2024/25 Concacaf W Champions Cup Semifinals confirmed Four clubs have advanced to the tournament’s final four and will battle to be crowned regional club champions and qualify for the FIFA Women’s Club World Cup Semifinals, Third Place Match, and Final will be played in May 2025; centralized venue will be confirmed Semifinals: Tigres Femenil vs Thorns FC and America Femenil vs Gotham FC Miami, FL (Friday, October 18, 2025) – Following the conclusion of the 2024/25 Concacaf W Champions Cup Group Stage, Concacaf has confirmed the tournament’s Semifinal matchups and schedule. These two exciting matches, along with the Third Place…
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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2024 Afriskaut NLO Cup: FC Basira Battles First Bank In Final FC Basira and First Bank FC have set their sight to be crowned 2024 Afriskaut NLO Cup champions as the final holds on Friday in Abuja. Both teams are expected to bring excitement to Bwari Stadium in Abuja after remaining unbeaten in the Northern and Southern Conferences, earning their spots in the final stage of the Afriskaut NLO Cup. First Bank FC and FC Basira overcame tough play-off finals to get within reach of the ultimate prize after 13 days of intense football at the Otunba Dipo Dina Stadium…
Concacaf confirms 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League Quarterfinal and Play-In matchups Concacaf has confirmed the 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League Quarterfinal and Play-In matchups. The home-and-away series will take place during the FIFA Match Window of November 2024 and determine the teams advancing to the Concacaf Nations League Finals at Hollywood Park and SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, CA, and the 2025 Gold Cup Prelims, respectively. The Quarterfinal winners will also qualify for next summer’s Gold Cup. After the completion of Group Stage play for League A, which took place in September and October, the two top teams from each group, Costa…
Manchester City announce renewal of regional partnership with ABeam Consulting Manchester City has today announced the renewal of its regional partnership with ABeam Consulting Ltd – an integrated management consulting firm based in Tokyo, Japan, which provides global services across the sports industry and other sectors. ABeam Consulting became the Club’s Official Management Consulting Services Partner in Japan in August 2021 and after three years of successful collaboration, the multi-year agreement will see the consulting firm continue as an official partner of the region. ABeam Consulting provides a diverse range of consulting services to its customers across the world in…
Afcon 25 qualifiers : Ghana suffers bitter 2-0 defeat, Sudanese coach, James Appiah hails Nigeria’s Saidu for masterminding the victory By Bello Abdullahi Papa In an in view landmark achievement, Muhammad Bashiru Saidu, a trailblazing football tactician from northern Nigeria, is poised to become the first Nigerian to complete the prestigious UEFA Tactical and Strategic Management Program. This feat has captured the attention of top teams in Nigeria and Africa, who are eager to elevate their game to unprecedented heights. Saidu’s exceptional expertise was recently showcased in Sudan’s stunning 2-0 victory over Ghana in the AFCON 2025 qualifier. Sudan’s national…
Nigeria’s Enitan Oshodi elected as president of African table tennis federation Nigerian born Enitan Oshodi has emerged as the president of the African table tennis federation. Oshodi,former chairman Lagos state Table Tennis Association, Tuesday had emerged as the newly elected president of the federation at the 2024 ATTF annual general meeting, which took place at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He served as Lagos state commissioner for sports, during the era of governor Raji Fashola, he has also occupied the office of the Executive Vice President of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and Deputy President of…
Gombe Inter Schools Athletics championship, over 3000 athletes ready to compete for glory The maiden edition of Gombe Inter-Secondary Schools Athletics Championships would be staged from November 11th to 16th, 2024 at Pantami Stadium in Gombe state, northwest Nigeria. Organizers confirmed that 85 Secondary Schools drawn from 11 Local Government Areas would be competing for glory in the historic tracks and fields events. The championship was rescheduled from the earlier fixed date of October, 18th to 24th 2024 to the new date, owing to an scheduled government activity involving the State ministry of Education . As part of pre…
Afcon25 :Perform or quit, GFA tells Black Stars players By Abdulgafar Oladimeji Ghana Football Association, GFA has expressed its disappointment over the poor performance by The Black Stars in the ongoing Afcon 2025 qualifying group matches played thus far. The president of the association, Kurt Okraku, in a video that went viral on social media , while addressing the players on the state of their campaign to fly Ghana’s flag at the 2025 Afcon in Morocco asserted an upright rejection of their performance. He told the players that, Ghanaians were unhappy with their show of lack of patriotism to national…
NPFL 25 MD 6: Eyimba hails 3SC fans By Abdulgafar Oladimeji Former African club football champions, Eyimba International football club of Aba have applauded 3SC fans for their display of sportsmanship during and after their NPFL MD 6 encounter last Sunday , which ended in a goalless draw at Adamsingba stadium in Ibadan. Eyimba’s gaffer Yemi Olarenwaju in a chat with sports writers at the mix zone , said 3SC fans deserved to be commended for their show of the spirit of sportsmanship in contrast to what had obtained at the Ibadan football theatre in the past. According to him,…
Asian football leaders go back to school The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) today expanded its range of educational initiatives with the launch of the AFC Certificate in Strategy and Planning (ACSP), its latest offering from the landmark Academic Centre of Excellence (ACE). A three-month curriculum designed for leaders of the AFC’s Member Associations (MAs), Regional Associations (RAs) and other football stakeholders, the ACSP aims to equip everyone with the necessary strategic planning skills, processes and tools to meet the growing standards, expectations and needs of their respective organisations and the ever-evolving football ecosystem. The fully-online initiative, which features all-inclusive modules…
