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Femi Solajawith agency report After over one month postponement, the much-awaited draw ceremony for next year’s AFCON tournament will now hold next month, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) confirmed the development yesterday. The final draw for the premier continental football event was to hold on 25th of June but was postponed due to some logistics reasons at the last minute but the Secreatry General of CAF, Mosengo-Omba, last night confirmed that the ceremony will hold in Yaounde, Cameroon on the 15th of August. Nigeria is among the 24 countries to be placed in six groups of ...

Femi Solajawith agency report But for pre-match communication of Mexican star, Hector Herrera, most of the 53,258 crowd at the Mexico 4-0 defeat of Nigeria early hours of Sunday would have been making racial slur against the Super Eagles’ players. According to a report by The Orange County Register, a daily newspaper published in California, the crowd, largely composed by Mexicans had planned homophobic chants throughout the match which had the arena’s first full capacity since the coronavirus pandemic Moments before the match, Hector Herrera who later scored two goals, stood with his tea...

Femi Solajawith agency report Leicester City yesterday stepped up their bid for striking options in the coming season following the signing of striker Patson Daka from RB Salzburg. The Zambian international was officially unveiled yesterday morning, when the Foxes confirmed Daka had put pen to paper on a five-year deal. The implication of the addition means that the duo of Super Eagles forward, Kelechi Iheanacho and England striker, Jaimie Vardy will have to sweat it out for a starting line up with new point man in the new season. Daka, 22, had previously been linked with Jurgen Klopp’s Liv...

Femi Solajawith agency report Strong indication emerged last night that former English Premiership champions, Leicester City may sign up out-of-favour Tammy Abraham from Chelsea as the Nigerian-born England forward continues to sit on the bench since Thomas Tuchel’s spell at the London club. Abraham has also been linked with a return to Aston Villa – the club he helped get promoted to the Premier League when on loan in 2019. Abraham’s move to King Power Stadium could see him in attacking partnership with Kelechi ‘Senior Man’ Iheanacho, who has been scoring vital goals for the club i...

Femi Solajawith agency report Three-time African champions, Super Eagles of Nigeria remained static on 35th spot yesterday as world football ruling body, FIFA, released the last ranking for Covid-19 ravaged year 2020. Eagles’ no movement in the current December ranking was due largely to the unimpressive draws over two legs against Sierra Leone last month in AFCON 2022 qualifying matches.Eagles are joint fourth with Morocco in the African standing. The former African champions garnered same total of 1474 points with Morocco to stay as joint 35th globally and fourth in Africa with Morocco be...