News

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief,  Abuja On a day she scored FC Barcelona’s 100th goal in the UEFA Women’s Champions League (UWCL) during their 3-0 win over English side, Manchester City in the quarter-final first-leg tie played in Barcelona on Wednesday, Super Falcons star, Asisat  Oshoala also made the list of ESPN’s  world Top 50 players. Oshoala who scored the first ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Less than one day after he was appointed the substantive General Secretary of the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF), Mr. Veron Mosengo-Omba has graciously accepted the offer just as he has promised to work assiduously with all the stakeholders to uplift African football. Mosengo-Omba, the Chief Officer of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) ...

Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in -Chief, Abuja Surprise and outright criticisms  have trailed Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr exclusion of Belgium leaque topscorer, Paul Onuachu but has included unattached Captain Ahmed Musa, deputy Captain William Ekong in a 24-man list for this month’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying battles with Benin Republic and Lesotho. Other noteable names in the list ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja For Nigeria, it has been a season of good fortunes at the world stage as some of her citizens are now occupying important international post both at the Sub-regional, Continental and World levels as the recent selection of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as new Director General of World Trade Organisation (WTO) has shown. The country may likely ...

Harry Awurumibe, Editor -in -Chief, Abuja Finally, the re-election bid of the out-going President of Confederation of African Football (CAF), Ahmad Ahmad is now over as his earlier five-year ban from football has been reduced to two years, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Monday, March 8, 2021, thus ending his hopes of re-election this Friday in Rabat,  ...

 By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in -Chief, Abuja Apparently to err on the side of caution, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), has announced the cancelation of the 2021 Under-17 AFCON tournament that was scheduled for this March in Morocco. The decision was made Monday after an emergency meeting which held in Rabat, Morocco studied the present Corona Virus situation in the ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in Chief, Abuja In line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime strong support for Nigerians seeking position in international organisations, the Federal Government has handed the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Melvin Pinnick an unqualified backing in his quest to win a seat on the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) Council, the highest decision-making organ ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Those expecting the Super Eagles and other national football teams to return to Abuja National Stadium renamed Moshood Abiola Stadium Abuja soon may have to wait a little longer as renovation work has stalled at the site. Sportsrevelation reports that no activity is currently  going on at the site few weeks before the end of ...

Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief The new football scouting App, Al-Haddaf which is targeted at harnessing the talents of academy players and eliminate the stronghold of greedy football agents will be available in Google and Apple Stores platforms. Also, the App which is expected to be operational before the end of this month will have a renewable yearly subscription of $25 dollars ...

Five-time world champions Nigeria will know their group phase opponents at next month’s U20 Africa Cup of Nations when the draw holds tomorrow at the Monotel Dar El Barka Hotel in Nouakchott, Mauritania. The ceremony, which will be conducted by CAF’s Director of Competitions, Samson Adamu, will commence at 13hrs GMT (2pm Nigeria time) and will be broadcast on CAF’s ...