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Joe Erico Saw His Death Coming

Late Super Eagles coach Joe Erico probably saw his death coming. The Jogo Bonito exponent spoke strangely more about death Tuesday morning when I actually needed his reaction to Golden Eaglets’...... Read more Buhari, Dare Mourn Joe Erico, Commiserate With Family, NFF

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the passing of former Nigeria senior team goalkeeper and one-time Assistant Coach of the Super Eagles, Joe Erico. In a condolence message by his...... Read more Stiff Competition For Super Eagles Places — Rohr

Nigeria national team manager Gernot Rohr says there will be stiff competition for places in his squad for upcoming Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. The Super Eagles will wrap up...... Read more BREAKING NEWS: Ex-international Joe Erico is dead

Former Nigerian goalkeeper and assistant coach of the Super Eagles, Joe Erico, is dead. Joe Erico was an apostle of ‘Jogo Bonito’ – an aesthetic football philosophy that is based...... Read more Yusuf’s Move To Top Polish Club Excites Handball Federation Of Nigeria

The president of the Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN), Mr Samuel Ocheho has described the transfer of national team player Farouk OluwaTobi Yusuf to top Polish Handball club Lombard KS Vive...... Read more Sharia Court Judge Humiliates Ex-Barcelona Star •Calls Him Useless Christian, Detains And Shaves His Head In Court

A former player of FC Barcelona, Haruna Babangida, has written a letter of complaint to the Grand Khadi, Sharia Court of Appeal, Kaduna demanding for justice over a judge who ‘ordered’...... Read more WAFU U-17: Onigbinde Blames NFF For Golden Eaglets’ Defeat

A former FIFA/CAF Instructor, Chief Adegboye Onigbinde, has identified lack of proper football development programme (FDP) as major factor hindering soccer development in the country. Onigbinde said this on Tuesday in...... Read more APFAN Seeks Sponsorship As Football Academy League Kicks Off In Lagos

The Association of Proprietors of Football Academies of Nigeria (APFAN) has appealed for sponsorship from individual sports lovers as well as corporate organisations and various tiers of government. The appeal came...... Read more Baby Elephants Crush Golden Eaglets To Win WAFU ‘B’ U-17 Tournament

The Baby Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire on Monday defeated Nigeria’s national under-17 male football team 3-2 to win the WAFU “B” U-17 Tournament in Lome, Togo. The Golden Eaglets were unable...... Read more Admission Begins Into Madrid Football Academy, Port Harcourt

The Rivers State Government has commenced admission of students into the Real Madrid Football Academy in the state. The selection process for interested persons which started yesterday in Port Harcourt is...... Read more Gov Diri Seeks Private Sector Support For Sports

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has stressed the need for the private sector to complement government’s effort in sports development. Speaking at the Theatre of Dreams in Yenagoa on Monday...... Read more WAFU U-17: Senate President Tasks Golden Eaglets To Beat Burkina Faso

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has urged Golden Eaglets to go all out and ensure that they defeat their Burkina Faso counterparts in Friday’s semi-final encounter of the ongoing WAFU U-17...... Read more Cricket: Over 300 Players To Feature In Under- 17 Zonal Qualifiers

The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) said over 300 players were expected to feature in the forthcoming zonal female qualifiers of the Under-17 National Cricket Championship. Taiwo Oriss, the Secretary General of...... Read more We’ll Tackle Youth Restiveness In Oyo Through Sporting Activities — Makinde

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Thursday, said that the state government would tackle the challenges of youth restiveness and unemployment through sporting activities. The governor stated this while receiving...... Read more Ferrari Driver Leclerc Tests Positive For Covid-19

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has announced he has tested positive for Covid-19. In a statement on Twitter, the 23-year-old from Monaco said: “I am feeling OK and have mild symptoms. “I...... Read more WAFU U-17: Golden Eaglets Squeeze Into Semi-Finals

The Baby Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire, on Tuesday, whipped their Ghanaian counterparts 3-1 in the last group B match of the ongoing WAFU U-17 tournament in Togo, to pick a semifinal...... Read more APFAN U17, U13 & U10 Soccer League Kick Offs Jan. 16 In Lagos

All is set for the kick-off of the Association of Proprietors of Football Academy Nigeria. (APFAN) Soccer League for Under-17, U-13 and U-10 footballers scheduled to kick off from 10:00 a.m....... Read more Odegbami Lauds Obi For Commitment To Caring For Ex-Rangers Footballers, As Obi Celebrates ‘Chairman’ Chukwu At 70

Ex-Nigerian international footballer and host of The Sports Parliament, a popular TV show on NTA, Segun Odegbami, has praised the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the...... Read more Covid-19 Test: NWFL Postpone Week 5 League Matches

Due to the inability of all the 14 NWFL Premiership clubs to meet up with the directives of the NWFL Secretariat on Covid-19 test for players and team officials, the board...... Read more I Am Still Alive, Says Christian Chukwu

Former Super Eagles Coach, Christian Chukwu has debunked the news of his death, saying that he is hale and hearty. Chukwu disclosed this on Sunday in an interview with the News...... Read more I Dream Of Winning World Cup With Nigeria — Egbo

Former KF Tirana manager Ndubuisi Egbo has revealed his dream of winning the World Cup with the Nigeria national team. Egbo made Africa proud when he guided Tirana to win the...... Read more Eaglets’ Hope Of Making Next U17 World Cup Dims

The Golden Eaglet yesterday failed to defeat Ghana’s Black Starlets in their second match of the West African Football Union U-17 WAFU B Tournament holding in Lome, Togo. The match, which...... Read more Why We Crashed Out Of CAF Champions League — Enyimba Coach

Enyimba coach Fatai Osho has said the concession of an early goal derailed their hopes of turning around their CAF Champions League first round tie. The People’s Elephant defeated Sudan’s Al...... Read more 2020-21 CAF Confed Cup: All Qualifiers For Play-Off Round Emerge

All the 16 teams for the play-off round in the 2020-21 CAF Confederation Cup have emerged following the conclusion of matches in the tw0-leg, first-round matches. Here are all the results...... Read more Ex-Fifa President Blatter In Hospital, ‘Getting Better Every Day’

Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter has been taken to hospital, a Swiss newspaper said on Thursday, but media insisted the disgraced official's life was not in danger. "My father is in...... Read more