In yet another marker of the growing influence and visibility of Nigeria in global football administration, three Nigerians are members of a 14 -man Think-Tank put together by CAF to brainstorm over two days on ideas and strategies to rebrand the continent’s club competitions from both technical and commercial perspectives. To this end, a two […]
Nigeria’s former Super Eforward YakubuYakubu Aiyegbeni announced his immediate retirement from playing football on Wednesday, at the age of 35. “I would like to officially announce my retirement from professional football today,” Aiyegbeni told Sky Sports News. “Firstly, I would like to thank God for the career I have had. I would like to thank […]
Last week, Chelsea defeated Manchester United by a lone goal and all is right at Stamford Bridge, at least until the Premiership resumes this weekend. The hammer that hangs over manager Antonio Conte’s head will never really go away. Yes, he won the league title for this team last season but in this campaign, he […]
Nigeria Football Fans Congress has unveiled its new project in Lagos which is aimed at sensitizing youths on the dangers associated with illegal migration to Europe. The event will hold on December 8-9, 2017 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos. Speaking at the unveiling ceremony in Lagos, President of Nigeria Football Supporters Club, Rev. Samuel […]
Samurai Rugby Football Club based in Britain has emerged back to back winners of Nigeria Rugby Football Federation flagship tournament, Independence Sevens Rugby Tournament by defeating Cowrie Rugby FC of Lagos by 26-0 points in the final match played at the prestigious Nigeria Polo Club ground in Lagos. The much-talked about tourney lived up to […]
Zinedine Zidane has won the Best FIFA football coach award for 2017 ahead of Antonio Conte and Massimiliano Allegri. France legend Zidane helped Real Madrid win the Champions League and a first La Liga title for five years last season, becoming the first manager to lead a club to consecutive European titles in the process. […]
Uruguay have left Luis Suarez out of their squad for November friendlies against Poland and Austria to help him overcome a knee problem. The Barcelona striker sustained the injury in August against Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup, but has been playing since for both club and country, helping Uruguay seal qualification for next […]
National Chairman, Nigeria Football Supporters Club (NFSC), Samuel Ikpea, has urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to strengthen the Super Eagles World Cup preparations with Grade A friendly matches. Recall that the Super Eagles of Nigeria have qualified for the Russia 2018 World in June ahead of their other Group B teams of the Africa […]
Last week, Argentina finally qualified for the 2018 World Cup in Russia and it was great. A hat-trick from arguably the World’s best footballer, Lionel Messi against Ecuador coupled with a 3-0 loss by Chile to Brazil guaranteed this. All that would be talked about may be the heroics of Messi, the relief that Argentina […]
Lagos State Government unveils The Football Forever Statue at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere.
The Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung is in Ghana to cheer the Super Eagles to victory in the final of the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations against the Black Stars. This move is part of the motivation drive of the Federal Government for athletes. Dalung said he will be in Ghana to […]
Rivers Angels head coach, Edwin Okon has described as the worst game of football his side goalless draw against top-flights, Edo Queens. The Jewel of Rivers were forced to 0-0 draw by the Benin City landladies in Wednesday’s Aiteo Cup first leg quarterfinals clash in Port Harcourt. Okon said his side will make amend in […]
Four goals to nil. Against the defending African Champions and bitter rivals Cameroon. After losing to South Africa, a team that had never defeated us competitively. At the same Uyo Stadium that people called cursed. That is how the Super Eagles won back the hearts of Nigerians. It was an apprehensive atmosphere for a lot […]
Arsenal full-back Kieran Gibbs have signed a contract with with West Brom for a fee of £7m. Having 10 caps for England, Gibbs has signed a four-year contract at The Hawthorns. Nacho Monreal made Kieran Gibbs loose his first team’s position at Arsenal, last season when he made just eight Premier League starts. Gibbs missed […]
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote’s first order of business if he succeeds in buying English Premier League football club Arsenal will be to fire Arsene Wenger. Dangote, who has coveted the team since becoming a supporter in the mid-1980s, told Bloomberg that he will make an offer for the club once the construction of his […]
Benin Republic secured a slim 1-0 win over Nigeria in the first leg CHAN qualifier played in Cotonou on Sunday evening. CHAN Eagles’ Afeez Aremu committed a foul in the 89th minute. That gifted Benin Republic a late penalty which they converted to beat Nigeria by a lone goal in the first leg clash. The […]
Manchester United generated the most revenue of any football club in the world last season, according to a report published by Deloitte. United dethrone Real Madrid – who held top spot for 11 years – after accumulating a record revenue of 689m euros (£515m) during the 2015-16 term. The Premier League club saw commercial revenue […]
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 former national teammate and close friend […]
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 […]
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