Chris Hughton was sacked on Tuesday as coach of Ghana after their elimination from the Africa Cup of Nations was confirmed, the country’s football association said in a statement. Ghana finished third in Group B at the tournament in the Ivory Coast after a 2-2 draw with Mozambique on Monday and any outside hope they had of a place in the last 16 as one of the four best third-placed finishers ended on Tuesday with results in Groups C and D. ‘The Ghana Football Association wishes to announce that Chris Hughton has been relieved of his duties as head coach…
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Chelsea claimed the joint-biggest victory in an EFL Cup semi-final second leg after overturning a 1-0 semi-final first-leg defeat with an emphatic 6-1 win over Middlesbrough at Stamford Bridge. An own goal from Jonny Howson got them started, Enzo Fernandez, Axel Disasi and Cole Palmer made it four before half-time. Palmer got his second after the break and Noni Madueke got number six. A disappointing night for Middlesbrough, who led 1-0 coming into the second leg, but they did give their fans something to cheer with a goal from Morgan Rogers late on. Chelsea qualify for the final 6-2 on…
It’s time for the Grand Prize prediction of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Predict the three countries that will finish FIRST, SECOND and THIRD at the ongoing AFCON tournament in Ivory Coast and be our grand prize winner of N20,000. Stroll down, and click on ADD A COMMENT to make your prediction. Drop your prediction in the comment section of the post, the first correct prediction will be our winner. Entries will close after the completion of Round of 16 matches. You can only predict once, as more than one entry will be disqualified. Good luck.
Host nation Ivory Coast’s campaign in the ongoing AFCON is hanging in the balance, as they lost a second successive Group A match, going down 4-0 to group winners Equatorial Guinea in Abidjan. The Ivorians must now wait to see if they will go through as one of the four best third-placed teams. After defeat to Nigeria on Thursday, Les Éléphants needed a big response and they dominated the early territory, putting plenty of balls into the Equatoguinean box, but could not create a real chance until the 30th minute, when Christian Kouamé brought the ball down before Nicolas Pépé…
A first-half own-goal by Opa Sanganté helped Nigeria book their seat at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) knockout stages with a challenging 1-0 victory against a spirited Guinea-Bissau side seeking their maiden win at the tournament. Having never lost all three games in the AFCON group stages, the already-eliminated Djurtus mounted an impressive resistance to thwart Victor Osimhen and his compatriots, even looking more menacing in the early stages against the three-time AFCON winners. However, Guinea-Bissau were rocked when Sanganté blasted an attempted clearance against his own goalkeeper, handing Nigeria a fortunate lead. With qualification to the knockout stages…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will lock horns with Guinea-Bissau today in Group A of the 2023 AFCON. Predict the score line of the game and stand a chance of winning one of our monetary prizes. Drop your prediction in the comment section of the post. The first two correct predictions will win get the prizes, and predictions will end by 6:00pm Nigerian time. More than one entry will be disqualified. Stroll down, and click on ADD A COMMENT to make your prediction.
Lobi Stars maintained top spot after edging visiting Plateau United 1-0 at the Aper Aku Stadium on Sunday. Kumaga Suur scored the only goal of the game in the 23rd minute to earn the Makurdi team all the three points. The win took Lobi to 36 points, one point above second placed Remo Stars. In Ikenne, Remo Stars kept pace with leaders Lobi with a hard fought 2-1 home win over Abia Warriors on Sunday. Dela Akorli opened the scoring to put the Daniel Ogunmodede’s team infront nice minutes into the game, and Ahmed Akinyele doubled the lead in the 63rd minute. However, Sunday Megwo pulled…
Former Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi has advised the London club to sign Napoli and Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen next season. As the team lingers in midtable, Obi does not think their current rebuilding job has been very outstanding. In a chat with TrilbalFootball, Mikel described Osimhen as a player that knows how to get the goals, and believes Osimhen could be the man to solve Chelsea’s problems. The former Nigeria captain said, “We need a striker, simple as that. We need a good one. If you watch (Erling) Haaland, most of his goals, where are they? In the box.…
Tanzania have sacked their manager one game into the African Cup of Nations after he picked up an eight-match touchline ban for accusing Morocco of influencing referee appointments The East African nation will go into their next group stage games against Zambia and Congo without their boss Adel Amrouche after he was fired just one game into AFCON. Amrouche made a furious rant before Tanzania’s 3-0 defeat to Morocco, which saw him banned by CAF from the touchline for eight matches. AFP reported that Algerian national Amrouche claimed the Atlas Lions held too much sway in African football, and that the World Cup…
Arsenal moved up to third in the Premier League (PL) with a comfortable and morale-boosting 5-0 thrashing over Crystal Palace, ending a sobering four-match winless run across all competitions. The Gunners needed a fast start to negate a mini-crisis over the Christmas period, and they managed to do just that, alleviating the recent festive gloom that had engulfed North London. Declan Rice delivered a corner of pinpoint accuracy towards Gabriel, who outmuscled Chris Richards and powered a header past Dean Henderson for his second goal of the season. It was the Gunners’ 12th set piece goal in the PL -…