The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced it will apply the use of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) for all underage and inter-club competitions in 2023.The 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations will be hosted by Algeria, while another North African country, Egypt, will host the U-20 competition.The Golden Eaglets and Flying Eagles have already qualified for both competitions.The Olympic Eagles will battle Guinea for a place in the 2023 Africa U-23 Cup of Nat...

Enock Mwepu, the Brighton midfielder, has been forced to retire because of a hereditary heart condition.Mwepu fell ill while on a flight to join his Zambia teammates during the international break last month.The heart condition is so severe that Mwepu, 24, would be extremely likely to suffer a cardiac arrest should he continue playing football.Brighton disclosed this in a statement on Monday morning.According to the statement, Mwepu would have an extremely high risk...

The erstwhile Super Eagles forward, Obafemi Martins, has joined Chinese Super League side Wuhan FC on a one-year deal.The 35-year-old joined Wuhan on a free after his contract with Shanghai Shenhua was terminated last week.Martins had previously played for Inter Milan, Newcastle, Wolfsburg, Rubin Kazan, Birmingham, Levante and Seattle Sounders in the Major League Soccer.Wuhan are currently fourth in the CSL Group B table with 16 points from 11 games.Martins could m...