The referee council of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has picked Egyptian Mahmoud El Banna as the centre referee for the much-awaited clash between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and Wild Dogs of Guinea Bissau on 25th March, 2023 at the Moshood Abiola stadium in Abuja, Abbeylivenetwork.com reports. The CAF Referees Committee appointed Mahmoud El Banna […]
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles secured a fourth bronze medal at the CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations by defeating Tunisia’s Carthage Eagles 4-0 in the third-place match on Friday afternoon, Abbeylivenetwork.com reports. Goals from Ibrahim Muhammed and Ahmed Abdullahi and a brilliant brace from Jude Sunday crushed the resistance of the Tunisians at the Cairo International […]
With 20 days to the resumption of the 2023 African Cup of Nations qualifiers recuperating Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi could make his return to the Super Eagles squad for the Matchday 3 game against Guinea Bissau. Three-time African champions, Nigeria welcome their West African neighbours to the Abiola Stadium in Abuja on March 24 […]
Despite missing out on the FIBA World Cup, Nigeria’s men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, retained their position as the number one team on the continent and 19th in the world in the latest FIBA World rankings. At the recently concluded window of the African qualifiers for the World Cup in Luanda, D’Tigers won two games, defeating […]
Victor Osimhen has clinched an award for being the Best Foreign Athlete in Italy, Abbeylivenetwork.com understand. Osimhen has enjoyed a blistering campaign leading Napoli’s charge for a first Scudetto in three decades. The forward was presented with the award by Napoli president, Aurelio De Laurentiis. The 24-year-old has scored 19 goals in 21 league appearances […]
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles on Monday evening failed to get past The Gambia in their semifinals game at the Cairo International Stadium as they suffered a 1-0 defeat to miss the chance to gun for an 8th African Cup of Nations title at the U-20 category, Abbeylivenetwork.com reports. Ladan Bosso’s team had reached the ‘last […]
Super Eagles striker Terem Moffi was at the top of his game on Sunday as he helped Nice defeat Monaco 3-0 in a Ligue 1 encounter, Abbeylivenetwork.com reports. Moffi, who recently joined Nice from Lorient, scored twice and also bagged an assist. However, Moffi has make only fourth appearance for Nice, and now has two […]
Angola defeated resurgent D’Tigers 65-59 in their group E FIBA African World Cup qualifier played on Sunday night, Abbeylivenetwork.com report. D’Tigers redeemed the slim hope of picking one of the five African tickets to the World Cup when they defeated group E table toppers, Ivory Coast (72-63) and Guinea (62-59) in their first two games in […]
Rivers United secured their second win in the group stages of the CAF Confederation Cup by defeating Congo’s DC Motema Pemebe 1-0 on Sunday, Abbeylivenetwork.com reports. It became the second group stage victory for the Nigerian champions, enough to see them go top of their group on Sunday. The game played at the Estádio 11 […]
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has approved the appointment of a four-man caretaker committee for the state-owned club, Kano Pillars, Abbeylivenetwork.com reports. Kabiru Baita, special adviser to the governor on sports, will act as the chairman of the committee. Other committee members are Abba Galadima, Mukhtar Ahmed and Engineer Munir Ahmad Gwarzo. The committee […]