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How African Players Performed In Europe Last Week

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4 weeks ago

May 15, 2024

Senegal striker, Nicolas Jackson scored his fourth goal in three matches to give Chelsea a 3-2 victory over Nottingham Forest at the weekend.
The 22-year-old has endured a difficult first season with the Blues since moving from Villarreal, but recently showed signs of adapting to the Premier League.
Chelsea lie seventh with two matches to play, behind Newcastle United on goal difference and three points ahead of Manchester United.
ENGLAND
NICOLAS JACKSON (Chelsea)
Jackson scored his 17th goal this season to seal the Blues’ win at Forest. He headed home in the 82nd minute to complete Chelsea’s comeback from 2-1 down to keep his team in contention for a European place.
YOANE WISSA, BRYAN MBEUMO (Brentford)
Democratic Republic of Congo midfielder Wissa netted for the 11th time this term and Cameroon forward Mbeumo got his ninth of the campaign as the Bees won 2-1 at Bournemouth. Wissa bagged the stoppage-time winner after Mbeumo’s 86th-minute strike, his 50th Brentford goal, was cancelled by Dominic Solanke three minutes later.
ABDOULAYE DOUCOURE (Everton)
The Mali midfielder grabbed the winner as Everton beat Sheffield United 1-0 at Goodison Park. The 31-year-old headed in Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s cross in the 31st minute.
SPAIN
BRAHIM DIAZ (Real Madrid)
The Moroccan playmaker has played an important role in Madrid’s La Liga title conquest this season and netted twice during the second half at relegated Granada in a 4-0 win. The first was a fine solo goal, driving forward from halfway and, with defenders standing off, he tucked home. The second was a neat finish after being teed up by Luka Modric.
YOUSSEF EN-NESYRI (Sevilla)
Morocco striker En-Nesyri put Sevilla ahead twice at Villarreal, but his team still suffered a 3-2 loss. The forward tucked home a penalty to open the scoring after 26 minutes and then headed home before half-time from close range.
INAKI WILLIAMS (Athletic Bilbao)
Ghana international Williams had a goal ruled out for offside early in Athletic’s 2-2 draw against Osasuna, before scoring in the second half. The striker helped his team come from two goals down to draw, sending a rasping effort across goal and into the top corner.
ITALY
ISMAEL BENNACER (AC Milan)
The Algerian international opened the scoring as second-placed Milan thrashed Cagliari 5-1 in Serie A. Bennacer was on hand to turn in the rebound when a shot from Nigerian teammate Samuel Chukwueze was pushed away by the goalkeeper. Bennacer also set up a goal for Rafael Leao.
GERMANY
VICTOR BONIFACE, AMINE ADLI (Bayer Leverkusen)
Bayer striker Boniface and winger Adli both got on the scoresheet in a 5-0 Bundesliga romp over 10-man Bochum. When Nigerian Nathan Tella was fouled, compatriot Boniface converted the penalty in first-half stoppage time. Moroccan Adli came on with 21 minutes remaining and was in the right place at the right time to head in from a corner.
SEERHOU GUIRASSY (Stuttgart)
Guinea international Guirassy scored as Stuttgart kept up pressure on second-placed Bayern Munich with a 1-0 win at Augsburg. Guirassy collected a long pass three minutes after half-time and poked the ball home.
FRANCE
PIERRE-EMERICK AUBAMEYANG (Marseille)
Veteran Gabon striker Aubameyang continued his prolific first season at Marseille by scoring twice in a 3-1 win over Lorient that kept their hopes of European qualification alive going into the final weekend of the campaign. The brace took him to 16 goals in Ligue 1, and 29 in all competitions.
FRANK MAGRI (Toulouse)
The striker who appeared for Cameroon at this year’s Africa Cup of Nations helped Toulouse spoil Paris Saint-Germain’s title party at the Parc des Princes. Magri came off the bench to score the visitors’ final goal in their surprise 3-1 win, as PSG lost in Ligue 1 for the first time since September.

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NBBF Invites 20 D’Tigress For Olympics Camping

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3 days ago

June 7, 2024

The Tide

Nigeria Basketball Federation has released of a list of 20 women’s basket ballers, for the first phase of D’Tigress’ training camp for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, to hold in FCT, Abuja, beginning from tomorrow.
D’Tigress who would be representing Nigeria at Olympic Games are tutored by women’s coach Rena Wakama, who led the team to a record equalling fourth Afrobasket title in Rwanda, 2023.
Others are:Wandoo Hembam(MFM), Agatha A. Agatha(Energies Basketball Club, Cotonou, Republic of Benin) and Gbemisola Samuel (Dolphins).
The list also include: Tewogbade Ayomide (Dolphins), Osaretin Samuel (Bayelsa Blue Whales), Nkem Akarawe(Nigeria Customs), Murjanatu Musa(Celta Zorka, Spain) and Bright Eze (Nigeria Customs).

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Boxers Lament Poor Camping Conditions

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3 days ago

June 7, 2024

The Tide

Following their disappointing exit from the final set of Paris 2024 Olympic Games boxing qualifiers in Bangkok, Thailand, some Nigerian boxers have attributed their poor performance to inadequate preparations.Nigeria’s boxing team, comprising Patricia Mbata, Zainab Adeshina, Blessing Oraekwe and Ifeanyi Onyekwere, failed to win any of the 51 available slots for the Paris Olympics.
Our correspondent reached out to the quartet and got responses from Adeshina, Oraekwe and Onyekwere about the conditions leading up to the qualifiers.
“The preparation was very bad. It was just one week camp, with a lot of stress in it. After training, we would need to go do police report, medical report and a lot of other things that cut into our time for rest. It takes us weeks to do that normally. There was no good food in camp, no allowances, and no rest,” Onyekwere lamented.
“Good training and rest make a boxer or an athlete perform well. Just like the African Games in Ghana, we were given good training and time to rest, that’s why we came out overall best team in Ghana with eight gold and two silver.”
Adeshina, who competed in the women’s 50kg category and reached the quarter-finals, echoed Onyekwere’s sentiments, adding that the team lacked adequate training equipment,
Onyekwere, the sole male boxer in the Nigerian contingent, who crashed out after a point decision defeat against Dmytro Lovchynskyi of Ukraine in the men’s +92kg (super-heavyweight) round of 32, expressed his frustration over the lack of proper preparation.
“There was no proper preparation and then we did not have adequate equipment for training for this qualifier at all.”
Oraekwe, who competed in the women’s 66kg category and suffered a unanimous points (0-5) loss to Armenian Ani Hovsepyan in the round of 32, highlighted the impact of the late call-up to camp on their overall performance.
“To me, there was no proper arrangement and we didn’t have enough time to rest. They called the camp late and it affected our performance,” Oraekwe said.

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Colombia 2024: Falconets To Face Germany, Others

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3 days ago

June 7, 2024

The Tide

The 2022 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup quarter-finalists, Nigeria have been drawn to play three-time winners Germany, Venezuela and Korea Republic in Group D of this year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals.The final competition, which will welcome 24 teams for the first time, will be staged in four venues in three cities in Colombia between 31st August and 22nd September.
Cup holders Spain are in Group C alongside three-time winners USA, Paraguay and another African representative team, Morocco.
Two-time winners Korea Democratic People’s Republic will contend with Argentina, Costa Rica and the Netherlands in Group F, while hosts Colombia are up against Australia, Cameroon and Mexico in Group A.