Two first half goals earned Bayelsa Queens FC the maximum three points needed against TP Mazembee of DR Congo in their second match at the on-going CAF Women’s Champions League. The match played at the Grand de Stade Marrakech, Morocco on Thursday saw the Nigerian champions got off to...
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By TARGBA SHAAGEE, Abuja – After a successful inspection of hotel facilities in Awka, the Anambra state capital, the management of Rangers International F.C is set to move the team there for its close-camping exercise to round off its preseason activities for the fast approaching 2022/2023 football season. The...
By TARGBA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Former Team Nigeria captain, Olumide Oyedeji (OLY) has been returned as the president of the Nigerian Olympian Association at its Elective Congress held in the Ondo State capital- Akure. The election of the new executive to be led by the former NBA star was...
A women’s Nations League will begin next year, European football governing body UEFA announced on Thursday. The competition, which will link into qualification for the European Championship and the World Cup, will start in autumn 2023, it said. As with the men’s UEFA Nations League, countries will be divided...
Lionel Messi has won nearly 40 trophies for club and country in an illustrious career, but the Argentine forward’s glittering resume has one major omission — a World Cup winner’s medal. The debate over the greatest of all time is one that will never be settled, but there is...
Qatar authorities said Wednesday they have seized 144 counterfeit World Cup trophies, the latest raid on fakes hitting the market ahead of the football tournament that starts later this month. The interior ministry said officers launched an operation “acting on a piece of information about a website that promotes...
Plateau United on Wednesday in Abuja began their campaign in the 2022/2023 CAF Confederation Cup playoffs on a bright note, beating Al Akhdar Sports Club of Libya 4-1. In the playoffs’ first leg match played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Ibrahim Mustapha opened scoring for the hosts through...
TMRW Sports, co-founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, announced on Wednesday a star-studded investor group which includes tennis great Serena Williams and seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton. The team of investors also includes four-time NBA champion Stephen Curry and three-times tennis Grand Slam winner Andy Murray....
By TARGBA SHJAAGEE, Abuja – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced the suspension of football official, Auwalu Baba Jada from all football-related activities, pending investigations into a video that has been trending online, in which he is apparently the principal character. In the viral video, Mr. Jada was...
By TARGBA SHAAGEE, Abuja – In order to make world champions of World Cup bronze medalists, Flamingos, given their innate talent and skills and demonstrated ability, the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development will provide maximum support and encouragement to the Nigeria Football Federation as the players graduate...
France midfielder Paul Pogba will miss their FIFA World Cup title defence after failing to recover from knee surgery in time for the tournament in Qatar, his agent has said. Pogba had an operation on a damaged meniscus in September but his agent Rafaela Pimenta said that, following a...
Belgium coach Roberto Martinez believes the absence of “irreplaceable” Romelu Lukaku from the Qatar World Cup will force his side to change the way they play, team officials confirmed on Tuesday. The officials however confirmed that the striker has not been ruled out of the tournament yet. Lukaku is...
Members of Germany’s Under 17 women’s team danced with their Nigerian counterparts on Sunday to Nigerian music despite losing their third-place encounter 3-2 on penalties to Nigeria. The Nigerian team had dominated the encounter with a 3 nil deficit, courtesy of goals from the trio of Opeyemi Ajakaye, Amina Bello and Etim...
Sunday Dare, Minister of Youth and Sports, has commended Nigeria’s para powerlifters for their impressive performance at the just concluded African Open Championships that ended in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria emerged second with a total of 61 medals, setting two...
Bayelsa Queens of Yenagoa on Monday lost their first match in Group B of the 2022 CAF Women’s Champions League 1-2 to Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies of South Africa. In the game played at the Grande Stade de Marrakech in Morrocco, the Nigerian ladies began on an attacking note but...
Italian giants, Napoli have unveiled a statue with a golden left foot in honour of club legend Diego Maradona. The Italian club made an emotional tribute on Saturday, one day before what would have been the 62nd birthday of the iconic Argentine forward, who died of heart failure and...
By TARGBA SHAAGGEE, Abuja – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has disclosed that former Super Falcons’ player and one-time assistant coach of the team, Maureen Mmadu did not play up to 101 official matches for Nigeria as is being claimed by the former player and promoted in certain quarters....
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed Feb. 6 for the mention of a suit filed against the Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, and former President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick. The matter, which was scheduled for Monday, could not go on, hence, counsel to the...
Nigeria won their first-ever FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup bronze medals on Sunday in Mumbai after a 3-2 penalty kicks shootout win over Germany. Both teams had started the competition against each other, with the Germans coming back from a goal down to win 2-1 at the Pandit Jawaharlal...
Coach Rasheed Adegbenro says Somalia football league is better organised than Nigeria’s in terms of preparations and welfare. The ex-Kano Pillars player declared this shortly on returned to Nigeria after three seasons in the highly competitive league in Somalia. Adegbenro, in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...