By TARGBA SHAAGGEE, Abuja – Super Eagles Head Coach Jose Peseiro has named Captain William Ekong, goalkeeper Francis Uzoho and midfielder Wilfred Ndidi in a 23-man squad to face World Cup-bound Portugal in a friendly encounter in Lisbon on Thursday next week. There are also spaces for defenders Calvin...
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Senegal striker Sadio Mane will undergo medical checks in Munich in 10 days to monitor his recovery from an injury. It is an injury that can rule him out of the entire FIFA World Cup in Qatar, in spite of his being named in his country’s squad on Friday....
Former FIFA President, Sepp Blatter says Iran should be barred from the World Cup amid widespread protests in the Islamic Republic. The protests were sparked by the death of a woman in the custody of morality police. “Iran should be excluded from the World Cup,” Blatter said on Friday....
Brazil are tipped to claim the FIFA World Cup for the sixth time in the tournament which kicks off on Nov. 20 in Qatar. This is according to a Reuters poll which last successfully predicted the champions in 2010. The global survey of 135 football-following market analysts worldwide agreed...
Ballon d’Or runner-up Sadio Mane was named in Senegal’s World Cup squad by coach Aliou Cisse on Friday despite of a recent injury. Cisse said he hoped the condition of the Bayern Munich attacker would improve within a few weeks and declared himself “really optimistic” that the injury would...
FIFA’s Senegalese Secretary General, Fatma Samoura has revealed Senegal will use witch doctors to cure Sadio Mane’s injury in a bid to race him to the World Cup in Qatar. Mane, who was expected to miss the World Cup, is now set to be included in Senegal’s squad for the World Cup despite suffering...
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Team Nigeria on their spectacular performance in winning the Silver Medal at the African Continental Archery Championship, holding in Pretoria, South Africa. Rotimi Williams, Olatayo Olasehinde and Damilola Sholademi, who represented Nigeria in the men’s 50m compound bow, won silver, coming second behind South...
By TARGBA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has praised Rivers United FC for standing strong to emerge as the only Nigeria team left in continental club competitions after a midweek of action across Africa. The Nigerian representative, Wednesday dug their feet into the...
By TARGBA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Rivers Hoopers on Wednesday evening dug deep to beat Kano Pillars 69-67 in double overtime in Game 3 of the NBBF Final 8 in Lagos . Hoopers Captain Victor Anthony Koko was pivotal in the victory over Pillars as he led at both ends of the...
Teenager Youssoufa Moukoko and fellow striker Niclas Füllkrug were on Thursday named as uncapped players into Germany’s squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The squad also includes recalled 2014 World Cup hero Mario Götze. But there was no place for Marco Reus and Mats Hummels among...
The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in conjunction with its Sub-Saharan Africa broadcast partner, SuperSport, has announced a continent-wide talent search to find Africa’s next WWE Superstar. The campaign was announced in an interractive media briefing in Lagos, to herald Lagos as the host city for a multi-day tryout in...
By TARGBA SHAAGEE, Abuja – President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has told the Super Eagles to go for victory as the team is set to take on World Cup-bound Costa Rica in a friendly game in San Jose in the early hours of Thursday. The...
Only Rivers United made it to the group stage of the 2022/2023 CAF Confederation Cup competition on Wednesday as Plateau United crashed out of the event. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Plateau United conceded three second half goals to lose 0-3 to AS Al Akhdar of...
The delegation of Super Eagles of Nigeria arrived San Jose, capital of Costa Rica on Sunday evening ahead of Thursday’s international friendly match between both countries. The contingent led by NFF Executive Committee Member, Otunba Sunday Dele-Ajayi touched down at Juan Santamaria International Airport aboard Copa Airlines via Panama...
By TARGBA SHAAGEE, Abuja – President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has provided the Federation’s corporate partners and sponsors with strong assurance that the new NFF administration will put their monies to judicious use in developing the game of football in Nigeria to the...
FC Barcelona’s manager Xavi says the club have been handed the toughest possible draw after being paired with Manchester United in the Europa League’s knockout round play-offs. Barca will compete in the Europa League after the turn of the year as a result of their failure to advance from...
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has approved the release of N60 million to Kebbi United Football Club to help them secure promotion to the Nigerian football league’s top-flight. Abubakar Chika-Ladan, Chairman of the state’s Football Association, disclosed this in a statement in Birnin Kebbi on Monday. “The fund is...
Dani Alves will become Brazil’s oldest World Cup star after earning a recall for Qatar 2022, while Roberto Firmino has missed out on Tite’s final squad, with Gabriel Martinelli preferred. Alves is now 39 and made his international debut in 2006, but he is heading to his third World...
FC Barcelona will face Manchester United in the 2022/2023 Europa League play-offs for a chance to reach the last 16. The Spanish side were eliminated from the UEFA Champions League and were only third in their group after a disappointing campaign. Manchester United, meanwhile, were second in their Europa...
Defending champions Real Madrid and Liverpool will repeat their match-up in the 2021/2022 UEFA Champions League final, but this time with a clash in the last 16 of the competition. Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 in last season’s final match to clinch their 14th trophy in the competition. The...