The former international football star, Segun Odegbami has requested the return of the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium (formerly Liberty Stadium) to the state government of Oyo to improve revenue generation. He made the call on Wednesday at the Best Ogedegbe Memorial Lecture at Government College Hall in Ibadan. ...
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Kano Pillars Football Club have unveiled Abdullahi Maikaba as their new coach for the next one year. Speaking at the event on Monday in Kano, Babangida Little, the chairman of the club, promised the coach a favourable working environment. “The unveiling is like a ritual for us. Maikaba is one...
Saudi Arabian club, Al Hilal SFC, have reportedly made a world-record bid of 300 million euros for PSG forward, Kylian Mbappe. Mbappe has been at loggerheads with the executive of the French club after the 24-year-old informed them he wouldn’t extend his contract which expires in...
A local coach and some pundits on Sunday advised the Head Coach of the Super Falcons, Randy Waldrum, to resolve the issues around the team’s midfield, to enable it to find its balance. They gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos,...
Football fans in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) say they are confident that the Super Eagles would qualify for the 2026 FIFA world cup from the African zone. The fans who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, said that the team has...
Nigeria’s Super Falcons on Friday drew goalless with Canada’s women national team in Melbourne in their opening Group B fixture at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup holding in Australia and New Zealand.. More details later.(NAN)
Rangers International FC captain Uche John has bade farewell to his teammates, coaches, management, government, and numerous supporters to further his career with Rivers United. Norbert Okolie, Rangers FC Media Officer, disclosed this to newsmen in Enugu on Thursday. Okolie said that John broke the news on Wednesday at...
Hosts New Zealand have kicked off their FIFA Women’s World Cup campaign with a huge shocking win over Norway in Group A. Hannah Wilkinson was the hero on the night, scoring the only goal of the game to help the Football Ferns to a first-ever win at any edition...
Just hours before Auckland was due to host the opening match of the Women’s World Cup, the city woke up to news of a deadly shooting which has cast a shadow over what was supposed to be a day of celebration. The incident in the centre of...
Aliyu Zubairu, the Gombe United Football Club’s Technical Adviser, on Wednesday confirmed his exit from the club after four seasons. Zubairu who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe, blamed poor condition of service for his decision not to renew his contract...
Civil servants in Brazil will not have to worry about being late for work because of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup which gets underway on Thursday. This came after a government minister announced a change to office hours to let them catch the action in Australia and New...
Manchester City have accepted a bid worth up to 30 million pounds (38.7 million dollars) for Riyad Mahrez from Saudi Arabian club Al Ahli. The 32-year-old Algeria international has consequently been given permission to miss the treble winners’ pre-season tour of Asia. Mahrez is now set to discuss terms...
Tobi Amusan, Nigeria’s queen of the tracks and Women’s hurdles world record-holder has dismissed a doping rule violation charge levelled on her by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). “I am a clean athlete, and I am regularly; (maybe more than the usual) tested by the AIU,’’ the 26-year-old athletics...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino says women’s football has experienced incredible growth and is confident that the World Cup will win over sceptics of the women’s game. The sport’s governing body expects two billion people to tune in for the 64-game tournament being co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, with...
Nigeria’s Super Falcons have arrived their camp in Brisbane Australia, ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the World Cup co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand is scheduled to hold from July 20 to Aug. 20. The nine-time African champions...
Lionel Messi has completed his move to Inter Miami on a deal running to 2025, the Major League Soccer (MLS) outfit announced on Saturday. The 36-year-old Argentina superstar revealed in June he had decided to join the Florida side as his contract with Paris St.-Germain (PSG) came to an...
Former Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar has been moved to a hospital in the Netherlands, after he was hospitalised in Croatia after suffering a brain haemorrhage, his wife Annemarie said on Saturday. Annemarie told Ajax Amsterdam FC that her husband had been moved to the intensive care...
England have been awarded the women’s 4×100 metres relay gold from the 2022 Commonwealth Games after race winners Nigeria had their result expunged. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) announced this on Friday. England finished second in the race at the Games in Birmingham in August. However, the Athletics Integrity...
Barcelona and Manchester United have been fined by UEFA for breaches of Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations, the European soccer’s governing body said on Friday. Barcelona were fined 500,000 euros for wrongly reporting “profits on disposal of intangible assets” in 2022, while United were fined 300,000 euros for “minor...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will battle South Africa, Benin Republic, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Lesotho in the Preliminary Round of Africa’s World Cup 2026 qualifiers. The three-time African champions were drawn in group C at the draws held on Thursday in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The 2026 FIFA World Cup is billed...