Nigeria’s quest for a good outing at the Poland 2019 FIFA U20 World Cup received a huge boost on Sunday when the Nigerian ambassador to Poland, His Excellency Eric Bell-Gam paid a visit to the team at their Vienna House Hotel abode. The Flying Eagles flew into Katowice, Poland from Munich, Germany on Sunday where they were welcomed ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. Barring any flight delays, a good number of foreign-based Super Falcons players will hit the team’s Austria camp even as eight domestic league players, the coaching crew and backroom staff left Abuja Monday night aboard Air France to Paris for a two week intensive training base to enable the Head Coach Thomas Dennerby to pick the ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. AITEO Cup Women’s defending champions, Rivers Angels FC; the runner-up, Ibom Angels and six other clubs will have to wait to discover who will be their opponents in the Second Round of the 2019 AITEO Cup competition which will start at a date and venues to be determined by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). This much ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. Defending champions of the AITEO Cup, Enugu Rangers International has been handed an easy task in the early stage of the competition as they have been pitched against a lowly Niger Tornados Feeders in the Round of 64 of the 2019 AITEO Cup. Rangers who reached the Group Stage of this season’s CAF Confederation Cup and ...

By Harry Awurumibe. After conquering the West African sub-region yesterday the WAFU Cup Champions, Super Falcons this afternoon landed in Abuja with the trophy they won at the expense of the host nation, Cote d’Ivoire after a thrilling 5-4 penalty kicks. The team led by Swedish Head Coach, Thomas Dennerby touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at ...

Nigeria’s U20 boys, Flying Eagles have landed in Poland for this year’s FIFA U20 World Cup after rounding off a three –week residential training at Bad Gogging on the outskirts of Munich, Germany on Saturday. The team flew out Germany via Munich on Sunday morning for the final leg of preparation for the 2019 FIFA U20 World Cup that starts ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. The West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Cup final match between host country, Cote d’ Ivoire and Nigeria played this evening in Abidjan lived up to its billing even as the Super Falcons came from behind to beat the Elephantes 5-4 on penalty kicks to lift the coveted trophy. It took the individual brilliance of the fast ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja For Nigeria’s Barcelona Female team attacker, Asisat Lamina Oshoala it was too little too late as her 89th minute goal did not save her club from suffering a comprehensive 4-1 defeat in the hands of French giants, Lyon in the final of the 2019 UEFA Women’s Champions League final this Saturday evening at Ferencvaros Stadium in ...

Determined to finish in the first position of the Premier League next season, Liverpool FC will consider selling a number of fringe players this summer, according to the Liverpool Echo. Offers of around £20m (€23m/$25m) will be considered for on-loan pair Marko Grujic and Harry Wilson – although another loan is an option for the latter. Nathaniel Clyne and Simon Mignolet ...

Manchester City are reportedly set to meet Atlectico Madrid midfielder Rodri’s £61m (€70m/$78m) release clause, according to  AS. Man City Coach, Pep Guardiola sees him as the perfect candidate to anchor his midfield for the forseeable future and Rodri himself feels he is better suited to the Catalan tactician’s style of football than Diego Simeone’s. Indeed, while the Atletico Madrid boss ...