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...
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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...
Kaduna based Polo Team, Fifth Chukker, has emerged winner of of First Bank of Nigeria Ltd sponsored Emir of Zazzau African Patrons Cup. The Media Officer, Pius Anakalian, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos said that the competition was tough. “Fifth...
Bayelsa Queens on Sunday defeated their Egyptian side Wadi Degla 3-0 in their final Group B game of the ongoing CAF Women’s Champions League in Morocco. The result meant the Yenagoa-based Nigerian team finished as group runners-up with six points from three matches to advance to the semi-finals slated...
Liverpool survived a trademark second-half rally from Tottenham on Sunday to claim a crucial 2-1 win and boost their English Premier League (EPL) top-four hopes. Mo Salah’s first-half double put Jurgen Klopp’s side on course for all three points in London, but Harry Kane reduced the deficit with 20...
Kaduna is agog with excitement as preparation for this year’s First Bank of Nigeria Limited sponsored Emir of Zazzau African Patrons Cup and Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign gathers momentum. The African Patrons cup is an annual polo tournament which features Low, Medium and High goal teams from all around...
By TARGBA SHAAGGEE, Abuja – Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Secretary General, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi has decried the speculations, innuendoes and outright falsehoods over the relationship between NFF and Head Coach of the Super Eagles, Mr. José Santos Peseiro. There has been considerable media frenzy over the past few days regarding...
By TARGBA SHAAGGEE, Abuja – FIFA President, Gianni Infantino has condoled with the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, over the death of former Nigeria international forward Bello Kofar-mata. In his condolence message on Friday, Infantino, said: “I will like to express my sincerest and heartfelt condolences...
Gerard Pique’s retirement this weekend brings one of the most distinguished careers in FC Barcelona and Spain footballing history to a conclusion. Pique won eight LaLiga titles and the UEFA Champions League three times with Barca. He helped his national team lift their first FIFA World Cup in 2010...