President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has explained why the nation’s football governing body sacked Gernot Rohr as Super Eagles coach. According to Pinnick, the football governing body took the decision as a proactive step to avert a disaster. “He (Rohr) happens to be the longest-serving...
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Manchester United are set to play Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16 of the Champions League. It is the standout tie to come out of the draw, with six-time former winners Bayern Munich to play Spanish champions Atletico Madrid in the most notable another match-up, while leading English contenders...
Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) giants, Kano Pillars has emerged champions of the maiden Presidential Pre-season Cup in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tournament, which held at the renovated Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja on Sunday, saw Kano Pillars holding Akwa United to...
John Alex has extended his lead with eight shots ahead in the road to the Nigerian Masters leg 28 final round to win a record third title. The game played at the Arsenal golf course in Owerri on Sunday, saw a total of five players competing for the prize...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has terminated the contract of Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr and appointed ex-international, Augustine Eguavoen, as the technical adviser on an interim basis. Eguavoen’s appointment is with immediate effect, and ends the NFF’s relationship with Franco-German Gernot Rohr, who has been in charge of...
Nonito Donaire showed that age is just a number, knocking Reymart Gaballo out in the fourth round with a thunderous body shot to retain his World Boxing Council bantamweight title on Saturday. The veteran and ageless wonder Donaire continues to impress at 39 despite being counted out several times...
Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) on Saturday elected football legend Samuel Eto’o to manage affairs of the football governing body for a period of four years. Eto’o was elected president of FECAFOOT by 43 votes ahead of his close rival, outgoing federation’s president Seidou Mbombo Njoya with 31 votes, according...
Manchester City remain at the top of the Premier League despite making hard work of 10-man Wolves on Saturday lunchtime. Pep Guardiola’s men had over 20 shots against their rivals, who were reduced to 10 men on the stroke of halftime when Raul Jimenez was sent off after being...
Interim coach of Manchester United Ralf Rangnick says he will not force French midfielder Paul Pogba to sign a contract extension. The 2018 world cup winner has been at the centre of speculation linking him with a move out of Manchester. But the United manager says he will leave...
Nigeria weightlifter, Folashade Lawal has won the seventh gold medals for Team Nigeria in the ongoing International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships and Commonwealth Games qualifiers in Uzbekistan. Lawali won the Commonwealth Championships gold medal on Saturday in the 59 kg category of the women’s competition with a total...
Cristiano Ronaldo extended Ralf Rangnick’s unbeaten start as Manchester United interim manager as the Portugal striker’s penalty clinched a 1-0 victory at struggling Norwich on Saturday. Ronaldo won and converted the second half spot-kick that gave Rangnick a second successive Premier League victory since he replaced the sacked Ole...
Namibia’s Desert Dash officially began Friday as international and local cyclists race from capital Windhoek to the coastal town of Swakopmund in one of Namibia’s biggest sporting events. Hundreds of cyclists, their support teams, families and cycling fans will meet at Swakopmund during the Nedbank Desert Dash from December...
Barcelona have joined the race to sign highly rated River Plate forward Julian Alvarez, according to media reports in Argentina. The Catalan giants have sent scouts to observe Alvarez in Argentina’s Primera Division and could make a move for the 21-year-old in the January transfer window, the Ole news...
Napoli sent Leicester crashing out of the Europa League as the Italian side advanced to the knockout stages with a 3-2 win in a dramatic conclusion to Group C on Thursday. Leicester were top of the group going into the final round of matches, but Brendan Rodgers’ team were...
Barcelona crashed out of the Champions League on Wednesday as their 3-0 defeat at Bayern Munich saw the Spanish giants fail to reach the last 16 for the first time in 18 years. Goals by Thomas Mueller and Leroy Sane gave Bayern a 2-0 half-time cushion in falling snow...
Brazilian football legend Pele has been hospitalized for treatment of a previously identified colon tumor, his doctors said Wednesday, the latest health problem for the 81-year-old icon. The three-time world champion was admitted to Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo “for follow-up treatment of the colon tumor identified in...
The newly rehabilitated pitch of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja is set to host a pre-season tournament tagged Presidential Cup. Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Sports, Daniel Amokachi, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, in Abuja. Amokachi said the tournament scheduled to commence on Friday,...
Kyle Walker was shown a late red card as Manchester City suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at RB Leipzig Tuesday, but City still advanced to the Champions League’s last 16 as group winners. Walker was dismissed seven minutes from time for kicking Leipzig striker Andre Silva, who had earlier...
Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi both scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain rounded out their Champions League group-stage campaign with a 4-1 thumping of Club Brugge on Tuesday. Mbappe scored twice in the first seven minutes, the second-fastest double at the start of a game in Champions League history, before...
By YAKUBU SUNDAY, Abuja – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) says plans are underway to reinstate and assemble a formidable Super Sand Eagles team that can compete globally. NFF Secretary-General, Mohammed Sanusi, said this on Tuesday at the official commissioning of the African Beach Soccer Union (ABSU) office situated...