NBA star Kevin Durant is leaving Paris with more than just an Olympic gold medal – he’s now an investor in top French football (soccer) club...
AFP | France captain Kylian Mbappé has taken over as majority shareholder of Ligue 2 club Caen, Mbappe’s company Interconnected Ventures announced in a statement on...
AFP | Nigeria star Victor Osimhen is among 30 nominees named on Wednesday for the 2022-2023 men’s African Player of the Year award. The prolific Napoli...
Day 14 of the FIFA Women’s World Cup sent four more teams packing. South Africa earned a stunning 3-2 win Wednesday to secure its first-ever last-16...
AP | Haiti qualified for the FIFA Women’s World Cup finals for the first time after winning its playoff match, Wednesday, in New Zealand. Haiti beat...
A takeover of English Championship club Sheffield United by Nigerian billionaire is at an advanced stage. The Championship promotion contenders’ owner Prince Abdullah has been in...
AP | Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the...
AP | Family members of Brazilian football great Pelé are gathering at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo where the 82-year-old global icon has been...
AP | Brazilian football great Pelé thanked fans worldwide on Thursday for the well-wishes he’s received since being admitted to a Sao Paulo hospital amid his...
Tennis star Sloane Stephens and soccer player Jozy Altidore have gotten married
Four African countries participating in the 2014 World Cup which started in Brazil on Thursday, Cameroon, Nigeria, Algeria and Ghana, have the potential to generate a...
Botswana has been confirmed as the host nation for the 2014 COSAFA Cup becoming the fourth country to stage the event since the finals switched to...
A younger Eusebio in action while playing for his club Benefica. PHOTO/File (Reuters) – Portuguese great Eusebio, top scorer at the 1966 Soccer World Cup, died...
Christian Benitez. PHOTO/AP Ecuador striker Christian Benitez has died of a suspected heart attack, a day after playing in a match for Qatari club El Jaish,...
Haiti’s Peterson Joseph (l) and Italy’s Claudio Marchisio tussle for the ball during the friendly game between Haiti and Italy, June 11, 2013. PHOTO/Felipe Dana (Reuters)...
A victorious Nigeria team lifts the Africa Cup of Nations Trophy in February this year. PHOTO/European Pressphoto Agency Nigeria’s soccer governing body, the Nigeria Football Federation...
Samuel Eto’o scored twice to lead Cameroon over Togo 2-1 Saturday and improve its chances of qualifying for next year’s World Cup. This was the second...
Didier Drogba of Chelsea holds the UEFA Champions League trophy after his team’s final soccer match against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena in Munich, May...
A victorious Nigeria team lifts the Africa Cup of Nations Trophy. PHOTO/European Pressphoto Agency Coach Stephen Keshi makes history as one of two men to win...
Zambia’s captain Christopher Katongo with the trophy celebrates after winning the 2012 African Cup of Nations. PHOTO/File Christopher Katongo has won the 2012 BBC African Footballer...
Sean Fraser. PHOTO/File Jamaica’s national midfielder, Sean Fraser, has created history by becoming the first Caribbean player to win the Golden Boot in a Central American...
Yaya Toure (Reuters) — Last year’s winner Yaya Toure heads a list of candidates for the African Footballer of the Year award, which will be announced...
Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel. PHOTO/PA Wire Chelsea and Nigerian midfielder, John Obi Mikel, is set to sign an improved four year contract with the reigning...
Jamaica beats the United States 2-1. PHOTO/Gilbert Bellamy/Reuters Jamaica surprised the United States 2-1 to seize the Group A lead as Mexico moved closer to the...
Soccer super star., Didier Drogba with the Olympic flame. PHOTO/File Thousands cheering for Chelsea star Didier Drogba have mobbed the Olympic torch relay route in southwest...
Didier Drogba of Chelsea holds the UEFA Champions League trophy after his team’s final soccer match against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena in Munich, May...
Fabrice Muamba in the game against Tottenham, before his collapse. PHOTO/AFP English soccer player Fabrice Muamba began breathing independently and responding to family members on Monday,...
Wrestling competition in Dakar, Senegal. PHOTO/AFP In most of Africa, soccer reigns supreme among sports, but in Senegal wrestling challenges it for popularity. It provides entertainment...
Gael Bigirimana. PHOTO/Coventry City Banter Gael Bigirimana was walking to the supermarket with his brother to buy some milk when he spotted Coventry City’s academy training...
Jamaica’s Jermaine Taylor (2nd L) competes with (L to R) New Zealand’s Chris Wood, Kosta Barbarouses and Michael McGlinchey during their friendly match on February 29,...
Jamaica is revelling in its 3-0 victory over Cuba in their second friendly international game at the Montego Bay Sports Complex in St James last night....
Nigeria’s Amos Adamu (pictured), has lost his appeal against a three-year ban from soccer. He was sanctioned by soccer world governing body FIFA after allegations of...
Equatorial Guinea has finally bowed out of the African Cup of Nations after overcoming a last-minute coaching change and a disrupted buildup to provide some of...
Zambia became the first team to reach the African Cup of Nations semifinals after a 3-0 win over a Sudan team reduced to 10 players. Zambia...
Ghana and Mali were the last teams to qualify for the African Cup of Nations quarterfinals, but the tournament was overshadowed by violence at a club...
Tunisia and co-hosts Gabon secured dramatic last-gasp victories to reach the quarterfinals of the Africa Cup of Nations Friday. Tunisia needed a final minute goal from...
Ivory Coast Forward Salomon Kalou (C) is challenged by Burkina Faso Defender Saidou Mady-Panandetiguiri (R). PHOTO/Alexander Joe/AFP The Ivory Coast managed to advance to the knockout...
Equatorial Guinea’s David Alvarez, right, celebrates scoring the winning goal against Senegal. PHOTO/Ariel Schalit /AP Senegal’s players looked shell-shocked as they trudged off the field following...
John Mensah scored in the 25th minute, and four-time champion Ghana beat Botswana 1-0 Tuesday night in their opener at the African Cup of Nations Mensah...
Didier Drogba. PHOTO/AP English Premier League stars had mixed luck with Ivory Coast Friday as Salmon Kalou and Didier Drogba scored in a 2-0 Africa Cup...
Soccer super star Thierry Henry celebrates after scoring the winning goal. PHOTO/Matt Dunham/AP -Lapping up the acclaim of the adoring Arsenal fans, it was as if...
Soccer superstar Thierry Henry. PHOTO/by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images Former France striker Thierry Henry has rejoined Arsenal on a short-term deal, the Premier League club said on...
Brothers, Kolo Toure (l) and Yaya Toure. PHOTO/Getty Images The Africa Cup of Nations is one of the few occasions that international football takes precedence over...
Andre Ayew Confederation of African Football (CAF) Footballer of the Year history will be created in Accra Thursday if Marseille and Ghana midfielder Andre Ayew tops...
Soccer superstar., Didier Drogba Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas admits Didier Drogba’s Chelsea future remains unresolved, but insists Fernando Torres is going nowhere. The prospect of both...
The Cameroon football federation disciplinary committee has meted unprecedented sanctions against Indomitable Lions skipper Samuel Eto’o (pictured), his deputy Eyong Enoh and Benoit Assou Ekotto. Eto’o...
Manchester City’s Yaya Touré Yaya Touré, the Manchester City midfielder, is likely to escape censure after the Ivorian was seen hitting out at Chelsea’s Juan Mata...
Jamaican National Womens Under-17 Squad. Host nation Jamaica last night cleared another hurdle to qualify for the Under-17 Women’s World Cup in Azerbaijan by booking a...
Nahki Wells and Khano Smith scored to help Bermuda beat Barbados 2-1 on Monday in a World Cup qualifying game. Sheridan Grosvenor scored for Barbados in...
Stephen Keshi – Nigeria’s new coach The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have appointed Stephen Keshi (a former Nigeria team captain) coach of the Nigeria National Soccer...
Seydou Doumbia (pictured), has emerged as the top goal-scorer at the halfway stage of the group phase of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) championships....
Nigeria Soccer Team (Reuters) – Nigeria and South Africa were among the heavyweight casualties on the penultimate day of African Nations Cup qualifying as Angola, Ghana,...
Barbados National Soccer Team Barbados’ World Cup dreams were shattered when they suffered another humiliating 2-0 defeat by Guyana in their Group B Confederation of North,...
South Africa has been confirmed as host of the 2013 African Nations Cup after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) confirmed a swap with war-torn Libya...
Asamoah Gyan has chosen to leave Sunderland and is set to sign for United Arab Emirates side Al-Ain on a season-long loan. The Ghana forward, joined...
Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama (pictured), has apologized to his nation the team after last week’s spat with coach Samson Siasia. Enyeama, who moved to Lille during...
Trinidad and Tobago defender Julius James, right, clears the ball in front of Barbados player Rievere Williams during the 2014 World Cup qualifier at the National...
The Ivory Coast‘s (Cote D’Ivoire) new authorities on Monday named Chelsea striker Didier Drogba (pictured), as a member of a special 11 member commission tasked with...
El Hadji Diouf (pictured), has left Blackburn Rovers by mutual consent, the Premier League club said on Thursday. Diouf has been involved in several on and...
Chelsea soccer star., John Obi Mikel The kidnapped father of Chelsea and Nigeria footballer John Mikel Obi has been freed by police. Officers raided a neighbourhood...
Abductors have made a US$ 130,000 ransom demand for the release of Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi’s father (pictured), Nigerian police said. Michael Obi, who runs...
The Chairman of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi, says he wants the Black Stars to break into the top ten of the Fifa rankings....
Senegal have suspended controversial Blackburn Rovers striker El Hadji Diouf for five years from all soccer-related activity in his home country. “I can confirm Diouf has...
