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COVID-19: NFF shuts down all football activities for 4 weeks, including street football

Ihesiulo Grace 19 March 2020 0

Ilorin – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) late Wednesday in Abuja announced the cessation of all forms of football activities in the country for the next four weeks. Ademola Olajire, the NFF Director of Communications, in a statement said the shutdown was “as a result of the global

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Tunisia finally suspends football activities

Ihesiulo Grace 18 March 2020 0

Tunisia has finally suspended football activities indefinitely amid the outbreak of coronavirus. With the Covid-19 outbreak, many countries have suspended or cancelled their football activities but Tunisia had held on and played their last round of matches over the weekend. They have registered 24 positive cases.  READ ALSO: In just one month Ighalo named in […]

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Today in football: Happy birthday Eto’o

Ihesiulo Grace 10 March 2020 0

Retired Cameroonian professional footballer who played as a striker for Barcelona and Chelsea, Samuel Eto’o turns 39-year-old today. Chelsea FC took to its twitter to celebrate the football star a happy birthday. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Bayern vs Chelsea set to be played behind closed doors

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NFF relocates to Dankaro House, six years after

Ihesiulo Grace 2 March 2020 0

Abuja – The Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF) has relocated to it’s new secretariat, six years after the office was completed. The new secretariat named ‘Sunday Dankaro House’ is located in the Moshood Abiola national stadium, Abuja. The office, constructed at the cost of N337 million, was inaugurated in July 2013 by former Vice- President, Namadi […]

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Asian football body holds emergency meeting as coronavirus plays havoc

Ihesiulo Grace 28 February 2020 0

Hong Kong – The Asian Football Confederation will hold an emergency meeting next week to discuss contingency plans for holding World Cup and Olympic qualifiers as well as the Asian Champions League as the coronavirus outbreak wreaks havoc across the continent. People wearing protective face masks, following an outbreak of the coronavirus are seen in […]

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Guinea coach finally signs contract, six months into the job

Ihesiulo Grace 14 February 2020 0

Guinea national team coach Didier Six on Wednesday officially signed a three-year contract, six months after he was named to the post. The Guinean Football Federation (Feguifoot) announced that the Frenchman has finally put pen to pare and was now focused on guiding the West African nation to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. READ […]

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Real Madrid Academy will empower new football stars to rule the world

Ihesiulo Grace 23 January 2020 0

Rivers State Governor,  Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the Real Madrid Academy will empower upcoming football stars with the requisite formal education to effectively rule the sporting world. Addressing journalists after inspecting ongoing construction of hostels and additional classrooms at the Real Madrid Academy in Port Harcourt on Thursday,  Governor Wike

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2019 CNS football championship: Under-17 NOWA girls competition enters semi-finals stage Friday

Ihesiulo Grace 28 November 2019 0

Sokoto – Semi-final matches in the under-17 NOWA girls competition holding alongside the 17th edition of Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) football competition will be played on Friday in Ibadan Abdulrasaq Usman, the National Organising Secretary of the Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria (YSFON), organisers of the competition, disclosed this to the News Agency of […]

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VAR cannot work in Nigerian football competitions for now, sports enthusiasts say

Ihesiulo Grace 14 November 2019 0

Some sports stakeholders in Nasarawa state on Thursday observed that the use of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in local football fixtures in the country would fail due to certain obvious reasons. VAR is a match official in Association Football who reviews decisions made by the head referee. READ ALSO Nigerian Armed Forces shine at international […]

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Dare promises to improve nation’s football leagues

Ihesiulo Grace 5 November 2019 0

Lagos – The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has promised to meet with all the key stakeholders in order to draw a strategic plan on how to improve the domestic leagues. The minister said in Lagos on Tuesday that his promise was in line with in line with his quest for inclusiveness […]

Crime

Teenager jailed for stabbing neighbour over football

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2019 0

Jos – An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, on Friday, sentenced an 18-year-old man, Adamu Saidu, to five years in prison for stabbing a man who was celebrating with his football team after winning a match. The Judge, Mr Lawal Suleiman, sentenced Saidu after he pleaded guilty to causing grievous hurt and […]

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Eagles fail to qualify for CHAN 2020 after smashing Togo 2-0

Ihesiulo Grace 21 October 2019 0

Despite giving it a good and praiseworthy fight, the Super Eagles B were undone by heavy deficit from the first leg and failed to qualify for next year’s African Nations Championship finals after a 3-4 aggregate loss to Togo’s Sparrow Hawks. READ ALSO VAR is very subjective, Watford’s Sanchez Flores says Sparrow Hawks their first […]

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Unilorin win 3rd JAMB tertiary institutions football tourney

Ihesiulo Grace 20 October 2019 0

Ilorin – University of Ilorin on Saturday beat Nuhu Bamali Polytechnic of Zaria 1-0 to win the third edition of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board-sponsored tertiary institutions football competition. In the final match of the 16-team competition held at the University of Ilorin pitch, the game’s only goal was scored in the third minute. […]

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2019 Match Commissioners seminar: Dikko pleads for unity in football family

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2019 0

NFF’s 2nd Vice President/Chairman, League Management Company, Mallam Shehu Dikko on Thursday called on the nation’s football family to unite stronger than ever, as the present administration pursues the implementation of policies and programmes to take the nation’s game to higher heights of excellence. Speaking at the opening ceremony of this year’s NFF Match

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Nigerian forward Ahmed Musa clocks 27

Ihesiulo Grace 14 October 2019 0

Nigerian professional footballer Ahmed Musa turns 27-years old today. The Al-Nassr player took to his twitter handle to wish himself happy birthday. Happy birthday to Me????? pic.twitter.com/Krj1zGZ5px — AhmedMusa718 (@Ahmedmusa718) October 13, 2019  Musa the first Nigerian to score more than once in a FIFA World Cup match, after scoring twice against Argentina in

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Breaking: Luis Enrique’s daughter dies of cancer

Ihesiulo Grace 30 August 2019 0

Xana the daughter of former Spain coach Luis Enrique, has died after nine years battle with cancer. Luis Enrique left the Spanish set-up last June in order to spend more time with his family, following Xana’s diagnosis with osteosarcoma, the most common form of bone cancer and prevalent in teenagers and young adults. The former Barcelona player and manager issued […]

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Tokyo 2020: Home based players help super Falcons secure qualifying win

Ihesiulo Grace 29 August 2019 0

The Super Falcons of Nigeria have taken a big step forward in their Tokyo 2020 Olympics African qualifying first round fixture against Algeria with a 2-0 victory over the Algerians in the first leg in North Africa on Wednesday night. Due to absence of foreign-based players, Head Coach Thomas Dennerby had taken only home-based professionals […]

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic hints on Man Utd return

Ihesiulo Grace 28 August 2019 0

37-year-old Swede LA Galaxy striker hints on having an open mind to returning to his former team, Man U. “I could play easy in the Premier League, so if United needs me, I’m here,” he said. Ibrahimovic scored 28 goals in his 2016-17 debut season for United before suffering a knee injury. His two-year contract […]

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Isco out with hamstring strain, Real Madrid injury nightmare continues

Ihesiulo Grace 28 August 2019 0

Spanish professional football, Real Madrid will be without midfielder Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez, commonly known as Isco for a spell after the club confirmed he has suffered a hamstring strain. The 27-year-old made his second appearance of the season as he started Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Real Valladolid. He was, however, forced off in the 68th […]

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Tokyo Olympics organisers launch supplementary lottery for tickets

Ihesiulo Grace 9 August 2019 0

Tokyo Olympics organisers launched a second ticket lottery on Thursday after an unexpectedly high local demand forced them to reevaluate their Japanese sales strategy earlier this year. Organisers said 5.12 million people had applied during the opening domestic lottery in May with only 960,000 able to get their hands on at least one ticket for […]