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Flamingos striker Harmony Chidi has expressed her delight after claiming the Player of the Match award in Nigeria’s 4-0 win over Ecuador in their second Group A match of the ongoing FIFA...... Read more NPFL: Remo beat Insurance to go top

Remo Stars bounced back from their last defeat to secure a 1-0 win over arch-rivals Bendel Insurance in one of the NPFL matchday 8 fixtures in Ikenne on Sunday to temporarily move...... Read more U-17 Women’s W’Cup: Olowookere eyes more positive results

After guiding Flamingos to a 4-1 whitewash of New Zealand in Wednesday night’s Group A opener at Cibao Stadium in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, Nigeria coach, Bankole Olowookere, looks to...... Read more AFCON: Libya jittery as CAF demands response to Nigeria’s protest

The Libyan Football Federation is panicking after being asked by CAF to submit documents relating to the cancellation of the AFCON qualifying Group D match against Nigeria after the latter refused...... Read more Plumptre celebrates return from injury

Super Falcons defender Ashleigh Plumptre is taken over by emotions following her return from injury that sidelined her for six months after surgery on her right foot. The England-born made her...... Read more Eight teams for Edo Sec. Football Championship

Eight teams will compete in the 3rd edition of the Edo State Secondary School Football Championship, which will hold from October 28 to November 1 in Benin-City. The event, powered by Edo...... Read more WAFU U-20: Flying Eagles rounding off preparation in Lome

The Nigeria U-20 men’s team, Flying Eagles, are putting finishing touches to their preparation for their participation in the 2024 WAFU Zone B U-20 Championship scheduled to commence on Thursday (today) in...... Read more NPFL: Musa scores again as Pillars crush Rangers in Enugu

Super Eagles skipper Ahmed Musa was among the goals as Kano Pillars crushed champions Enugu Rangers 4-3 in a Nigeria Premier Football League matchday 7 encounter at Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium on Wednesday....... Read more SPECIAL FEATURE: The rise and rise of NPFL!

The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) is on the rise and has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent years, largely thanks to the unwavering commitment of strategic partners to the NPFL,...... Read more Eagles were held hostage, insists Eguavoen

Super Eagles interim coach Austin Eguavoen has opened up on the ugly incident that saw players and officials of Nigeria’s senior men’s national team held hostage by Libyan authorities at the Al...... Read more JUST IN: CAF confirms Super Eagles’ AFCON qualifier against Libya will not hold

The Confederation of African Football has announced that the second leg of the Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 qualifier fixture between the Super Eagles and Libya, scheduled for Tuesday, will...... Read more Lagos SWAN Hails Chief of Defence Staff, GOC 82 Division, IGP, Arise TV

Chairman of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Lagos chapter, Ambassador Olatutu Oladunni and the entire executive team have hailed Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa and also applauded...... Read more JUST IN: Ex-Green Eagles goalkeeper, Peter Fregene, dies at 77

Former Green Eagles goalkeeper, Peter Fregene, is dead. Fregene’s death news was confirmed by ex-international and close friend, Segun Odegbami, on Sunday. Odegbami said the Nigerian football legend died after a...... Read more U-17 Women’s W’Cup: Bankole confident as Flamingos reach venue

Head coach of the Nigeria U-17 women’s team, Bankole Olowookere, can’t wait for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup to get underway in Dominican Republic, believing their international friendly 1-1 against Mexico...... Read more Dele-Bashiru surprised to make Eagles squad before brother

Fisayo Dele-Bashiru says he is surprised to have earned a Super Eagles call-up ahead of his elder brother Tom Dele-Bashiru, expressing delight at playing for Nigeria, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Despite being born in...... Read more Joshua vs. Dubois’s rematch date confirmed

The rematch between IBF world heavyweight boxing champion Daniel Dubois and former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua appears closer, with Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, revealing February as a...... Read more FG monitoring Super Eagles situation at Libyan airport – Foreign Ministry

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it’s currently in touch with the Nigerian Mission in Libya concerning the state of the Super Eagles – the country’s senior men’s football team. The...... Read more AFCON qualifier: Libya in crisis ahead Nigeria clash

Libyan football has been engulfed by crisis, resulting in the resignation of the President of the Libyan Football Federation, Abdul Hakim Al-Shalmani, on Sunday, two days before their crucial 2025 AFCON qualifying...... Read more Libyan authorities hold Eagles hostage at airport

Super Eagles media team on Sunday night confirmed that players and officials of Nigeria’s senior men’s national team were held hostage by Libyan authorities upon their arrival at Al Abaq Airport in...... Read more JUST-IN: NFF pulls Super Eagles from AFCON qualifier after Libya Airport nightmare

The Nigeria Football Federation has decided to pull the Super Eagles out of Tuesday’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Libya. This follows a frustrating 12-hour ordeal at Al Abraq...... Read more AFCON qualifier: Libya in crisis ahead Nigeria clash

Super Eagles striker Victor Boniface has extended his goalless streak playing for Nigeria to seven games after failing to find the back of the net once again in the country’s 1-0 win...... Read more Edo Queens, Abia Angels face off in BOWFT q’finals

Edo Queens will take on Abia Angels on Saturday in the first quarterfinal game of the 4th edition of the Betsy Obaseki Women Football Tournament, Saturday PUNCH reports. The other quarterfinal...... Read more AFCON Qualifier: Dele-Bashiru strikes late as Nigeria edge Libya against Libya

Nigerian midfielder Fisayo Dele-Bashiru scored a late winner for Nigeria in their 1-0 victory over Libya in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying tie at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium on Friday....... Read more Bayelsa, Heartland Queens reach BOWFT quarterfinals

Bayelsa Queens and Heartland Queens have secured spots in the quarterfinals of the ongoing 4th edition of the Betsy Obaseki Women’s Football Tournament. Both teams emerged as top teams in their...... Read more