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By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman has won the highly competitive 2024 CAF Men’s Player of the Year Award as he succeeded his compatriot, Victor Osimhen, who won the award last year. The Atalanta FC of Italy star beat four other hot contenders namely Asharaf Hakimi of Morocco, Simon Adingra of Cote d’Ivoire, South African goalkeeper Rowen Williams ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor                                                                                                                                                                                             Atlanta 1996 Olympics Gold Medalist, Chioma Ajunwa-Opara has landed in Morocco as she joins a collection of Africa’s greatest football players past and present who will grace the 2024 CAF Awards that are to be staged in a glittering ceremony holding at the Palais des Congrès by 7 pm local time today in commercial city of ...

  By Harry Awurumibe, Editor,  Abuja                                                                                                                                                                  World football-ruling body, FIFA on Monday formally congratulated Dr Mohammed Sanusi on his re-appointment as General Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation, for another term of three years. The letter, signed by FIFA Secretary General Mattias Grafström, read inter alia: “I am very pleased to extend my warmest congratulations on your recent appointment as ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist It is no longer news that no Nigerian club has lifted the prestigious CAF Women’s Champions League trophy since it was introduced by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) four years ago despite the intimidating record of the  country’s senior women’s football teams, Super Falcons and the West African nation’s pedigree in ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja The four African clubs that will participate in next year’s FIFA Club World Cup slated for United States of America (USA), Al Ahly of Egypt, Moroccan giants Wydad Casablanca, Esperance du Tunis of Tunisia and South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns will face an uphill tasks in their quest to lift the FIFA Club World Cup top ...

**As 4 African teams face tough draw By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor-in-Chief, Abuja World football governing body FIFA have confirmed the seedings for the 2025 Club World Cup draw which will take place on Thursday, December 5, 2025 in Miami, United States (US) with Manchester City of England, Spain’s Real Madrid, Bayern Munich of Germany and Paris St. Germaine (PSG) of France ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief , Abuja Brazilian club Botafogo has completed the 32-team roster for the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup slated for United States of America (USA) in the summer of 2025 after it beat Atletico Mineiro to win its first Copa Libertadores title, in Buenos Aries, Argentina last weekend. Prompt News reports that the tournament which will take ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor-in-Chief Abuja In a bid to keep football stakeholders safe in the stadia across the country, the Gambia Football Federation (GFF) at the weekend hosted the 14th CAF Safe Stadium Initiative in Banjul the capital of Gambia. The brainchild of CAF Head of Safety and Secu rity Department, Dr. Christian Ifeanyivhukwu Emeruwa, no fewer than 14 countries ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Montpellier women’s football club’s Ifeoma Onumonu’s 45+3 minute goal was not enough to stop Nigeria from losing 2-1 to France in the international friendly match played on Saturday night at Stade Raymond Kopa in Angers in the western France. Les Bleues have raced to what looked like an early lead in the ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau                                                                                                                                                   The high-profile international friendly match between Nigeria’s senior women’s football team, Super Falcons and Les Bleues of France slated for Saturday at the Stade Raymond Kopa (Angers) in western France promises to be a good pedestal for both countries to gauge their preparedness for future international engagements. Also, the encounter is not only to ...