CAF slams 50,000 USD fine on Libyan FA, sanctions Benin, Equatorial Guinea , others The CAF Disciplinary Board has sanctioned some national teams and club sides for violtions of regulations governing CAF Interclub Competition and TotalEnergies CAF AFCON Morocco 2025 Qualifiers. CR Belouizdad (Algeria) was charged with misconduct after its fans allegedly used smoke bombs during their TotalEnergies CAF Champions League fixture against Orlando Pirates (South Africa) on 26 November 2024. The CAF Disciplinary Board found CR Belouizdad guilty and fined the Club USD 10,000 of which USD 5,000 is suspended, provided that no similar incident is observed over the…
Author: Abdulgafar Oladimeji
Abdulgafar Oladimeji
Abdulgafar Oladimeji is a sports writer with over two decades experience in the industry. As a reporter , he has worked with top major Nigerian newspapers, freelancer with newspaper and broadcast media organizations in Africa, Europe and America. He is a well travelled sports journalists reporting major sports events across the globe.
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Concacaf announce Estadio Universitario in Nuevo Leon, Mexico venue for 2024/25 Concacaf W Champions Cup Finals Concacaf has announced that Estadio Universitario in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, has been selected to host the inaugural edition of the Concacaf W Champions Cup Finals. The four matches – Semifinals, Third Place Match, and Final – will all be played at “El Volcan”. This historic venue, home to Tigres Femenil, has hosted numerous elite women’s football competitions and matches, such as the Concacaf W Championship, the Liga MX Femenil finals, the Copa Amazonas against Bayern Frauen, the Camp3onas Tour against FC Barcelona, as well…
NPFL please X-ray the Nassarawa , Rivers fiasco, thumb up CHAN Eagles, finally Methodist Boys Owo poised for YSFON glory There couldn’t be anyway to x-ray the end of the year’s League headed by Gbenga Elegbeleye and Davison Owunmi than what was said or not said about the Nasarawa – Rivers Match at Lafia Stadium. Bottom line there was an issue that needs an urgent investigation. However, for those who are familiar with the league twists and turns, it is business as usual. Everyone should look close at all the participants in the fiasco- when a team is gunning for…
Nigeria sweep aside Ghana to qualify for African Nations Championship finals Nigeria, for the very first time, squashed Ghana in an African Nations Championship qualifying fixture, and with so much style, to earn the ticket to the eighth instalment of the competition scheduled for Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda in February 2025 after a 3-1 whiplash of the visitors at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on Saturday. Three well-taken goals in six minutes wrote a new chapter in the history of contests between both nations at this level, and it was seriously not at a turn that Ghana would have…
Nigeria’s young boxer, Badoo wins GOtv Best Boxer Raheem ‘Badoo’ Animashaun last Thursday at Tafawa Balewa Square knocked arch-rival Hammeed ‘Ese’ Ganiyu to emerge the winner of the 32nd edition of the GOtv Boxing night. Badoo had also emerged as the Best Boxer in May 2024 winning Moji Ogunsanya Trophy. Raheem Badoo Animashaun the West African Boxing Union (WABU) Champion got a record of 6Kos in 12 fights with no loss, while his rival on the night, Hammeed Ese Ganiyu has 4 wins, 7 loses in 11 bouts. Speaking with sports writers , Badoo cautioned Ese, who had protested against…
D- Day: 8th CHAN Final Qualifier: Ogunmodede, Dramani goad Eagles, Galaxies to flaming war Both Coaches Daniel Ogunmodede and Mas-Ud Didi Dramani of Nigeria and Ghana respectively, have stiffened their muscles further on the sticks as they beat the drums harder ahead of Saturday’s 8th African Nations Championship qualifying tie-breaker in Uyo. At the pre-match press conference on Friday evening, Dramani insisted his boys created the greater chances in the first leg in Accra and will not be sitting ducks for the Eagles to peck relentlessly at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium. “We created far more chances and were unlucky not to score. No…
CAF U17 Girls Integrated Football Tournament (“GIFT”) to kick-off in CECAFA region in January aimed at developing women’s football in Africa The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) is to organise the inaugural CAF U17 Girls Integrated Football Tournament (GIFT), a pioneering pilot initiative to promote the development of women’s football across Africa. The historic event will take place at the Azam Complex Stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and brings together eight teams from CECAFA Member Associations (MAs) from 7-18 January 2025. The tournament provides a platform to showcase young female footballers, build player capacity and promote women’s football at…
Sports is the fastest growing economy – VC KHAIRUN The vice chancellor of Khalifah Isyaku Rabiu University, Professor Abdulrashid Garba has described sports as the fastest growing industry in the global economic circuit. The University don said sports is now a lucrative business , stressing that it could go hand in hand with education. According to him, sports has taken a strategic place in the socio economic development at the global stage Professor Abdulrashid Garba dropped the hints while launching the newly constructed basketball and tennis courts at a ceremenong held at KHAIRUN university campus in Kano. He disclosed that …
Kano Pillars Fans club elect new exco Kano Pillars football club fans club, Dala chapter, Wednesday sworn in the new set of executive members to elected to steer the affairs of the chapter. The newly installed exco members took an oath of office in a ceremony held at the Musabaka hall located in Dala local government. The oath of officer was administered by , barrister Jelani Sani Dalhatu. The occasion also featured the launching of the almanac of the chapter. Prominent football stakeholders, who witnessed the occasion includes, former chairman, Kano Pillars football club, Tukur Babngida, former chairman KPFC fans…
Victory, to qualify for CHAN finals, is our watchword for Ghana clash – Ogunmodede Stand-in Head Coach Daniel Ogunmodede said on Thursday that the big focus of the Super Eagles B players and officials ahead of Saturday’s African Nations Championship qualifying game against Ghana’s Black Galaxies is to attain victory that will spring Nigeria to the finals of the competition early next year. Both illustrious regional rivals battled to a scoreless stalemate in Accra on Sunday and the final qualifying fixture is delicately poised ahead of the decider at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on Saturday. “We are doing everything…
