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Bayelsa Govt Assures Athletes Of Support •Set To Clear Outstanding Bonuses

The Bayelsa Government on Thursday assured its athletes of sustainable support to enable them to excel at the postponed National Sports Festival and other competitions. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, the State’s Deputy Governor,...... Read more Kwara Gets New Director of Sports

Coach Ibrahim Alarape has been appointed as the 16th Director of Sports, Kwara State Sports Council. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that he replaces the out-going Director of Sports,...... Read more Milla: My World Cup Record Will Be Difficult To Break

Cameroonian football icon Roger Milla says it might be difficult for players to match his FIFA World Cup record. The legendary striker became the oldest goalscorer in World Cup history by...... Read more 26 years After, Amokachi Rues Glory Lost At USA ‘94

Nigeria was within a minute of beating Italy at the USA 1994 World Cup to qualify for the quarterfinal of the competition. The Eagles, coached by Dutchman, Clemens Westerhof, had taken...... Read more I Used 2014 Snub As Motivation — Utaka

Former Nigerian international attacker John Utaka says he has no hard feelings over missing the 2014 World Cup and adds that he used the snub as motivation to further his career....... Read more Africa Cup postponed to 2022 due to COVID-19

The Africa Cup has been postponed by one year due to the coronavirus pandemic and is now to be held in Cameroon in January 2022, the African football confederation CAF said...... Read more Eto’o: How Africa Can Produce Another Ballon d’Or Winner

African football legend Samuel Eto’o says the continent must back their own stars if they are to produce another Ballon d’Or winner. The continent has not had a winner of the...... Read more Mercedes To Race In Black Cars For 2020 F1 Season

Mercedes will run a new black livery in Formula 1 in 2020 as a signal of their commitment to greater diversity and inclusion in motorsport. Silver had been the company’s colour...... Read more Nigerian Beaten To Death While Playing Football

The Osun State Police Command has commenced investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of one Shuaib Isola after he was punched during a fight in Iwo on Sunday. According to...... Read more Kogi CJ’s Death, Shocking, Unfortunate, Says Basketball Federation

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has mourned the passing of the Chief Judge of Kogi, Justice Nasiru Ajannah, describing his death as shocking and unfortunate. The NBBF, in a statement issued...... Read more Stranded Eagles Not Due To Airspace Closure — Ibitoye

Super Eagles Media Officer, Toyin Ibitoye, has stated reports of Victor Osimhen, Paul Onuachu and Imoh Ezekiel being stranded in the country when their clubs in Europe are back to training...... Read more Rio To Allow Football Fans From July 10

The state of Rio de Janeiro will allow football fans into stadiums from 10 July, initially at one-third capacity, according to an official decree. Capacity will move to two-thirds from August...... Read more Arsenal Soccer School Coach, Anyanwu Describes Late Father As An Icon

Arsenal Soccer School Coach in Dubai, Marcellinus Anyanwu, has described his late father, Mr Felix Ucheobi Anyanwu, as an icon. Late Mr Felix Ucheobi Anyanwu died on Thursday, February 27, 2020...... Read more Anambra FA Election: SWAN Frowns At Exclusion Of Members From Information Management

Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Abambra State chapter, has frowned at the exclusion of the association and its members in the information management of the 2020 Anambra FA election process....... Read more Australia, New Zealand To Host 2023 Women's World Cup

Australia and New Zealand have beaten Colombia to win the bid to host the 2023 Women's World Cup. In the vote by the FIFA Council, Australia and New Zealand beat Colombia...... Read more Plateau, Enyimba, Rivers United, Kano Pillars Get Continental Tickets As Stakeholders Uphold PPG System

The major decision makers in Nigerian football yesterday upheld the Points Per Game System (PPG) earlier adopted by the League Management Company (LMC) and the Club Owners Association to end the...... Read more COVID-19: CAF Releases Guidelines For Restart Of Competitions

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Monday released guidelines to guide member associations on the restart of football activities on the continent. A statement on the continental body’s website said...... Read more Musa Remembers World Cup Brace Against Iceland

The Super Eagles captain reminisces on his second half double against the Europeans in a make or break encounter at the Volgograd Arena Ahmed Musa has remembered the memory of scoring...... Read more Nigeria Beat England, Germany To Best WWC Jersey

Nigeria women’s national team home kit has been voted the best jersey of the Fifa Women’s World Cup held last year in France. The Africans turned out in their eighth appearance...... Read more Nigeria Pitch Awards Organisers, Super Eagles Players Commiserate with the Ituah-Ighodalo and Olaleye Ajayi Families

Organisers of the Nigeria Pitch Awards, Super Eagles Players and members of the Nigerian football community have expressed shock and deep sadness at the sudden and untimely passing of Ibidun Elizabeth...... Read more Ex-Formula 1 Driver Zanardi In ‘Serious’ Condition After Handbike Crash

Former Formula 1 driver Alex Zanardi is in a “serious but stable” condition after having surgery on a head injury sustained in an accident during a handbike relay in his native...... Read more Onazi Buys Multi-Million Naira Mansion To Celebrate Wedding Anniversary

Nigeria international Ogenyi Onazi has acquired a multi-million naira residence in Lekki, Lagos. The midfielder put aside the disillusionment of Denizlispor’s 1-0 defeat to Sivasspor with a state-of-the-art edifice. Goal gathered...... Read more NFF Yet To Fulfil N30k Monthly Stipend Promised Late Yekini’s Mother

The family of late Rashidi Yekini on Tuesday said they were yet to receive the N30,000 monthly stipend promised by the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The NFF board...... Read more COVID-19: Football Viewing Centres Cannot Open Yet, Says Kwara Govt

Kwara State Government has said football viewing centres are not allowed to open yet, because such facilities could be a dangerous window for widespread transmission of the Corona virus among viewers....... Read more Tanzania First African Country To Restart League Amid Virus

Tanzania this weekend became the first African country to resume a national league suspended during March because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Young Africans, who have been champions a record 22...... Read more