Daily Archives: May 10, 2026

CAF Member Associations unanimously support Gianni Infantino’s re-election as FIFA President

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) held a meeting today, Wednesday 29 April 2026, in Vancouver, Canada on the eve of the 76th FIFA Congress and the CAF Member Associations unanimously agreed to support Gianni Infantino to be re-elected as President of FIFA for the period 2027-2031. This information was contained in a terse statement ...

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Nigeria qualify for FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup Poland 2026

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets, have officially punched their ticket to the 2026 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in Poland, after surviving a difficult afternoon in Lilongwe to emerge 3-2 aggregate winners over Malawi’s Young Scorchers.  Despite a narrow 1-2 defeat in the second leg on Saturday, the foundation laid in Ikenne seven days ago where ...

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Los Angeles 2028 Olympic: Olympian, Avre, tasks NSC, NFF on Super Falcons’ qualification 

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor-in-Chief, Abuja An Olympian and former Super Falcons forward, Patience Avre-Odeli has tasked the National Sports Commission Football Federation (NSC) and its agency the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to ensure that Nigeria picks one of the two tickets to represent Africa in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games Women’s Football Tournament. This is even as Nigeria faces ...

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