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Maiden Ogun Women Run Takes Centre Stage June 4, 2022 With 1500 Runners

Arrangements are in top gear for the maiden edition of a 5 kilometre all women affair event in Ogun State, tagged "Ogun Women Run", put together by Brussels Sports Management Limited....... Read more Super Eagles AFCON Ouster Affected My Form – Aribo

Super Eagled midfielder, Joe Aribo has revealed that Nigeria’s disappointing round of 16 exit at the African Cup of Nations affected his form. Aribo was a shadow of his effervescent and...... Read more FIFA Hails Oshoala Over Special Feat

World football body, FIFA has hailed Super Falcons star, Asisat Oshoala, for winning the Pichichi with Barcelona despite suffering a 2-month injury spell. Oshoala was confirmed the joint top scorer of...... Read more NWFL Premiership Super Six: Battle for Champions League ticket begins in Benin

The battle for Nigeria's single ticket to the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League begins Monday, May 16, with all the six top Premiership clubs geared up to clinch the single slot...... Read more Battle for Champions League ticket begins in Benin

The battle for Nigeria’s single ticket to the 2022 CAF Women’s Champions League begins today with all the six top Premiership clubs geared up to clinch the single slot to represent...... Read more Super Eagles Technical Adviser: is José Peseiro The Messiah?

Before the news of Jose Peseiro’s appointment as technical hand of the Super Eagles broke last Saturday, Salisu Yusuf, the discredited assistant coach with the team released the names of...... Read more Ujah, Abdullahi To Leave Union Berlin This Summer

Ujah, Abdullahi To Leave Union Berlin This Summer Union Berlin have announced that Nigerian duo Anthony Ujah and Suleiman Abdullahi will leave the club at the end of the season, reports...... Read more Lessons from Rohr’s ingratitude to Nigeria

Unfortunately the subject of Gernot Rohr, once thought buried in our history, has resurrected forcefully again into the consciousness of Nigerians. This past week, the Nigeria Football Federation was ordered by...... Read more Sports Ministry Okays Peseiro For Super Eagles Top Job

The Sports Ministry has approved the appointment of Jose Peseiro as the new head coach of the Super Eagles, reports Completesports.com. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has reportedly picked Peseiro to replace...... Read more Women’s World Cup Draw Set For October In Auckland

The draw for the 2023 Women’s World Cup football, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, will take place in Auckland on October 22 this year, Fifa said on Friday. An expanded...... Read more ‘Olayinka Wanted By Laliga Club’ –Agent

Nigerian forward, Peter Olayinka is on the radar of a Spanish Laliga Santander club ahead of the summer transfer window, according to a football agent. Olayinka has been in a good...... Read more Enyimba Goalie, Olorunleke Relishes Super Eagles Call-up With Wife

Enyimba of Aba goalkeeper, Ojo Olorunleke is still in a state of ecstacy following his call-up to the Super Eagles squad ahead of the international friendlies with Mexico and Ecuador. Although...... Read more Eagles Invitation Dream Come True’ –Rivers United Forward, Ishaq

Rivers United attacker, Rafiu Ishaq Kayode is on cloud nine following his invitation to the Super Eagles squad that will face Mexico and Ecuador in international friendly matches. The first assistant coach of...... Read more ‘Honoured To Make The Super Eagles List’ –Enyimba striker, Mbaoma

Enyimba striker, Victor Mbaoma is highly honoured and privileged to make the Super Eagles list for the two international friendlies against the ‘A’ Men National Teams of Mexico and Ecuador. Salisu Yusuf,...... Read more Team Nigeria targets dominant outing in Ghana

Nigeria’s scrabble team has set its sights on total dominance at the first West African Scrabble Championships slated for Accra, Ghana, from May 14 to 19. A 12-man team was scheduled...... Read more Dessers Celebrates Return To Super Eagles

Feyenoord striker Cyriel Dessers has expressed his delight following his recall to the Super Eagles ahead of the doubleheader friendly games with Mexico and Ecuador. On Tuesday, a 30-man squad was...... Read more Shorunmu begins search for quality national team goalkeepers from NPFL

Super Eagles Goalkeepers’ Trainer, Ike Shorunmu, is currently monitoring the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) for quality goalkeepers, whom he intends to groom for the national team. Shorunmu told The Guardian,...... Read more Yusuf invites Buhari, 29 others to U.S. for Mexico, Ecuador friendlies

Defender Ibrahim Buhari of Plateau United, goalkeepers OJo Olorunleke of Enyimba, Akwa United’s Adewale Adeyinka and five other home-based players are among 30 players listed, yesterday, by the Nigeria Football Federation...... Read more Remo Stars’ coach attributes success to good facilities

e’ll nurture discovered talents to stardom, Dikko promises• MTN’s partnership with NFF is yielding dividends, says Ebueku Remo Stars’ Head Coach, Olawale Olowookere, who, at the weekend, guided his team to...... Read more Ministry, NFF agree to expand search for Super Eagles manager.

• Coach to emerge before AFCON qualifying series begin The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has been given more time to interview more coaches with a view to getting the best possible...... Read more Rohr’s Sack: Stakeholders blame NFF over N433m FIFA fine for ‘breach of contract’

The country’s football stakeholders, yesterday, lambasted the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over an alleged fine of $1,045,000 (about N433,873), which world football governing body, FIFA, imposed on the country for the...... Read more Schools jostle for Templars, Patrelli Cricket honours in Benin

Over 250 participants are expected to feature in the fourth Templars and Patrelli Secondary School Cricket Competition in Benin. Templars and Patrelli are both law firms located in Lagos, but they...... Read more Flying Eagles beat Ghana 2-0 in U20 AFCON qualifying tournament

Nigeria’s U20 boys, Flying Eagles, defeated their Ghanaian counterparts 2-0 in the opening match of Group B of the WAFU B U20 Championship in Niamey, yesterday. The win gave the boys...... Read more Flying Eagles Forward Muhammad Voted MOTM In Win Vs Ghana

Flying Eagles forward Ibrahim Muhammad was named Man of the Match following the team’s 2-0 win against the Black Satellites of Ghana in their opening game at the WAFU B U-20 Championship on...... Read more Mali FA Picks Chelle Ahead Rohr As New Eagles Head Coach

The Mali Football Federation (FEMAFOOT) has opted for former international Eric Sekou Chelle ahead of expatriates Gernot Rohr and Winifred Schafer to lead the Eagles, reports Completesports.com. Rohr was reportedly the...... Read more