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The first-ever blind football tournament in Nigeria kicked off in Enugu on Tuesday under the sponsorship of Bina Foundation Enugu. Participating clubs were drawn from blind football clubs in the five states of the South East geopolitical zone of the country. Namely; Lions Blind Football Club of Enugu, All Stars Blind Football Club of Anambra, […]
World football governing body FIFA has confirmed that the leadership of the control of the Nigeria Football Federation has been given back to the legitimate executive led by Amaju Pinnick and General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi. This is in line with the decision of the Bureau of the FIFA Council of August 13 concerning the NFF […]
Lyon have completed the signing of Belgian international defender Jason Denayer from English champions Manchester City for a fee of up to 10 million euros ($11.5 million), the French club announced on Tuesday. Denayer has signed a four-year deal, with the transfer fee taking into account 3.5 million euros in potential bonus payments. The 23-year-old […]
Brazilian international Willian has given Chelsea a huge boost by committing his future to the Premier League giants as the futures of Thibaut Courtois and Eden Hazard remain in doubt. Willian was also linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge, but Chelsea rebuffed offers from Barcelona earlier in the transfer window and the appointment […]
Nigeria Super Falconets Coach, Christopher Danjuma, has unveiled his final 21 squad for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in France, 2018 Danjuma called up three goalkeepers, six defenders, seven midfielders and five strikers, who will do battle with Germany, Haiti and China in the Group D of the competition. Falconets are currently in Austria […]
FIFA on Tuesday revealed the nominess for 2018 FIFA Best Awards based on their performance for the period from 3rd July 2017 to 15 July 2018. The Voting for the award will close at midnight on 10 August, while the awards ceremony takes place in London on 24 September 2018. For The Best FIFA Men’s Player: […]
President Muhammadu Buhari through the Attorney General of the Federation has issued a letter to Sports Minister Barrister Solomon to refrain from making Public statements about the Crisis rocking Nigeria Football Federation.
Lagos State will host the 2019 FIBA World Cup African qualifiers for the second time according to international Basketball body FIBA. The D’Tigers of Nigeria quest for a World Cup ticket will see them battle with Mali, Central Africa Republic, Rwanda, Senegal and Cote D I’voire in Group F at the Indoor Sports Hall of […]
A Kano Pillars Nazifi Yahaya hattrick and strikes from Enyimba forward Wasiu Alalade and Norway based midfielder Aremu Afeez ensured that Nigeria’s Flying Eagles qualified for the 2019 Total Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in Niger after dispatching Mauritania 5-0 in their reverse fixture played at the Agege Stadium, Lagos on Saturday. The first leg ended […]
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets coach Manu Garba said he is confident that his team will qualify for the 2019 Under-17 African Cup of Nations in Tanzania. Garba who won the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup disclosed that only outstanding players will feature in his squad for the qualifiers “On our part we intend to to select […]
