Nigerian representatives, Plateau United and MFM FC, have been given tough ties in the preliminary round of the CAF Champions League (CAFCL). The two teams found out about their opponents when the 2018 CAFCL preliminary and first round draw took...

Ivorian legend Didier Drogba has thrown his weight behind African players and that they are capable of ending the 22-year wait for the world's Best Player Award. No African has won the prestigious award since George Weah achieved the feat...

It seems the era of financial boom currently being enjoyed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is set to continue into the unforeseeable future after it was revealed that the football body would sign two mammoth deals within the...

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has been sanctioned and fined by world football's governing body, FIFA, after the Super Eagles fielded an ineligible player against the Fennec Foxes of Algeria on Matchday 6 of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers...

In-form Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah has been named BBC African Player of the Year (POTY) for 2017. The 25-year old Liverpool star won the award with a record number of votes ahead of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon and Borussia Dortmund), Naby...

The top three nominees for the 2017 CAF African Footballer of the Year will be revealed at a ceremony in Accra, Ghana, on December 18. This was revealed by the Confederation of African Footballer (CAF) on Sunday. Several African stars like...

Borussia Dortmund star Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang is the new African goal king in German Bundesliga history after his latest strike at the weekend. Gabon striker Aubameyang scored his 97th Bundesliga goal during his side's disappointing 2-1 home loss to Werder Bremen...

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) chief, Shehu Dikko, has touched down in the North African country of Egypt ahead of Wednesday's CAF Champions League (CAFCL) and CAF Confederation Cup (CAFCC) draw. Dikko, who is both the NFF Vice President and League...

Tunisia head coach Nabil Maaloul has signed a new five-year deal as reward for masterminding the team's qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Maaloul, 55, oversaw an unbeaten World Cup qualifying run with a total of 14...

Nigerian striker Bartholomew Ogbeche has disclosed that he is hoping to earn a recall to the Super Eagles under the current coaching crew led by Franco-German Gernot Rohr. Ogbeche has been in sensational form for Dutch side Willem II in...