Players and officials of the Beach Soccer National Team, Supersand Eagles, will jet out of the country on Friday to Paraguay for this year’s FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup finals. The two –time African champions picked a ticket for the 10th edition of the global finals after finishing second behind Senegal at the Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations staged ...

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has picked Senegalese official Issa Sy as referee for next week’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match between Nigeria and Benin Republic in Uyo. Sy will be assisted by compatriots Nouha Bangoura (assistant referee 1), El Hadji Abdoul Aziz Gueye (assistant referee 2) and Fatou Thioune (fourth official) at the encounter scheduled for ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. Apparently to test the preparedness of their players ahead of the CAF U-23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) which will kick off in Egypt this weekend, Nigeria and Cameroon Olympics teams wrapped their preparations with a barren draw yesterday in Ismailia. Cameroon has been camping in Ismailia for a week, and they fine-tuned their preparations with a ...

Five –time champions Nigeria bid bye to the 2019 FIFA U17 World Cup finals in Brazil after losing 1-3 to late bloomers Netherlands in their Round of 16 clash in Goiania in a match that finished in the early hours of today (Wednesday) in Nigeria. The Dutch lost their first two matches of the competition and only got into the ...