Browsing: Africa

Former Super Eagles coach Jo Bonfrere has delivered a stinging assessment of Nigerian football after major setbacks for the Flying Eagles and Super Falcons.

Cameroon ended Nigeria’s WAFCON title defence, but not their World Cup hopes. The Super Falcons must now beat South Africa and then survive FIFA’s inter-confederation play-off route.

Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey both delivered 103 Fantasy Premier League points last season, but a £1m price gap now separates Fulham’s Nigerian pair.

Nigeria’s WAFCON title defence is over, a new African champion is guaranteed, and the Super Falcons must now fight through the repechage route to keep their 2027 World Cup hopes alive.

Nigeria’s Eniola Bolaji beat Brazil’s Kauana Beckenkamp 21–12, 21–12 in Lima to claim the women’s singles SL3 title at the 2026 Peru Para Badminton International.

Junior D’Tigress dismantled Senegal 70–40 in Abidjan, recovering strongly from defeat to Cameroon and securing progression to the U18 Women’s AfroBasket quarter-finals.

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles were three goals down by half-time as Burkina Faso powered to a 4–1 victory in the WAFU B U20 final, taking the trophy and continental qualification prize.

Nigeria produced the greater attacking volume, but Cameroon scored the goal that mattered, winning 1–0 to knock the defending champions out of WAFCON and take a direct Brazil 2027 ticket.

From Nigeria to Denmark, Belgium and now Germany, Raphael Onyedika has built his career by crossing one difficult threshold after another. At Eintracht Frankfurt, another test begins.

The ₦1bn headline has transformed expectations around the new NPFL season, but Gbenga Elegbeleye says the league’s own champions’ reward remains ₦200m.