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Christian Chukwu Receives $50,000 Cheque From Otedola For Medical Treatment

Super Eagles Legend, Christian Chukwu has received the cheque of $50,000 from Businessman, Femi Otedola for his medical treatment in America. The Billionaire announced that he will pay the medical bills...... Read more Dalung Inaugurates Edo 2020 Main Organising Committee

The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated the Main Organising Committee (MOC) for the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) tagged “Edo 2020”. While inaugurating...... Read more Breaking: Golden Eaglets lose to Guinea in penalty shoot-out

The Golden Eaglets have lost the Semi-Final match to Guinea at the National Stadium, Dar es Salam at the ongoing African qualifiers. The team lost 10-9 to the Guineans during the...... Read more NFF Moves to Rescue Stranded Kelechi Nwakali

Nigerian youth international Kelechi Nwakali will hopefully be able to return to his Portuguese club soon, according to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The 20-year-old midfielder, who is on loan at...... Read more NFF Appoints Media Officers for National Teams

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Tuesday announced the appointments of new Media Officers for the various national teams. In a statement signed by Demola Olajire, NFF Director of Communication, Toyin...... Read more Rohr Backs Uzoho for AFCON Start

Nigeria head coach Gernot Rohr has ruled out a change in approach heading into the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. The German mentor has backed his goalkeeping trio to...... Read more Edo Aiteo FA Cup: Dynamite Win to Set Up Huge Quarter-Final Clash with BJ, Insurance Also Win But Ine Crash Out

The two big names of Edo State football, Bendel Insurance and Dynamite Force FC, both secured qualification to the quarter-final of the ongoing Edo State Aiteo FA Cup competition with commanding...... Read more Bet9ja Super Agents Cup Set For Kick-Off

The 5th edition of the Bet9ja Super Agent cup will kick off on Thursday, April 25, in Benin City. Most of the top grassroots clubs in Benin are taking part in...... Read more Ighalo Rescues Shanghai Shenhua

Odion Ighalo continued his impressive run of form as Shanghai Shenhua held Wuhan Zall to a 1-1 draw in Sunday’s Chinese Super League game. After losing against Guangzhou R&F last time...... Read more Restoration Starlets of Bayelsa Record Emphatic 4-1 Victory over Cape Verde; ‘Aguero’ Scores Goal of the Tournament

Bayelsa’s Restoration Starlets opened their campaign in the Africa Youth Cup in Cape Verde on Sunday evening with an emphatic 4-1 trouncing of the Cape Verde youth team, Misto Barlavento. The...... Read more 2019 AFCON: Nigeria Will Not Underrate Burundi and Madagascar — Rohr

Nigeria head coach Gernot Rohr says they cannot afford to write off their rivals in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Group B. The group has two debutants in Burundi...... Read more U-17 AFCON: Eaglets Send Uganda Players Home after 1-1 Draw

Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets have sent their Ugandan counterparts packing from the ongoing Under-17 Africa Cup of Nation (AFCON) in Tanzania after both sides played out a 1-1 draw in their last...... Read more Stakeholders Commend Standard of Ekiti FA Cup . . . As Semi-Finalists Emerge

Stakeholders and football enthusiasts in Ekiti State have continued to wax lyrical over the quality and standard of matches played at the ongoing Ekiti FA Cup 2019. Expressing his view during...... Read more Musa Ends Goal Drought With Brace In Al Nassr Win

Ahmed Musa ended his 13-game goal drought in the Saudi Professional League with his brace in Al Nassr’s 5-0 thrashing of Al Fateh. After enduring a frustrating spell in front of...... Read more Ejidike Hails Golden Eaglets on World Cup ticket

Nigeria’s Pillar of Sports, High Chief Donatus Agu Ejidike, has congratulated the national U17 team, the Golden Eaglets, for picking a ticket to the forthcoming FIFA U17 World Cup slated for...... Read more U-17 AFCON: Nigeria Zoom Into Semis after Victory over Angola

The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria on Wednesday defeated their Angolan counterpart 1-0 to qualify for the semi-finals in the ongoing U-17 AFCON in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The News Agency of...... Read more Super Eagles to Play Senegal in AFCON Friendly

Senegalese Football Association president, Augustin Senghor, has confirmed that the Terangha Lions will face three-time African champions, the Super Eagles of Nigeria in a friendly game ahead of the 2019 Africa...... Read more 2019 AFCON: Amuneke Predicts Early Exit for Eagles, Egypt, Senegal, Others

Tanzania’s head coach Emmanuel Amuneke has predicted that some of the bigger names in African football like Nigeria, Egypt, Ghana, Senegal could make an early exit from June’s Africa Cup of...... Read more Super Eagles to Pocket N1.6b If They Win 2019 AFCON

All the countries competing at this summer’s Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt will receive at least $600,000 each, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced following the draw that...... Read more CAF Fires General Secretary after Accusing President of Corruption

African soccer’s ruling body has fired a senior official after he made corruption accusations against the organisation’s president in a potential blow to FIFA’s efforts to clean up the game after...... Read more 2019 AFCON: Super Eagles Clear Favourites in Group B, Says Guinea Captain

Guinea captain Ibrahima Traore has labelled Nigeria as the clear favourites in Group B of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, following the draw which was conducted this past Friday night....... Read more AFCON 2019: Nigeria Will Do Better Than Previous Outing, Says Adepoju

Mutiu Adepoju, ex-Super Eagles player, said on Monday that the senior male national team would put up a better performance better in the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament holding in...... Read more Ex-Brazil Chief Marin Banned for Life by FIFA

Brazilian football official Jose Maria Marin was banned for life by FIFA on Monday, 16 months after he was convicted of corruption charges in the United States. The 86-year-old Marin, who...... Read more Trump to Award Tiger Woods with The Presidential Medal of Freedom

A day after Tiger Woods won his fifth Masters title and 15th major tournament in a rousing resurrection of his career, President Trump said Monday he would give him an honor...... Read more U-17 AFCON: Golden Eaglets Beat Tanzania In 9-goal Thriller

Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets began their quest for a third continental title at the 2019 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations on a blistering note yesterday as they beat host Tanzania 5-4 in...... Read more