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Pinnick Reveals Conditions In Rohr’s New Contract

Nigeria Football Federation president, Amaju Pinnick, has revealed the conditions in the new contract offered to Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr. Rohr has been at the helm of the national team...... Read more IOC Must Be Commended For Postponing 2020 Olympics — Dare

Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, has commended the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for postponing the Tokyo 2020 Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Mr...... Read more Burundi To Continue Playing League Football Despite Threat Of Coronavirus Pandemic

Burundi is to continue playing league football despite the threat of the coronavirus pandemic, its football federation decided on Sunday after a meeting of its clubs. The east African country is...... Read more Fifa Draws Up Guidelines To Tackle Pay-Cut Complaints

Fifa is getting ready to deal with complaints and appeals over wage cuts for players, producing guidelines for clubs and football bodies looking to cut costs during the stoppage caused by...... Read more Afobe: Why Messi Is Better Than Ronaldo

DR Congo international Benik Afobe has explained why Lionel Messi is better than Cristiano Ronaldo. FC Barcelona forward Messi and Juventus striker Ronaldo are widely regarded as the two best players...... Read more Bach Confirms IOC Scholarship Grants For Nigerian Athletes

The President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, has commended the Nigeria Olympic Committee Athletes Commission for their initiative in creating awareness on the COVID-19 pandemic, using the athletes to...... Read more Nwakaeme’s Market Value Reaches All-time High

Nwakaeme has reached an all-time high on the back of his consistent performances in the Turkish Super Lig, allnigeriasoccer.reports. One of the most in-form Nigerian players in Europe this season, the...... Read more Tevez: Footballers Can Survive A Year Without Pay

Boca Juniors veteran Carlos Tevez has encouraged footballers to volunteer and help those in need during the coronavirus pandemic. Argentina has been in lockdown since March 20 and recently extended a...... Read more Football Will Be Totally Different After Coronavirus — Infantino

Football will be totally different when it eventually resumes after the coronavirus outbreak, the head of global soccer body Fifa Gianni Infantino said on Thursday. “Football will come back, and when...... Read more Sports Minister Mourns As Paralympic Gold Medalist Ndidi Nwosu Dies

Nigeria’s Rio 2016 Paralympic gold medalist, Ndidi Nwosu, has died after battle with illness. Ndidi’s death was confirmed by a former President of the Nigeria Powerlifting Federation (NPPF), Queen Uboh-Idris. According...... Read more Why I Shunned Coaching — Aghahowa

Former Super Eagles striker Julius Aghahowa has explained the poor treatment of Nigerian coaches discouraged him from coaching. Stephen Keshi and Shuaibu Amodu were two prominent former managers of the Nigeria...... Read more Rohr Held Up In France, Unable To Attend NFF Events

Nigerian national team manager Gernot Rohr will be unable to return to the West African country in the near future, leading to the suspension of proposed Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) events....... Read more How Drogba Helped To Stop Civil War In Ivory Coast

Al-Merrikh Stadium, in Sudan’s second largest city of Omdurman, is not one of the world’s great gladiatorial arenas. Yet this small ground – known as the Red Castle – became the...... Read more SWAN Wishes El-Rufai Quick Recovery From Coronavirus

The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Kaduna State chapter, has extended its quick recovery message to the State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, over his positive result after his Coronavirus test....... Read more Mikel Is Greatest Nigerian Player Ever — Amokachi

Former Nigeria striker and coach Daniel Amokachi has named former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel as the greatest Nigerian player ever. Mikel enjoyed a successful international career with the Super Eagles...... Read more Postponed Tokyo Olympics To Open July 23 Next Year

The Tokyo Olympics will begin on July 23 next year, organisers said on Monday, after the coronavirus forced the historic decision to postpone the Games until 2021. The announcement comes less...... Read more Paulinho Among Footballers Stranded By China’s Coronavirus Lock-Out

Oscar and Hulk jetted in just in time but fellow Brazilian Paulinho reportedly heads a long list of foreign stars locked out of China as the country attempts to stop imported...... Read more Dare Draws Fresh Plans For Tokyo 2020

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Dare has assured that the ministry was monitoring the fitness of its athletes ahead of Tokyo Olympics due to COVID-19. In a release...... Read more Coronavirus: Oparanozie Declares Nigerian Government ‘Incompetent’, Advises Nigerians To Stay At Home

Desire Oparanozie has urged Nigerians to remain at home as she raises concerns about the country’s readiness to combat the coronavirus. The outbreak of the pandemic has caused major disturbances to...... Read more Turkey Legend Rustu In Hospital With Coronavirus

Turkey’s most capped player, former goalkeeper Rustu Recber, is in a “critical period” in hospital with coronavirus. The ex-Barcelona and Fenerbahce keeper, 46, won 120 caps and was one of the...... Read more Season Could Continue Until January — Ferrari Boss

The world championship could extend into January next year as Formula 1 seeks to salvage the 2020 season, says Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto. The first eight races have been called off...... Read more British Fighter Yarde Loses Father To Coronavirus

British boxer Anthony Yarde urged the public to stay at home after revealing his father has died of the coronavirus. Yarde, who fought Sergey Kovalev for the Russian’s cruiserweight world title...... Read more Nigeria’s Super Falcons Go Up In Latest FIFA Ranking

The Super Falcons of Nigeria have moved up one place, now 38th globally, in the latest rankings released by football governing body, FIFA, on Friday. In the first quarter 2020 Women’s...... Read more Two Olympic Champions Among Four Russians Accused Of Doping

Four Russian athletes, including two former Olympic champions, have been charged with doping based on evidence from the bombshell McLaren report, the Athletics Integrity Unit (IAU) said on Friday. Andrey Silnov,...... Read more Six Olympic Boxes Contracted Coronavirus

Six members of boxing teams who attended an Olympic qualifying event in London in March are said to have contracted coronavirus. The Turkish Boxing Federation said two fighters and a coach...... Read more