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Zambia appoints Micho new Chipolopolo coach

Harry Awurumibe with agency report Serbian Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic has been confirmed as the new Head Coach of the Zambian senior national team. The Serb popularly calledv’Micho’ was unveiled on early in the week (February 3, 2020 to be precise) in Lusaka after agreeing to lead the 2012 Africa champions on a two-year deal. “Knowing what football means to you ...

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Ahead India 2020: Flamingos humble Academy boys 3-2, warn Guinea

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja National U-17 women’s football team, Flamingos Friday morning in Abuja defeated Mees Football Academy (MFA) boys 3-2 in a keenly contested training match ahead of the team’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup African qualifiers first round first leg match against Guinea in March 1. The match played at the FIFA Goals Project pitch at Package B of ...

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Tokyo Olympic 2020: World Cup Champs, USA 90 minutes away from qualifying

Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja Bureau The United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) and reigning FIFA Women’sWorld Cup Champions could be just 90 minutes away from qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. The stars-ladden team will on Friday, February 7 at the on-going 2020 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic qualifying championship battle Mexico in the second semi final match which ...

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President Buhari appoints ex-Eagles star, Amokachi Nigeria Football Ambassador

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed retired Nigerian professional footballer, former Super Eagles player and Assistant Coach, Daniel Amokachi, Nigeria’s Football Ambassador. Amokachi, a member of the 1994 Super Eagles Team that won the African Nations Cup in Tunisia, was also in the Nigerian Olympic Football Team to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics that won the Gold Medal. This ...

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CAF hammer falls on Al Hilal, to pay $100k fine

Harry Awurumibe with agency report Following incidents related to the Total CAF Champions League 2019/20 Match Day 6 between Al Hilal (Sudan) and Al Ahly (Egypt) played last Saturday, February 1, 2020, in Omdurman, the CAF Disciplinary Committee met on Tuesday, 4 February 2020, and has decided as follows; – The referee’s report stated that match ended 1-1, therefore the ...

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India 2020: Flamingos Abuja camp opens for battle of Guinea

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. Nigeria’s U-17 women’s football team,  The Flamingos camp opened in Abuja today with invited players already on ground for the technical crew to start screening as early as Monday or Tuesday ahead of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup African qualifier match against Guinea on February 28 in Conakry. Sportsrevelation can confirm that most of the invited ...

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Hold AFCON on four year basis, FIFA President tells CAF

Harry Awurumibe with agency report Infantino was speaking at a Caf seminar in Morocco, focusing on the development of football competitions and infrastructure in Africa. “I propose to organise the Africa Cup of Nations every four years rather than two years,” the Fifa President said. “The CAN [Africa Cup of Nations] generates twenty times less than the Euros. Having a ...

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National Sports Festival : President Buhari receives ‘Torch of Unity’

Harry Awurumibe,  Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja called on private sector investors to join hands with the government in youth and sports development in the country. The President spoke at a ceremony to receive the “Torch of Unity’’ and flag-off of its movement across Nigeria, heralding the National Sports Festival scheduled to hold in Benin City, the Edo ...

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Heart-broken Kobe Bryant’s wife, Vanessa breaks silence, still devastated

Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja Bureau Vanessa Bryant, wife of 41-year-old retired NBA star, Kobe Bryant, has made her first public statement since the unfortunate death of her husband and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna alongside seven others in a tragic helicopter crash Sunday morning in Southern California. Vanessa posted on her social media platform (Instagram) yesterday  (Wednesday) for the first time ...

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