Monthly Archives: March 2021

Onuachu breaks Beninese fans’ hearts, prove Rohr wrong with goal

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja For Paul (Eberechukwu) Onuachu, his 93rd minute goal which gave Nigeria’s Super Eagles all three points at stake in the Match Day 5 of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier tie against Benin Republic’s Squirrels on Saturday could not have come at a better time. The lanky KRC Genk of Belgium leaque topscorer headed ...

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Nigeria on the March Again as Eagles tackle Benin Squirrels in Porto Novo

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Ordinarily, a battle of any kind including football matches between the ‘Giant of Africa’, Nigeria and her West African neighbours, Benin Republic formerly known as Dahomey, could be termed as “a walkover” because of the political and  economic status of Nigeria as well as abundant sports talents the country can boast of. In African continent ...

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Super Falcons star, Oshoala scores, make ESPN Top 50 Best Players list

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief,  Abuja On a day she scored FC Barcelona’s 100th goal in the UEFA Women’s Champions League (UWCL) during their 3-0 win over English side, Manchester City in the quarter-final first-leg tie played in Barcelona on Wednesday, Super Falcons star, Asisat  Oshoala also made the list of ESPN’s  world Top 50 players. Oshoala who scored the first ...

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New CAF General Secretary, Veron accepts appointment, vow to uplift African football

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Less than one day after he was appointed the substantive General Secretary of the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF), Mr. Veron Mosengo-Omba has graciously accepted the offer just as he has promised to work assiduously with all the stakeholders to uplift African football. Mosengo-Omba, the Chief Officer of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) ...

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Outrage as Rohr excludes topscorer, Onuachu, invite ‘clubless’ Musa, 23  others for Squirrels, Crocodile ties

Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in -Chief, Abuja Surprise and outright criticisms  have trailed Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr exclusion of Belgium leaque topscorer, Paul Onuachu but has included unattached Captain Ahmed Musa, deputy Captain William Ekong in a 24-man list for this month’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying battles with Benin Republic and Lesotho. Other noteable names in the list ...

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Amaju Pinnick: FIFA Council Seat As Nigeria’s Project

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja For Nigeria, it has been a season of good fortunes at the world stage as some of her citizens are now occupying important international post both at the Sub-regional, Continental and World levels as the recent selection of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as new Director General of World Trade Organisation (WTO) has shown. The country may likely ...

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CAF Presidency: Ahmad’s re-election bid finally over

Harry Awurumibe, Editor -in -Chief, Abuja Finally, the re-election bid of the out-going President of Confederation of African Football (CAF), Ahmad Ahmad is now over as his earlier five-year ban from football has been reduced to two years, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Monday, March 8, 2021, thus ending his hopes of re-election this Friday in Rabat,  ...

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Breaking: CAF cancels 2021 U-17 AFCON for Covid-19 

 By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in -Chief, Abuja Apparently to err on the side of caution, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), has announced the cancelation of the 2021 Under-17 AFCON tournament that was scheduled for this March in Morocco. The decision was made Monday after an emergency meeting which held in Rabat, Morocco studied the present Corona Virus situation in the ...

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FIFA Council Seat: FG backs NFF President, Pinnick’s candidacy

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in Chief, Abuja In line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime strong support for Nigerians seeking position in international organisations, the Federal Government has handed the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Melvin Pinnick an unqualified backing in his quest to win a seat on the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) Council, the highest decision-making organ ...

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