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Rohr’s Gambling Goes Unpunished against Burundi, But Is It Enough Now?

Nigeria’s Super Eagles got their campaign in the Egypt 2019 AFCON to a winning start courtesy of a brilliant goal from poacher and super sub Odion Ighalo who profited from a...... Read more Welcome Back, Falcons; Soldier On, Super Eagles!

For the records, let me quickly acknowledge a truth, that I have been and would continue to be a venomous critic of bad sports administration at any level. It has won...... Read more Mikel Agu Cup: Eagles Wings Soar, BJ, Ine Stars in Strong Positions

High tempo football, goals galore, brilliant individual displays: all these are what you would expect to see in a grassroots football tournament in Nigeria. All these have been on show in...... Read more 2019 NPFL Super Six Play-Offs: All Hail Champions Enyimba!!!

It is very significant to note that I arrived to devote this highly read page to write on NPFL Super 6 competition and its 2019 Champions, the very never say die...... Read more Youth star and Sapele Lions loanee Daniel is the modern ’keeper to watch

There is a rising trend in world football today which sees top clubs and teams placing much emphasis on having goalkeepers who are not just good on reflexes and defense organisation...... Read more SHAME: Before the very eyes of the world,the worst of Nigerian league football is exposed as Pillars fans go on rampage

Laid bare for all to see via international TV station Super Sports. The live game of the ongoing Super Six play off to determine winners of the Nigerian top flight league...... Read more Like Super Eagles, Like Super Falcons

You see dear readers; I detest to the limit the word permutation because it is for the unready and unserious bunch which the Nigerian national teams have cut out for themselves...... Read more European Scouts Set to Hit Benin City for Big Scouting Event; Edo FA Election Holds June 8

Benin City is set to host a massive football scouting programme that would offer young and talented players the opportunity of being snapped up by European scouts. The scouting programme is...... Read more 'I escaped bullets on my way to becoming a pro' says Isaac Success brother and Inter Zapresic star Goodness Ajayi

Its the off season in Europe and many foreign-based players of Nigerian origin are back in the country to relax and, as well, keep themselves in good shape.for resumption of their...... Read more Buhari, EFCC Should Tell Dalung to Return IAAF’s $135,000 Grant to Nigeria

Football is not a pretender’s sport. It is either your team has superior technical and tactical approach to each given game or you will be made a mince-meat by your opponents....... Read more ‘I Read the Eyes of Penalty Takers’ — Mission Side FC and Bet9ja Cup Hero Bazuaye

Mission Side FC, a growing grassroots football club in Benin City, shocked many when they won the just-ended Bet9ja Super Agents Cup competition, a prestigious tournament for youth clubs in Benin...... Read more One of Africa’s Most Traditional Clubs, Bendel Insurance, Make Deflating Relegation Plunge; US School Flying Eagles

The Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, Edo State, is one of the oldest existing stadia in Nigeria. At present, the stadium is undergoing massive renovation to turn it into a...... Read more Vincent Okumagba-led Super Eagles Supporters Club Make History

The U-20 national team, the Flying Eagles began their campaign for this year’s World Youth Championship on a good note against Qatar in their group opening game. It was one game the...... Read more ‘Zlatan’ Ediae, Edo State’s Best Grassroots Striker, Injures Shoulder in training, Out for At Least a Month

Precious Ediae, the striker of BJ Foundation who has been in super form this year, has suffered an elbow injury in his team’s training session. Ediae, nicknamed Zlatan, after the famous...... Read more Shocking Death of Coach Ogbeide; Spectre of Relegation Overshadows Bendel Insurance Home Win over Sunshine Stars

Bendel Insurance FC of Benin played their last home match of the 2018/19 NPFL season against Sunshine Stars of Akure at the Uniben Sports Complex on Monday, May 20, and two...... Read more A Peep At Rohr’s AFCON 2019 List

Yes, the AFCON cat was let out of the bag last week when Super Eagles supremo, Gernot Rohr released a- 23- man provisional list of players that would prosecute for Nigeria...... Read more Bet9ja Super Agents Cup: BJ Tame Fatai Dragons to Qualify for Final, Mission Side Beat Rolly

BJ Foundation FC of Benin City produced a very dominant performance to crush Fatai Dragons of Ekpoma 3-0 in the semi-final of the 5th edition of the Bet9ja Super Agents cup...... Read more Why Man city and Liverpool are likely to repeat their dominance next season

What a season we have had in the English Premier league. Two teams, Manchester City and Liverpool showed us the best of the best of a relentless pursuit of greatness. A...... Read more Fraud allegation: Not In Defence of Amaju Pinnick, Others but the Game

“The best of football moves from one jurisdiction to another and the place of domicile is usually applauded for mastery and competence of the round leather game within the given period....... Read more History-Maker Hazard Wins Hat-Trick of Chelsea Awards

Eden Hazard has won a hat-trick of accolades at Chelsea’s awards ceremony, claiming the prize for Chelsea Player of the Year, Players’ Player of the Year and Goal of the Season,...... Read more Bet9ja Super Agents Cup: Defending Champions Rockers FC Eliminated; BJ, Ine Stars March On

Just as the European Champions League is serving us very exciting and exhilarating matches, the 5th edition of the Bet9ja Super Agents Cup competition holding at the S&T Barack in Benin...... Read more Ex-Bendel Insurance Star George Omokaro Dies as Football Community Mourns Ex-Nigerian International Wilson Oboh

Edo State football community has been plunged into double grief and Nigeria as a nation has lost a former fine international player. Wilson Oboh, the midfielder with silky skills and impressive...... Read more Unease at football circles as Aigbogun, Flying Eagles make a Date with History

Paul Aigbogun is the head of the technical crew of the Flying Eagles, a team that will join other teams in Poland for the forthcoming World Youths Championship (WYC). For the...... Read more Small Pogba "Salami" a shining light in the Edo FA cup

The 2019 Edo state Aiteo FA cup has come and gone. Bendel Insurance reclaimed the title they used to win at ease before the emergence of some top quality grassroots clubs...... Read more Injured Golden Eaglets Star Oluwatimilehin Salutes Teammates on World Cup Qualification, as Disappointing 4th Place Finish Generates Backlash

Nigerian international U17 Right Back Adeniyi Oluwatimilehin Lawrence has congratulated his Golden Eaglets teammates on the team’s qualification for the cadet World Cup scheduled to hold in Brazil later this year....... Read more