Back home: Former Super Eagles striker Brown Ideye returns to Nigeria to play for Enyimba Nine-time Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) champions Enyimba FC have bolstered their squad with the signing of former Super Eagles forward Brown Ideye. The 36-year-old, who played for several clubs in Europe, joins the Aba-based club on a short-term deal aimed at strengthening their campaign for the remainder of the season. “We are delighted to officially announce the addition of former Super Eagles striker Brown Ideye to our fold,” the club stated on its official website on Monday. “We are confident in the experience and…
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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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With a 10th TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations place secured for the Sable Antelopes, the Southern African nation has enjoyed an impressive rise in recent years under the stewardship of former youth national team coach, Pedro Gonçalves. CAFOnline takes a look at the recent rise of the 2010 TotalEnergies CAF AFCON hosts and why they are one of the nations to look out for in 2025. Ticket to Morocco secured in style If their impressive form in the qualifiers is anything to go by, Angola will be one of dark horses of the TotalEnergies CAF AFCON Morocco 2025. Drawn in…
The New Year will be another busy one for Africa’s top footballers with plenty of action at both national team and club level. The highlight will come at the end of 2025 when the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations gets underway in Morocco but before that there are the annual club competitions, the FIFA World Cup qualifiers and the FIFA Club World Cup on the calendar. CAFOnline has selected four young Africans footballers who are sure to enhance their growing reputations in 2025. NGAL’AYEL MUKAUThe 20-year-old Mukau is Belgian-born but always determined to play for the Democratic Republic of…
518 journalists from 111 countries voted: Argentina Men’s Football Team named Best Team of 2024 and Paris 2024 Olympics, Best Press Facilities Back-to-back Copa América champions, Argentina Men’s Football Team, have been voted as the AIPS Best Team of the Year 2024, while the Paris 2024 Olympic Games scooped the AIPS Best Press Facilities accolade. This is the result of the poll by the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), where a panel of 518 journalists from 111 countries voted. Football dominated the closely contested Best Team category, which saw La Albiceleste receive 579 points to win the award for a…
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…
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…
