Argentina’s Maradona, one of soccer’s greatest, dies aged 60
Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona, widely regarded as one of the game’s greatest ever players, died of a heart attack on Wednesday, his lawyer said. […]
World Cup
Eagles not bad against Algeria, Rohr still trying out players — Galadima
Ibrahim Galadima, a former Chairman of Nigeria Football Association (NFA), has called for caution in assessing the Super Eagles in the wake of Friday’s 0-1 […]
Eagles’ striker Osimhen loses dad
Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen has lost his father. The Lille striker made the disclosure on his twitter handle: @victorosimhen9 on Sunday. “RIP Dad. No […]
FIFA postpones South American World Cup qualifiers over coronavirus
World football governing body FIFA has postponed South American qualifying matches for the 2022 Qatar World Cup. This was after a request from the region’s […]
2022 World Cup: Super Eagles to face Cape Verde, CAR, Liberia in qualifying campaign
Nigeria have been drawn to square up against Cape Verde, Central African Republic (CAR) and Liberia in the penultimate round of the qualifying race for […]
Beach Soccer World Cup: We are good to go , says Sand Eagles’ Captain
Victor Tale, Captain of the Super Sand Eagles says the team is in top form for an impressive outing at the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer […]
Draw for African preliminaries for 2022 World Cup
The draw for the first round of African qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar was made in Cairo on Monday: Below are the […]
Nigeria to face Hungary, Ecuador, Australia at FIFA U-17 World Cup
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets have been drawn in Group B of the 2019 FIFA Under-17 World Cup scheduled to hold in Brazil from Oct. 26 to […]
Netherlands reach first World Cup final with extra-time rocket
A long-range strike from Jackie Groenen sent European Champions the Netherlands into their first women’s World Cup final as they edged Sweden 1-0 after extra […]
FIFA WWC: NFF need to groom Falcons better ahead of next World Cup
Mansur Abdullahi, the Falconets’ assistant coach, on Saturday in Abuja said the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) needs to groom the Super Falcons well ahead of […]
Football: Spain and Portugal analyse joint bid for 2030 World Cup, no mention of Morocco
Spain and Portugal are to start an in-depth analysis of whether to bid for the 2030 World Cup, they said on Saturday, without making any […]
FIFA: Free-to-air partnership on World Cup events great opportunity for Nigerian viewers, BON says
The newly-signed partnership agreement between Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) and world football governing body FIFA offers great opportunity for Nigerian football fans, BON’s Acting […]
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles crash out of U20 World Cup after defeat by Senegal
Senegal defeated Nigeria’s Flying Eagles 2-1 in their round of 16 clash on Monday night, June 3 at the ongoing FIFA U20 World Cup in […]
Enugu emerges host of 2020 Para-Powerlifting World Cup
The President of Nigeria Para Power-lifting Federation, Queen Uboh, says Enugu State has been given the right to host the Para-Powerlifting World Cup slated for […]
Flying Eagles smash Qatar 4-0 to begin FIFA Under-20 World Cup campaign
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles delivered a bold statement of intent on Friday at the 2019 FIFA Under-20 World Cup with a 4-0 whipping of Qatar in […]
Hosts Poland lose opening game as Senegal set new FIFA Under-20 World Cup record
It was a sour opening day for hosts Poland on Thursday as the 2019 FIFA Under-20 World Cup got underway as they lost 0-2 to […]
FIFA U-20 World Cup: Flying Eagles arrive in Poland
Nigeria’s national under-20 male football team, the Flying Eagles, on Sunday arrived in Poland for this year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup which begins on Thursday. […]
Qatar inaugurates its first metro line ahead of 2022 World Cup
Qatar inaugurated its first metro line on Wednesday as part of the Gulf country’s preparations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The line extends from […]
FIFA U-20 World Cup: Next phase of ticket sales begins Thursday
By Bushrah Yusuf-BadmusThe Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) says the next phase of ticket sales for the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Poland will […]
Flying Eagles to know World Cup opponents on Sunday
By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus Nigeria’s male U-20 National team, Flying Eagles, will know their opponents at this summer’s FIFA U-20 World Cup finals in Poland after […]
Russia 2018 is best watched World Cup – FIFA
A record audience of more than 3.5 billion people watched this year’s World Cup in Russia, with the final between France and Croatia attracting 1.12 […]
Soccer: La liga determined to play games in US, despite “cultural walls” of opposition
Spain’s La Liga remains committed to playing Barcelona’s league match with Girona in Miami, despite opposition to the plans, the organization’s president Javier Tebas told […]
NFF Elections: Maigari gets provisional clearance to contest for NNF president
The 2018 Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Electoral Committee on Wednesday said it had reached a decision to hand a ‘provisional clearance’ to Aminu Maigari ahead […]
FIBA Africa World Cup qualifiers: We’re happy with first victory – Nwora
Alex Nwora, Head Coach, Nigeria’s Senior National Men’s Basketball team, D’Tigers, says winning their first game is the most important thing in the ongoing FIBA […]
UEFA president wants only one European bid for 2030 World Cup
European football boss Aleksander Ceferin wants only one European bid to host the 2030 World Cup, he said on Friday, adding that a British bid […]