Harry Awurumibe, Abuja The world football ruling body FIFA has said that it had filed court claims in Switzerland to force former Vice President, Michel Platini to return two million Swiss francs ($2 million, 1.84 million euros) he received during ex- President Sepp Blatter’s reign at world football’s governing body. FIFA banned Platini in 2015 over the payment he received, ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja The glamorous Union of European Football Association (UEFA) Champions League for the 2019/2020 season has entered its crucial knockout round with big European clubs pitched against each other after the draws for the Round of 16 was concluded today in Nyon, Switzerland. A careful look at the pairings showed that big clubs are meeting themselves early in ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Former junior international football sensation, Philip Osondu has been reported dead today in his base in Belgium. This sad news had spread like wide fire earlier today and by noon had gained traction with many in the media not too sure of this rather unfortunate development. But Osondu’s death has since been confirmed by a family friend ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. No member of Nigeria’s Super Eagles will play in the Europe’s most prestigious UEFA Champions Leaque knock out stage which starts in February 2020 following their clubs’ inability to qualify for the next round of the competition. As the group stage was concluded Wednesday night, none of the Super Eagles players’ teams made it out of their ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. Defending Champions, Super Falcons of Nigeria will clash with Togo or Niger Republic senior women’s football team in the second round of the 2020 African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) just as the competition  kicks off April 6. According to the fixtures released by the Confederation of African Football  (CAF) in Cairo, Egypt the first round will ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. Nigerian-born British boxer, AnthonyJoshua today in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia defeated United States-Mexican, Andy Ruiz Jr in a unanimous decision to reclaim his three World Heavyweight Boxing titles he lost to the same man earlier this year. Ruiz stopped Joshua in the 7th round when both boxers squared up at Madison Square Garden, New York in June. Joshua ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja After failing to qualify for the last FIFA Women’s U-17 World Cup final, Nigeria’s Flamengos will start the qualifying campaign for the 2020 edition billed for India on February 28. According to the fixtures released by the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF), Nigeria has been drawn bye and will play in the second round. The West African ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja As the January 7 date for the 2020 CAF Awards ceremony draws nearer, Nigeria’s best prospects to return home with awards are the trio of Odion Jude Ighalo, Samuel Chukwueze and Victor Osimhen may likely be on the podium on the awards night. Ighalo who plays his trade in China with Shanghai Shenhua FC; Chukwueze who plays ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja More facts have emerged why African nominees for the Ballon d’Or 2019 including the fourth placed Senegalese and Liverpools FC star, Sadio Mane failed to beat the Argentine and FC Barcelona legend, Lionel Messi to the coveted trophy yesterday in Paris, France. A closer look at the voting pattern country by country showed that some African nations ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), will on Monday, March 16, 2020 hold the FIFA Football Law Annual Review 2019 at the Predio de Ezeiza, Argentinian Football Association (AFA), Buenos Aires, Argentina. According to a release put out by Alasdair Bell, Deputy Secretary General (Administration), attendance at the FIFA Football Law Annual Review 2019 is free of ...