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Adelani Ogunrinade
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Adelani Ogunrinade (jnr.) has been the face of an array of prominent TV stations in Africa.
An infectious sense of humor and an amiable onscreen persona has made the Sports and entertainment writer a well-loved TV personality.
The British born Nigerian media practitioner has covered prestigious football festivals like the 2018 World Cup in Russia as well as several African Nations Cup tournaments
Coted’Ivoire bask in AFCON glory
An exceptional closing ceremony
The traffic jam-packed streets of Abidjan bubbled with palpable excitement as the grand closing of AFCON 2023 loomed. Floodlights illuminated the...
AFCON 2023: Semi-finals to Savour
Revisiting compelling quarter-final matches in Coted’Ivoire
The quarter-finals of AFCON 2023 were mind-blowingly exciting!
The last round of 8 took off with Nigeria narrowly beating Angola....
AFCON 2023: A raucous round of 16 revisited
The high drama, big-name exits & thrilling action from the group stages spilt into the second round of AFCON 2023.
The round of 16 matches...
AFCON 2023: Adelani’s group stage review
Afcon 2023 has been a movie – A scary movie for some countries & a fairy tale for others. Can you believe that the...
AFCON 2023: The Dessert Foxes bundled out as The Indomitable Lions survive.
Cameroon advance
The Lions of Taranga capped off their group stage dominance with a comfortable 2-0 triumph over Guinea. The result meant that Alou Cisse’s...
AFCON 2023: Heart-break for Coted’ Ivoire & the black stars out.
Boiling hot weekend in Coted’Ivoire
Over the weekend, the likes of Morocco, DR Congo, Zambia, Tanzania, Tunisia, Mali, Algeria and Burkina Faso all recorded captivating...
AFCON 2023: The Lions of Taranga too hot for The Indomitable Lions
The Lions of Taranga on Fire!
Holders Senegal were the second team to book their place in the round of 16 after proving too hot...
AFCON 2023: Super Eagles of Nigeria Fly high in Coted’Ivore
The first hat-trick of AFCON scored
Equatorial Guinea put their opening day draw with the Super Eagles behind them and thrashed Guinea Bissau, 4-2, thanks...
AFCON 2023: Morocco, Mali & Namibia gleam with first game wins
Late drama, heart-break and shock results
Match day 4 & 5 in Coted’Ivoire was filled with late drama, heart-break and more shock results.
In the first...
AFCON 2023: Hungry Lions of Teranga outshine Indomitable Lions of Cameroon
Senegal have a new star - Lamine Camara
On day 3 of the Afcon 2023 tournament, The Lions of Teranga began their title defence by...
AFCON 2023: Coted’Ivoire won in more ways than one
A sweet Saturday night in Abidjan
On Saturday night, the sights and sounds of Africa were gorgeously displayed under bright lights.
All roads led to the...
Spain reign in Women’s World Cup extravaganza
Spain reign in Women’s World Cup extravaganzaSydney’s Stadium Australia lit up for the closing ceremony of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. The glamorous curtain...
Spain and England reach Womens World Cup Final
Spain reached its first ever Women's World Cup final courtesy of goals by 19 year-old Salma Paralluelo and Real Madrid's Olga Carmona.
Sweden's Rebeka Blomqvist...
FIFA Women’s World Cup continues without Africa
FIFA Women’s World Cup continues without Africa
The FIFA Women’s World Cup round of 16 matches got off to a scorching start as Switzerland succumbed...
Banyana Banyana & the Atlas Lionesses: the roses that grew from the concrete
The political, social and developmental challenges that faces South Africa today was temporarily forgotten by its locals yesterday. Banyana Banyana gave the nation a...