Category: Sport

Former wife of Brazilian football legend, Ricardo Kaka, Caroline Celico, has debunked reports making the round that she broke up with the football star because he was too “perfect for her”. According to her, she broke up with Kaka on mutual grounds, and they have been nurturing their two kids together. Kaka and Celico married in December 2005, and their marriage produced two children: a son, Luca Celico Leite (born June 10, 2008), and a daughter, Isabella Celico Leite (born April 23, 2011). 10 years after their marriage, they parted…

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The inaugural Africa Sports & Tourism Awards (ASTA) is set to take place on April 25th, 2024, at the prestigious Transcorp Hilton in Abuja, Nigeria. This groundbreaking event, themed “Sports as a Catalyst for Accelerated Tourism Development in Africa,” aims to recognize and celebrate the powerful intersection of sports and tourism on the African continent. Supported by Project Fly With Us Africa, the Federal Ministry of Sports Development, and the African Tourism Board, ASTA represents a pivotal moment in highlighting the immense potential of sports in driving tourism growth across…

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Anthony Joshua has won his fourth straight fight by securing a second-round knockout win over Cameroonian boxer, Francis Ngannou, in the main event of the “Knockout Chaos” card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. After securing consecutive victories in 2023 with wins over Jermaine Franklin in April and Robert Helenius with a seventh-round knockout in August, Joshua, in December, cruised to a fifth-round technical knockout win over Otto Wallin, who had been expected to be a formidable opponent, especially with his southpaw stance. Joshua has now secured knockout wins over two fighters…

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Alex Iwobi, Super Eagles midfielder, has removed all photos on his official Instagram page. A check confirmed that only one video remains on the account. The video was shared ten weeks ago, and the comment section remains locked. Iwobi is one of the players that faced criticisms after Nigeria’s 2-1 loss to Ivory Coast in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final on Sunday. The Fulham midfielder featured for 79 minutes as the Eagles failed to add to their three AFCON championships. Iwobi was replaced by Alhassan Yusuf for the…

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Two second-half goals from Franck Kessie and Sébastien Haller cancelled out William Troost-Ekong’s first-half opener as hosts Ivory Coast beat Nigeria 2-1 to win the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations on home soil on Sunday. After a disastrous group stage that almost saw the Elephants eliminated and only managed to qualify after picking the last best losers slot, with coach Jean-Louis Gasset sacked, it was all worth it for a night that will live long in the memory of Ivorians. The victory means the Elephants have won the AFCON for…

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The International Football Association Board [IFAB] is working on plans to have Blue Card introduced to the referees collection of cards in football. It is learnt that officials will carry blue cards which if shown to culpable players would result in a spell of 10 minutes in the sin bin. It was also gathered that offences such as dissent and cynical fouls would see players sent to the sin bin. IFAB is expected to give approval for the trials at its annual meeting in March. The body has been looking…

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The Super Eagles of Nigeria has survived a determined South Africa, to qualify for the final of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire, with Goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali becoming hero of the match. With the game poised at 1-1 after 120 minutes of normal and added time, the South Africa-based goalkeeper rose to the occasion, saving two penalty kicks as the Super Eagles beat the Bafana Bafana, whose goalkeeper, Ronwem Williams, is renowned for his penalty saving heroics. Yesterday in Bouake, Williams found the Nigerian players too clinical…

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Nigerian footballer, Victor Osimhen, was yesterday, in Marrakech, Morocco, named African Footballer of the Year for his exploits for his club, Napoli and country, Nigeria, in the 2022/23 season, twenty-Four years after Nwankwo Kanu’s triumph as the continent’s best soccer star, Osimhen, who led Napoli to their first Italian title 33 years after the great Diego Amando Maradona achieved that feat for the Italian side, beat Morocco’s Achraf Hakim and Egypt’s Mohammed Salah to take the crown. To make it a double sweep for Nigeria, Super Falcons’ Asisat Oshoala, a…

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