Author: Brila

Stephen Odey is still a bona fide, duly registered MFM FC player and only the club hold the economic rights over the striker according to Football Director, Emmanuel Ayeyemi.

Brazilian forward Neymar faces a fraud trial in Spain in connection with the value placed on his 2013 transfer from Santos to Barcelona, the Spanish National High Court said on Thursday.

Former Egypt national team manager Hassan Shehata has confirmed that he was approached by Nigeria and Ghana, but the negotiations broke down.

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has heaped praise on match-winner Marcus Rashford — and revealed the striker knew he would score his free-kick.

The recently concluded Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) U-15 Promises Tournament has been described as the jumpstarting of the process for a sustainable youth football culture in the NPFL. Speaking after the closing ceremonies for the tournament won by Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) FC, Harry Iwuala, Head of Special Project at the League Management Company (LMC) remarked that participating clubs were enjoined not to see the tournament as a competition but an activity to implement some of the lessons learnt during the tour of Spain at the instance of LaLiga last year. “First, it was a platform to expose the…

Stephen Odey is on a facility tour to Danish club, FC Midtjylland and is expected to return to MFM FC before the second stanza of the NPFL gets underway.

Nigeria Professional Football League Leaders, Plateau united football Club of jos have confirmed the signing of 8 new players as the intensify efforts to maintain their top spot on the league table. According to a statement signed by the media officer of the club, Albert dakup revealed that the 8 players include 2 from the feeder team, 3 are players of the team who were not registered at the beginning of the season due to unforseen circumstances while the remaining are joining the team from other clubs. Top among those who are joining the team from other clubs are Nigeria…

From second round of NPFL, Akwa United will play their home matches on the training pitch of the Nest of Champions, Uyo This is because the main bowl of the Godswill Akpabio stadium will be hosting most of Super eagles games. So the turf will have to be maintained and well nurtured. The super Eagles resume camp on May 23 ahead of both AFCON 2019 and Russia 2018 qualifiers.

ABIA Warriors Football Club of Umuahia have elevated three coaches in their ranks to higher positions as a way of making both the main and youth teams more formidable. The coaches include ,CHIDOZIE UKO,  KELVIN EJEH and EMENIKE  EZEUGO. Former Enyimba International of Aba midfielder, and National Institute for Sports (NIS) Lagos graduate  Uko, who has been in charge of Abia Warriors Youth Team has been drafted to the main team to join Abdullahi Biffo,  Patrick Ngwaogu, Igwe  Madubuike,  and Ochuba  Odim as members of the Technical crew. Kelvin Ejeh, who also graduated from the NIS,  worked with Uko in…

MFM FC duo of Stephen Odey and Sikiru Olatunbosun have been handed call-ups to the Nigerian national team. The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) leading scorer Odey and Olatunbosun are two of the four players from the country’s top division expected to be announced for the roster ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against South Africa in June this year. FC Ifeanyiubah goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa and Akwa United striker Alhassan Ibrahim are also in the mix. The four players are expected to join up with the overseas-based players called by Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr for…