Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja Bureau Again, an FCT High Court presided over by Honourable Justice Peter O. Affen on Thursday (today) finally declined to add the names of President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick and the General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi to a case of financial misappropriation brought before it by the Economic and Financial ...
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India unveils 5 host cities for 2020 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup final
Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Although Nigeria is yet to start her campaign to pick one of the three African tickets to feature in this year’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2020 final, the Indian football authorities today unveiled the match schedule and five host cities for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2020 slated for November 2 to 21. ...
Read More »Nigeria, Guinea clash: Flamingos’ Coach targets away victory in Conakry
Harry Awurumibe, Abuja With two weeks to the first leg of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup African qualifier match between Nigeria and host Guinea, the interim Head Coach of the national U-17 women’s football team, the Flamingos, Abimbola Olowookere is upbeat about a favorable result for his squad away from home. Speaking today after his team’s morning training session ...
Read More »How Team LeBron Won All-Star Thriller, Kawhi score 30pts in 157-155 Victory over Team Giannis
Harry Awurumibe with agency report Late NBA Star, Kobe Bryant disciple, Kawhi Leonard earned the MVP honors with 30-point performance just as Anthony Davis hit the winning free throw to lift Team LeBron to a 157-155 victory over Team Giannis in the 69th NBA All-Star Game held in Chicago, United States of America at the weekend. The night, his night, ...
Read More »NBA All-Star Game: How Nigeria’s Adebayo won 2020 Taco Bell Skills Challenge
Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja Bureau Nigeria-American and Miami Heat All-Star, Edrice “Bam” Adebayo at the weekend (early Sunday morning in Nigeria) eliminated his rivals including Domantas Sabonis in the final round of the 2020 Taco Bell Skills Challenge to emerge winner. The Newark, New Jersey, United States-born Nigerian by this feat joined the league of some National Basketball Association (NBA) ...
Read More »Disputed CAF Accounts: PwC shun Executive Committee’s Doha meeting
Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja Bureau Efforts by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to resolve the allegations of misapplications of funds contained in the report of the audit firm, Price waterhouse Coopers (PwC) today failed to materialize as the officials of the firm shunned the CAF Executive Committee held in Doha, Qatar. This much was disclosed today in the press ...
Read More »Super Eagles job: Why NFF prefers Joseph Yobo as Rohr’s assistant
Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja Bureau More facts have emerged why the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) appointed the former Nigerian international defender and captain, Joseph Tambari-Ikpo Yobo as an Assistant Coach of the Super Eagles even as he replaces Imama Amapakabo in the three –time African champions’ technical crew. Yobo, who played for the Nigeria U20 boys – Flying Eagles – ...
Read More »Ighalo in United squad for Chelsea EPL clash
Harry Awurumibe with agency report Ex-Nigerian international, Odion Jude Ighalo will be in the Manchester United squad for the English Premier League clash with Chelsea next Monday despite missing a training camp in Spain due to fears he could be denied re-entry into Britain if restrictions against the outbreak of Coronavirus are tightened. The 30-year-old international striker joined Man. United ...
Read More »Ahead Nigeria vs Guinea tie: Flamingos decamp 12 players, retain 28
Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Apparently to make room for other good players to try their luck in the national team, the technical crew of the national U-17 women’s football team, Flamingos are set to decamp no fewer than 12 players who are found not to be measuring up to the standard even as a few new faces will be invited to ...
Read More »Allegations of unethical deals: CAF Executive Committee meets February 14
Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Apparently to discuss the allegations of mismanagement of funds in the Africa’s football governing body, the Confederation of African Football Executive Committee will on February 14, 2020 meet in Egypt to deliberate on the burning issues affecting it and to validate the 2020-2021 CAF roadmap just as it has said that the structural changes undertaken by it ...
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