Author: Seyi Alao
Super Eagles forward Alex Iwobi and his Club Arsenal were bundled out of the Carabao Cup after losing 2-0 to North London rivals, Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday.
Former Super Eagles defender Taribo West has warned young Nigerian players who are desperate to leave the country for greener pastures in Europe to study every detail of contract they are signing.
Edo state will play host to the 2020 National Sports Festival and Governor Godwin Obaseki has promised to give the country the best ever National Sports Festival.
The 19th edition of the National Sports Festival has come and gone but the Minister of Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung has been counting the gains from the Abuja games.
The General Manager of 3SC has hinted that the club will not be honouring the NNL super eight that is scheduled for today in Aba and the has written to the NFF.
NPFL side Niger Tornadoes has granted the players and officials of the club a two-week break for Christmas and New Year celebrations after an impressive performance at just concluded Ahlan pre-season tour in Kano.
Kano Pillars goalkeeper, Danladi Isa believes the arrival of Suraj Ayeleso at the club won’t limit his chances of more playing time with the Club but admits he must keep performing to keep his place in the team. After the exodus of David Obiazo and Aliyu Mohammed who left the Club to join Plateau United and Kwara United respectively , Danladi Isa and new arrival Suraj Ayeleso are expected to battle for the starting belt at the club when the new Nigeria professional football league season commence next year. While speaking shortly after he received the award for the best goalkeeper…
Nigeria sprinter Blessing Okagbare has revealed that breaking the African record in the women’s long jump is her priority before quitting the sport. Okagbare won two gold medals for Nigeria in 2014 Commonwealth games in Glasgow Scotland after breaking the African100m recordin 2013, the record she lost to Murielle Ahoure of Ivory coast two year ago. Okagbare however, said she has set her sight on the current Africanlong jump records of 7 . 12 m set by Nigeria legend Chioma Ajunwa . “ I have this goal to break the African record in all three events which I did…
The Nigeria Football Federation Emergency Committee has announced that the Super 8 Tournament of the NNL to produce four teams that will join the twenty NPFL teams for the 2018/2019 Season must go on after a lengthy meeting over the weekend. The meeting was attended by of all the stakeholders of the NFF, the LMC, the NPFL Clubs, the NNL and NNL Clubs and it’s believed that the NNL was directed to stage its statutory Super 8 to produce the four teams for NPFL. “I am imploring the various Club Owners and other investors, promoters and facilitators, as well as the administrators…
Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr has revealed that a lot has changed from the 2019 AFCON preparation program he submitted to the NFF due to CAF’s decision to strip Cameroon off the hosting right. Nigeria qualified for the tournament for the first time in three editions after playing out a 1-1 draw with South Africa in Johannesburg back in November. But the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has already decided to seek a new host nation for the 24 team tournament which slated for June/July next year,although bid from Egypt and South Africa was confirmed over the weekend. However ,The…
