EURO 2016 UPDATE

The first set of UEFA EURO 2016 Round of 16 fixtures see Northern Ireland's fiery tale run ended by fellow British Isles occupants as McAuley's 75th minute own goal send Wales through to the quarterfinal. In an earlier fixture, Shaqiri's 85th minute equaliser for Switzerland...

COPA AMERICA CENTENARY CHAMPION, CHILE!

By Habeeb Akinfegbe Thunder had struck twice by the time Chile were crowned champions of the Copa America centenario after defeating Argentina again on penalties in the final of the special Copa America championship. Chile made it back-to-back Copa America titles...

COPA AMERICA FINALE: A REMATCH

By Habeeb Akinfegbe The special edition of the Copa America titled Copa America centenario has come to the final match and incidentally it is going to be a rematch of the last regular tournament hosted by Chile in 2015. In the first semi final, Argentina were...

EURO 2016 UPDATE: EXCITING ROUND OF 16 DRAWS

By Habeeb Akinfegbe Germany and Poland finished first and second respectively after both playing 1-0 victories against Northern Ireland and Ukraine respectively. Northern Ireland relinquished their first spot on the best third placed teams but went through eventually...

COPA AMERICA UPDATE

The final four of the Copa America is upon us and two semi-final ties that promise to serve up no shortage of excitement, goals and fine football are on the bill. Hosts USA, the only team left in the competition who have yet to win it, are joined by holders Chile,...

EURO 2016 UPDATE

  By Habeeb Akinfegbe France consolidated on their top spot in group A as they finished with seven points after pulling a draw in their final group game against Switzerland, the latter equally maintained the second position as both of them qualified automatically...

COPA AMERICA UPDATE

By Habeeb Akinfegbe The stage is now set for the last four of the once in a life competition, the Copa America centenario. The hosts were the first to make it through after defeating Ecuador then 120 minutes couldn't separate Peru and Colombia but the latter finally...

EURO 2016 UPDATE

By Habeeb Akinfegbe After the second round of group matches, all the teams now know where they stand in this competition; some are out, some have advanced with a match to spare, some are assured of qualification but not positions while others have wide and slim outside...

COPA AMERICA UPDATE: USA MAKE LAST FOUR

  The U.S. became the first side to book a place in the semi final following an excellent first half display which saw them eliminating Ecuador and stand a chance of facing the most in-form team of the tournament, Argentina, should the latter win their quarter...

EURO 2016 UPDATE

By Habeeb Akinfegbe The second set of group matches started as Slovakia got their UEFA EURO 2016 campaign back on track and pushed Russia against the ropes with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday. The Russians, meanwhile, have just one point ahead of their final Group B...

COPA AMERICA UPDATE

By Habeeb Akinfegbe It was indeed the last game, if the competition were to end right now Argentina would have been deservedly crowned as champions as no team in the group stage possess similar form as the Argentines. Argentina maintained their 100 percent start...

EURO 2016 UPDATE

By Habeeb Akinfegbe In group F, the first set of group matches were concluded when Portugal drew Iceland and Hungary got the better of Austria. Austria-Hungary is the second most played international fixture after Argentina-Uruguay, and the countries’ 137th meeting...