Joe Garner grabbed a late winner as Oldham kept pushing towards a Vanarama National League play-off place with a 2-1 victory over Boreham Wood.The 35-year-old headed home in the 81st minute on only his second appearance as the Latics ended a run of two games without a win.The mid-table visitors arrived at Boundary Park on the back of two wins in a row and grabbed the lead when Mo Sagaf finished ...Full Story »

Jack Nolan and Ben Woods scored second-half goals as Accrington beat fellow play-off chasers AFC Wimbledon 2-0 in Sky Bet League Two.Nolan found the top corner in the 50th minute before Woods made the game safe with a 25-yard drive nine minutes from time.There was limited goalmouth action in the first half but the game sprung to life after the break.Wimbledon came close when a corner was flicked...Full Story »

AFC Fylde eased their Vanarama National League relegation worries by thrashing 10-man Aldershot 5-0 at the EBB Stadium.Jon Ustabasi began the rout when he was quickest to follow up a corner on the half-hour mark and when Josh Kay fired the second for the visitors shortly after, Cian Harries complained to the referee about an alleged shove and was sent off.Aldershot were rattled and they fell fur...Full Story »

DIDIER DROGBA’S girlfriend stole the show as she sat alongside the legend to watch Ivory Coast seal Africa Cup of Nations glory. The Chelsea icon’s country took on the Super Eagles tonight on home soil. Gabrielle shared this photo of them together at the stadium Credit: Instagram @gabrielle__lemaire The couple were pictured together at the 2022 Ballon D’Or in Paris Credit: G...Full Story »

Williams, 21, is shining bright for Bilbao this season with five goals and 10 assists in 24 appearances across all competitions. Arsenal and Chelsea have sent scouts to watch Athletic Bilbao star Nico WilliamsChelsea fans believe Williams would be an upgrade compared to Raheem Sterling and Mykhailo Mudryk According to transfer insider Fabrizio Romano, the Gunners and the Blues have sent repres...Full Story »

Cancer survivor Sebastien Haller inspired hosts Ivory Coast to their third Africa Cup of Nations title with a late winner to seal a 2-1 comeback victory over Nigeria in Abidjan.Five of the last six host nations to reach the final had been crowned AFCON champions, but the Ivory Coast’s appearance in this edition at one point looked unlikely, their 4-0 group-stage defeat to Equatorial Guinea...Full Story »

ASTRID WETT has begged fans to help her attend the Africa Cup of Nations final between Ivory Coast and Nigeria. It comes after the influencer claimed she was "19 per cent Nigerian". Astrid posted an image with a piece of paper claiming to be from Ancestry Credit: X / AstridWett Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, earlier this week, she said: "I want to go to the Afcon final but I don̵...Full Story »

AFC Wimbledon manager Johnnie Jackson says his side are focusing only on themselves after claiming a “deserved” win over high-flying Barrow to remain firmly in the mix for the play-off places in League Two.The Dons sent second-placed Mansfield home pointless two weeks ago and were also too strong for the Bluebirds, who arrived at Plough Lane third in the table, as first-half goals fr...Full Story »

AFC Wimbledon kept up their push for a League Two play-off spot thanks to a dominant 2-0 victory over fellow promotion chasers Barrow at Plough Lane.First-half goals from Ronan Curtis and Omar Bugiel lifted the Dons up to eighth in the table while the Bluebirds, who had Jamie Proctor sent off late on, dropped out of the automatic promotion places and down to fourth.Wimbledon were ahead after 16 ...Full Story »

AFC Fylde stepped up their National League survival fight as they held on for a much-needed 2-1 win over Eastleigh at the Silverlake Stadium.Josh Kay and Nick Haughton scored either side of half-time to get the visitors off to a flying start in their bid to claim a third-straight win.Scott Quigley had an effort disallowed for the hosts – who went into the game without a win in seven &ndash...Full Story »

Nigeria reached an eighth Africa Cup of Nations final after winning a drama-fuelled last-four clash with South Africa on penalties.Goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali was the hero for Nigeria after he saved efforts by Teboho Mokoena and Evidence Makgopa in a 4-2 shoot-out win, which only told half the story of an extraordinary clash where VAR was at the forefront of the action.Nigeria thought they had bo...Full Story »

Oldham dropped out of the play-off places as they were held to a goalless draw at struggling Ebbsfleet in the Vanarama National League.Oldham goalkeeper Mathew Hudson was in form, making saves to deny Omari Sterling-James, Rakish Bingham and Toby Edser.Edser also shot wide and Dominic Poleon went close as Ebbsfleet applied further pressure in the second half.At the other end, Mark Cousins kept o...Full Story »

Bradford’s winless run in League Two stretched to eight games after a goalless draw at home to AFC Wimbledon.The hosts had the better of the first half on a difficult pitch at Valley Parade.Wimbledon goalkeeper Alex Bass, who had a loan spell at Bradford in 2022, saved from Alex Gilliead and Harry Chapman.Chapman also bent a free-kick just wide and then set up Richie Smallwood, only for hi...Full Story »

AFC Fylde extended their unbeaten National League run to five games with a 3-1 victory at fellow strugglers Dorking.Jonathan Ustabasi scored a first-half brace before Connor Ellis Barrett’s 71st-minute strike made it four wins in five matches.The Coasters took a 1-0 lead in the 37th minute after Ustabasi scored from close range and he then grabbed another in first half added time.Fylde mad...Full Story »

Nigeria edged past Angola 1-0 to reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals thanks to a first-half goal from Ademola Lookman.The former Fulham and Everton winger crashed home the only goal of the game in the 41st minute as the Super Eagles, chasing a fourth AFCON title, came up against a determined resistance in Abidjan.Jose Peseiro’s side will face the winner of Cape Verde against South ...Full Story »

Andre Onana is 'considering' his international future again due to barely playing for Cameroon at AFCON amid a feud with FA president Samuel Eto'o. WHAT HAPPENED?The goalkeeper played just once in his country's four games in the Africa Cup of Nations as they fell to Nigeria in the last 16 of the competition on Saturday. Now, the Daily Mail claims the 27-year-old's lack of game time and an ong...Full Story »

Egypt suffered more Africa Cup of Nations shoot-out heartache as goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi scored the winning penalty to send DR Congo through to the quarter-finals.All four of the Pharaohs’ knockout games in the 2021 tournament required additional time, culminating in a spot-kick defeat to Senegal in the final.And, after a 1-1 draw following extra-time, they went the same way in San Pedro w...Full Story »

AFC Wimbledon boss Johnnie Jackson said he understands why Jurgen Klopp wants to take a break from management after Ronan Curtis snatched a last-gasp 2-1 win against 10-man Mansfield.The former Portsmouth winger, making his debut for the Dons, tapped home in the sixth minute of stoppage time to end a three-game winless run.It had looked as if high-flying Mansfield, playing with 10 men for 70 min...Full Story »

Struggling AFC Fylde stunned second-placed Bromley 1-0 to record a major Vanarama National League upset.Danny Ormerod raced on to Danny Whitehead’s 11th-minute through ball to score his third goal in four games.Corey Whitely had the ball in the net for Bromley in the first half but he was ruled offside.Ormerod was close to a second for Fylde, who remain 22nd and in the relegation zone, as ...Full Story »

Woking boosted their Vanarama National League survival hopes with a 1-0 win at play-off hopefuls Oldham.The Cards, on the back of a three-match losing run, started brightly as an angled shot from forward Dennon Lewis went wide before Oldham midfielder Tom Conlon sent a free-kick just over the bar.Woking saw a goal ruled out late in the first half from a header by Scott Cuthbert for offside in th...Full Story »