Orlando Pirates will be without two of their form players for Tuesday’s Absa Premiership clash with Chippa United after the versatile Abbubaker Mobara and midfielder Ben Motshwari succumbed to injuries. Motshwari is undergoing rehabilitation for a knee injury with no…
Struggling Stoke sack Rowett (Supersport)
Gary Rowett has been sacked by Stoke City after just eight months as their manager with the club struggling to challenge for an immediate return to the Premier League. The 44-year-old Englishman, who left Championship rivals Derby County to take…
Nigerian Marshal joins Ismaily (Punch)
Ismaily have completed the signing of Nigerian forward Odah Marshal, hours after his contract with ENPPI was terminated. The 26-year-old had only joined ENPPI last summer on a free transfer, and was their top scorer in the first half of…
Kada City, Gombe United may join Bendel Insurance in NPFL (Guardian)
Bendel Insurance yesterday all but cemented their promotion to the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) following their 1-0 defeat of Remo Stars in the day’s star match of the on-going Nigerian National League (NNL) Super Eight play-off. The competition is…
Rohr earns $55,000 monthly, says NFF (Guardian)
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Melvin Pinnick has thrown more light on the monthly take-home for Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, saying the Franco-German tactician is now earning $55,000 and not $60,000, as has been reported in the media.…
Expectations high as CAF crowns Africa’s best footballers (Guardian)
Expectations are high. The stars have arrived and everything is set for Africa’s most prestigious sports award, the Aiteo CAF Footballer of the Year Awards, which will see the continent’s best players rewarded for their efforts in the 2018 season.…
Klopp defends changes as Wolves dump Liverpool out of FA Cup (Guardian)
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes an early injury to defender Dejan Lovren highlighted why he chose to name a second-string side in bowing out of the FA Cup 2-1 to Wolves on Monday. Klopp made nine changes to the side…
German football boss blasts Infantino (Punch)
German Football Federation president Reinhard Grindel has launched a withering attack on FIFA president Gianni Infantino over a lack of transparency on proposals for new competitions in an interview with Sportbuzzer.de published on Wednesday. “With this lack of transparency on…
Bale’s hat-trick fires Madrid into Club World Cup final (Punch)
Gareth Bale hit an 11-minute hat-trick on Wednesday as Real Madrid strolled into the Club World Cup final by beating Kashima Antlers 3-1 in Abu Dhabi. Bale scored in the 44th, 53rd and 55th minutes at the Zayed Sports City…
Insurance players on vacation as Super 8 begins (Punch)
Players and officials of Nigeria National League side Insurance of Benin are allegedly on holidays despite being directed by the Nigeria Football Federation to take part in the Super 8 playoffs, which began in Aba on Wednesday. It was learned…