Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Republic of Togo, His Excellency Joseph Olusola Iji today (Friday) made a passionate win-the-match plea to the Home-based Senior National Team, Super Eagles B who arrived in Lome, Togo by mid-day of the same day. The Eagles will take on the Sparrow Hawks of Togo on Sunday in a first leg, second round qualifying match of ...

Harry Awurumibe,  Abuja. Barcelona’s 16-year-old starlet Ansu Fati was granted Spanish citizenship earlier today (Friday), a government spokeswoman said, meaning he will be able to represent Spain at international level. Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s cabinet approved a request made by the justice minister to give the Guinea-Bissau-born forward Spanish citizenship during its weekly meeting, the spokeswoman said. Fati was ...

Harry Awurumibe. A FIFA delegation visited Tehran on Friday to discuss allowing female spectators into football matches, the official news agency IRNA reported, days after a public row over a female fan who killed herself. “The FIFA delegation first visited the sports ministry and talked to officials and the football federation on the presence of women in (Tehran’s) Azadi stadium,” ...