Aston Villa have sacked manager Steven Gerrard. The club’s owners unseated Gerrard in the immediate aftermath of the 3-0 loss in the English Premier League (EPL) at Fulham. The Birmingham outfit have won just two of 11 league outings this term, with Gerrard paying the price for poor form...
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By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Nigeria’s U-17 girls say they foresee an interesting encounter when they tackle United States of America in Navi Mumbai in one of the quarter finals matches of this year’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup finals. The Flamingos lost narrowly, 1-2, to another powerhouse of...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has charged the new executive committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) headed by Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau to enthrone the ethos of transparency, openness and inclusiveness in running the game in the country, and to not shy away from...
Nigeria’s under-23 male football team will have a good outing against Tanzania on Saturday in Dar es salaam, Youth and Sports Development Minister Sunday Dare said on Wednesday in Ibadan. The minister expressed this hope after a novelty match between the under-23 team and Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC)...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has appointed erudite football administrator and Chairman of Katsina State Football Association, Alhaji Aminu Balele Kurfi and sports marketing guru, Hon. Bukola Olopade as part of a three-man panel of advisers for preparations of...
Nigerian women football league champions Bayelsa Queens can be N292 million richer if they win the 2022 CAF Women’s Champions League which begins on Oct. 30 in Morocco. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Yenagoa-based clubside are representing Nigeria in the competition’s second edition which ends...
The draw for the additional second preliminary round of the 2022/2023 CAF Confederation Cup took place on Tuesday in Cairo, with the two Nigerian clubsides drawing north African opposition. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Rivers United and Plateau United had lost to north African opponents in...
Belgian goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois came seventh in the Ballon d’Or rankings on Monday, but the ranking still drew frustration at how the trophy for the world’s best player is awarded. Courtois was named man of the match in last season’s UEFA Champions League final. That was after his brilliant...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has called for a better-packaged, fulfilling and more fruitful Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) that will germinate a more beneficial football economy for all stakeholders. Gusau stated this during a meeting on Monday...
Karim Benzema has been rewarded for his career-best 2021/2022 season with his first Ballon d’Or in a ceremony at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris. Real Madrid captain Benzema was a strong favourite for the top award on Monday after inspiring the Spanish giants to a LaLiga and UEFA...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Technical Director, Augustine Eguavoen on Monday paid a visit to the camp of the U23 National team as the Olympic Eagles continued their build up ahead the 2023 AFCON qualifiers against Tanzania. The former Super Eagles’ captain and coach was...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Nigeria’s women under 17 football team, Flamingos have reached the quarter finals of the ongoing FIFA U- 17 Women’s World Cup finals in India after scooping all three points from Chile in a 2-1 win in Bhubaneswar on Monday. Blessing Emmanuel’s goal in the 4th minute...
Liverpool handed Manchester City their first English Premier League (EPL) defeat of the season on Sunday, thanks to a Mohamed Salah strike in an enthralling encounter at Anfield. The Egyptian raced onto a long pass from Alisson with 14 minutes remaining before slotting past Ederson to give the Reds...
Sandro Tonali fired a late winner as AC Milan earned a 2-1 away victory over Hellas Verona on Sunday. The win enabled the Rossoneri to climb to third in the Italian Serie A and stay in touch with early leaders Napoli. Stefano Pioli’s visitors got themselves ahead early on...
Kylian Mbappe has described reports he wants to leave Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in January as “completely wrong”. Mbappe, who played in PSG’s 1-0 Ligue 1 win over Marseille on Sunday, was said to have felt betrayed by the club hierarchy. The 2022 FIFA World Cup-winning 23-year-old signed a new...
Liverpool manager, Jürgen Klopp accepted he “went over the top” and “lost it” and fully deserved his red card in his side’s 1-0 victory over Manchester City. The Reds manager was furious referee Anthony Taylor had not given a foul on goalscorer Mohamed Salah by Bernardo Silva late in...
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has appointed Patrick Onyedum as the new Chairman of the state’s sports governing body, Anambra Sports Development Commission (ASDC). Christian Aburime, the Press Secretary to Soludo, announced in a statement on Sunday the appointment of Onyedum who is Chairman of Anambra Athletics Association (AAA)....
Defending Champions, Wydad Casablanca of Morocco, on Sunday hammered 10-man Rivers United 6-0 to progress to the 2022/2023 CAF Champions League with a 7-2 aggregate score. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) champions had won the first leg 2-1 in Port Harcourt,...
Neymar’s ninth goal of the season moved Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) three points clear at the Ligue 1 summit following a 1-0 victory over Marseille. The Brazil international’s strike in first-half stoppage time was enough to settle the Classique as PSG registered 23 shots on goal in a deserved triumph...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau is confident that Nigeria’s U17 Girls, Flamingos will reach the quarter-finals of the ongoing FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup in India on Monday. After a win and a draw in the first two ...