Indomitable Lions Belgian coach Hugo Broos is being owed nearly seven months salary by the Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT). According to Jeune Afrique, Broos who is on a 45,000 euros monthly salary, is yet to receive a dime from the federation close to seven months now. Broos’ salary issue with the federation may not be … Read more
Belgian Hugo Broos, who guided Cameroon to a shock Africa Cup of Nations title 11 days ago, has applied for the vacant post of South Africa coach. His name was among those released Thursday by the South African Football Association (SAFA) for one of the most sought after football jobs in Africa. Italian Roberto Mancini, … Read more
Coach Avram Grant and his men returned to training after their 1-0 win over Uganda on Tuesday. The team were at the Sogara Stadium in Port Gentile to train barely 24 hours after playing their first game at the Cup of Nations. All players were involved in the training session with the exception of Abdul … Read more
Ivory Coast made a disappointing start to their Africa Cup of Nations title defence Monday when held 0-0 by lowest Group C seeds Togo in Gabonese town Oyem. Paris Saint-Germain defender Serge Aurier came close to breaking the deadlock with two minutes remaining, heading a cross narrowly wide in a match that failed to sparkle. … Read more
Black Stars goalkeeper Richard Ofori has given an indication he is ready to help the senior national team win the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. Ghana is aiming at winning its fifth Africa Cup of Nations title at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon, and the Wa All Stars goalie, speaking … Read more
Nigeria legend Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha is backing the Black Stars to win the 2017 Africa cup Of Nations in Gabon as his Super Eagles failed to qualify for the finals. Okocha was part of German Bundesliga officials who visited the Ghana Football Association for co-operative talks. The Black Stars missed out narrowly on winning … Read more
Nigeria’s victorious women’s football team have protested outside parliament in Abuja over unpaid win bonuses. Their protest coincided with President Muhammadu Buhari’s arrival at the National Assembly to present next year’s budget. The African champions then marched to President Buhari’s villa, where an aide said they would be paid in two days. They have refused … Read more
Kevin-Prince Boateng opened the scoring for Las Palmas in their 3-1 victory against Athletic Bilbao in La Liga on Monday evening. It was the 29-year-old’s fourth of the season as he inches near his all-time best of six goals in a campaign, achieved with Schalke 04 two seasons ago. The Ghanaian forward got onto the … Read more
Asisat Oshoala scored four goals as Nigeria began the defence of their women’s Africa Cup of Nations title with a 6-0 drubbing of Mali in Limbe on Sunday. The Player of the Tournament at the 2014 edition was in a class of her own as she terrorised the hapless Malian defence. USA-based Francisca Ordega and … Read more
African Footballer of the year award 2016, throwback at all the previous winners Before the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016 launches on Saturday, BBC Sport looks at all the previous winners. The prize started life as the BBC African Sports Star of the Year award in 1992, when Ghanaian footballer Abedi Pele was … Read more
Before the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016 launches on Saturday, BBC Sport looks at all the previous winners. The prize started life as the BBC African Sports Star of the Year award in 1992, when Ghanaian footballer Abedi Pele was the inaugural winner. The format has evolved and now a shortlist of five … Read more
Ghanaian and African soccer Legend Abedi Ayew Pele has revealed that his two biggest childhood Idols while growing up are Nigeria’s “Mathematical” captain and winger-striker of the seventies and eighties Segun Patrick Odegbami and Ugandan soccer idol Phillip Omondi. Omondi played for local side Kampala City Council FC from 1973 to 1979, when he moved … Read more