African Footy

Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Nigerian football club Gombe United defender Uzama Douglas was shot dead by armed men believed to be cultists in Benin

Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Provisional squad for Morocco's 2017 African Cup of Nations tournament has been released. Which includes

Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Arsenal's Chuba Akpom has now resumed full training with the first-team squad ahead of their Boxing Day home game wi…

By: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Former Nigeria captain, Austin Okocha has said the German Bundesliga is better than the English Premier

By: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Former Nigeria captain, Austin Okocha has said the German Bundesliga is better than the English Premier

Writer/Ed.: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Nigeria star, Victor Moses will be hoping to maintain his brilliant form as they take on Kelechi Iheanacho&#…

Writer/Ed.: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) are in talks with their Ivorian counterpart for a friendly game between Su…

Writer/Ed.: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele We bring you the highest earning Nigerian players abroad. Often times, this has been a subject of discussion among

Writer/Ed.: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Algeria FA president, Mohamed Raouraoua has lamented that World Cup qualification will be difficult for his c…

Writer/Ed.: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Leicester City players Riyad Mahrez and Islam Slimani will start for Algeria in tomorrow’s world Cup qualifier against Nigeria in Uyo

Writer/Ed.: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Manchester United legend Phil Neville has labeled Nigeria international Victor Moses 'a sensational play…

Writer/Ed.: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Chelsea star John Obi Mikel, 29, might be preparing to leave the team in the January transfer window, after…

Watford Nigerian striker, Isaac Success is still nursing a hamstring injury which will make him unavailable for his team’s clash at Anfield …

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Chelsea's John Obi Mikel has revealed that ex-Juventus legend, Alessandro Del Piero is the toughest oppo…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Chelsea's John Obi Mikel has revealed that ex-Juventus legend, Alessandro Del Piero is the toughest oppo…

Writer/Ed.: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Super Eagles of Nigeria squad that are expected to show up for the Nigeria and Algeria clash at Uyo, Nigeria…

Writer/Ed.: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Algerian Soccer Federation (FAF) has on Friday appointed Belgian, Georges Leekens, 67, as head coach of the …

Writer/Ed.: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Algerian Soccer Federation (FAF) has on Friday appointed Belgian, Georges Leekens, 67, as head coach of the national first team side until the end of 2019 Afr…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Nigeria Super Eagles forward Aaron Samuel will return in January from a long-term knee injury. His agent, …

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele French champions, Paris Saint-Germain were ready to pay £170 million for Neymar's release clause in the …

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Ghanaian full back, Harrison Afful was named in MLS Team of the week. This was released by football statisti…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Do your remember 2pac's song "All Eyes On Me"? All eyes were really on Man Utd coach and forme…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Nigeria forward Ahmed Musa scored his first competitive goal for Leicester City in their 3-1 home win over C…

Written by: Tawfeeq Hassan African giant, Algeria are in line to sign a contract with former Belgium coach Marc Wilmots. Marc Wilmots will be a …

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Hull City's Nigerian-English defender Moses Odubajo may miss the rest of the season following a serious …

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele The African Cup of Nations, GABON2017 group stage draw was done yesterday by CAF. The tournament will be p…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Ghana forward Jordan Ayew came on as a substitute to score Aston Villa's winning goal against Reading, g…

Written by: Seye Tomori Nigeria's Ahmed Musa has said he will fight for his place at Leicester City after having a difficult start to life in…

Written by: Seye Tomori Ivory Coast star Kolo Toure is playing the role of “big brother” for Celtic striker Moussa Dembele, helping him adapt to l…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Fanendo Adi has now become the third player in history to score 16 goals or more in consecutive Major League Soccer (MLS) seasons before

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Frank McCourt, an American businessman has bought French Ligue 1 side Marseille for £40.6m. He was the for…

Written by: Olumide Oke Izu Joseph, a Nigerian footballer has died after being shot. Izu who plays as a defender for Nigerian Premier League side Shooting Stars (3SC), was hit by a stray bullet …

Written by: Seye Tomori Ghanaian, Kadri Mohammed played his first game for his new side Austria Wien in their 2-0 away win against

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Nigerian international Peter Odemwingie has been a free agent since he was released by by Stoke City last

The Confederation of African Footballer CAF recently released a 30-man list for African footballer of the year award. The winner will be announced

EDITORIAL Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Algeria's Riyad Mahrez was nominated as part of the 30-man list announced Saturday for the African Player…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele FC Barcelona got all three points in La Liga on Saturday, as they beat Deportivo La Coruna 4-0 at Camp

Written by: Seye Tomori Nigeria winger, Victor Moses scored in the 80th minute to seal a comfortable 3-0 win for Chelsea against Champions,

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Chelsea will play Leicester City in today’s first match at Stamford Bridge. The Blues will welcome back inju…

Written by: Seye Tomori The Nigeria Football Federation said on Monday that Nigeria women team will this week open its training camp as part of preparation for the 10th African

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele PSG defender Serge Aurier is under FIFA investigation for making a throat-slitting gesture

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Premier League stars Petr Cech and Gareth Barry have both been included in renowned Guinness World

Written by: Seye Tomori Algeria Football Federation (FAF) has disclosed that there will be a replacement for coach Milovan Rajevac before next ye…

Written by: Seye Tomori UD Cornella’s Kenechukwu Uchenwa was sent off in their 2-1 loss to Hércules CF in Copa del Rey Third round played at Esta…

Written by: Tawfeeq Hassan Morocco cruised to a 4-0 win over Canada, extending their unbeaten run since January. Morocco secured a 4-0 win over…

Written by: Tawfeeq Hassan Algeria coach Milovan Rajevac was sacked on Tuesday, barely three months after he took charge. The news came from Algerian public television, with a statement saying:…

Written by: Tawfeeq Hassan Algeria forward, Riyad Mahrez has confirmed Arsenal were interested in signing him before the beginning of this season.…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Belgium's Palace striker, Christian Benteke has scored the fastest World Cup qualifying goal. Just seven…

Written by: Tawfeeq Hassan Leicester City's Mahrez has fired warning that his Algeria side is going to Nigeria to get all 3 points. Riyad Ma…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele African qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup was played during the weekend. Africanfooty brings you

Written by: Tyral Siyanda Congo-Brazzaville were beaten 2-1 at home by an impressive Egypt side in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier played on Sunday. The game was played at Stade Municipal de K…

Written by: Oladayo Seye Tomori Super Eagles of Nigeria survived a second half scare to win 2-1 at Zambia,starting their World Cup 2018 qualifiers …

Written by: Tyral Siyanda Here is the player ratings of Bafana Bafana of South Africa players in their 1-1 draw with Burkina Faso in the qualifying…

Written by: Tawfeeq Hassan Bordeaux’s attacking midfielder Adam Ounas has chosen to play for Algeria as his national team instead of France, as rep…

Written by: Tyral Siyanda Zambian President Edgar Chagwa Lungu is expected to watch the match between Zambia and Nigeria in a World Cup qualifier o…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Former Arsenal attacker, Andrey Arshavin has shaved a blogger head, after the latter claimed Arshavin won…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Arsenal's French defender, Laurent Koscienly has warned that Paul Pogba should be left in peace so as to…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Norwegian club coach, OLE VIDAR TOFTESUND has requested for the sperm of Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahi…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Barcelona and Spain full-back, Jordi Alba left Spain camp after getting injured. Alba left the Spain squad…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Nigeria Super Eagles midfielder, Alex Iwobi lost Arsenal's Player of the Month to Chilean, Alexis Sanche…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Former Ghana player and coach, Malik Jabir said that Ghana’s club players are not doing well because beautifu…

Written by: Seye Tomori Ghana international and MLS Crew SC defender, Harrison Afful has joined Ghana national team for. Afful, 30, joined Ghana…

Written by: Tawfeeq Hassan Canada national team have released their squad that will play Mauritania and Morocco. They will play Mauritania Oct. 7 in Marrakech, and will Morocco, in the same venu…

Written by: Tawfeeq Hassan Lyon's Algerian attacker Rachid Ghezzal is set to sign a new contract with French Ligue 1 club, as reported by L’Eq…

Written by: Tawfeeq Hassan Manager Frank De Boer claimed that Mohamed Salah’s pace and technicality caused his Inter Milan team problems, helping …

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Victor Moses has pulled out of Super Eagles squad to face Zambia in World Cup 2018 qualifiers after sufferin…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Nigerian international, Victor Moses has won the man of the match award in his first Chelsea start in three …

Written by: Tyral Siyanda Zambia players have said they will beat the Super Eagles of Nigeria in Ndola, as part of the 2018 world cup qualifier. The Zambian will on October 9 play three-time Afr…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Eleven Nigerian players have been called up recently by English Football Association. The players are called up to represent England at various level of

Written by: Tyral Siyanda Angola's male senior national team, Palancas Negras will today take on the Zebras of Botswana in a friendly match set…

Written by: Seye Tomori Ghanaian descent midfielder Timothy Fosu-Mensah shows his happiness for his form for English giants, Manchester United. …

Written by: Seye Tomori Finland top division Finnish club, Seinajoen Jalkapallokerho populary known as SJK has released some players which are pre…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Nigerian striker Fanendo Adi has set another MLS record with champions Portland Timbers. The African man, scored in Portland Timbers 2-1 win over Salvadoran…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Arsenal's Mesut Ozil has heaped praise on colleague, Alex Iwobi, saying the Nigeria youngster brings bac…

Written by: Seye Tomori English side, Arsenal made a stunning €60million bid for Gabon international striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the summ…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Islam Slimani and Ahmed Musa's Leicester City sets new UCL record for English teams by beating Porto 1-0…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Yaya Toure’s agent Dimitri Seluk has said he will only apologize to Manchester City’s boss Pep Guardiola onl…

Written by: Seye Tomori English giant, Manchester United are reportedly tracking the progress of Ghana starlet Bernard Mensah, according to report…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Ivorian footballer Serge Aurier, who plays for Paris St-Germain (PSG), has been jailed for two months for el…

Written by: Tyral Siyanda Tottenhamn Legend, Graham Roberts has said that Kenya captain Victor Wanyama is a top signing for the North London side.…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger is not too happy with star player Alex Iwobi for playing for Nigeria, and not…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Chelsea's away defeat to Arsenal has gone a long way to change Antonio Conte's mind that his defende…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Nigeria international, Emmanuel Emenike has scored in two games in a row as Turkish giant, Fenerbahçe beat Gaziantepspor 2-1 in their league game on Sunday ev…

Written by: Seye Tomori Juventus pair Kwadwo Asamoah and Daniele Rugani has been ruled out for seven weeks due to knee injuries, according to the …

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Nigeria's Ahmed Musa for the first time failed to make Leicester City’s 18-man squad, in their visit to …

Written by: Tawfeeq Hassan Morocco and Mauritania will play Canada in men's football friendly next month. The Canada team will have Michael …

Written by: Seye Tomori Ghana wing forward Frank Acheampong is reported to be on the radar of English Championship side Newcastle United. Accord…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Nigerian footballer Qudus Lawal has said he'll give his best for his team to be promoted from United Lea…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Nigerian and Manchester City teenage striker, Kelechi Iheanacho has equalled goal records set by Premier Le…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Nigeria star John Obi Mikel says there might be future possibility of joining Major League Soccer. The 29-…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Reports have emerged in Italy that Chelsea are one of many clubs scouting Atalanta midfielder Franck Kessie.…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Reports have emerged that Real Madrid and Portugal star, Cristiano Ronaldo now has a new partner in former M…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Ivory Coast star, Yaya Toure has today announced his retirement from international football. The 33-year-o…

Written by: Seye Tomori Ghana's under-17 female team are expected to leave for Jordan on Tuesday for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup whic…

Written by: Seye Tomori Nigeria football captain, John Mikel Obi is set to make his first Chelsea appearance for the 2016/17 season. The midfiel…

Written by: Tawfeeq Hassan Mohamed Sohail has been been confirmed as the new coach of Wydad Casablanca following John Toshack's sack. We rep…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Arsene Wenger is unhappy with Alexis Sanchez taking penalty ahead of regular taker Santi Carzola during their 4-1 win at Hull City. The fans favourite missed…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says only Lionel Messi is a better player in attacking role than Manchest…

Written by: Tawfeeq Hassan Morocco's Wydad have sacked coach John Toshack following Zamalek disgraceful exit from the CAF Champions League. …

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Chelsea boss, Antonio Conte has said he will 'kill' indiscipline and disrespectful players in his Che…

Written by: Jeje Tomori Chelsea midfielder, John Mikel Obi is in a way related to club owner, Roman Abramovich. Mikel John Obi has been reported…

Written by: Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele FIFA has ended it's association with annual football award, Ballon d'Or. The world football governing body, FIFA has ended its six years…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Togolese striker Emmanuel Adebayor's move to Olympique Lyonnais has collapsed. According to ESPN.com, …

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Jose Mourinho won't blame his players after shocking defeat to Feyenoord in their Europa league first ma…

Written by: Seye Tomori Nigeria international, Umar Aminu scored as his Turkish club Osmanlispor beat Romania side Steaua Bucuresti. The Turkish…

Written by: Seye Tomori Nigeria has now moved three places up in the latest edition of the world football governing body rankings. The Nigerian …

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Real Madrid set to equal Barcelona winning streak if they beat fellow Spanish club. Spanish giant, Real Ma…

Written by: Seye Tomori Midfielder Stephen Nyarko has completed his transfer from Ghanaian giant Asante Kotoko to Tunisian side CS Sfaxien, as ann…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Ivorian defender Lamine kone has today signed a new five-year contract with English Premier League club

Written by: Tyral Siyanda Togo national team coach avoids jail term; but was however fined. Togo national team coach, Claude Le Roy will not be …

Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger labeled goalkeeper David Ospina as "world class" following his performance against French side, Paris

Written By: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele English football giant, Manchester United has recorded revenues of £515.3m for the 2016. This made them become the first UK football club to

Written By: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele According to Allnigeriasoccer.com, Nigerian defender, Kenneth Omeruo cost Chelsea £800,000 in transfer fee, …

Written by: Seye Tomori Five Nigerian male football referees have reportedly failed the FIFA Physical Fitness Test held at National stadium Abuja on

Written By: Tyral Siyanda Ivory Coast defender, Kolo Toure played full game for Scottish Premiership giant Celtic in a 5-1 win over arch rival Rangers on

07:44am, Sat 10-Sep-2016 Written By: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Serbian international, Nemanja Matic says Kante is better than club legend Claude …

By: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Nigerian Bayelsa United goalkeeper Iboro Rich Akpakpan is dead. The former Ocean Boys shot-stopper

Written by: Seye Tomori Ghana's Udinese player, Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu has said that Udinese can not win the Serie A this

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Arsenal Chilean forward, Alexis Sanchez believes that he is as good as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Ivorian international, Eric Bailly has been named Manchester United Player of the Month. He was announced as …

Written by: Tyral Siyanda Former Manchester City manager, Roberto Mancini has heaped praise on his former player Yaya Toure. He claimed the Africa…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Violence erupts today at Umaihah as angry home fans of Abia Warriors descended on match officials after

Written by: Seye Tomori Watford Nigerian striker, Odion Ighalo has admitted he will make a move to Chinese football one day, however

Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele English Championship side, Nottingham Forest are on the verge of signing former Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner,

Written by: Patrick Boma Chelsea's new life under new manager Antonio Conte has paid off with nine maximum points out of possible

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Manchester City's Yaya Toure agent claims the midfielder has been humiliated Pep Guardiola after being omitted

Written by: Tyral Siyanda South African league side, Kaizer Chiefs have given a trial to Ghanaian ace, Lee Addy

Written by: Tomori Jeje. English Premier League side, Liverpool are reportedly concerned about the injury picked up by Senegalese star

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele English giant, Manchester United could lose Ivorian defender Eric Bailly for up to five weeks next year afte…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Former Liverpool striker, Mario Balotelli has attributed his struggle with form to what he called

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Manchester based club, Manchester City have announced through their website, the squad for the group stage o…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Ivorian international Yaya Toure has been omitted from Manchester City’s Champions League squad list for the

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Victor Anichebe has today joined English Premiership side Sunderland on a free transfer on a 1-year contract

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele FC Barcelona has released its 30-man for the 2016-2017 UEFA Champions League competition. The squad consists…

Written by: Jeje Tomori Head coach of the Cameroon national team, Hugo Broos has disclosed that the Marvin and Joel Matip rejected national team

Written By: Jeje Tomori Nigeria international and Liverpool loanee, Taiwo Awoniyi scored a hattrick for NEC Nijmegen to kick start his loan with

Written By: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Ghanaian winger, Christian Atsu yesterday completed a a season-long loan move to Newcastle United from Chels…

Written by: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele English side Sunderland have completed the significant of Gabon international midfielder Didier Ndong from F…

Written by: Jeje Tomori. Super Eagles defender, Kenneth Omeruo has extended his club contract at Chelsea till June 2019. The defender whose initi…

Written By: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Cameroon international, Vincent Aboubakar has joined Turkish side, Besiktas after agreement was reached with his former club, F.C. Porto

By: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele English side, Southampton have completed the signing of Moroccan midfielder Sofiane Boufal for a club record fee

By: Jeje Tomori Enyimba FC are in line to retain the Nigerian league championship after defeating Akwa United 2-1 in Port Harcourt on Saturday

By: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Nigerian Victor Moses scored to help Chelsea to a deserving victory against their English Premier League

By: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele English Premier League giant, Arsenal FC has agreed a fee of €20m with Deportivo La Coruna for the transfer

By: Oladayo Juan Joe Bamidele Chelsea defender, Kenneth Omeruo is reported to be on the wishlist of Spanish La-Liga side

Ghanaian midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu has a signed a four-year contract extension with Italian club,

James Rodriguez's Real Madrid future is uncertain as there are continual reports of his departure from the

Portugal goalkeeper, Eduardo has agreed one-year contract with Premier League giant, Chelsea FC.

French Ligue 1 side FC Lorientare are set to make an offer for CD Nacional Egyptian defender, Aly Ghazal in the upcoming hours, as stated

Nigerian midfielder, John Obi Mikel , 29, will miss Chelsea’s trip to Watford in the Premier League on Saturday, due

Ghana defender Baba Rahman made his debut for German side Schalke on Thursday, helping them secure victory in his first game

Nigerian midfielder, John Obi Mikel, born John Michael Nchekwube Obinna (son of Michael Obi) in

It was revealed to reporters earlier this week that Kelechi Iheanacho has twenty percent sell on as part of the clauses on his transfer to English gi…

Ghana Football Association (GFA) is in the process of staging a historic friendly against World Cup rivals, the United States of America (USA) later …

Nigeria Premier League team, Lobi Stars Football Club’s feeder team on Monday staged a protest in front of Benue State’s government house over the non-payment of salaries, match

Ghana's Daniel Amartey who plays for English champion Leicester City, contributed to the team's 4-0 loss to French champion

Mikel Agu who plays as a midfielder for Portuguese football giant Porto FC has revealed he was unhappy with the central

Nigerian teenager, Kingsley Michael, has joined French giant, AS Monaco. The 18 year old Michael who joined