Daniel Amokachi looks set to take over as coach of Nigeria premier league outfit FC Taraba. The 42-year-old Amokachi, who is not expected to return as assistant to Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, has handled Nasarawa United, Enyimba as well as the Super Eagles and U-23 national team. His
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Following the decision of the organisers of the NNPC/Shell Cup 2015 to acknowledge the expression of interest of the Office of the Nigeria Pillar of Sports to partner in this year’s edition of All Nigeria Secondary Schools Football Championship, the Nigeria Pillar of Sports, Chief Donatus Ejidike has lauded the organizers for their visionary policy […]
Former African and World Footballer of the Year, George Weah, has said the problems that have seen Nigerian football struggle over the last years has nothing to do with Stephen Keshi, but rather with the team. The former AC Milan striker also says it doesn’t mean the team is bad, but they probably lack team […]
Nigeria’s Super Falcons is set to play friendly match with either Ghana or Cameroun before leaving for Canada. The reigning African champions have been in camp in Abuja, and were supposed to play Mali last weekend in an Olympic Games qualifier, before the Malians withdrew from the process. With no competitive game in sight to […]
Real Madrid right-back Dani Carvajal believes European champions can overcome Juventus in their UEFA Champions League (UCL) semi-final second leg tonight. Los Blancos enter today’s clash hoping to overturn a 2-1 deficit from last week’s game in Turin and Carvajal feels they are capable of doing it as long as they are not too rash. […]
Lara Adejoro A new football tournament is set to take centre stage in Bayelsa State, South-South, Nigeria. Christened “The Governor Henry Seriake Dickson Cup 2015”, the competition is expected to feature over One hundred teams, representing the 105 electoral wards as well as State and Federal owned higher institutions of learning in the State. Announcing […]
Real Madrid striker Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez has not been named by Mexico coach Miguel Herrera in his 23-man squad for the Copa America in Chile next month. Hernandez is expected to instead feature in the Gold Cup in July, as Mexico prepare for two tournaments this summer. Miguel also overlooked strikers Carlos Vela from Real […]
Barcelona have launched a £57.6m bid for Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba. According to Italian journalist, Tancredi Palmeri, he revealed that the Catalans are desperate to sign the Frenchman. However, Barcelona are currently under a transfer embargo which prevents them from signing any players until January 1, 2016. Palmeri suggests they will loan Pogba back to […]
Obafemi Martins’ intermediary has dismissed reports linking the former Nigeria international with a transfer to newly promoted English Premier League club Bournemouth in the summer transfer market. The 30-year-old’s representative reiterated that the Seattle Sounders attacker is enjoying his career in Major League Soccer so much so that he recently turned down a big
Lower-league footballer Tim Nicot has become the second Belgian player to die of cardiac arrest in the past two weeks. The 23-year-old left-back for fourth-tier Wilrijk-Beerschot was playing in a tournament in Hemiksem when he collapsed on Friday. He was placed in an induced coma and his club confirmed his death on Monday. In late […]
Schalke 04 have thrown Ghana midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng out of its squad with ‘immediate effect’, the German outfit announced on Monday. The 28-year-old has been told to look elsewhere in a massive shake-up at the club following their embarrassing 2-0 defeat in Cologne. The German side has cracked the whip to instill discipline in the […]
Enyimba International midfielder, Kingsley Bobby Sokari, is currently using his performances to push for a spot in Nigeria squad for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. It was learnt that the 19-year-old has so far impressed the coaches with his clever play in the middle and has move up a notch ahead of […]
Manchester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho is currently being held back from the Flying Eagles camp as he is yet to secure a visa to travel to the camp in Germany. It was gathered the 18-year-old has submitted his passport to the German embassy in the United Kingdom but he is yet to get a reply. His […]
Manchester United has agreed to sign a deal with Dutch international forward Memphis Depay from PSV Eindhoven, the Premier League giants announced on Thursday. The fee is in the region of £25-30m with the deal believed to be until 2019, with the option of another year. “#mufc has reached an agreement with PSV Eindhoven and […]
Reigning African Women’s Player of the Year and Super Falcons striker, Asisat Oshoala, has called for solid friendly matches for the team as they continue preparations for this summer’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada. The Liverpool forward, who’s been Nigeria’s best player for the past year, says it is important for them to play […]
The executive council and entire members of the Congress of Nigeria Colleges of Education Games Association (NICEGA) have expressed deep appreciation to the Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for appointing its “indefatigable” president, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi as the General Secretary of Nigeria’s football ruling body. In a letter addressed to the
Organisers of the Nigeria Pitch Awards have announced a new date and venue for the 2014 Award Ceremony earlier scheduled to hold on Wednesday, May 6, in Lagos. Shina Philips, CEO of Matchmakers Consult International, promoters of the Awards stated in Lagos that after extensive discussions with their partners, the award ceremony will now hold […]
Ahead of this weekend’s 2016 Olympic Games qualifier against the Eagles of Mali, Super Falcons coach, Edwin Okon, says they cannot afford to underestimate their opponents. Both teams faced each other last month over two legs in the All Africa Games qualifiers, which the Nigerians won 9-1 on aggregate, but Okon says that result cannot […]
Coach of the Flying Eagles of Nigeria, Manu Garba has said that the team will train twice daily while in Germany as opposed to their former format of training once during preparations for games and tournaments. The late arrival of training kits for the team means they will observe their first training session today and […]
The Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma has commended the Federal Government for nominating Acting Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC) Mr. Al-Hassan Yakmut for appointment into the Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sport (CABOS). In the appointment letter addressed to Yakmut, the Commonwealth Secretary-General said: “We also acknowledge with
