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The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, on Monday urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to work toward the improvement of domestic leagues in the country. Dare made the call when he hosted the U-20 men’s national team, the Flying Eagles in Abuja, following their victory at the WAFU B […]
Striker Divock Origi is set to leave Premier League Club at the end of the season, this was made known on Friday by the Manager of Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp. The 27-year-old Belgium player has been a bit-part player since he joined Liverpool in 2014 but has scored vital goals including two in an astonishing […]
The US men’s and women’s national soccer teams will receive equal pay under a landmark collective bargaining agreement announced by the US Soccer Federation on Wednesday. “This is a truly historic moment. These agreements have changed the game forever here in the United States and have the potential to change the game around the […]
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Mr José Santos Peseiro as the new head coach of the Senior men’s national team, Super Eagles. NFF spokesperson, Ademola Olajire disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. The appointment is with immediate effect, subject to the signing of agreed terms between the NFF and Mr […]
Nigeria international, Asisat Oshoala, has won the Spanish Premiera Iberdrola golden boot following an impressive goalscoring 2021-22 season with champions, Barcelona. The four-time Africa Women’s Player of the Year becomes the first woman from the continent to achieve the great feat, scoring 20 goals in just 12 starts of all 19 league appearances. […]
Two of Napoli’s star players are still considering their future at the club and could leave at the end of the season, according to Sky in Italy. Centre-back Kalidou Koulibably has been regularly linked with Europe’s top clubs, while striker Victor Osmihen has also caught the eye and is reportedly interesting Arsenal. […]
Lobi Stars Football Club of Makurdi on Sunday defeated visiting Nasarawa United FC of Lafia 2-1 in a Match Day 26 fixture of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). In the match played at the Aper Aku Stadium in Makurdi, the game’s two goals were scored by Ifeanyi Ogba and Godfrey Utim. While Ogba […]
Novak Djokovic’s wait for a first title in 2022 continues. This was after he was beaten 2-6 7-6 (7-4) 0-6 by Andrey Rublev in the final of his home ATP tournament in Belgrade on Sunday. Serbian world number one Djokovic has played relatively little this season. This is due to his refusal to […]
Manchester United have confirmed that Erik ten Hag would take over as manager at the end of the season. Without a permanent manager since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s exit in November, the Old Trafford giants initially worked under caretaker Michael Carrick. Ralf Rangnick later took over on an interim basis for the rest of […]
Former Super Eagles striker, Emmanuel Emenike, took to his social media handle to share a video of him on admission to a hospital. In the video posted on his Instagram page in the early hours of Wednesday, the father of two, who is married to a former beauty queen, Iheoma Nnadi, complained […]
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