The Senate, has summoned Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare over vandalisation of Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja by hoodlums on March 29, after the Super Eagles failed to qualify for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The upper chamber equally invited the President of the Nigeria Football...
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Tiger Woods plans to compete in the 86th Masters this week, less than 14 months after suffering serious injuries in an horrific car crash in February 2021. The 15-time major winner, who feared shortly after the accident that his right leg would have to be amputated, has not contested...
The Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has mandated one of the federation’s sub-committees to “within the next five days” recommend a new coaching crew for the Super Eagles. This mandate is one of the decisions the Committee took at its first formal meeting since Nigeria’s failure to...
Liverpool took a big step towards the UEFA Champions League semi-finals on Tuesday with an away win, but their big English rivals Manchester City laboured to a slim home win. While the former champions had a comfortable 3-1 victory at Benfica, Manchester City had a 1-0 win over Atletico...
Thibaut Courtois said “the adventure continues” as he spoke about his desire to win the Champions League with Real Madrid FC ahead of a reunion with former club Chelsea FC. Los Blancos travel to Stamford Bridge for the first leg of their quarter-final on Wednesday, a repeat of last...
Manchester United’s interim manager, Ralf Rangnick, has revealed that the club side will need about two seasons for considerable successes to be recorded. The Red Devils have been on a roller coaster form in recent weeks, drawing three, losing two and boasting of a single victory that came against...
FIFA has faced calls to sanction Iran and even throw its team out of the 2022 World Cup finals over the Islamic republic’s renewed failure to allow women to attend an international football match. Iranian news agencies this week confirmed that 2,000 women who had bought tickets for Tuesday’s...
Following are the results of Match Day 20 fixtures played in the 2021/2022 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) on Sunday: Kwara United 2-1 Remo Stars Niger Tornadoes 1-0 Dakkada FC Enyimba International 2-0 Wikki Tourists Sunshine Stars 1-0 Plateau United Gombe United 1-0 Kano Pillars Nasarawa United 2-0 Shooting...
The technical chiefs of both Gombe United and Kano Pillars Football Clubs have called for the introduction of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). The coaches said the introduction would help to improve officiating and the league. They made the call in Gombe on...
Manchester United’s hopes of an English Premier League (EPL) top four finishing were further dented after being held 1-1 by Leicester City, who were denied a winner by video review (VAR). Manchester United were without Cristiano Ronaldo due to illness and Ralf Rangnick’s decision to go without a recognised...
Liverpool moved above Manchester City at the top of the 2021/2022 English Premier League (EPL) with a 2-0 win over Watford in Saturday’s early kick-off at Anfield. The Reds knew that victory would see them leapfrog Manchester City, who faced Burnley later in the day. And that will be...
With the 2022 FIFA Men’s World Cup just 234 days away, the Group Stage is now officially set. The World Cup draw took place Friday in Qatar as the 32 teams were placed into eight groups, and the schedule for each group was set. Each group features four teams...
The Nigeria Football Federation has decried a stream of incorrect reports being peddled in sections of the media in connection with Tuesday’s FIFA World Cup playoff match between Nigeria and Ghana at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. The NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, spoke on the development...
English Premier League (EPL) clubs have agreed to allow five substitutions from the start of next season following Thursday’s shareholders meeting. A temporary amendment to the rules had been implemented to increase the number of substitutions from three when football resumed in the summer of 2020. This was in...
Gianni Infantino will seek a third term as FIFA president next year, he told the congress of the global football governing body in Doha on Thursday. “Because we are all united here and the members of FIFA are here, I wanted to tell you first,” he said. Infantino, 52,...
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has dismissed the plans for a biennial World Cup as he claimed the changes were never a formal proposal. The prospects of those plans coming to fruition now appear over after Infantino told the FIFA Congress, with 211 member-associations in attendance, that the governing body...
Former international, Austine Eguavoen, has resigned as the Super Eagles’ technical adviser following the team’s failure to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) confirmed this in a statement issued on Thursday, less than two days after the three-time African champions drew 1-1...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has offered an unreserved apology to the Federal Government and Nigerians for the failure of the Super Eagles to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals holding in Qatar. NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi expressed regrets that the team failed to qualify...
Super Eagles defender and captain, William Troost-Ekong, has regretted the team’s failure to make the 2022 World Cup, describing it as a “bitter pill to swallow”. He also apologised to the fans for the development. The three-time African champions played a 1-1 draw with Ghana on Tuesday, a feat...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday confirmed the death of a FIFA/CAF Medical Officer, Joseph Kabungo, after the 2022 FIFA World Cup playoff match between Nigeria and Ghana. Mohammed Sanusi, NFF’s General Secretary, made the confirmation in a statement by the Federation’s Communications Department, and expressed shock and...