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Eguavoen Reacts To Simon’s CAF Men’s Player Of The Year Nomination

Former Super Eagles head coach Augustine Eguavoen has celebrated Moses Simon’s nomination for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) men’s player of the year award p The award covers performances between...... Read more Osimhen Tips Super Falcons For 10th WAFCON Title

Super Eagles and Napoli striker Victor Osimhen has backed the Super Falcons, to secure a record-extending 10th CAF Women’s Cup of Nations title at this year’s edition in Morocco. The 2022...... Read more Mikel Raises stakes with Back2Base Talent Hunt Project

When former Super Eagles and Chelsea star, John Obi Mikel, showed up at the Evans Square, Ebute Metta in Lagos to play football with locals on the sandy pitch, many had...... Read more 2022 WAFCON:’No African Team Better Than Nigeria’ —Falcons Star, Onumonu Boasts

Ahead of this year’s Women’s Cup of Nations in Morocco, Ifeomu Onumonu says the Super Falcons is still the team to beat in Africa as they prepare to land a record-extending...... Read more Governor Wike Hails Resilient Rivers United • Brace Up For Big Task Ahead

Rivers State Governor Nysom Wike has hailed the resilient spirit of players, coaches and management of Rivers United FC as the team tops the just concluded Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL)...... Read more Simon, Amoo Nominated For CAF Player Of The Year Award

Moses Simon is in the running for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Player of the Year award, reports Completesports.com. CAF released the first list of nominees for the Men’s categories...... Read more UAM Tillers, DELSU Titans qualify HiFL’s round of 16

EKSU, KASU are new boys on the block Maiden champions of the Higher Institutions Football League (HiFL), UAM Tillers of Makurdi, have qualified for the round of 16 of the 2022...... Read more Dare splashes N2m on victorious Golden Eaglets, praises NFF

Sports and Youth Development Minister, Sunday Dare has heaped plaudits on the leadership of Nigeria Football Federation for making merit and competence its watchwords in selection of coaches for the age-grade...... Read more ‘World Cup Qualification More Important Than Winning WAFCON’ —Super Falcons Coach, Waldrum

Super Falcons head coach Randy Waldrum says his team’s main goal at the 2022 WAFCON in Morocco is to qualify for next year’s women’s World Cup. The Falcons are gunning for...... Read more 2022 WAFU B: Five Eaglets Players Make Team Of The Tournament, Ugbade Named Best Coach

Five Golden Eaglets players were included in the Best Eleven squad of the recently concluded 2022 WAFU Zone B U-17 tournament in Ghana. The Best Eleven of the competition was published...... Read more NFF Election 2022: The Case Against Amaju Pinnick’s Tenure Elongation Tricks

The intrigues for the September 2022 election into various positions in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) executive committee board has began in earnest. The father fox is on prowl trying ways...... Read more Waldrum: Super Falcons Ready To Conquer Africa Again

Super Falcons head coach Randy Waldrum says the team is battle ready for a successful title defence at the 2022 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations in Morocco, reports Completesports.com. The Super...... Read more CAF Unveils Official Match Ball For 2022 WAFCON

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has unveiled the official match ball for this year’s women’s Cup of Nations in Morocco. CAF unveiled the match ball on their website on Friday....... Read more Flamingos to know India 2022 U-17 World Cup opponents today

Nigeria’s opponents at this year’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup finals will emerge today during the draw ceremony scheduled for the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. The 16-nation championship will hold from...... Read more Friendly match: Super Falcons beat Naija Ratels 2-1

The Nigeria National Women’s Football Team, Super Falcons, defeated Naija Ratels Football Club 2-1 in a friendly match ahead of the 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCN). The News Agency...... Read more FG Makes U-Turn, Lifts Suspension On Nigeria’s Basketball Teams

The Federal Government has announced the reinstatement of Nigeria into international basketball following a letter of appeal dated June 17, 2022, from the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) board signed by Musa...... Read more Super Eagles Drop To 31st Position In Latest FIFA Ranking

The Super Eagles of Nigeria dropped to 31st position in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking released on Thursday, Completesports.com reports. The latest men’s ranking was published on FIFA’s official website. In...... Read more FG Mandates NFF To Hold Election On September • As Sports Minister Foiled Tenure Elongation move.

Nigerians from all works of life have condemned in the strongest terms the purported tenure elongation by the current executive committee board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) led by Amaju...... Read more Eagles Have Started Well- Nwosu

Former Super Eagles midfielder dynamo and 1980 AFCON youngest player, Henry Nwosu (MON) has thumbed up the players and the technical crew of the national football team for their efforts so...... Read more Nigeria finishes fifth as Tanzania wins Kwibuka Cricket Championship

Nigeria’s women national cricket team, at the weekend, rounded off its Eight Kwibuka T20i campaign by beating Brazil to claim the fifth place at the Gahanga Cricket Oval in Kigali, Rwanda....... Read more Simon Congratulates MOTM Winner Michael, Eaglets After 2023 U-17 AFCON Qualification

Super Eagles winger Moses Simon has congratulated Man of the Match winner Emmanuel Michael and his Golden Eaglets teammates after securing qualification to next year’s U-17 AFCON. The Eaglets came from...... Read more ‘How I Became A Free-Kick Specialist’ —Golden Eaglets Star, Michael

Golden Eaglets star Emmanuel Michael has revealed how he has perfected the art of scoring free-kicks. In Tuesday’s semi-final against Cote d’Ivoire, Michael converted two free-kicks to put the Eaglets 2-1...... Read more Aribo: How I Conquered Self Doubt

Joe Aribo says he now has full confidence in his own ability after a remarkable spell for Rangers. Aribo revealed that he used to be a “shy player” with doubts over...... Read more Naughty Issues In Nigerian Football And This Year’s NFF Elections

Football like other sectors and sub-sectors in Nigeria polity today are down and out without any prejudice since 2015 Buhari/APC took the centre stage of governance in the biggest nation (Nigeria)...... Read more ‘Why Osimhen Can Break Yekini’s Goal Record’ —Ex-Super Eagles Star, Pascal

Former Nigeria international and current Super Eagles team coordinator, Patrick Pascal, believes Victor Osimhen has what it takes to break the goal scoring record of the late Rashidi Yekini. Osimhen took...... Read more