Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja Bureau More facts have emerged why Nigeria and FC Barcelona women’s team star, Asisat Lamina Oshoala edged her arch-rival, Adjara Nchout of Cameroon to the African Women’s Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2019. Oshoala and Senegal and Liverpool’s goalpoacher, Sadio Mane were crowned as African Player of the Year and African Women’s Player ...
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Revealed ! Why Enyimba fired coach Abd’allah
Harry Awurumibe, Head, AbujaBureau More facts have emerged why embattled Enyimba International FC have parted ways with coach Usman Abd’allah. Although a statement from the Chairman of the club, Chief Felix Anyansi-Agwu attributed Abd’allah ‘s sack on a string of disappointing results, investigations have revealed that the players are not comfortable with the coaching style of the former handler. PromptNews ...
Read More »Again, no Nigerian club for last FIFA Club World Cup in 2020
Harry Awurumibe, Abuja No Nigerian football club side will once again represent Africa in the six continents FIFA Club World Cup billed for Qatar in December 2020 just as the football governing body has concluded plans to change the format of the competition from 2021. ...
Read More »2020 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup: Nigeria’s chance to redeem image
Harry Awurumibe, Abuja.With Nigeria out of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Football Tournament following the failure of the Super Falcons and the U-23 Men’s Team (Dream Team) to qualify for the biggest multi-sports competition holding in Japan this summer, the country will now focus on picking the tickets for the two FIFA Women’s World Cup final taking place this calendar ...
Read More »We’ll focus hard on qualifiers, youth programs in 2020, says NFF President
The hard focus of the Nigeria Football Federation in the year 2020 will be on the various qualifying matches for major competitions as well as youth and grassroots development programs, according to President of the NFF, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick. Pinnick made it known on Tuesday that the football –governing body will set much store by the qualifying campaigns of ...
Read More »Dukku Warriors edge Malami FC, lift Dr. Sanusi Cup
Dukku Warriors edged Abubakar Malami FC in the championship match of the seventh edition of Dr. Mohammed Sanusi State Super League Finals staged at the Dukku Barracks football ground last weekend. Football stakeholders from far and near gathered in Birnin Kebbi for the finals of the annual competition which also guarantees the two finalists slots in the Division Three of ...
Read More »Abia Warriors’ boss, Inyama in Cloud 7, hail team’s 3-0 win
Harry Awurumibe, Abuja The chairman of Abia Warrios football club of Umuahia, Pastor Emeka Inyama has described his team’s impressive 3-0 hammering of Plateau United of Jos in the weekend’s Nigeria Professional Football Leaque (NPFL) as the best Christmas gift he received this yuletide. Speaking exclusively to sportsrevelation from his country-home in Umunwanwa, Umuahia in Abia State today, Inyama revealed ...
Read More »2019: A year to remember for Qatar football fans
Harry Awurumibe with agency report The 2022 World Cup host, Qatar are the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking highest risers in 2019 just as the team was crowned AFC Asian Cup champions for the first time. Now focused on the 2022 FIFA World Cup on home soil, Qatar is accustomed to organising global sporting competitions with the latest of them being the ...
Read More »Again, European coach for Super Falcons
Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Determined to make the Super Falcons a stronger team that will once again return to the winning ways, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is set to announce the substantive head coach of the senior national women’s football team. Sportsrevelation can confirm that another European coach will lead the reigning African Women’s Cup of Nation (AWCON) champions to ...
Read More »Chukwueze, Oshoala in, Ighalo, Rohr out of 2019 CAF Awards Final list
Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Hope rises for a Nigerian player to return home next year with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Best Player Award as three Nigerian players have made the final list of the three nominees in their categories. Three-time winner of the CAF Women’s Player of the Year, Asisat Lamina Oshoala has made the top three list of ...
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