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  • CAF Confed Cup: Rivers United cruise into Quarter-final

    CAF Confed Cup: Rivers United cruise into Quarter-final

    Port Harcourt based side  on Sunday secured qualification into the 2022/2023 CAF Confederation Cup competition after playing out a score draw at home to Diables Noirs

    The Nigeria Professional Football League title-holders drew their Group B Match Day 5 fixture against Diables Noirs of Congo Brazzaville at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

    The result sees them moving to 10 points to stay top of the group on goals difference, ahead of second-placed ASEC Mimosas who have the same number of points.

    Diables Noirs are third in the group with five points and their qualification hopes had hinged on Ivorian side ASEC losing their match against DC Motema Pembe.

    The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Rivers United had to come from 1-0 down to lead 2-1, before conceding an equaliser nine minutes to time.

    Emmanuel Ampiah put the ball in his own net to give Diables Noirs the lead which they held on till half-time.

    In the second half though, Rivers United heightened their game and Nwangwa Nyima scored twice in four minutes to take the lead.

    However, Diables Noirs restored parity with nine minutes left through Deo Bassinga.

    Visiting ASEC Mimosas beat Motema Pembe 2-1 to bolster their position and take the battle for group leadership to April 2 when they host Rivers United on the final match day.

    Aubin Kramo scored a brace for ASEC, including a 90th minute winner.

    He had broken the deadlock after 27 minutes, but the home side drew level in the 51st minute through Mydo Yallet.

    ASEC battled on in spite of pressure and they got the winner at the stroke of full-time.

    NAN reports that the match day six fixture between ASEC and Rivers United will determine which side finished first in the group, with the Nigerian side needing only a draw.

  • Europa League: Check out full quarter-final fixture

    Europa League: Check out full quarter-final fixture

    The Europa draws for the quarter-final fixtures were made today at Nyon in Switzerland.

    The draws was live on UEFA’s official website today by 1pm.

    This year’s quarter-final fixture will hold between 13th and 20th of April 2023 , while semi-finals will hold on the 11th and 18th of May.

    After playing and seeing off two Spanish opposition, Manchester United would have to battle another side from Spain.
    Juventus will trade tackle with Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon who saw off Arsenal from the competition.

    Check out the full fixture below

    Manchester United vs Sevilla

    Juventus vs Sporting Lisbon

    Bayer Leverkusen vs Union SG

    Feyenoord vs AS Roma

  • UCL: Tottenham crash out of Champions League after playing 0-0 with AC Milan

    UCL: Tottenham crash out of Champions League after playing 0-0 with AC Milan

    Italain side, AC Milan progressed to the Quarter-final of this year’s Champions League after holding English side, Tottenham Hotspurs to a goalless draw at London Stadium on Wednesday night.
    Spurs had approached the second leg of the encounter with a 1-0 deficit and were hoping to cancel it at London stadium but failed to secure the much-needed goal to break even in the encounter.
    Antonio Conte returned to the touchline following his gall bladder surgery, but this result looked like it could spell the beginning of the end for his tenure in charge, with the Italian’s contract expiring in the summer.
    Milan had the first real chance of the match after 18 minutes with a free kick straight off the training ground. The ball was fed into the path of Junior Messias inside the box but the Brazilian could only drag his driven effort wide of the target. A big let off for Tottenham.
    Spurs grew into the first half around the 30 minute mark but still failed to show the required quality in the final third to really test Milan. At the half time whistle, neither side had managed a shot on target.
    The match eventually ended goalless as both sides failed to put the ball at the back of the net but AC Milan’s 1-0 win is enough to send them through to the round of eight.
    The result meant no hopes of the English side recording any silverware this season on the domestic front and continentally.
  • FA Cup: Manchester United reach Quarter-Final after beating West Ham 3-1

    FA Cup: Manchester United reach Quarter-Final after beating West Ham 3-1

    Wonderkid, Alejandro Garnacho gave the Red Devils the inspiration needed to comeback from a goal down to defeat Westham United 3-1 in the FA Cup second round game on Wednesday.

    With the win, Erik ten Hag’s men progressed to the FA Cup quarter-finals, where they will host Fulham.

    Manchester United already got one silverware already after defeating Newcastle United in the 2023 Carabao cup last Sunday.

    United looked set to be brought back down to earth with a bump after Said Benrahma put David Moyes’ West Ham into a deserved lead at Old Trafford.

    But Nayef Aguerd’s 77th-minute own goal sparked an impressive turnaround, with teenager Garnacho’s superb 90th-minute effort followed by a stoppage-time strike by Fred in a 3-1 triumph. Their quarter-final will take place on the weekend of March 18 and 19.

    There was a sense of relief among the delighted celebrations as Ten Hag’s men progressed from the fifth-round tie despite a shaky performance, keeping their hopes of a quadruple alive.

    “I see today another step,” manager Ten Hag said of Garnacho. “I tell him before the game ‘it’s getting time you had an impact when you come on, but now you need to have impact as a starter’.

     

  • Egypt 2023: Peseiro thumbs up Flying Eagles after two rockets see off Mambas

    Egypt 2023: Peseiro thumbs up Flying Eagles after two rockets see off Mambas

    Super Eagles’ Head Coach José Santos Peseiro said he was impressed after scorching shots from the boots of forwards Samson Lawal and Ibrahim Muhammad gave Nigeria all three points and a deserved quarter-final ticket at the 23rd Africa U20 Cup of Nations in Egypt on Saturday. Mozambique’s Young Mambas were the victims this time.

    Buoyed in spirit by the win over host nation Egypt on Wednesday that shipped their campaign back on track, the Flying Eagles played with commendable self-assurance and dominated large swathes of a game played under floodlights at an impressive facility in north-eastern Egypt.

    Ayuba Francis had failed to put enough purchase on his strikes in the 6th and 24th minutes on the turf of Suez Canal Authority Stadium in Ismailia, but Lawal, after receiving a pass from the nimble-footed Haliru Sarki, glided past two defenders before releasing a fierce shot that nestled safely in the net, beyond the groping arms of Kimiss Zavala in the 32nd minute.

    With five minutes to interval, Muhammad, who ran rings round the Mozambican rearguard a number of times, got into a vantage position for a lofty strike that flew past Zavala and found the top right corner for Nigeria’s second.

    In the second half, Nigeria’s safe hands Chijioke Aniagboso was his imperial self as he denied substitute Edson Mucuana from close range in the 55th minute. At the other end, another scorcher from Lawal rocked Zavala but he managed to parry it for a corner kick.

    In the 76th minute, substitute Adams Olamilekan failed to find the net after a sweet lay-on by Ahmed Abdullahi, and with three minutes to go, Aniagboso again came up big when Jose Rabelina Zavala thought he was in a position to reduce Mozambique’s deficit.

    Victory took the Flying Eagles to six points, and with Senegal pounding host nation Egypt 4-0 in Cairo, to finish top with maximum nine points from three matches, Nigeria finished a comfortable second and will play the winner of Group B (currently being contested by Congo and Uganda) in the quarter-finals on Thursday at the Suez Canal Authority Stadium in Ismailia.

  • CHAN: Host Algeria seek quarter-final qualification against Ethiopia

    CHAN: Host Algeria seek quarter-final qualification against Ethiopia

    Madjid Bougherra the head coach of the Algeria CHAN team, has said that his team will play its final group game as though it’s the final.

    Algeria started well when they defeated Libya 1-0 at the Nelson Mandela stadium in Algiers on Friday.

    Bougherra said “So listen as I said before we see every single match as a final, it is an important match for both teams. One team stays in the race to qualify. A team like us has to win tomorrow’s match to qualify,” said Madjid Bougherra, the Algeria head coach.

    Algerian players are now upbeat and are hoping for positive results in their second game against Ethiopia who are also hoping to record first win in the tournament.

    “We managed to win in the first game. The first game is important, we have passed that test (match against Libya), we have another match, another final against Ethiopia,” said Zakaria Draoui, the Algerian midfielder.

    Recall that Ethiopia could only manage a draw in their first match against Mozambique on Saturday.

    The stadiums has already sold full capacity of 41,000 tickets as at Sunday.

    Algeria will maximise on the return of Aymen Mahious who score the first winning goal but suffered a minor injury during the opener but will still miss the services of Chouaib Debbih.

  • India 2021: Gusau charges Flamingos to clinch quarter-final ticket against Chile

    India 2021: Gusau charges Flamingos to clinch quarter-final ticket against Chile

    President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau is confident that Nigeria’s U17 Girls, Flamingos will reach the quarter-finals of the ongoing FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup in India on Monday.

    The Flamingos are up against South American side, Chile inside the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar as from noon Nigeria time on Monday (4pm in India). Both teams have three points each but Africa’s best team boasts superior goals tally and will qualify if the game ends in a stalemate.

    “Even though we need a draw to qualify, I have told the technical crew and the players to work hard for a win in order to sustain their winning mentality. That element is crucial for a team at this point in the tournament. Winning mentality ensures that you want to go for it no matter the situation or condition.

    “They did well to get the goals against New Zealand but we need these three points as well so that the message can go out to our quarter-finals opponents that we mean serious business.”

    The 4-0 win over New Zealand took the Flamingos to three points and plus three goals advantage, while their 6-0 thumping by group leaders Germany meant the Chileans remained on three points and with minus four goals.

    Head Coach Bankole Olowookere has assured that his girls will not take their feet off the pedal against the South Americans.

    “We are ready for another three points. We had a good win over New Zealand but I’m not happy we lost so many scoring chances. We cannot afford to do that against Chile.

    “We are very focused because nothing has been won yet. It is another game in which we must give our very best and ensure we get a win.”

  • AITEO Cup: Three quarter-final matches hold Saturday

    AITEO Cup: Three quarter-final matches hold Saturday

    The cities of Jos, Kaduna and Federal Capital Territory, Abuja will witness top class football action this weekend as the quarter-final matches of this year’s AITEO Cup competition (men’s version) take place.

    Niger Tornadoes and Lobi Stars are the combatants in Jos to determine a slot in the semi finals while top-tier teams Wikki Tourists and Nasarawa United clash in Kaduna.

    Kogi United, the surprise team of this year’s competition, are up against Kano Pillars at the Area 3 Stadium, Abuja.

    It would be recalled that the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, at its meeting of 18th August adopted the resolutions of a peace meeting of Club representatives with NFF officials that agreed to a rebooting of the AITEO Cup Competition 2022 (men’s version) from the quarter-final stage.

    A notice to Football Associations of the States hosting the quarter-final matches has clarified that the fourth match between Heartland FC of Owerri and Katsina United FC is determined to have been won and lost, with Heartland FC the winners and already in possession of a semi-final ticket.

    AITEO CUP COMPETITION 2022

    QUARTER FINAL FIXTURES (MEN)

    Niger Tornadoes Vs Lobi Stars – 27/08/22 – Jos – 4pm

    Wikki Tourists Vs Nasarawa United – 27/08/22 – Kaduna – 4pm

    Kogi United Vs Kano Pillars – 27/08/22 – Area 3, Abuja – 4pm

  • 2021 Volleyball Nations Cup: Nigeria Reaches Quarter-Finals, Breaks 16-Year-Old Jinx

    2021 Volleyball Nations Cup: Nigeria Reaches Quarter-Finals, Breaks 16-Year-Old Jinx

    Team Nigeria has beaten Ethiopia 3-1 (25-20, 25-12, 32-34, 25-17) in their last match of Pool B to qualify for the quarter-finals at the 2021 African Men’s Senior Volleyball Nations Championship in Rwanda.

    With the result and reaching the last eight, Nigeria also breaks a 16-Year-Old jinx at the tournament.

    Nigeria will battle Cameroon in their quarter-final match at the Kigali Arena on Saturday by 4:00 pm.

    Team coach, Usman Abdallah, is pleased with his team’s performance and hopes they can advance to the next stage.

    “It was a good performance from the team today, we played really well, though it was a tough game from the Ethiopians,” Abdallah said after the game.

    “I am happy we could deal with the danger they posed in the first set but they became more determined in the third set where they eventually won by 34-32 points.”

    Abdallah confirmed that the major objective is to be in a better position in this year’s Nation’s Championship.

    “In 2019, Nigeria was missing at the African Nations Championship due to unseen circumstances; in 2017, we finished 13th position which was very poor. This time around, Nigeria wants to make a statement at this year’s edition,” he concluded.

  • Ten-man Porto enter Champions League quarters with late away goal at Juventus

    Ten-man Porto enter Champions League quarters with late away goal at Juventus

    Ten-man Porto upset Juventus to reach the Champions League quarter-finals on away goals after a 4-4 aggregate draw in spite of losing 3-2 to the Italian side on Tuesday.

    Sergio Oliveira’s extra-time free-kick for Porto’s second goal proved decisive for the visitors.

    Porto dominated the first half and took the lead in the 19th minute with Oliveira’s penalty taking them into the break in front as they looked comfortable at the Juventus Stadium.

    But with the first attack of the second half Juve’s Federico Chiesa, who scored their goal in the 2-1 last-16, first-leg defeat in Portugal, arrowed a strike into the top corner to give his side hope four minutes after the re-start.

    The game turned further in Juve’s favour as Mehdi Taremi needlessly got sent off for picking up a second yellow card in the 54th minute for kicking the ball away, with Chiesa levelling the scoreline on aggregate with his head in the 63rd minute.

    The hosts had chances to win the tie but the game went to extra time and the drama was far from over as Porto won a free-kick which Oliveira drilled home to spark wild scenes of celebration amongst the players and coaching staff.

    Adrien Rabiot’s header three minutes from time for Juve ensured a grandstand finish in an enthralling encounter, but Porto held on for a famous victory.