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Former Nigeria’s Super Eagles càptain Ahmed Musa has rallied support for the newly appointed Super Eagles coach Finidi George. Former Enyimba International Coach was permanently appointed as the Eagles coach after he oversaw the two international friendlies against Ghana and Mali. While speaking in Uyo on Sunday, The most cap Nigeria Super Eagles player MusaContinue reading “FIFA’26 WCQ: Musa Rally Support For Finidi”

Super Eagles defender, Olisa Ndah has won the 2024 Nedbank Cup in South Africa after Orlando Pirates defeated Mamelodi Sundwons. Super Eagles defender Olisa Ndah put up a fine performance as Orlando Pirates defeated Mamelodi Sundowns 2-1 in the final of the Nedbank Cup on Saturday. Ndah saw for action for 90 minutes in theContinue reading “Olisa Ndah Wins Nedbank Cup With Orlando Pirates”

Rivers United have sacked their coach, Stanley Eguma, after a disappointing season in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). The season has not gone as planned for the 2022 NPFL champions who are currently eighth in the league, 13 points behind leaders Enugu Rangers. Eguma, who has been with the club since 2008, became RiversContinue reading “Rivers Utd Sack Eguma, announce Evans Ogenyi interim coach”

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has arranged a pre-tournament training camp in Spain from July 5 to 16 for the Super Falcons in preparation for the 2024 Paris Olympics. It was gathered that the NFF has sent out invitation letters to players of the Super Falcons to train in Spain ahead of the competition toContinue reading “Super Falcons To Camp In Spain Ahead Paris Olympics Finals”

Coach of the Bafana Bafana of South, Hugo Broos, has selected his final 23-man squad for next month’s World Cup qualifiers against Nigeria and Zimbabwe. The game is poised to be a bigger fixture for the South Africa national team who are out for revenge after falling Nigeria emerged victorious when both sides met atContinue reading “South Africa Coach unveils Killer Squad Against Nigeria”

The Confederation of African Football has announced the host country for the 2025 U17 African Cup of Nations. The football apex body in the continent on Tuesday announced Ivory Coast as the country for the competition. The Young Elephants has qualified for the championship as one of the teams from the WAFU B region butContinue reading “Ivory Coast To Host U17 AFCON”

Less than two months after surrendering the top spot in the continental ranking, Quadri Aruna has reclaimed his place after leaping to 17th place in Week 22 of the 2024 ITTF Ranking released on Tuesday, May 28 by the world table tennis ruling body. Aruna, who recently reclaimed the ITTF Africa Cup in Rwanda thisContinue reading “Aruna Reclaims Top Spot As Nigerian Leaps To 17th In ITTF Ranking”

Rwanda’s head coach, Thorsten Frank Spittler, has stated that they are awaiting approval from FIFA to allow former Lobi Stars now Bugesera FC striker Elijah Ani to play for Amavubi in the upcoming June World Cup 2026 qualifiers against Benin and Lesotho. The Amavubi tactician hailed the Nigeria Premier Football League striker, as an excellentContinue reading “2026 WCQ: Rwanda Awaits FIFA Clearance On Ex-Lobi Stars Striker”

The 2024 edition of the National Sports Festival has been postponed to January 2025. The former Minister of Sports Hon. Sunday Dare at the end of the last edition announced that the next edition will be held in Ogun State in 2024. According to update from the statement released after the National council for SportsContinue reading “National Sports Festival Suffers Postponement”

Egypt Premier League giant Al Ahly has retained their CAF Champions League trophy. Ahly entered this season’s competition as the defending champions and they were able to stabilize despite starting the tournament on a shaky The first leg was played last week at the famous El Men Stadium in Tunis and ended in a goallessContinue reading “CAFCL: Al Ahly Pips Esperance, wins 12th African Champions League title”

Nigeria’s Head Coach, Finidi George, has picked rave-of-the-moment Ademola Lookman, African Player of the Year Victor Osimhen and safe hands Stanley Nwabali among a crop of 23 players who will do battle with South Africa’s Bafana Bafana and the Cheetahs of Benin Republic in upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. The former Enyimba InternationalContinue reading “2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier: Finidi lists Lookman, Osimhen, Nwabali, sadiq 19 others for Bafana, Cheetahs”

Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets booked a place in the semi-final of the WAFU B U-17 Championship following a comfortable 3-0 victory over Togo in their final Group B game on Thursday. The game was shifted from Wednesday to Thursday morning after heavy rain rendered the University Stadium pitch unplayable. The Eaglets took control of the gameContinue reading “WAFU U-17: Golden Eaglets Floor Togo 3-0, Seal Semi-Final Spot”

Ademola Lookman was the hero as his hat-trick secured a 3-0 win for Atalanta in the Europa League final in Dublin on Wednesday. The Super Eagles international lookman becomes only the second player to score a hat-trick in the final of a major European competition for an Italian side. The victory cements Atalanta’s first-ever EuropeanContinue reading “Lookman Equals 55-Year-Old Hat-trick Record, break Leverkusen’s heart”

Following his superb outing in the just-concluded season, English Premier League side Nottingham Forest has triggered the contract extension of Nigeria’s Super Eagles defender Ola Aina. The utility defender joined the Forest last summer following the expiration of his contract with the Italian Serie A side Torino The 27-year-old has enjoyed a positive first seasonContinue reading “EPL: Nottingham Forest extends Aina’s contract”

The 8th edition of Nigeria’s National Youth Games has been scheduled to be held in Asaba, the Delta State capital, from the 10th to the 20th of September, 2024.  Officials of the Ministry of Sports and the Management Committee of Delta State Sports Commission (DSSC), met last week in Asaba to conclude arrangements for theContinue reading “Delta State Set To Host National Youth Games”