Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) Ghana 2018 finalist, South Africa will take on the host of Olympics Tokyo 2020, Japan in an international friendly match on November, 10. South Africa Football Association (SAFA) has confirmed that the Grade A match will take place during the next FIFA international break despite Banyana Banyana’s shocking exit in the ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. European Champions, Liverpool is presently placing nineth in the list of top 10 teams with the most lucrative kit sponsorship deals in world football Liverpool have recently won a court battle against New Balance (NB) that will allow them to search for a new kit manufacturer next year. The ruling means that the European champions only have ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. Top three countries in the monthly FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking for the better part of this year have remained unchanged in the latest world ranking with Nigeria losing one point and stays number 35 despite playing out 1-1 draw recently against a strong Selecao of Brazil in Singapore. Senegal remained the highest ranked African country as number 20 ...

Five -time world champions, the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria have landed in the city of Gioania, Brazil, where the team will tackle Hungary at the Estadio Olimpico in the opening game of Group B of the 2019 FIFA U17 World Cup finals on Saturday. Players and the officials were received by FIFA and local organizing committee officials at the airport ...

In view of the several duplication of the allegations, court cases and petitions against the officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) is to have all cases and petitions against the Federation and its officials harmonized for an independent review by office of AGF, to determine the veracity or otherwise of ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. Following the success of the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017, the world’s best youth players, including Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets, are due to meet in Brazil for the FIFA U-17 World Cup beginning 26 October. As has been the case since the first edition of the tournament in 1985, the FIFA Technical Study Group (TSG) will analyse the ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. Top African footballers plying their trade in big clubs in Europe have been nominated among the 30 players unveiled by the organizers of the annual Ballon d’ Or with Nigeria’s Samuel Chukwueze nominated for Kopa Trophy Award. Among the African nominees for Ballon d’ Or are Liverpool Football Club’s duo os Sane Mane and Mohamed Salah OF ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. Following the unimpressive performance of the African players in the last FIFA Women’s World Cup final in France, no African player made the provisional list of 20 women football nominees unveiled by the organizers of the yearly Ballon d’ Or. Nigeria, Cameroon and South African teams represented Africa at the premier women’s football showpiece in France last ...

With just eight days to go until the start of the FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019, the official squad lists of the 24 participating teams including Nigeria and host, Brazil have been revealed. In total, 504 players will be participating in the tournament’s 18th edition. Throughout its history, the FIFA U-17 World Cup has given football’s most promising young ...

A fast rising media outfit, The Niche, on Tuesday in Lagos bestowed the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick, with the Excellence in Sports and Youth Development in Nigeria award. While acknowledging the efforts of the Amaju Pinnick –led NFF to reposition the game of football in Nigeria, the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of the respected media organization, ...