mark in turnover for the first time, president Herbert Hainer announced on Sunday as the club also paid tribute to their late icon Franz Beckenbauer. Hainer said at the general assembly that the sports club led by its football and basketball teams that…
Wolfsburg, Germany – Wolfsburg substitute Jonas Wind scored twice, including a stoppage-time winner, as visitors Mainz took the lead three times but lost 4-3 in a Bundesliga blockbuster on Sunday. Freiburg later had the chance to leapfrog the fifth-placed Wolves but drew 1-1 at lowly Hoffeheim. Tom Bischof boosted the hosts after Matthias Ginter had…
Calabar, Nigeria – The Nigerian Navy on Saturday pledged commitment to the development and support of sports in Cross River. The pledge was made by Rear Admiral Saheed Akinwande, Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Eastern Naval Command, in Calabar when the Cross River Table Tennis Association, led by its Vice Chairman, paid him a courtesy visit….
