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President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick has declared African Men’s Player of the Year, Sadio Mane of Senegal and Women’s Player of the Year, Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala as fully deserving of their honours at the 2019 CAF Football Awards ceremony in Hurghada, Egypt on Tuesday night. The NFF supremo, who is a Member of the ...

Harry Awurumibe with agency reports As the date for the greatest basketball show in the world billed for Chicago next month draws nearer, it is looking increasingly likely that the captains for the 2020 NBA All-Star Game will be the same stars as a year ago. Milwaukee Bucks forward, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Los Angeles Lakers forward, LeBron James lead the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.                               ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...