Nigeria beat Mozambique 2-0 to secure second place in Group A and qualify to the quarter-finals of the TotalEnergies U-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt....
Winning the League Cup final on Sunday would be the first step in putting Manchester United back where they belong, says Brazilian winger Antony ahead of...
Zamalek president Mortada Mansour has been sentenced to one month in jail for verbally insulting Al Ahly president Mahmoud El-Khatib. Al Ahly chairman Mahmoud El-Khatib had...
19 – Manchester United have had 19 goals scored by substitutes in all competitions this season, the most of any big five European league side in 2022-23....
Bruno Fernandes believes the form of Newcastle United is “the biggest surprise of the season” and is expecting a “pretty difficult” EFL Cup final. Manchester United...
Super Eagles’ Head Coach José Santos Peseiro said he was impressed after scorching shots from the boots of forwards Samson Lawal and Ibrahim Muhammad gave Nigeria...
Victor Osimhen continued his hot streak on Saturday with the second in Napoli’s 2-0 win at Empoli which stretched the league leaders’ massive advantage to 18...
The Flying Eagles of Nigeria beat Mozambique 2-0 in Ismailia to qualify for the quarter-finals of the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday night. Ladan...
European soccer’s governing body UEFA has opened an investigation after Sevilla goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic was attacked by a fan on the pitch in Thursday’s Europa League match at...
Although in the quarter-finals fixtures already drawn on the CAF website, Senegal, current leaders of Group A of the CAF U-20 Nations Cup are to face...
Mozambique coach Dario Monteiro has urged his Young Os Mambas to believe they can beat Nigeria in their decisive U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Group A clash in...
Nigeria nearly failed to qualify for the World Cup 2010, but for an added time goal by Obinna Nsofor against Mozambique in Abuja which offered a...
Bayern Munich forward Sadio Mane could make his comeback in their top-of-the table Bundesliga match against Union Berlin on Sunday after recovering from an injury that...
Marcus Rashford is a doubt for Sunday’s League Cup final, Manchester United coach, Erik ten Hag said, with more tests needed to examine the severity of...
The Confederation of African Football has appointed Yannick Malala Kabanga from the Democratic Republic of Congo as referee for Saturday’s 23rd Africa Cup of Nations Group A...
Manchester United should fear no one in their quest to win four trophies, said manager Erik ten Hag after beating Barcelona 2-1 on Thursday to progress...
The draw was conducted for the last-16 of the Europa League on Friday morning and Man United will play Real Betis. Manchester United will face Real...
Manchester United might have a £100million-plus coin to flip during the summer transfer window as they eye up the next step in their impressive rebuild. Having...
Antony was the hero as Manchester United progressed to the Europa League last 16 thanks to a 2-1 win over Barcelona at Old Trafford that secured...
Spain’s most capped player Sergio Ramos announced his international retirement on Thursday after being told by new coach Luis de la Fuente that he was not...
Former Manchester United centre-back Rio Ferdinand has suggested that the Reds will become title contenders if they sign either Harry Kane or Victor Osimhen this summer....
The African Games, scheduled to take place in Ghana in August, have been postponed until next year after an agreement between major stakeholders running the multi-sport...
The line-up for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 is now complete with Haiti, Portugal, and Panama booking their spots at this year’s tournament in Australia...
Nigeria’s 1-0 win over Egypt not withstanding, Flying Eagles’ coach Ladan Bosso has heaped praise on Egypt after Wednesday’s Group A duel of the U-20 Africa Cup...
Nigeria defender and match winner Solomon Agbalaka said that the Flying Eagles deserved their hard fought 1-0 victory over hosts Egypt at the U-20 Africa Cup of...
A 94th-minute winner has sent Portugal to their first FIFA Women’s World Cup after a dramatic Play-off Tournament final with Cameroon in Hamilton. Diana Silva scored...
It initially appeared only Senegal were licensed to score in the Group A of the on-going Africa U-20 Nations Cup after their 1-0 defeat of Nigeria...
After a streak of seven matches without a win, the Nigeria’s women team finally brike the duck in their eighth match as they defeated Costa Rica...
The body of Hatayspor’s Sporting Director Taner Savut was recovered on Tuesday more than two weeks after two devastating earthquakes struck in Turkey and Syria, in...
Holders Real Madrid produced a stunning comeback from two goals down to earn a devastating 5-2 victory at a shell-shocked Liverpool in the first leg of...
Napoli took a significant step towards their first Champions League quarter-final after a 2-0 victory over 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt on Tuesday. Victor Osimhen’s 40th-minute opener at...
When the Egypt U-20 team face the Nigeria’s Flying Eagles on Wednesday, a battle of titanic proportion is in the offing. Both badly need the match for...
Nigeria coach Ladan Bosso says he is confident of his team’s abilities despite going down to Senegal in their opening match of the U-20 Africa Cup...
Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal made the Asian Champions League quarter-finals after goals from Odion Ighalo, Jang Hyun-soo and Luciano Vietto saw the champions hand Shabab Al...
Manchester United have raised adult season ticket prices by five percent for next term after keeping them frozen for 11 seasons, the Premier League club announced...
Flying Eagles will be gunning to get back on track in the ongoing Africa U20 Cup of Nations as they trade tackles with host nation Egypt on Matchday Day 2 on Wednesday at the...
The Gombe Athletics Association is holding its first athletics grand prix at the Patani Stadium in Gombe on Tuesday. The event is targeted at grassroot sports...
Former Nigeria international and coach, Samson Siasia had the complements of his former teammates while holding a comforting prayers at Trem Church in Smyrna, at Atlanta...
The body of Ghana winger Christian Atsu was flown home to Accra on Sunday evening, the day after he was found dead under a collapsed building...
Following their disappointing 1-0 loss to Senegal on Sunday in the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, the now bottom-placed Nigeria Flying Eagles will need more than...
Nigeria’s number 1 badminton player, Anuoluwa Opeyori has won his third African title in a space of four years to assert himself as Africa’s undisputable champion....
Renowned sports marketing company, HotSports says it is at an advanced stage of baking an elaborate plan for a huge boost from Corporate Nigeria for the...
The Africa Sports Management Association, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya has officially accorded recognition to the newly appointed Executive Board of its Nigeria chapter, headed by Dr....
The Nigeria Football Federation has officially commiserated with the Ghana Football Association over the unfortunate death of Black Stars’ ace, Christian Atsu in the tragic Türkiye...
CAF will observe a moment of silence for the late Ghanian international, Christian Atsu and victims of the earthquake tragedy in Turkey ahead of this Sunday’s U-20 Africa Cup of Nations...
In the film industry, James Bond’s 007 is very famous and that is what the Nigerian women’s team has adopted. For the Women’s World Cup bound...
Starting from this Sunday afternoon, Nigeria’s Super Eagles are to truncate a possible four-fold target by Senegal as the Africa Cup of nations for the Under...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. Coupe d’Afrique des nations (CAN) is what the Moroccans call the Africa Cup of Nations. The kingdom has put up more interest in hosting...
Manchester United tries to strengthen thier grip on third place in the Premier League when they host Leicester City this Sunday. Lisandro Martinez and Marcel Sabitzer are back for...
Italy has requested that former AC Milan and Brazil striker Robinho serves a 9-year prison sentence for rape in his home country, local media reported, citing...
Manchester City fell two points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal after being held to a 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest on Saturday. Arsenal left it very...
Arsenal reinvigorated their push for a first Premier League title in two decades and retook top spot on Saturday with a thrilling 4-2 win at Aston...
Senegal’s hopes of competing in the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time in their history took a major blow as they suffered a 4-0...
Cameroon left it late to end the dreams of Thailand in the Australia and New Zealand 2023 Play-off Tournament semi-final with a 2-0 victory at Hamilton’s...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has expressed sadness over the now confirmed death of Ghana international player, Christian Atsu. He was one of the victims...
Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu has been found dead under the building where he lived in southern Turkey after last week’s massive earthquake, the ex-Chelsea winger’s Turkish...
The Confederation of African Football has appointed Moroccan Jalal Jayed as referee for Sunday’s Africa U20 Cup of Nations Group A battle between seven-time champions Nigeria...
Nigeria’s in-form striker has always been in the news, and often for positive reasons. On Friday night, his goal against Sassuolo which doubled scores for his...
The Europa League knockout stage playoff clash between Barcelona and Manchester United attracted the biggest crowd in competition’s history as 90,255 people watched the game at...
Consistent Victor Osimhen was again on the score sheet as Napoli beat Sassuolo 2-0 away to move 18 points clear at the top with a seventh...
FIFA has allocated $1 million to its FIFA Foundation to provide humanitarian aid to people affected by the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, soccer’s world...
In recent years, Barcelona has lived from scandal to scandal. When it seems that the fire of one goes out, another appears. The last one has been to pay...
Manchester United (MANU.N) will receive multiple offers when an initial deadline for bids expires on Friday, sources familiar with the process said, kicking off potentially the largest sports...
Saudi Arabia has submitted a bid for British soccer club Manchester United PLC (MANU.N) ahead of Friday’s deadline, the Telegraph reported on Thursday. Multiple private groups in Riyadh have made...
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said he could not understand why Barcelona’s Jules Kounde was not sent off for his challenge on Marcus Rashford in...
Shares of Premier League club Manchester United rose sharply Thursday ahead of the deadline for takeover bids and reported interest from Saudi Arabia. The stock closed at $26.84,...
The Canadian women’s soccer team took their dispute with their national association onto the pitch on Thursday by wearing purple jerseys with “Enough is Enough” written...
Marcus Rashford’s heroics were not enough for Manchester United as Raphinha’s fortuitous goal rescued Barcelona a 2-2 draw in the first leg of their Europa League...
Nigerian-born Borussia Dortmund winger Karim Adeyemi, whose lone goal was the only one on the scoresheet in the 1-0 defeat of Chelsea in the Wednesday Champions...
Portugal and Chile start with a slight advantage as 10 teams battle it out for the remaining three berths at this year’s Women’s World Cup in...
The FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy Tour begins this month and Nigeria as one of the 32 countries featuring in the tournament will play host to the trophy...
Former Nigeria coach Philippe Troussier, who has also coached Japan, is set to take over as the new head coach of Vietnam, the country’s governing body...
Manchester City have gone top of the Premier League table thanks to a 3-1 win over Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners had gone into...
Morocco’s Atlas Lions which in December achieved Africa’s best mark at the World Cup have scheduled a friendly match against Brazil, the top-ranked national football team...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. The management of GTI Asset Management & Trust Limited, which has launched The Nigerian Football Fund (TNFF) on Wednesday threw light on the...
BY DIEGWU NWANKWOR FOR IMC MEDIA Plateau United have produced the biggest win in this season of the Nigerian Premier League as theymoved into the championship...
When Nigeria’s Flying Eagles play against hosts, Egypt in the 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations next Wednesday 22 February at the Cairo International Stadium, the...
The U.S. men’s national team, along with Mexico and Canada, have automatically qualify for the 2026 World Cup. The three countries won the right to host the...
Kylian Mbappe said he was confident Paris St Germain could advance into the quarter-finals of the Champions League despite losing 1-0 to Bayern Munich in the...
Saudi Arabia has been selected to host the 2023 Club World Cup in December, FIFA announced on Tuesday. The FIFA Council unanimously voted for the Saudi...
Paris Saint-German could be set to lose Lionel Messi and Neymar this summer after a heated fallout behind the scenes. Neymar was allegedly involved in a...
Nine-time African champions Nigeria arrived in Leon, State of Guanajuato, Mexico on Monday ahead of the Four-Nation Women’s Revelation Cup Tournament taking place 15th 21st February in that...
The attempt to make netball popular in Nigerian has seen the crusaders, Community Sport and Educational Development (CSED) taking the sport to Jalingo in Taraba State. At the...
The Nigeria national football cup competition, the Federation Cup is expected to be concluded a week before the last day matches of the league. The league’s...
Nigeria, the 1996 Olympic champions, will press ahead with their objective of a second Olympic football gold medal when they host Guinea in an U23 Africa...
The Super Eagles will take on the Wild Dogs of Guinea Bissau in a Day 3 match of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification series...
Belgian goalkeeper Arne Espeel died aged 25 after he collapsed on the pitch on Saturday moments after saving a penalty for an amateur team. Winkel Sport...
It is 50 years today since the memorable boxing bout of the legendary Muhammed Ali and Joe Burgner in Las Vegas, United State. It was on...
Qatari investors are preparing to make a bid to buy Premier League club Manchester United “in the coming days”, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing sources familiar...
John Brooks has been replaced as the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) official for two games after wrongly disallowing a Brighton & Hove Albion goal in a...
Qatar has donated portacabins and mobile homes used for last year’s World Cup soccer tournament to earthquake zones in Turkey and Syria where they will accommodate...
Victor Osimhen extended his lead atop the goal charts as he helped Serie A leaders Napoli to a 3-0 win against rock-bottom Cremonese. The Nigeria international prodded home a...
The ability of Morocco to host great sporting event has been hailed by Carlos Ancelotti, the Italian coach of Real Madrid who on Saturday night, won...
The capability of Morocco at hosting sporting events has been given a thumb up by FIFA’s President Gianni Infantino. The hosting by Morocco was given at...
Record club champions of the world, Real Madrid swept the stakes as the curtain fell on the FIFA Club World Cup 2022 held in 2023 in...
Never before the FIFA Club World Cup started in 2000 had a final match produced an avalanche of goals as it happened in Rabat Sarturday night...
Super Eagles’ former top striker, Odion Ighalo is not on the starting line-up of Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal in the final match of the FIFA Club...
Super Eagles’ striker, Kelechi Iheanacho was on the score sheet as Leicester City beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 on Saturday in the English Premier League. The victory...
On Friday 10 February, Raja Casablanca made a mince meat of Vipers of Uganda in their Match Day 1 of the CAF Champions League. The score...
Claire Rupio, partner of soccer player Christian Atsu who remains missing after two devastating earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, has called for equipment to...
Saudi Arabia has reportedly offered to fund stadium construction in Greece and Egypt if they allow the Gulf state to host three-quarters of the matches in...
Manchester United FC has pledged its support to the UNICEF appeal set up to help victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria as millions continue...
A group of 35 countries, including the United States, Germany and Australia, will demand that Russian and Belarusian athletes are banned from the 2024 Olympics, the...
The Brazilian Football Association (CBF) will wait until the end of the 2022-23 European season to fill the vacant Brazil manager position with Real Madrid’s Carlo...
Mexico have appointed Argentine Diego Cocca as head coach on a deal until 2026 following the exit of Gerardo Martino, the country’s soccer federation (FMF) announced...
Two players of French Ligue 1 side, Paris St. Germaine who were also World Cup finalists as well as another Frenchman in the Spanish La Liga...
Cristiano Ronaldo scored four goals for Al Nassr in the Saudi Pro League on Thursday to reach the career milestone of 500 club goals. The Portugal...
Ghana midfielder Priscilla Okyere is terrified of going to sleep, afraid that another earthquake might happen when she is in bed. The 27-year-old plays for Hatayspor...
Paris St Germain forward Lionel Messi is a doubt for the first leg of their round of 16 Champions League game against Bayern Munich due to...
Hatayspor have withdrawn from the Turkish Super Lig following the devastating earthquake that hit the country this week, the president of the Turkish Union of Clubs...
Originally, this Friday 10 February would had seen the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announcing the host nation for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, but...
During the warmup ahead of Napoli’s match at Spezia last weekend, a shot from Osimhen hit a female fan in the stands. The Nigeria striker immediately...
A future European Super League could include as many as 80 teams, Bernd Reichart, the chief executive of A22 Sports Management, a company formed to sponsor...
Even as the continent eagerly awaits the decision of CAF on the hosting of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations finals, Morocco is already hosting some...
Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti could earn an enviable double this month as he is among the trio in the final cut for the FIFA Men’s Coach...
Nigerian sprinter Divine Oduduru has been provisionally suspended and notified of two potential Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) who said on...
There is no Nigerian clubside at the on-going FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco. But the influence of Nigeria here in Tangier and Rabat is very...
Ghanaian soccer player Christian Atsu remains missing after two devastating earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria, Hatayspor director Volkan Demirel told Reuters on Wednesday. Atsu, 31, was...
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis insists the Scudetto frontrunners do not have to sell rumoured Manchester United and Chelsea target Victor Osimhen. Nigeria international Osimhen is...
Erik ten Hag backed Jadon Sancho to shine for the rest of the season after his first goal since September saw Manchester United salvage a 2-2...
The 4-1 scoreline may sound flattery, but the record remains intact. Real Madrid have reached a record fifth Club WorldCup final after a resounding victory over...
FIFA has announced the final nominees in the women’s and men’s goalkeeper category. The winners will be crowned on Monday, 27 February 2023 in Paris Finalists...
Marco Asensio is the latest Real Madrid player to be unavailable for their Club World Cup semi-final against Egypt’s Al Ahly on Wednesday after the midfielder...
Manchester City is not the first high-profile soccer club to be caught up in a scandal. The Premier League has accused City of breaching a host of...
Seven time Club World Cup holders, Real Madrid are set to face 10-time African champions, Al Ahly of Egypt this Wednesday in the semi-finals of the...
Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal have already booked a place in the final match of the ongoing FIFA Club World Cup, the third to be hosted by...
Qatari investors are planning to make a huge bid to buy Premier League club Manchester United, the Daily Mail newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources....
Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal stunned South American champions Flamengo to reach Club World Cup final with a 3-2 victory on Tuesday thanks to two penalties from...
Nigeria’s striker, Victor Osimhen continues to take limelght as the Napoli forward scored one of his two goals against Spezia in the Italian Serie A with an...
Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay officially submitted a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup on Tuesday, calling for the tournament to return “where football...
Details of the Premier League Rules that the Man City is alleged to have breached are as follows: 1. In respect of each of Seasons 2009/10...
Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, Liverpool and Manchester United, all members of the famed ‘Premier League Big Six’ are reportedly pushing hardest to see Manchester City handed the severest...
The chant to get in-form Victor Osimhen to the Manchester United next season is getting louder and louder. According to numerous sources which include the Manchester...
Nigeria’s head coach, José Santos Peseiro has expressed his admration of the country’s U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets after attending their training session at the NFF/FIFA Goal...
Spain’s Real Madrid who will face Egypt’s Al Ahly on Wedensday have arrived at the Rabat-Sale airport ahead of their participation in the ongoing FIFA Club...
Qatar have appointed Carlos Queiroz as coach until the end of the 2026 World Cup, the country’s football association (QFA) said on Monday. The Portuguese, who...
Christian Atsu, the Ghanaian former Málaga, Porto and Newcastle player, among others, has been found alive among the rubble of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria that has...
Real Madrid go to the Club World Cup without six injured players, including striker Karim Benzema and goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. Also not expected in Morocco are defenders...
Morocco has always been the ultimate destination in Africa for football tourists and major competitions. Even before their spectacular run at the Qatar 2022 World Cup,...
Flamengo will not make the mistake of looking past Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal in their Club World Cup semi-final on Tuesday and will give the challenge...
Britain’s former twice world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will make his ring return in London on April 1 against American Jermaine Franklin, promoters Matchroom and DAZN...
With hundreds of civilians dead and some footballers confirmed dead in the 7.8 magnitude in Turkey early Monday morning, president of the NFF, Ibrahim Gusau, has...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. The implementation of live communication of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) decision to the public both at the stadium and those watch through broadcast...
Manchester City have been referred to an independent commission over more than 100 alleged breaches of Premier League finance rules, England’s top-flight soccer league said on...
Fez is the second largest city in Morocco and the northern inland part of the country has the Fez Stadium which is a potential host arena...
Goal obsessed Napoli forward, Victor Osimhen had to climb through the crowd to offer apologies to a young girl after unintentionally hitting her with a ball...
One of the items that catches attention at the vast entry lounge of the unique Mohammed VI Football Complex is a huge framed picture of the...
Kelechi Iheanacho scored a goal and set up two others to help Leicester beat Aston Villa 4-2 on Saturday in the English Premier League. The Nigeria...
After a stalemate that lasted until the last minute of the match, Al Ahly emerged victorious against Seattle Sounders. Al Ahly claimed their second victory at...
African Nations Championship (CHAN) hosts, Algeria may have set a new tournament record by not conceding in six games at the tournament in regular time, their hopes...
Nigeria’s Odion Ighalo played for 82 minutes in Saturday’s FIFA Club World Cup match in which he featured for Saudi Arabia side, Al Hilal against hosts,...
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first goal for Al Nassr with a last-gasp penalty to salvage a 2-2 draw at Al Fateh in a thrilling Saudi Pro...
Ahead of Wydad Athletic Club’s much-anticipated first game in the ongoing Club World Cup in Morocco, the head coach the Casablanca-based team said his squad “will...
Nigeria’s Odion Ighalo is expected to star for Saudi Arabia’s side, Al Hilal in this Saturday’s FIFA Club World Cup duel with African champions, Wydad Casablanca...
With the clock counting down to the announcement of the host country for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, one of the stadiums being proposed by...
Barcelona missed out on signing Mexican right back Julian Araujo because it was 18 seconds late turning in his transfer documentation. Barcelona director of soccer Mateu...
Occasionally, structural designers attempt a blend of nature with constructions. This is very apparent in the design of Grand Stade d’Agadir, one of the arenas that...
Daily Mail in the UK has reported that a Nigerian billionaire, Dozy Mmobuosi is about to buy Sheffield United in a deal worth £90million. This will be the...
Hayla Worku Ethiopia’s Hayla Bazu Worku, will be leading the team of foreign world class runners that will compete at the Gold-Label 8th Access Bank Lagos...
Egypt-bound Nigeria and Zambia U20 teams clash in a prestige encounter at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium on Friday evening, in what promises to be a...
Record making Remo Stars renewed their hope of going continental again next season after beating former multiple-time Nigerian champions, Enyimba FC in Ikenne on Wednesday evening....
The Interim Management Committee (IMC) has acted swiftly in response to the assault on an Assistant Referee at the Samson Siasia Stadium in Yenegoa by ordering...
Ahead of Egypt’s Al Ahly 3-0 defeat of Oceanian champions, Auckland City at the opening match of the FIFA Club World Cup in Tangier, Morocco, there...
Morocco’s Atlas Lions late last year became the most successful African country at the FIFA World Cup as the country made history of being the first...
Nigerian international striker Terem Moffi has joined Nice from their French Ligue 1 rivals Lorient, the club announced on the last day of the January transfer...
Runners up at the CAF Champions League, Al Ahly of Egypt are set to take on the Oceania champions, Aukland City as the 19th FIFA Club World...
Nigeria’s Premier Football League side, Remo Stars have announced the transfer of their one of their midfielders, Ebenezer Akinsanmiro to Italian giants, Inter Milan. The club...
Nigeria’s U17 girls, Flamingos were mentioned in the same breath as a number of the country’s movers and shakers in politics, business and the economy on...
Super Eagles Head Coach, José Santos Peseiro was present at the NFF/FIFA Goal Project pitch on Tuesday morning as Nigeria’s U20 boys, Flying Eagles mauled Capital City Football Academy 4-0 in a friendly match. The...
A total of 29 Nigerian referees will on Wednesday, 1st February receive their badges to operate as FIFA match officials for the year 2023, at a special...
Nigeria’s U-17 football team, Golden Eaglets will get to know their U-17 Africa Cup of Nations Algeria 2023 opponents on Wednesday when the draw for the final...
Ahead of Wednesday’s opening match of the FIFA Club World Cup, Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal arrived Rabat, Morocco on Tuesday morning. The FIFA Club World Cup...
Sports Village Square lead writer and author of four books on Nigerian football, Kunle Solaja, has arrived Casablanca Tuesday morning for a sports facilities advocacy tour. The...
Paris St Germain are expected to be without Neymar when they travel to Montpellier for a Ligue 1 game on Wednesday as the Brazil forward is...
CHIBUOGWU NNADIEGBULAM – AIPS MEDIA Victor Osimhen is currently living a dream in Italy – one that is bigger than him. On his lanky shoulders rest...
Moroccan head coach Walid Regragui has high hopes for Wydad Athletic Club (WAC) at the FIFA Club World Cup 2023, believing that the Moroccan club can...
More than two decades since their last World Cup triumph and without a local consensus pick, Brazil are considering breaking an unwritten taboo – hiring a...
Al-Nassr may not be the final bus stop for the increasingly nomadic Cristiano Ronaldo who made a dramatic switch to Saudi Arabia few weeks ago. The...
A superb first-half goal from Victor Osimhen and a late decider from Giovanni Simeone gave Napoli a 2-1 home win against Roma on Sunday as they...
Holders Liverpool were knocked out of the FA Cup after losing 2-1 at Brighton & Hove Albion in the fourth round on Sunday as Kaoru Mitoma...
Novak Djokovic said his win over Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday’s Australian Open final was the “biggest victory” of his career, as he claimed his 22nd Grand...
Russian table tennis league champion Fakel-Gazprom Orenburg will today Monday, January 30, unveil their new signee Quadri Aruna at a colourful occasion in Moscow, the Russian capital....
Kelechi Iheanacho spared Leicester City from a potential FA Cup giant-killing as his second-half goal saw the Foxes beat fourth-tier Walsall 1-0 and progress to the...
Ahead of their clash on Sunday, AS Roma manager Jose Mourinho said Serie A leaders Napoli have already sealed the title this season as Luciano Spalletti’s...
Marcus Rashford thought he had become the first United player to score in 10 successive matches at Old Trafford when he netted in the first half...
Bendel Insurance of Benin have broken loose in the Group A of the Nigeria Premier Football League after defeating their closest rivals, Remo Stars 3-0 at...
List of Australian Open women’s singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated): 2023 Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) bt Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) 4-6 6-3 6-4...
Novak Djokovic will look to rise above the drama that has engulfed him at Melbourne Park and claim a record-extending 10th Australian Open title on Sunday...
Aryna Sabalenka bludgeoned her way to a maiden Grand Slam title at the Australian Open with a 4-6 6-3 6-4 win over Kazakh 22nd seed Elena...
Four Uruguay players, including Diego Godin and Edinson Cavani, have been suspended over incidents following the team’s World Cup match against Ghana, Fifa announced on Friday....
Manchester City knocked Arsenal out of the FA Cup at the Etihad Stadium as the fourth round kicked off on Friday night, with Nathan Ake the...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. Following the interest that Manchester United have shown in having Nigeria’s in-form striker, Victor Osimhen, Napoli have indicated willingness to sell the star...
Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday that any attempt to squeeze Moscow out of international sport because of what it calls its special...
Manchester United expect Reading to be highly motivated for Saturday’s FA Cup meeting and will not take their second-tier opponents lightly, manager Erik ten Hag said...
Novak Djokovic shrugged off controversy involving his father to reach a record-extending 10th Australian Open final on Friday and set up a blockbuster decider with Greek...
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr were knocked of the Saudi Super Cup on Thursday after a 3-1 semi-final loss to Al Ittihad in Riyadh. The 37-year-old Portugal...
Gareth Southgate contemplated resigning as England manager following criticism ahead of last year’s World Cup despite leading his team to the 2018 World Cup semi-finals and...
Novak Djokovic’s father Srdjan said on Friday he would not attend his son’s Australian Open semi-final and would instead “watch from home”, after a video emerged...
Ukraine will consider boycotting next year’s Olympic Games in Paris if athletes from Russia and Belarus are allowed to compete, the country’s Sports Minister Vadym Guttsait...
Elena Rybakina won a duel of Grand Slam champions to reach her first Australian Open final and will battle Aryna Sabalenka for the title after the...
Soccer’s world governing body FIFA prevailed in a U.S. appeals court over a former Nigeria national team coach seeking to overturn his lifetime ban, later reduced...
Self-described “obnoxious soccer mom” Victoria Azarenka was ordered to take off her Paris St Germain shirt at the Australian Open on Thursday before bowing out of...
Socceroos winger Awer Mabil has been named 2023 Young Australian Of The Year for his charitable work in the East African refugee camps where he was...
A journalist that was once named as “best sports journalist of all time” in his country has been banned for five years for sexual abuse of a Moroccan...
Africa’s football governing body, CAF has commiserated with the Mauritania Football Association over a sudden and unexpected death of Mauritania Football Association Vice President, Pape Amghar Dieng....
Family members of imprisoned without bail option, Dani Alves are claiming that their football hero was set up to ruin his career. One of them, Ney...
Marcus Rashford continued his fine season as he scored again to help Manchester United beat Nottingham Forest 3-0 in their League Cup semi-final first leg on...
The UEFA Nations League will be expanded with a new knockout round after 2024, European soccer’s governing body said on Wednesday following its executive committee’s meeting...
An Iranian chess player who defected to Spain after she competed without a hijab and was warned not to return to her country met with Spanish Prime Minister...
Remo Stars of Ikenne have jumped into the top of the ladder in Group A of the Nigeria Premier Football League after overcoming tough resistance from...
Which of the stars will shine brighter – the Ikenne based Remo Stars or the invading Shooting Stars of Ibadan? That is the high point of...
Chelsea completed the signing of Chukwunonso Tristan “Noni” Madueke on Friday as coach Graham Potter prepares to hand a Premier League debut to Ukraine international Mykhailo Mudryk....
Premier League clubs have broken the record for transfer spending during the January window with a £440 million ($542 million) spree, according to sports finance experts...
The Miami Heat have not forgotten that they fought a close battle in the National Basketball Association Eastern Conference Finals last season, only to lose out...
Bayern Munich forward Sadio Mane returned to training on Tuesday, as the Senegalese international continued his recovery from a leg injury which forced him out of...
Cristiano Ronaldo has began a new business life with another agent after discarding his long time agent, Jorge Mendes who was glarringly absent in all the...
FIFA has launched FIFA Digital Skills, an educational programme designed to develop the expertise of professionals in the global football community on all things digital, through...
In accordance to established tradition, an official ball has been unveiled for the FIFA World Cup 2023 holding in Australia and New Zealand. It is the...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA Former Nigeria national football team captain, Tony Igwe is still revelling on the 50th anniversary of the country’s first continental honours – the gold...
Dani Alves is currently in jail after being involved in a case of sexual assault. Unfortunately, he is not the first footballer who has ended up behind bars. We...
Kylian Mbappe became the first Paris Saint-Germain player to score five times in one match as the Ligue 1 giants crushed sixth-tier amateur minnows Pays de...
After successive defeats in the hands of Ukraine’s Olelsandr Usyk, the latest being last August, Anthony Joshua is returning to the ring to fight American heavywight...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) has ranked the Nigeria Premier Football League the ninth in Africa, even behind those of...
Everton have sacked manager Frank Lampard, British media reported on Monday, after a poor run of form that has left the Premier League club in a...
According to a Spanish news publication, ‘La Vanguardia‘ former Barcelona Brazilian player, Dani Alves forced the young girl he raped to say that she was “his...
Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez apologised on Sunday for a comment he had made about Dani Alves, who was arrested earlier this week following sexual assault allegations. The...
Talking points from the latest round of Premier League games: HAALAND CONTINUES TO MAKE PREMIER LEAGUE LOOK EASY After going three Manchester City appearances without a...
Shares in Juventus (JUVE.MI) tumbled some 10% on Monday after Italian soccer authorities docked the club 15 points for its transfer dealings, in a blow to its reputation and short-term...
Erik ten Hag blamed defensive mistakes as his Manchester United side went down 3-2 at Premier League leaders Arsenal on Sunday to leave them 11 points...
Anderson Talisca earned Al Nassr a 1-0 home win over Al Ettifaq on Sunday, but the fans that turned up to Mrsool Park in droves to...
The Ogun State Football Association has commiserated with business mogul and philanthropist, Sir Kesington Adebutu who lost his wife, Chief Mrs. Caroline Adebutu last Friday. She was...
Arsenal restored their five-point lead at the top of the Premier League with Eddie Nketiah scoring twice in a 3-2 defeat of Manchester United, including a...
Super Falcons’ striker, Asisat Oshoala was on the score chart as Barcelona Femini beat Real Sociedad 3-0 yesterday to win the Spanish Women’s Super-Cup for the...
Excitement appears to have returned to the Nigerian lead football league with the spate of away wins which has made the league results very unpredictable. In...
Shakira has revealed how she exposed that her former partner, Gerard Pique cheated on her. Curiously, it was a jar of strawberry jam that she produced as her...
The FIFA Club World Cup is due to kick off in Morocco on February 1. Morocco’s superstar Nadir Khayat known by his stage name RedOne has...
Graphic account of how Brazil’s World Cup player raped his victim has emerged even as the alleged victim wants justice and not financial compensation. The victim of...
Southampton’s home Premier League game against Aston Villa was suspended shortly before halftime on Saturday after a drone was spotted flying over St Mary’s Stadium. Referee...
Liverpool and Chelsea continued their disappointing seasons as the injury-hit mid-table teams played out an uninspiring 0-0 draw at Anfield in the Premier League on Saturday....
Taraba Sports Council has held a three day badminton training for game masters, game mistresses, and secondary school students in Jalingo. The event was held at...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA Idowu Animashaun who was a popular Nigerian musician in the old Western State has narrated how obsession for football nearly made him go...
Africa’s living football icon and Liberia’s President George Weah has expressed his country’s “full” and “strong” support for Morocco’s bid to host the 2025 Africa Cup...
Juventus (JUVE.MI) have been deducted 15 points for the current season by an Italian soccer court investigating the club’s transfer dealings, leaving the country’s most successful team marooned...
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Musa Gusau has extended the tenure of the Interim Management Committee of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) till...
A Spanish judge has ordered that Brazil soccer player Dani Alves be jailed on remand over a sexual assault allegation La Sexta TV and local newspaper La Vanguardia...
Manchester United will be able to cope without influential midfielder Casemiro at leaders Arsenal in Sunday’s Premier League game, manager Erik ten Hag said on Friday....
Dani Alves appeared before a judge in Barcelona on Friday over a sexual assault allegation after Spanish police detained and questioned the Brazil defender and the...
Lawyers for Usain Bolt have alleged that more than $12.7 million (£10.3 million/€11.7 million) is missing from an account belonging to the eight-time Olympic gold medallist....
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. It has been a half a century when Nigeria’s football team first won its first continental honours. Apart from a photoshoot session and...
Cristiano Ronaldo picked up an unwanted souvenir from his first match since making his money-spinning Saudi Arabia transfer in the form of a black eye. The 37-year-old started...
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi transported fans back in time to the heyday of their storied rivalry, as both forwards got on the scoresheet in an...
Nigeria’s U17 squad, Golden Eaglets will begin their preparations for this year’s Africa U17 Cup of Nations on Monday, after Head Coach Nduka Ugbade called 48...
Nigeria’s Samuel Chukwueze appears to have given Real Madrid real trouble as his point blank shot has compounded the woes for the giant club in the...
The look of disbelief on Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag’s face when Crystal Palace’s Michael Olise curled a stoppage-time free kick into the net said...
While the composition of the proposed 24-team African Super League scheduled to kick off this year August is still open to speculations, one team appears assured...
Michael Mmoh who is the son of former Nigerian tennis star, Tony Mmoh is afraid he will wake up and realise his run to the Australian Open third...
Lanky scorer, Andy Okpe who has been missing in action for some time over the regularization of his transfer from Ghana has resumed what he loves...
A Saudi Arabian businessman won the bidding to watch the latest chapter in Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s celebrated rivalry in global soccer with a 10...
The rivalry between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo dominated football for more than a decade and the world will on Thursday get the chance to see...
The BBC issued an apology on Tuesday after their FA Cup coverage was interrupted by a pornographic audio clip. Audio of a woman moaning was played...
Defending champion Rafa Nadal crashed out of the Australian Open second round on Wednesday after aggravating a hip problem during his 6-4 6-4 7-5 defeat to...
Lionel Messi has been immortalized in Argentina in tributes ranging from tattoos to murals after leading the national team to win the soccer World Cup. Now his face can be...
Seven-time African champions, Flying Eagles of Nigeria will take on their Zambian counterparts in two friendly games in the Nigerian capital city as part of preparations...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA Perhaps it is better described as the first and the last. Today is the golden jubilee of Nigeria’s first continental success in football....
Jim Ratcliffe’s company INEOS has formally entered the bidding process to buy Premier League soccer club Manchester United, a spokesperson for the chemical firm said on...
Napoli, the Italian club that Nigeria’s inform striker, Victor Osimhen plays for, suffered a shock exit from the Coppa Italia in a 5-4 penalty shootout defeat...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. Nigeria’s member of FIFA Council as well as executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has condemned the denial of Morocco...
A new chapter in the celebrated rivalry between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will unfurl on Thursday when they meet in an exhibition match as the...
Following his quarterfinal finish at the WTT Contender Durban in South Africa last week, Quadri Aruna will on Wednesday, January 18, return to action when he...
Lionel Messi has surpassed Diego Maradona as the greatest player of all time, Argentina’s World Cup winning coach Lionel Scaloni has said. “If I have to...
The Paris prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday it had opened an investigation for moral and sexual harassment against French soccer federation (FFF) president Noel Le Graet....
Scorching heat halted outdoor matches, sent fans scurrying for shade and tested the endurance of players on a sweltering second day at the Australian Open, before...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA The non-participation of Morocco in the on-going African Nations Championship in Algeria may have caused situations possibly unforeseen by the current regulations governing...
With a big victory over its main rival on Sunday, Barcelona got back to celebrating _ and to feeling good about its future again. The 3-1...
Russian and Belarusian flags have been banned from the Melbourne Park precinct during the Australian Open after a complaint from the Ukraine ambassador to the country....
Manchester United are being urged to sign Napoli striker Victor Osimhen by a growing number of their supporters. Several Manchester United supporters have once again reiterated their...
Former Manchester United attacker Cristiano Ronaldo will play his first match on Saudi Arabian soil later this week. Former Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo is set...
Deontay Wilder’s trainer Malik Scott has given his view on Tyson Fury’s skills, with a glowing appraisal of the undefeated heavyweight champion. Malik Scott said that...
Talking points from the latest round of Premier League games: RAMSDALE PROVES HIS WORTH TO KEEP GUNNERS ON TRACK Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale has had his critics...
Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta hailed their derby victory over Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday and called on his team to celebrate every single moment of being eight...
Barcelona were crowned Spanish Super Cup champions after goals from Gavi, Robert Lewandowski and Pedri earned them a 3-1 win over bitter rivals Real Madrid in...
The complexion of the Nigeria Premier Football League took a different colouration as the match day 1 of the projected 18-day competition was concluded this Sunday....
Following Morocco’s complaint over statements made by the grandson of Nelson Mandela, Zwelivelile Mandela at Friday’s opening ceremony of the African Nations Championship, the Confederation of African...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. Although CAF President, Patrice Motsepe on Saturday confirmed that six bids are in the race to replace Guinea as hosts of the 2025...
Frenchman, Karim Benzema has denied snubbing Cristiano Ronaldo, when the latter visited the training session of Real Madrid ahead of this Sunday night El Clasico match between...
An NGO with commitment to grassroot sports development in Nigeria, Community Sport and Educational Development (CSED) Initiative has taken its “PROJECT 2027” netball tour to Yenagoa the...
Efe Ajagba fared better against an unbeaten boxer-puncher early Sunday morning in Nigeria (but Saturday night in the US) than the last time he fought one....
According to Moroccan English newspaper, Morocco World News, Algeria used the opening ceremony of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) as a political platform to smear Morocco...
Former and multiple Nigerian league champions, Enyimba have opened their 2023 season on a winning note after a 2-1 win against Nasarawa United. They become the...
FIFA has announced that its Disciplinary Committee has launched investigations against a number of football associations for their potential breaching of FIFA regulations during the Qatar...
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp blasted his side’s effort in a humiliating 3-0 Premier League defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion that he called the worst ever...
Manchester United struck twice in the space of four minutes late on to snatch a dramatic and controversial 2-1 derby win over Manchester City on Saturday....
Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti was full of praise for striker Victor Osimhen after his side handed Juventus a 5-1 hammering on Friday to extend their lead...
The appeal trial of Papa Massata Diack, son of Lamine Diack, the late former head of world athletics’ governing body, against a corruption conviction opened in...
Manchester United were outclassed by Manchester City in the last local derby, but the mood could not be more different as they prepare to host their...
Fouzi Lekjaa, the President of Morocco’s Football Federation (FRMF) who is also an executive committee member of CAF as well as FIFA Council member has condemned...
CAF president, Patrice Motsepe, facing easily the most challenging intrigue in his close to two-year presidency in CAF has been helpless in the attempt to solve...
Reports from Morocco have it that the members of the country’s national team have dispersed from the Sale International Airport in Rabat after waiting in vain...
Morocco’s English newspaper, Morocco World News has reported that the country’s football team may still travel to Algeria for their African Nations Championship title defense if...
Joao Mendes, son of former Brazil and Barcelona forward Ronaldinho, is undergoing trials with Barca’s youth team, Spanish media reported on Thursday. The 17-year-old, who terminated...
If on-going speculations are anything to go by, Super Eagles’ former hit-man, Odion Ighalo may play in the same team with the legendary Lionel Messi at...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. Sports and politics have had yet another head-on-collision as defending champions for the African Nations Championship (CHAN) Morocco pulled out of the tournament...
The General Manager of Radio Lagos/EKOFM, Olajide Lawal, has advised Nigeria’s ace female athlete, Tobi Amusan, who won the 2022 EKOFM Person of the year award,...
The president of the globe’s ruling football body FIFA, Gianni Infantino has arrived in Algeria ahead of the opener of the 2023 African Nations Football championship...
A Saudi Arabian businessman is leading bidding to watch the latest chapter in Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s celebrated rivalry in global soccer with a 10...
Manchester United were outclassed by Manchester City in the last local derby but the mood could not be more different as they prepare to host their...
Argentina featured heavily in shortlists for FIFA’s Best awards following their World Cup triumph, with forwards Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez, goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez and coach...
The Ballon d’Or which Cristiano Ronaldo won in 2013 is no longer in his possession. He sold it to an Israeli, Idan Ofer. Idan Ofer, a...
Cristiano Ronaldo is the second player with the most Ballons d’Or after Lionel Messi. The Portuguese ace has five individual awards – the first of them...
Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr have denied reports that Cristiano Ronaldo has a clause in his contract in which the Portugal forward is to serve as...
French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet has been forced to stand down just weeks after France’s defeat in the World Cup final following a series of controversies,...
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola gave a scathing assessment of his side’s performance after they exited the League Cup in a dismal 2-0 defeat to Southampton...
Manchester United face Nottingham Forest and Newcastle United will play Southampton in the League Cup semi-finals following the draw on Wednesday. Forest will host the first...
Pep Guardiola’s decision to name an understrength starting line-up backfired as Manchester City were beaten 2-0 by Southampton in Wednesday’s EFL Cup quarter-final tie. Erling Haaland,...
Nottingham Forest beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-3 on penalties in their League Cup last-eight game on Wednesday to reach a cup semi-final for the first time in...
Lionel Messi celebrated his return to competition after the World Cup by scoring a second-half goal as Paris St Germain extended their Ligue 1 lead to...
Four times Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka said on Wednesday that she is expecting her first child, days after withdrawing from the Australian Open. The 25-year-old said...
A Mexican club, C.F Pachuca raised the bar in the type of tribute paid to Pele, the global football legend who pass on just three days...
Manchester United’s 3-0 defeat of lowly Charlton in Tuesday night’s Carabao Cup quarter-finals may look ordinary. But it is a milestone for the manager, Erik ten...
Sebastien Haller said he was relieved to finally make his first appearance in a Borussia Dortmund shirt following two surgeries and four rounds of chemotherapy for...
Lionel Messi is expected to make his first appearance for Paris Saint-Germain since his World Cup triumph in a Ligue 1 clash at home against Angers...
French midfielder Paul Pogba, who missed the World Cup in Qatar after having knee surgery in early September, trained on Tuesday with his Juventus teammates for...
FIFA President Gianno Infantino was interviewed for a second time today by Swiss authorities in a criminal case where he is accused of “incitement to abuse...
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has claimed that the national team’s iconic yellow jersey should be used to “unite” Brazilians after far-right rioters stormed the country’s...
Marcus Rashford was on target for the sixth successive match in all competitions as his late double helped Manchester United beat third-tier Charlton Athletic 3-0 to...
Lionel Messi finally has something Kylian Mbappé already had with a World Cup winners’ medal. Now Mbappé wants what Messi has won many times: the Ballon...
Former Barcelona and Brazil defender Dani Alves is under investigation over an allegation that he sexually assaulted a woman in a nightclub in Spain last month,...
The head of the French Football Federation’s (FFF) national ethics committee has called for the governing body’s president Noel Le Graet to step down from his...
Former Nigerian League top scorer and head of Operations of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Davidson Owumi, has revealed that the official match ball for...
Super Falcons may have no aim at getting to the final, let alone to win the cup when the Women’s World Cup kicks off in Australia...
The Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation has reviewed downwards the registration fees Clubs will have to pay to take part in this year’s Federation Cup...
The organisers of the Gold-Label Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, Nilayo Sports Management Limited, has declared the organisation’s readiness for all peculiarities of the host City,...
This Monday the new FIFA Agents Regulations came into force which, however, will not begin to be applied until next October 1, after this stipulated transition period. However, the...
English Premier League clubs Manchester United Plc (MANU.N), Tottenham Hotspur, or Liverpool FC are being targeted by Qatar Sports Investments over a potential acquisition, Bloomberg News reported...
Premier League leaders Arsenal booked an FA Cup fourth round clash with Manchester City after they beat third-tier Oxford United 3-0 on Monday night thanks to...
Hours after Gareth Bale announced his retirement from football, another prominent football icon has done the same. France’s World Cup-winning goalkeeper and captain, Hugo Lloris, announced...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. While some other African countries have their nationals in the 107 officiating crew for the Women’s World Cup later this year in Australia...
Cristiano Ronaldo will serve his suspension before making his league debut for his new Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr but he could play against Paris St...
Portugal named former Belgium coach Roberto Martinez as their new manager on Monday and the Spaniard said he would sit down with Cristiano Ronaldo to talk...
France Football Federation (FFF) president Noel Le Graet apologised to Zinedine Zidane on Monday after his comments on the former Real Madrid coach drew the ire...
Now there are at least three stadiums named Africa nelson Mandela, the former South African president and icon in Africa. There is the Nelson Mandela Bay,...
The Cameroonian attacker Vincent Aboubakar who was sacrificed to open a gap for Cristiano Ronaldo at Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr has hit back at his replacement and did...
Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo could make his Saudi Arabian debut on Jan 22, after he was successfully registered by new team Al Nassr, a club source...
France forward Kylian Mbappe has come out in support of Zinedine Zidane after the country’s football federation (FFF) president Noel Le Graet said he would not...
After hosting a Third Round fixture with Everton at the weekend, Manchester United will again be at home in the fourth round when they host Reading....
Alex Iwobi may still be available for selection by Super Eagles’ Coach, Jose Peseiro, as the player’s injury is expected to heal in the next three...
In-form Victor Osimhen opened scoring while Eljif Elmas doubled the goal for Seria A table-topping Napoli at Sampdoria to earn the league leaders a 2-0 victory. The win...
A group of Nigerian sports writers abroad, Nigerian Sports Journalists In Diaspora (NSJID) has called on Nigerian sports authorities, especially the Nigeria Football Federation to step...
Two-time Nigerian league champions before the advent of professional league, Insurance of Benin made a bold statement as they beat 2020/21 champions, Akwa United 2-0 at...
Super Eagles and Everton star, Alex Iwobi has sent a message to supporters after suffering an injury in the third round of FA Cup match in which his...
Two-times champion Naomi Osaka has pulled out of the Australian Open, organisers of the year’s first Grand Slam which begins on Jan. 16 said on Sunday...
FIFA’s president Gianni Infantino has expressed his regrets after former Cameroon international Modeste Mbami passed away on Saturday following a cardiac arrest at the age of...
The President and members of the Olympic and Commonwealth Games Movement in Nigeria has commiserated with The Guardian Newspapers at Rutam House over the demise of...
Isah Ladan Bosso, Head Coach of Nigeria’s U20 boys, has invited 35 players to resume camping in Abuja on Monday as preparations for this year’s Africa...
World number one Carlos Alcaraz will not play in the Australian Open after picking up a right leg muscle injury during pre-season training, the Spaniard said...
Seven-times Grand Slam champion Venus Williams pulled out of this month’s Australian Open due to injury, the organisers of the season’s first Grand Slam said on...
The world’s highest paid soccer players and top 10 salari 10. Sergio Ramos: 27 million euros (Paris Saint-Germain) 9. Eden Hazard: 31 million euros (Real Madrid) 8. Gerard Piqué (before retirement):...
Anthony Joshua will be oping for a big fight in 2023, but after successive defeats his options could be limited after missing out on a Tyson...
Everton’s Manager Frank Lampard has given an update on Alex Iwobi’s condition following his ankle injury that necessitated his being stretchered out of Old Trafford in...
Manchester United gained a hard-fought victory over Everton in the third round of the FA Cup to increase the pressure on Toffees’ manager Frank Lampard. United...
Super Eagles’ star and Everton midfielder Alex Iwobi was visibly emotional as he was stretchered off following a strong challenge from Tyrell Malacia during Everton’s FA...
Nigerian Sports Journalists In Diaspora (NSJID ) are very worried about the decaying sports in Nigeria and urgently want to stem the tide. The body is...
Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo still needs to serve a two-match English Football Association ban before making his Al Nassr debut, an official at the Saudi Arabian...
Nigerian-born Carney Chukwuemeka got into limelight in the home loss of his Chelsea team to Premier League title-chasing Manchester City on Thursday night at Stamford Bridge. ...
Harry Kane said his World Cup penalty miss that condemned England to a quarter-final exit will stay with him for the rest of his life but...
Second-half substitute Riyad Mahrez earned Manchester City a 1-0 win at Chelsea on Thursday to move Pep Guardiola’s 2022 champions to within five points of leaders...
Guinea -Bissau has become the second African country to name a stadium after the late football legend, Pele. Cape Verde had on Wednesday named a stadium...
Former Barcelona junior Oriol Soldevila scored a hat-trick against his old club but still ended on the losing side as third tier InterCity took the LaLiga...
Neymar was among those to greet Messi upon his arrival, but Kylian Mbappe – a beaten finalist at Messi’s expense – was absent as Lionel Messi was welcomed back...
Nigeria’s in-form striker failed to find the net for Napoli as the club’s 11-match winning streak in Serie A ended on Wednesday when Edin Dzeko’s second-half...
Taiwo Awoniyi scored and lifted Nottingham Forest out of the relegation zone with a first away win of the Premier League season on Wednesday as Southampton...
The president of FIFA has proposed that there be a stadium or soccer venue with the name of Pelé in the 211 member federations Gianni Infatino ,...
His agent, according to ‘Público‘, is Ricardo Regufe, although his image is still linked to Gestifute Cristiano Ronaldo has ceased to be represented by his longtime...
World Cup history makers Morocco must wait until September for their next competitive match — a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in South Africa .The...
Cape Verde has become the first country to name a stadium after Pele, in accordance to the suggestion made by FIFA president, Gianni Infantino on Monday...
With the start of the new year the window of the winter transfer market opens and for this reason, Marca, a Spanish sports publication takes a look at the players who have...
Brazil said a final farewell to Pelé on Tuesday, burying the legend who unified the bitterly divided country. Newly inaugurated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva...
Since Brazilian legend Rivelino joined Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal in the late 1970s the Gulf region has become a lucrative haven as a final staging post...
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo said his “work is done” in Europe, adding that he is relishing new challenges both on and off the pitch after being...
Manchester United coach Erik ten Hag said his side cannot be considered title contenders yet this season, but the belief in the squad is growing after...
Arsenal’s hopes of opening a 10-point lead in the Premier League title race were dashed by Newcastle United in a 0-0 draw at The Emirates but...
The manager of the Saudi Arabian side joked that he wanted to bring the World Cup winner, Lionel Messi “straight from Doha” to the club. This shows...
The Nigeria Football Federation on Monday constituted its judicial and match officiating committees, which will be in place for the next two years. Heading the Referees...
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Musa Gusau has described as ‘most shocking’ the death on Tuesday morning of the Chairman of Abia State Football...
Novak Djokovic was grateful for a warm welcome from Australian fans, after he cruised through his first singles match in the country since being deported in 2022 with...
Pelé chose to be buried this Tuesday in the Ecumenical Necropolis Memorial. The choice was made 20 years ago, back in 2003. This Tuesday, the time has come for...
An Iranian chess player arrived in Spain on Tuesday after receiving what a source close to her said were warnings not to return to Iran for...
The Brazilian coastal city of Santos, which sporting giant Pele turned into a byword for soccer brilliance during a glittering club career, started bidding goodbye to its...
An emotional Brazil began paying its final respects on Monday to football legend Pele with a wake at the stadium where he first took the world’s...
Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo arrived in Riyadh ahead of his grand unveiling before thousands of fans at Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr club on Tuesday, after sealing a...
The Brazilian coastal city of Santos, which sporting giant Pele turned into a byword for soccer brilliance during a glittering club career, started bidding goodbye to its...
Former world number one tennis player Martina Navratilova said on Monday she has been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer. The Czech–American is considered among one...
Ahead of Tuesday’s burial of football’s indisputable King, Edson Arantes dos Nascimento, popularly known as Pele, President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has...
The Brazilian coastal city of Santos, which sporting giant Pele turned into a byword for soccer brilliance during a glittering club career, prepared to bid goodbye...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA Pele, the globally acclaimed King of Soccer, who died last week and will be buried in Brazil on Tuesday, visited Nigeria at least...
Polish official Szymon Marciniak, who refereed the World Cup final between Argentina and France, will take charge of today’s Egyptian Premier League clash between Ahly and...
Only hours after Cristiano Ronaldo penned a two-year contract with Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr, crowds flocked to a football kit store in Riyadh to buy the...
Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp is convinced no one can be greater than Pele but what he marvelled at the most was the Brazilian football great’s humility...
Nigerian female cyclists have soared above their rivals, Egypt and South Africa in the elite category on the current rankings of the International Cycling Union, UCI....
Uruguay striker Luis Suarez will join Brazilian Serie A side Gremio on a free transfer on a two-year contract until the end of 2024, the club...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. On January 1, 1964, Nigeria’s first president, Nnamdi Azikiwe in a New Year message analysed the state of sports in the country and...
In 2022, Britain lost its queen and Brazil its soccer ‘king’ – two giant figures of the 20th century who crossed paths at least twice over...
If the plans go on as scheduled, Paris Saint-Germain could make a trip to Saudi Arabia for a friendly match that will reignite a Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel...
England – In-form Marcus Rashford stepped off the bench to earn Manchester United a 1-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, a win that moved Erik...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has declared a three-day period of national mourning following the death of Pelé while the date of the funeral has been confirmed...
Brazilian daily O Globo ran a commemorative four-cover edition highlighting Pele’s career with the headline “Pele Eterno” while publications around the world packed their pages on...
A barber who first met Brazilian soccer legend Pele in the 1950s and cut his hair for decades said on Friday he hoped God would take...
Factbox on Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on a 2-1/2 year deal on Friday. EARLY DAYS * Born Feb. 5,...
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on a two-year contract, Saudi state TV al-Ekhbariya reported on its website on Friday. The...
The sporting world continue to express its sorrow at the death of one of its greatest heroes on Friday, bidding farewell to Brazilian soccer legend Pele with a...
Pele’s position as one of the greatest footballers of all time has never been contested but the same cannot be said for the number of goals...
Perhaps the most iconic shirt in football today is the jersey number 10 which famous footballers have put on – Pele, Diego Maradona, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldinho,...
Factbox on the career statistics of former Brazil forward Pele, who has died at the age of 82:
BY KUNLE SOLAJA It may have been a sheer coincident. The man who made the shirt number 10 popular in football, the legendary Pele, announced his...
Before Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo came along, the enduring debate in soccer about who was the greatest player centered on two men: Pele and Diego...
Brazil soccer great Pele died on Thursday aged 82 after a long battle with cancer. Following are reactions to his death from around the world: NIGERIA PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU...
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has joined world leaders in expressing grief over the death of Brazilian soccer legend, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pele who died ...
Superlatives from some of soccer’s greats and others about Pelé, who died Thursday in Brazil at age 82: ___ “To watch him play was to watch...
Santos had won trophies before Pele signed, but his arrival prompted a long and sensational run of victories that over little more than a decade turned...
Almost a month after he was re-hospitalised, Brazilian football legend Pele, arguably the greatest player ever, has died at the age of 82. He is credited...
An Iranian chess player on Wednesday took part in an international tournament in Kazakhstan without a hijab for the second day running, according to a Reuters...
Novak Djokovic has reiterated his earlier comments that he bears no hard feelings on his return to Australia after his visa cancellation and subsequent deportation in...
Boxing fans around the world have voiced their anger after promoter Frank Warren appeared to reveal that the impending Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk bout would...
On a visit to the Pele Museum in Brazil’s seaside city of Santos, Sergio Murillo Junior said he was sad to see the football legend’s health...
An Iranian chess player has taken part in an international tournament without a hijab, according to media reports, the latest of several Iranian sportswomen to appear...
The debate on the format for the Nigeria Professional Football League has finally been settled as the Interim Management Committee (IMC) on Wednesday rolled out the...
FC Barcelona are reportedly considering signing Kylian Mbappe next summer. According to Spanish news outlet, Mundo Deportivo, the contract extension that PSG has granted Lionel Messi...
Former Brazilian footballer Romario sent his best wishes and thoughts to fellow icon Pele, stating that the whole world is praying for the health of the three-time world champion,...
The Russian Football Union (RFU) has again pushed an Executive Committee vote back on transitioning from UEFA to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). RFU President Alexander...
Manolo Romero, who was pivotal to the growth of the Olympic Games globally by founding the Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), has died at the age of...
Novak Djokovic arrived in Australia on Tuesday, nearly a year after he was deported from the country, ahead of his bid for a 10th men’s singles...
Marcus Rashford continued his rich vein of form as Manchester United closed in on the Premier League top four with a 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest....
Kai Havertz and Mason Mount’s early strikes helped Chelsea ease to a 2-0 win over Bournemouth on Tuesday to snap a dismal run of five Premier...
Lionel Messi will return to Paris St Germain at the beginning of January, the Ligue 1 club’s manager Christophe Galtier said on Tuesday. The Argentine forward,...
Algerian-born Frenchman, Zinedine Zidane has been linked to the Brazil national team job. According to L’Equipe, Zizou ticks all the boxes of what Brazil are looking for...
A Minsk court sentenced in absentia former Olympic swimmer Aliaksandra Herasimenia and political activist Alexander Opeykin to 12 years in prison for calling for sanctions and...
Two-time Nigerian basketball league most valuable player Louis Edem Ekpenyong is set to host an elite national basketball championship from February 7-11th 2023 in honour of...
Former Manchester United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is undoubtedly having the best of time as a free agent following his disengagement from Manchester United. This season appears a...
Nottingham Forest midfielder Jesse Lingard said he was given “false promises” about playing time during his final year at Manchester United and is still in the...
Arsenal came from a goal down to beat West Ham United 3-1 and extend their Premier League lead to seven points as the top-flight season resumed...
Morocco’s Royal Football Federation (FRMF) hit back at Moroccan media for attacking Moroccan footballer Zakaria Aboukhlal and accusing him of religious fundamentalism. News outlet Achkayen sparked...
As it had been in the past, Liverpool and Egypt football star, Mohamed Salah has again received harsh criticism after posting a picture of his family...
Brazilian soccer legend Pele’s family members gathered at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo on Saturday, where the 82-year-old, widely considered one of the greatest...
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has offered his best wishes to legendary Brazilian footballer Pelé, whose health has worsened at a hospital in São...
Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte has insisted Harry Kane will be in the right frame of mind when the England striker returns to Premier League action...
The World Cup final ended nearly a week ago but the drama around it continued as the match referee showed a photo on his phone during...
Cagliari have appointed the much-travelled Claudio Ranieri as head coach on a contract until June 2025, 31 years after he left the role, the Serie B...
Manchester United have triggered one-year contract extensions for four first-team players, including England forward Marcus Rashford, manager Erik ten Hag said. Rashford, Diogo Dalot, Fred and...
Nigeria Under 23 player, Evans Ogbonda has been declared missing by his club, Akwa United Football Club, Uyo. According to a press release by Akwa Ibom...
After winning the World Cup and enjoying the celebrations back home in Argentina, Lionel Messi headed to his native Rosario to spend the Christmas holidays with...
Edouard Mendy, the Senegalese goalkeeper of Chelsea has rejected a six-year contract offer by the English Premier League side. According to reports, he feels that the club...
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has slammed the lack of the VAR (video assistant referee) technology as Manchester City beat his League Cup holders 3-2 in a...
Restless super star, Crisitano Ronaldo has been spotted arriving at the Riyadh airport in Saudi Arabia ahead of transfer talks with Al-Nassr club chiefs, reports Transfer News...
According to Spanish outlet, Tribuna, quoting another publication, El Financiero, Argentina Central Bank are seriously considering using Lionel Messi’s face on their new 1000 peso banknotes. By...
FIFA is investigating how celebrity chef, Salt Bae and a number of other people gained “undue access” to the pitch at the end of the World Cup...
Zambia have appointed former Chelsea, West Ham and Ghana manager Avram Grant to take charge of their national team. The Israeli has agreed a two-year contract,...
The hitherto serene waterfront Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Onikan will figuratively gets agog as fairy tale team of the last NPFL Season, Remo Stars of Ikenne...
World Cup winner Lionel Messi has reached a deal with Paris St Germain to stay with the club for at least the 2023-24 season, French daily...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA Even as Nigeria sank deeper in the FIFA ranking, dropping from 32 in October to 35 in the latest ranking released on Thursday,...
Argentina’s World Cup celebrations have been marred by the death of a 24-year-old fan, after he fell through a roof ‘jumping up and down’ celebrating during...
Lionel Messi set yet another record on Tuesday after his Instagram post celebrating Argentina’s World Cup win became the most-liked on the platform, breaking a nearly...
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has no doubt that Lionel Messi is the greatest player of all time and his opinion would not change even if...
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk have agreed to fight each other next in a world heavyweight title unification bout, according to veteran boxing promoter Bob Arum....
Argentina’s World Cup-winning captain Lionel Messi has been invited to “eternalize” his mark at Brazil’s famous Maracana by leaving his footprints in the iconic stadium’s Hall...
Wadae Qatar 2022! Farewell Qatar 2022! After 32 days in the State of Qatar, it is time to leave. A World Cup initially embrolled in pre-tournament controversies...
The international sports press association, AIPS has demanded for apologies from Lionel Messi and the entire Argentina football team for insulting journalists after the South American side...
Argentina’s national team will celebrate their World Cup triumph on Tuesday in Buenos Aires at the Obelisk, the monument that is the traditional epicentre of sporting celebrations, the...
France’s national soccer team returned from Qatar to the acclaim of huge crowds in Paris on Monday, after their heroic defeat to Argentina in the World Cup...
Argentine Santiago Cutaia, 34, had never felt the elation of his country winning the soccer World Cup before, born two years after late icon Diego Maradona...
Newly crowned World Cup champions Argentina have not only scored big at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar, but also in retail stores here as well. La Albiceleste’s...
Argentina players reportedly sang a song insulting journalists after they defeated France in the World Cup 2022 final on Sunday, 18 December. According to Independent, a publication in...
Ahead of last Sunday’s World Cup final match which Argentina won, there were speculations that the winners may get the FIFA World Cup trophy for keeps...
Argentina were made to suffer before landing their first World Cup title in 36 years, having twice squandered a lead, including in extra-time before edging past...
France are disappointed they could not successfully defend their World Cup crown after losing to Argentina on penalties in Sunday’s final but leave Qatar with heads...
Sunday’s World Cup final turned from a one-sided affair into a nerve-racking vintage showdown and it was somehow fitting that footballing diva Argentina prevailed over France...
Cameroon born French player, Kylian Mbappe may not have emulated his hero, Pele as back-to-back winner of the World Cup, he was a hero in the...
The first player to score a hattrick in a World Cup final match, Sir Geoff Hurst has congratulated France’ Kylian Mbappe who on Sunday scored a...
France forward Kylian Mbappe may not have won the World Cup back-to-back as did his hero, Pele who won in 1958 and 1962, but the Ferenchman book...
This is a moment Lionel Messi will cherish for ever. He not only lead his country to win the World Cup and also scoring the opening...
What a night to remember as world football legend, lionel Messi finally won the World Cup with Argentina, fulfilling a life ambition. It was not easy...
Prize money varies across different tournaments and different countries. At the World Cup, the winning team is given the prize money and then they decide how...
The 1982 World Cup hosted in Spain was the first iteration to include prize money. As you might expect, the total awarded to the teams competing...
To the ordinary fan, the World Cup battle is the struggle for pride and glory. But to the professionals, the prize money is crucial. Although all...
What ever is the outcome tonight at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar, no new team will join the already eight winners that have emerged at the...
Will the mecurial Lionel Messi join the league of Pele and Diego Maradona to truly be the Greatest Of All Time (G.O.AT)? Both Maradona and Pele...
A World Cup that has defied all expectations reaches its climax on Sunday when Lionel Messi could join Diego Maradona in Argentine immortality by taking the...
Croatia beat Morocco 2-1 in the World Cup third-place playoff on Saturday to secure a top three finish in the tournament for the second consecutive edition....
France have not been overly troubled by the virus that has hit several players in the past few days, coach Didier Deschamps said, as the squad...
Pre-tournament favourites Argentina stumbled at the first World Cup hurdle before getting their act together to storm into another final, led by their inspirational skipper Lionel...
The Qatar World Cup has delivered a rich feast of soccer for the past month, with shocks, great goals, incredible celebrations and record-breaking feats served up...
Cristiano Ronaldo, without a team and nursing the wounds of Portugal’s shock World Cup exit, has been training at Real Madrid while staying in the Spanish capital, the...
On Friday, Argentina fans who have flooded into Qatar for the tournament staged a second day of demonstrations outside a Doha hotel, demanding their country’s national...
France’s World Cup final preparations were rocked as three more players were forced to miss training with cold-like symptoms on Friday just two days before their...
“The Atlas Lions’ World Cup journey is still far from over, as Morocco’s head coach Walid Regragui emphasized during the pre-game press conference alongside Moroccan winger...
Moroccan state owned outlet, Morocco World News has reported that Mohamed El-Haidawi, a politician affiliated with Morocco’s ruling political party the National Rally of Independents (RNI), is...
Nigeria’s music icon, Davido who is one of the music icons of the Qatar 2022 World Cup is set to thrill global audience on Sunday in...
As Lionel Messi dreams of getting his hands on a maiden World Cup trophy in Qatar, his fans struggle to get theirs on jerseys of the...
Croatia and Morocco meet for the second time at FIFA World Cup 2022 as they both seek a victorious conclusion to a memorable campaign in the...
Poland’s Szymon Marciniak will referee Sunday’s World Cup final between Argentina and France, the Polish FA said on Thursday. The 41-year-old, who will be the first...
After a mesmerising month of upsets, when several brash outsiders threatened soccer’s status quo, the World Cup final will have a familiar feel on Sunday when...
Argentina and France meet in Sunday’s World Cup final at Lusail Stadium. Both countries are bidding for their third title with the French having the chance...
Morocco’s Atlas Lions’ exceptional journey at the Qatar World Cup has been widely hailed as an inspiration for many. German football legend Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has joined...
Morocco is renewing interest in hosting the 2030 World Cup, potentially alongside neighbors Spain and Portugal, the Associated Press has reported. Coincidentally, Spain and Portugal were...
According to the Morocco World News, the World Cup rave of the moment, Morocco has protested their semi-final loss to France in the 2022 World Cup....
When Morocco face Croatia on Saturday for the third place match of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, Croatia, finalists four years ago, will be without their...
Fernando Santos has left his job as Portugal coach after his team lost to Morocco in the World Cup quarter-finals, the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) said...
Around 100 soccer fans, some wrapped in Moroccan flags, briefly clashed with police on Wednesday evening in central Brussels, after Morocco lost 2-0 to France in...
Morocco’s heroic run at the Qatar 2022 World Cup finally came to an end after a 2-0 loss to favourites, France in the semi-finals. They put...
Argentina’s qualification for the final match of the Qatar 2022 World Cup has been marred by the news of yet another death, making it the fourth...
Police in France geared up for the country’s World Cup soccer semi-final against Morocco on Wednesday, after scuffles which followed last week’s Moroccan quarter-final win over...
Morocco’s national airline said it was cancelling all flights it had scheduled for Wednesday to carry fans to Doha for the World Cup semi-final, citing what...
The achievements of the Atlas Lions at the ongoing Qatar World Cup have received praise from many world-class celebrities. According to Morocco’s news outlet, Morocco World...
FIFA World Cup holders France are back in the semi-finals to face Morocco, the first-ever African team to reach this stage of the competition. While France’...
Now it is official. Lionel Messi has confirmed he will play his last World Cup game when Argentina take on either 9/France or Morocco in Sunday’s...
In what could easily pass for a ‘no-contest’ duel, Argentina easily brushed aside Croatia in the first of the semi-finals of Qatar 2020 . The 3-0...
After an unprecedented deaat of three journalists at the World Cup in Qatar, the World football governing body, FIFA has opened condolence register for the departed....
When Argentina take on Croatia in Tuesday night’s clash with Croatia in the semi-finals of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, the two-time champions will be without...
France will go into Wednesday’s World Cup semi-final against Morocco with the utmost respect for their giant-killing opponents as the defending champions prepare for a hostile...
France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris sent a text to England striker Harry Kane after his Tottenham Hotspur team mate blazed a late penalty over the crossbar in...
The fear of Kylian Mbappe is the beginning of wisdom for opposing teams. That maxim may not be going down well with the coach of Morocco, Walid...
Almost 48 hours after the death of American journalist at the on-going World Cup finals in Qatar, another journalist has died suddenly. Khalid al-Misslam, a Qatari...
The body of well-known U.S. soccer journalist Grant Wahl, who died suddenly on Friday after collapsing while covering a match at the World Cup in Qatar,...
This is the 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup. In the previous 21 editions which span 92 years and featuring 79 countries, only eight have ever...
Two-time Kenyan Olympic champion David Rudisha said Monday he was grateful to be alive after surviving a plane crash on the weekend in southern Kenya. The...
Brazil’s quarter-final defeat on penalties came as a huge shock after the tournament favourites were knocked out by Croatia but the South American side lost because...
African teams have claimed several giant-killing results at World Cups but nothing like the unprecedented run of Morocco in Qatar that will fuel hopes of more...
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog joined a growing list of leaders, celebrating Morocco’s win against Portugal. Herzog tweeted his congratulations to Morocco, describing the win as “a historic achievement.”...
The Moroccan keeper has become the first African goalkeeper to keep three clean sheets in a World Cup tournament. As a result, speculations are rife here...
Lionel Messi and Argentina’s bid for a third World Cup crown is being boosted by hordes of travelling fans that have transformed each of their matches...
Morocco’s unexpected march to the World Cup semi-finals can be attributed partly to a policy of deliberately seeking out talent in the Diaspora to strengthen the...
Argentina, led by superstar Lionel Messi, came into the World Cup as one of the favourites but they face a big roadblock in the semi-final on...
‘It’s coming home’ is a refrain that England football followers have been singing for decades. This has been in anticipation of the country winning international football...
Morocco’s Royal Air Maroc will operate 30 special flights to carry soccer fans from Casablanca to Doha for the country’s Wednesday World Cup semifinal game against...
Even if the party ends at the semi-final stage of the World Cup for Morocco, the Atlas Lions have already hit the biggest football prize money...
England skipper Harry Kane said he will have to live with the penalty miss that condemned his team to a World Cup quarter-final exit against reigning...
Colombian superstar Shakira has joined a growing list of celebrities commending Morocco’s eye-catching and historic win against Portugal.The Colombian star used her famous Waka Waka lyrics to celebrate Morocco after...
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has received congratulatory phone calls from several heads of states, including French President Emmanuel Macron, the Emir of Qatar, and the UAE’s...
Olivier Giroud sent France into a World Cup semi-final with Morocco as his late header after Aurelien Tchouameni’s opener clinched a gutsy 2-1 win over England...
And the fairy tale continues for Morocco as the Atlas Lions became the first African team ever to reach a World Cup semi-final. They beat Portugal 1-0...
• Morocco have become the fourth African nation to reach the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup, following Cameroon (1990), Senegal (2002) and Ghana (2010). Morocco...
According to the Morocco World News, the support for the Morocco Atlas Lions’ today’smatchwith Portugal will not only come from Moroccans but also from Arabs and Africans...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has expressed his sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Grant Wahl after hearing the shocking news of his passing whilst...
Moroccans may be used to the Atlas Mountains, but they have greater mountains to climb this evening as the 60th of the projected 64 matches of the...
Penalty shoot-out has been trending as the Qatar 2022 get to its closing stages. Teams have savour the joy of shoot-out while some are left rueing...
Lionel Messi said Argentina have felt the presence of the late, great Diego Maradona throughout their World Cup campaign, including on Friday when they beat the...
Argentina beat the Netherlands 4-3 in a penalty shootout to keep Lionel Messi’s World Cup dream alive on Friday after the Dutch had snatched a 2-2...
Well-known U.S. soccer journalist Grant Wahl died on Friday after suffering “acute distress” while covering a match at the World Cup in Qatar, his agent said....
Brazil’s Neymar said on Friday he was unsure if he would play again for the national team after their heartbreaking World Cup quarter-final defeat to Croatia on penalties....
Tite confirmed that it was the “end of a cycle” for him as coach of Brazil after the favourites were dumped out of the World Cup...
Neymar equalled Pele’s record tally of 77 goals for Brazil with his brilliant strike against Croatia in the World Cup quarter-finals on Friday, but his team crashed...
Brazil’s team of superstars were left ruing what might have been and flexing every sinew of stoicism on Friday after a heart-breaking World Cup quarter-final loss...
Like it happened at the quarter-finals of South Africaa 2010, Brazil have exited at the same stage in Qatar. After a lively display in a match...
Moroccans scrambled on Friday to get seats on the seven additional flights that state carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has announced to help soccer fans get...
Money and football. Beauty and the beast. No other event on earth comes remotely close to the World Cup in terms of viewership, attendance, talent, nationalism,...
The teams have met five times before at the FIFA World Cup. The most notable encounter was the 1978 final, which Argentina won 3-1 after extra...
• Four of Croatia’s last five FIFA World Cup knockout matches have gone into extra time. • This is Croatia’s first FIFA World Cup knockout match...
The FIFA World Cup 2022 quarter-finals kick off today with 2018 runners-up Croatia taking on record champions Brazil. Croatia have won their previous two FIFA World...
Portugal’s Football Federation (FPF) have denied media reports that captain Cristiano Ronaldo threatened to leave the national team during the World Cup after coach Fernando Santos...
Luis Enrique was sacked as Spain coach on Thursday after the team’s elimination in the last-16 at the World Cup with the country’s under-21 manager Luis...
It may have been a rest day at the World Cup on Thursday but there was no stopping the football discussion that never ends – who...
U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been released in a prisoner swap with Russia and is on her way back to the United States, President Joe Biden said...
Just as the crowd is thinning out so is the number of teams. The field of 32 has now waned. Now there are eight! The remaineder...
Cristiano Ronaldo was benched during Portugal’s round of 16 game against Switzerland for his refusal to train with Portugal substitutes. The global football star Cristiano Ronaldo has...
With Morocco conceding just once from an own goal at this World Cup, no opponent has scored against their goalkeeper yet. Incredibly, these include penalties in...
Qatar received just over 765,000 visitors during the first two weeks of the World Cup, according to an organisers’ report obtained by Reuters, falling short of...
Lionel Messi’s hopes of winning an elusive World Cup will come up against the tactical scheming of veteran coach Louis van Gaal as Argentina face the...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has hailed the group stage of the Qatar World Cup as the “best ever” and said the number of upsets and geographic...
The protester who ran onto the field during the World Cup game between Portugal and Uruguay holding a rainbow flag has told Reuters that FIFA president...
Portugal’s Goncalo Ramos was as surprised as anyone at being named in the starting lineup for Tuesday’s 6-1 hammering of Switzerland in the World Cup last-16...
Portugal manager Fernando Santos said Ronaldo’s place in the remainder of the World Cup still had to be ‘defined’. The world of football punditry was ablaze...
According to Morocco World News, the country’s mornach, King Mohammed VI joined the fans in Rabat to celebrate Morocco’s Atlas Lions’ win against Spain on Tuesday...
Morocco rode a wave of passionate support and kept the World Cup dreams of the Arab world alive as they eliminated fancied Spain in a penalty shootout on...
After a pulsating 134 minutes that included additional time at both halves of the regulation time as well as the two halves of the extra time,...
Croatia captain Luka Modric said his team “can’t do it without a drama” after they reached the World Cup quarter-finals following a penalty shootout win against Japan...
• Morocco are unbeaten in their last four FIFA World Cup matches (W2 D2). This has equalled their previous best unbeaten streak, which they achieved across...
An irrepressible, irresistible Brazil lit up the night sky on Monday with one of the performances of the World Cup to shred South Korea 4-1 and...
Gradually, the boys are been separated from the men. The big guns are smoking. The Round of 16 may have had its fair share of dramam...
Japan supporters lamented the team’s 3-1 penalty shootout loss to Croatia at the World Cup in Qatar, crushing their nation’s dream of advancing to the quarter-finals....
As if merely dancing to musical rhythm, a scintilating Brazilian side produced one of the best displays so far at Qatar 2022 beating South Korea 4-1...
FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Uruguay’s Jose Maria Gimenez, Diego Godin, Fernando Muslera and Edinson Cavani after the players angrily confronted the referee following their...
Poor Japan! Their captain, Maya Yoshida was in tears at the post match conference. “We did all we could, but we lost…I salute my teammates and our...
Achraf Hakimi was born in Madrid but will have little hesitation plotting the downfall of Spain when he and his Moroccan teammates take on the 2010...
• Brazil have won each of their previous three FIFA World Cup matches against Asian teams. • Brazil have been successful in each of their last...
The perennial question of whether it’s “soccer” (as Americans call it) or “football” prompted Twitter wisecracks between US President Joe Biden and Dutch Prime Minister Mark...
Two Asian teams, and coincidentally, first co-hosts of the World Cup 20 years, Japan and Korea are dreaming of a milestone night. But both have more...
The last time Brazil and Korea Republic met, that was six months ago, Gabriel Jesus was one of the scorers in a 5-1 victory of the...
It was a clash of two prides of lions! But the ‘Three Lions’ of England were ruthless, devouring the Teranga Lions of Senegal to extend England’s...
France beat Poland 3-1 in a record-smashing World Cup last-16 clash on Sunday that saw Olivier Giroud become France’s outright all-time top scorer and Kylian Mbappe...
It is 50 years today that the National Stadium, Lagos was inaugurated by General Yakubu Gowon. The once pride of the nation, and then one of...
For the eighth time ever, England will be facing an African team in the World Cup as they square up against African champions, Senegal at the...
Lionel Messi scored in the 1,000th game of his remarkable career on Saturday to give Argentina the lead in their World Cup last 16 clash with...
The Qatar 2022 World Cup has entered the Round of 16 which is having its second set of knockout matches this Sunday. As unique as Qatar...
Lionel Messi scored his first goal in a World Cup knockout round in his 1,000th match to beat Diego Maradona’s tournament tally, as Argentina beat off...
The Netherlands became the first country into the World Cup quarter-finals as they beat the United States 3-1 at the Khalifa International Stadium on Saturday. A...
Senegal have been hit with a £8,700 fine for breaking FIFA rules ahead of their clash with England in the World Cup knockout stages. The Senegalese...
Prominent members of the footballing world have flocked to send tributes to Pele after the Brazil legend was moved to palliative care. Pele, 82, is receiving end-of-life care in...
BY NTIENSE WILLIAMS The much talked about 3rd edition of the Ehibam Schools Rugby Tournament might have come and gone, but it’s memories will linger much...
The illness of Brazilian football legend, Pele may have become terminal as he is reportedly no longer responding to chemotherapy treatment. The global football icon is...
With the World Cup knockout phase having begun, here is an overview of the teams advancing to the last 16 at the tournament in Qatar: HOW...
As the Tunisia versus France match dragged on, I suddenly felt sharp cold around my chest region. The hitherto warm weather was beginning to turn cold....
World football governing body’s boss, Gianni Infantino has commended the dedication of Nigeria’s Kunle Solaja to the World Cup. Both met at the 52nd birthday of FIFA...
Rigobert Song expressed regret over Cameroon’s first two World Cup displays after they were eliminated from Group G despite becoming the first African team to beat...
Vincent Aboubakar on Friday became the first player to score and be sent off in a World Cup match since Zinedine Zidane vs Italy in the...
It was double historic win for Cameroon as they beat Brazil 1-0 on Friday night. Yet, like that of Tunisia over France, it turned a phyrric...
Hwang Hee-chan scored a stoppage-time winner to beat Portugal 2-1 and put South Korea through to the last 16 of the World Cup at the expense...
Ghana squandered an early penalty against Uruguay in their decisive Group H match at the Al Janoub Stadium on Friday, reviving memories of their 2010 World...
Morocco coach Walid Regragui said the Atlas Lions are ready to “aim for the sky” after reaching the World Cup knockout rounds for the first time...
Penalty kick played a crucial role in Ghana’s campaign at Qatar 2022. First, it was a controversial penalty kick in their home match with South Africa...
England will take an unbeaten record against African opposition into Sunday’s World Cup last-16 clash against Senegal – the first meeting between the two countries. It...
An impassioned Moroccan team clinched a spot in the last 16 of the World Cup for the first time since 1986 by defeating the already-eliminated Canadians...
The Diplomatic Club, Pearl, State of Qatar At the sumptuous and waterfront The Diplomatic Club at the outskirt of Doha, biggest names in football administration gathered...
The curtain will fall on Group F of the World Cup today as two inter-related matches are on the card. Morocco will face already eliminated Canada...
Mexico scored twice in five second-half minutes in a thrilling last-ditch bid to stay in the World Cup on Wednesday, beating Saudi Arabia 2-1 but agonisingly...
Lionel Messi missed a first-half penalty but Argentina’s Alexis Mac Allister and Julian Alvarez scored in a 2-0 victory over Poland at Stadium 974 on Wednesday...
Tunisia recorded an historic 1-0 win over France in the last Group match of Group D of the World Cu. It was the first time they...
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has opened proceedings against the Senegalese Football Federation due to the potential breaches of article 44 of the Regulations for the FIFA...
The entire Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (Lagos State chapter) has congratulated one of its own, Kunle Solaja who was on Tuesda honoured by the International...
South Korea let their emotions pour out when they lost a five-goal thriller to Ghana this week, but they can expect no sympathy on Friday from...
Latching on the brief moment of receiving the replica of the World Cup trophy from Brazilian soccer legend, Luís Nazário de Lima, during the Journalist on the...
The Khalifa Stadium erupted into frenzy celebration as Africa’s brightest hopes and number one team muscle up to beat Ecuador 2-1 to join Brazil, Portugal and...
The Nigeria Football Federation has congratulated foremost journalist, prolific author and respected diarist, Mr. Kunle Solaja on the occasion of his being honoured by world football...
Longtime adversaries the United States and Iran face off on the pitch at the World Cup on Tuesday in a match that some Iranians fear may see further...
In a simple but impressive ceremony, Kunle Solaja along with 81 other journalists across the globe were honoured by the AIPS in conjuction with FIFA in...
• This is Ecuador’s first World Cup match against an African nation. • Ecuador are aiming to qualify for the knockout phase for the second time...
Four days after drawing 1-1 with the Netherlands at the Khalifa International Stadium, Ecuador return there to take on Senegal knowing they will progress to the...
It’s a rarity at the World Cup, but today, two teams belonging to the United Kingdom – England and Wales – is on the card. A...
If there is any fixture at the ongoing World Cup that will attract interest even among none football followers, it is the match-up of Iran and...
Two goals in the second half by Bruno Fernandes for Portugal in the encounter with Uruguay has not only guaranteed Portugal a berth into the Round of...
The ball swing from left to right and verse versa just as it moved from one end to the other. Crisp passes rugged defending by both...
It almost slipped off, but Ghana Black Stars had a narrow escape as they brushed aside a spirited come-back by Korea Republic. They initially wasted a...
Cameroon’s advancement into the Round of 16 at the Qatar 2022 looks very unlikely as the West/Central African team had to rally to a 3-3 draw...
Another Nigerian music sensation, Patoranking will take the centre stage here in Doha as the Qatar 2022 enters the ninth day He is the second Nigerian...
The United States and Iran, diplomatic rivals for more than 40 years, clash on the soccer pitch on Tuesday, their places at the World Cup on the...
Belgian police detained a dozen people and made one arrest on Sunday after Morocco’s victory over Belgium in the World Cup match in Qatar triggered riots...
Both Cameroon and Serbia are seeking their first point and goal at the FIFA World Cup 2022 as they meet in the second round of Group G fixtures. Cameroon...
If tradition prevails, Ghana Black Stars are favoured to come out with at least a point in their today’s encounter with Korea Republic. The match comes...
A shirtless Lionel Messi sang and danced with team mates beyond midnight into Sunday after leading Argentina to an emotionally-charged win over Mexico that revived his...
When Alphonso Davies scored in the second minute of the Canada versus Croatia at the Khalifa Stadium in Doha, it was a moment to cherish. The...
• This is Belgium’s 50th match in FIFA World Cup history and they lost. • This is Morocco’s first win in the FIFA World Cup since a 3-0...
It is not yet known whether it was tactical. In recording their first victory at the World Cup in 24 years, Morocco switched goalkeepers at the...
Every World Cup I have covered appears to present some form of human interest stories among journalists who ordinarily are news gatherers and not newsmakers. But...
Costa Rica wrecks Japan’s hopes of early qualification for the Round of 16 after throwing a spanner in the works of the Japanese with a late goal...
Lionel Messi kept his dream of winning his first World Cup alive by rifling in the opening goal in Saturday’s 2-0 victory over Mexico in World...
• Belgium have won their last eight World Cup group-stage matches, equalling the record of Brazil, who have achieved that feat on two occasions (1986-1994 and...
Morocco, the first African team to have crossed the group stage hurdle in World Cup history will be making another effort this Sunday as they face...
Oh how time flies! In fact, time flies faster than the official match ball of the FIFA World Cup 2022! This Sunday, the Qatar 2022...
• Poland’s Robert Lewandowski has scored the 2,600th goal in FIFA World Cup history. • Robert Lewandowski has become the oldest goalscorer for Poland in the...
Before flying to Qatar, Australia’s Mitchell Duke had promised to dedicate a goal at the World Cup to his son, and the striker duly delivered when...
• This is the first time that Tunisia have not scored in two successive FIFA World Cup matches since 1998. • This is Australia’s first...
A two-day training on Basic Netball for Physical Education Teachers was recently organized by CSED (Community Sport and Educational) Initiative in partnership with the Enugu State...
Robert Lewandowski scored his first ever World Cup goal as Poland brought Saudi Arabia back down to earth with a bump on Saturday with a 2-0...
Head Coach of the U20 Boys’ National Team, Isah Ladan Bosso has called up 40 players to begin camping in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja from...
Tunisia’s chances of scaling the group stage hurdles into Round of 16 has taken a big blow as they lost 1-0 the Socceroos of Australia at...
The facilities are top-notch. The event itself has been a second to none. The World Cup 2022 has been a dream fulfilled for the host nation....
Qatar became the first team to be eliminated from the World Cup on Friday after Group A rivals the Netherlands and Ecuador drew 1-1. The Dutch...
The fans of England may be banned from attending the Group B match of their country with USA this evening at the Al Bayt Stadium. The...
Qatar have recorded their first ever World Cup goal coming in the match with Senegal. It however came from a Ghanaian, Mohammed Muntari who became a...
Realistically, Qatar’s World Cup hopes have ended after two group matches. A win or a draw for Netherlands against Ecuador, who beat Qatar in the tournament’s...
Former team mates of Diego Maradona gathered at the World Cup in Qatar on Friday to pay tribute to the icon on the second anniversary of...
Iran scored twice after the eighth minute of stoppage time to snatch a stunning 2-0 win over Wales that breathed new life into their World Cup...
African champions, Senegal have the opportunity to make up for their initial loss of an opening game with The Netherlands as they confront the hosts, Qatar...
If England are able to score three goals against USA today, they will join countries that have scored 100 goals in World Cup history. Only six...
The English society is generally viewed as being conservative. But if existing traditions are upheld, England may find a hard nut to crack in today’s World Cup...
Cristiano Ronaldo has put behind the travails of his misadventure at Manchester United. When he slotted home a penalty kick in the 65th minute of the Group...
Ghana left it too late in an attempt to get over stiff opposition presented by Portugal as both teams battled to a 3-2 win for the...
Eight successive loss at the World Cup may not be what the Cameroon Indomitable Lions may have wished. But the twist of event in their match...
Cameroon’s tale of woes at the World Cup has again been elongated as the most constant African team at the global event again lost 1-0 to...
FIFA president, Gianni Infantino as well as CAF President, Patrice Motsepe flanked African legendary footballer, Roger Milla as he was presented with a certificate of honour...
Spain midfielder Gavi’s goal in his team’s 7-0 thrashing of Costa Rica on Wednesday made him the youngest World Cup scorer since Brazil great Pele in...
Just a week after battering Nigeria’s Super Eagles in a pre-tournament friendly duel, Portugal, in Group H, take on Ghana, the team that was responsible for...
Africa’s most frequent FIFA World Cup participants Cameroon begin their eighth tournament with a first-ever fixture against Switzerland, who helped to eliminate four-time winners Italy on...
Expectedly, Spain took a commanding lead of Group E, beating Costa Rica 7-0 in a one-sided game at the Al Thumama Stadium, Wednesday night. It is...
Former Man Utd star Cristiano Ronaldo was charged with ‘improper and/or violent’ conduct and has now been fined for smashing a mobile phone out of a...
Morocco on Wednesday played a barren draw with last World Cup runners-up, Croatia breaking an apparent jinx that afflicted African teams in World Cup encounters with...
France’s Stephanie Frappart became the first female official at a men’s World Cup match when she was named the fourth official for Tuesday’s Group C clash...
Will Robert Lewandowski ever score at the World Cup? It was an escape from defeat for Mexico as they earned a goalless draw with Poland in...
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has opened proceedings against the Ecuadorian Football Association due to chants by Ecuadorian supporters during the Qatar v. Ecuador FIFA World Cup match played on Sunday. According...
The first World Cup in the Middle East and Arab world continues this Wednesday, with Groups E and F getting underway. There are four matches on the...
Nigeria’s music sensation, Kizz Daniel, who along with Tekno released ‘Buga(lo lo)’ song on 3 May will take the centre stage this Wednesday at the FIFA...
Cristiano Ronaldo who has been sacked by Manchester United will lose out on £16million at wages United. He and the club mutually agreed to end contract ...
Manchester United have terminated Cristiano’ s contract by mutual consent. This is in the aftermath of his ‘tell-all’ interview with Piers Morgan some days ago. A...
Critical observers would have noticed the prolonged added time in the shock defeat of Argentina by Saudi Arabia. As the clock ticked doown to regulation time,...
• Saudi Arabia’s 2-1 win over Argentina is just the second time in FIFA World Cup history that a country from Asia has beaten a team from South...
Both Tunisia and Denmark made penalty appeals that were overruled in a Group D World Cup match that turned to be the first goalless outing at...
Saudi Arabia shocked Argentina in the World Cup on Tuesday with a 2-1 victory over Lionel Messi’s side, prompting an outpouring of Arab pride amidst the...
Lionel Messi lamented Argentina’s shock second half capitulation against Saudi Arabia on Tuesday but said he was not surprised by the threat from opponents 48 places...
Underdogs Tunisia were drawing energy from a spirited crowd at the Education City Stadium on Tuesday and holding Denmark 0-0 at halftime in the opening Group...
Saudi Arabia’s 2-1 victory over Argentina on Tuesday is rated the biggest shock in World Cup history by data company Nielsen Gracenote, moving ahead of the...
Low ranked Saudi Arabia have created the first upset of this unique World Cup by beating hot favourites, Argentina in a come back 2-1 episode. Trailing 0-1...
It was a landmark moment when Tim Weah scored for the USA in the match against Wales Monday night. He did what his father never achieved....
Gareth Bale rode to Wales’ rescue once again as the captain’s late penalty salvaged a draw against the United States in his country’s first World Cup...
Argentine captain, Lionel Messi, feels great as leads Argentina to face Saudi Arabis this morning. The match is best regarded as the begining of the end...
Spate of protests at the World Cup took a new dimension as the Iranian team refused to sing their country national anthem ahead of their eventual...
“ Ke Nako” was the official slogan for the only World Cup edition held in Africa. It was apt, being a South African Sotho language expression...
In today’s opening match with Iran, England players will take the knee and captain Harry Kane will wear the One Love armband. On Sunday, Coach Gareth...
Senegal’s coach, Aliou Cisse knows the enormity of the weight his team and himself carry as not just African champions, but also the best African ranked...
African champions Senegal open their 2022 FIFA World Cup campaign with a Group A fixture against three-time runners-up the Netherlands, who are back at the finals...
The USA have lost their opening match in only one of their last four World Cup appearances (W2 D1). They have only failed to score in one...
One of the matches that evoke passion will be the US facing Wales. In chronological arrangement of the 62 duels of Qatar 2022, this encounter will...
Ecuador may not be one of the big teams of the on-going World Cup, they have managed to shoot into an enviable feat. With their 2-0...
By scoring two goals against the hosts, Qatar in Sunday’s opening match of the World Cup, Ecuador’s Enner Valencia has become a national icon. It means...
Records are meant to be set at important tournaments. Qatar 2022 has not been an exception even before the kick-off. Even when the final whistle was...
As the first World Cup in the Arab world kicks off, it is pertinent to note that in the tournament, the outcome of the first match...
Ahead of today’s 2022 World Cup opening match featuring Qatar and Ecuador, a sparkling opening ceremony inside the Bedouin-tent inspired Al Bayt Stadium will invite the...
Former Nigeria Football Federation president and FIFA Council member, Amaju Pinnick has handed his successor, Ibrahim Musa Gusau to the FIFA President, Gianni Infantino here in...
Even before the Qatar 2022 World Cup kick off more players are getting enlisted into the injury list and are seeing their dreams getting away in...
As the World Cup 2022 kicks off this Sunday at the Al Bayt Stadium in Doha, former Super Eagles’ captain and later coach, Sunday Oliseh is one...
FIFA president attempts a balancing act in upholding World Cup hosts’ culture and rights of sponsors After a major blow was dealt on the alcoholic sponsors...
A World Cup like no other one kicks off this Sunday as Qatar hosts Ecuador at the Al Bayt Stadium. It is a departure from the...
A last minute reversal of an earlier agreement has on Friday led to ban in sale of alcohol at the stadiums hosting World Cup matches in...
Nigeria’s athletics federation says last week’s conviction of two of its athletes for their part in a fraud scheme uncovered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
Even as he believes his country has an excellent group of players capable of doing well at the World Cup which begins in Qatar on Sunday,...
Senegal forward Sadio Mane has been ruled out of the World Cup in Qatar in a crushing blow to his team’s chances after officials confirmed on...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA World Cup absentees, Super Eagles recorded their most crushing defeat in decades as a Bruno Fernades inspired Portugal humiliated the Nigerian team 4-0...
Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner can be extradited from his homeland of Trinidad to the United States to face corruption charges, a London court said on...
Fifa president Gianni Infantino will stand unopposed for a third term as head of world football’s governing body next year, Fifa confirmed on Thursday. A brief...
Ghana scored twice in the space of four second-half minutes to secure a convincing 2-0 win over Switzerland in their World Cup warm-up friendly in Abu...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA Just a day after the 38th anniversary of Nigeria meeting England on the sacred turf of the Old Wembley Stadium in London, the Super...
Nigeria’s Portuguese manager, José Santos Peseiro has called on the three-time African champions to show guts, grit and gumption by aiming for victory over hosts Portugal...
This year’s edition of the annual CBN/NFF Football Competition will begin on Wednesday next week with 12 teams battling in group stage encounters in Kano and...
Argentina’s Lionel Messi picks out Brazil, France and England as the biggest threats to his dream of finally adding a World Cup winners’ medal to his...
The chief of soccer’s world governing body FIFA issued a plea on Tuesday for a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine for the duration of the...
Iran’s players are free to join in the protests sweeping their country over women’s rights while they are playing at the World Cup in Qatar but...
Senegal forward Sadio Mane will miss the “first games” of the World Cup in Qatar due to injury, a Senegal soccer federation official was quoted as...
Head Coach José Santos Peseiro has the full compliment of invited players as three-time African champions Nigeria get set for what could be a fiery international...
The President of Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Musa Gusau on Tuesday visited former Nigeria captain Henry Nwosu at the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba where the legend...
The U.S. men’s World Cup squad are showing their support for the LGBTQ community by way of a rainbow-themed team logo inside their training facility and...
Interim Ghama manager Otto Addo believes his team can make a significant impact at the World Cup in Qatar as the Black Stars prepare for their...
The week-long countdown to the World Cup in Qatar began on Monday as the world’s leading footballers focused their attention on one of the most controversial...
Following is a list of players who have been ruled out or are doubtful for the Nov. 20-Dec. 18 World Cup through injury. PAUL POGBA (FRANCE) Pogba injured...
Manchester United said they would address forward Cristiano Ronaldo’s comments that he felt betrayed by the club and was being forced out only after establishing the...
Former Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, who guided them to victory at the 2002 World Cup, announced his retirement from management on Sunday. Scolari, who took...
A Premier League season like no other has been put on hold for six weeks to make way for the World Cup, with Arsenal enjoying a five-point lead...
Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo says that the club have betrayed him and that he is being forced out, while he has no respect for manager Erik...
Again, it all went well for Morocco, the ‘Mecca’ of football pilgrimage in Africa. The balance of power in women’s football in the continent has suddenly...
Alejandro Garnacho came off the bench to score a stoppage-time winner for Manchester United as they beat Fulham 2-1 at Craven Cottage in their final Premier...
Cristiano Ronaldo retains the support of his Portugal team mates despite his recent problems, midfielder Bernardo Silva said as the side prepare for their eighth World...
Manager Mikel Arteta said he is hoping the World Cup break does not impede Arsenal’s momentum, after the north London club defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 on...
Cristiano Ronaldo has not travelled with the Manchester United squad to London for Sunday’s game against Fulham. The 38-year-old missed out in their midweek Carabao Cup...
It is a briliant day for Nigeria women football, at least, this Sunday. Bayelsa Queens salvaged something from a disappointing CAF Women’s Champions League by clinching...
Thousands of migrant workers wearing the colours of Argentina, Brazil and England staged a World Cup rally in Doha on Friday, less than 10 days from...
Maisaje Vera-Yohanna from Plateau State has emerged the winner of the 2022 edition of the Lagos Women Run. She finished the 10km race in a time...
Do you believe in fairy-tale endings? For many, that would be seeing either Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo – the two greatest players of their generation...
Bayelsa Queens are out of the race for the Women’s Champions League title but head coach Domo Okara still feels they can redeem themselves by winning...
On Monday, the countdown begins. For five weeks, English Premier League and La Liga kits will be stashed aside as club allegiances take a back seat....
The stage is now set for the seventh edition of the Lagos Women Run; an annual 10km race eagerly anticipated on the country’s sports calendar. According...
The stars of the forthcoming FIFA World Cup have begun to arrive in Qatar ahead of the first-ever edition of the tournament to be staged in...
The Nigeria U-20 team, Flying Eagles and the U-17 sides, Golden Eaglets have had encounters with Portugal before, but next week’s duel in Lisboa will be...
Nigeria’s music star, Kizz Daniel headlines a galaxy of superstar artists who will perform at FIFA Fan Festival in Doha, Qatar next weekend at the World...
Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter thinks Iran should be barred from the World Cup amid widespread protests in the Islamic Republic sparked by the death of...
Brazil great Pele backed the team to live up to their billing as World Cup favourites and capture a record-extending sixth title in Qatar, saying he...
Direct charter flights will operate between Israel and Qatar, which do not have formal diplomatic ties, during the upcoming World Cup in Doha, FIFA said on...
Following are the eight groups for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in Qatar from Nov. 20-Dec. 18. There will be a round-robin...
Brazil are tipped to claim the World Cup for the sixth time in the tournament that kicks off Nov. 20 in Qatar, according to a Reuters...
Morocco have arranged a World Cup warm-up international against Georgia next Thursday, six days before their opening game of the tournament in Qatar. The Royal Moroccan...
Cameroon drew 1-1 with Jamaica on Wednesday in a friendly organised to allow home fans to bid farewell to the World Cup-bound team, although they picked...
Senegal forward Sadio Mane has sustained an injury to his right fibula and will miss Bayern Munich’s last league game before the World Cup, his club...
World Cup-bound Costa Rica bid farewell to home fans with a 2-0 victory over Nigeria in a friendly international on Wednesday. Oscar Duarte’s seventh minute goal...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has announced a partnership agreement with Morocco. According to a media release, the agreement is anchored on the...
Even in retirement, Yakubu Aiyegbeni remains one of the iconic footballers from Nigeria. He narrowly missed out in the final selection for the 2002 World Cup....
BY KUNLE SOLAJA Rivers United, Plateau United and Bayelsa Queens all have the same mission tonight in North Africa. The trio seek major victories against their...
Ecuador will play at this year’s World Cup in Qatar after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday said Byron Castillo, whom Chile claimed...
Africa will have five home-grown coaches at the World Cup finals for the first time in a breakthrough that could lead to a change of mindset...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA When Nigeria’s Bayelsa Queens face hosts, AS FAR of Morocco tonight in the semi-finals of the CAF Women’s Champions League, beyond the quest...
Fuelled by past disappointments at the World Cup, Neymar has been preparing for a long time to make sure he is in peak condition to lead...
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) echoed FIFA’s message of focusing on the football at the World Cup in Qatar, saying the time has come for...
Violent fans involved in illegal associations and even those in debt for food dues are part of a list of 6,000 Argentines who will not be...
Ukraine’s WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO champion Oleksandr Usyk said on Monday he would do anything to win against Britain’s Tyson Fury but would be glad...
The delegation of Super Eagles of Nigeria arrived San Jose, capital of Costa Rica on Sunday evening ahead of Thursday’s international friendly match between both countries....
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Musa Gusau has provided the Federation’s corporate partners and sponsors with strong assurance that the new NFF administration will...
Following the knockout stage fixtures of the UEFA Champions League draw in which in-form Napoli FC will stage the reverse fixture against Eintracht Frankfurt from German...
Holders Real Madrid will face English Premier League side Liverpool once again in the Champions League last 16 – a repeat of last season’s final –...
Emiliano Matrangolo, 39, a business administration graduate in Buenos Aires, is putting everything on the line for the chance to travel to the soccer World Cup...
Barcelona and Manchester United will meet in the Europa League play-offs for a place in the competition’s last 16. Spanish side Barcelona met the 2017 Europa...
CONMEBOL and its ten Member Associations join the call for world football unity in support of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. A country eager to...
World Cup referee Facundo Tello dished out 10 red cards in Argentina’s Champions Trophy final on Sunday after Racing Club midfielder Carlos Alcaraz sparked a melee...
Aston Villa’s Philippe Coutinho will miss their next two games and could be out for longer due to a quadriceps injury, manager Unai Emery said, casting...
Kenyans Evans Chebet and Sharon Lokedi survived brutal heat and humidity to win the New York City Marathons on Sunday after Brazilian Daniel Do Nascimento collapsed...
After the Moroccan, Tanzanian or even Congolese statement in bid for the title, the Nigerian side shares the same dream as Mercy Itimi says: “we want...
Bayelsa Queens have beaten the punching bag of Group B of the CAF Women’s Champions League, Wadi Degla of Egypt by 3-0. In the effect, they now...
Barcelona enjoyed a 2-0 win over Almeria on Saturday but the night belonged to defender Gerard Pique’s who was playing his last game at the Camp...
A 63rd-minute toe-poke on the goal line by Brazilian defender Gabriel earned Arsenal a 1-0 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday and lifted them...
In few hours time at the Prince Herities Moulay El Hassan Stadium in Rabat, Morocco, the Bayelsa Queens will engage Egypt’s Wadi Delga in the final...
Manchester City substitute Erling Haaland converted a 95th-minute penalty to earn the 10-man hosts a dramatic 2-1 win over Fulham on Saturday, a victory that sent...
Following is a statbox on Cameroon at the World Cup: FIFA Ranking: 43 Odds: 250-1 Previous tournaments: Cameroon have competed at more World Cups than any...
Bayelsa Queens goalkeeper Ange Gabrielle Bawou believes her team’s strong winning mentality was key to their turnaround following a 2-0 victory over TP Mazembe on Thursday....
When Andre Onana plays in goal for Cameroon at the World Cup it will be exactly one year since his return from a drugs ban that...
Cameroon’s image as World Cup gatecrashers, capable of taking down top contenders and wreaking havoc, has faded away after two decades of failure at the finals....
Brazil’s Neymar will be 31 years old in February and Qatar could be his final bid to help his nation win a record-extending sixth World Cup...
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been named the best player in the world five times, will arrive in Qatar with a mission to prove that...
The General Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi has decried the speculations, innuendoes and outright falsehoods over the relationship between NFF and Head Coach...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has sent a message of condolence to the President of Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Musa Gusau, over the death on Monday, 31st October...
As part of activities to celebrate billionaire businessman chief Femi Otedola, a grassroots football event named Ote4Wealth Football tournament will hold from November 15-20, 2002 in...
Head Coach Salisu Yusuf has picked Remo Stars goalkeeper Kayode Bankole, Ezekiel Edidiong and Qudus Akanni among the 18-man Nigerian squad to face Qatar 2022-bound Costa Rica in...
Bayelsa Queens bounced back from a disappointing opening defeat to beat TP Mazembe 2-0 in their second CAF Women’s Champions League group stage game in Marrakech...
Qatar has trained more than 50,000 people to provide security during the World Cup, the interior ministry said on Thursday, with foreign forces helping out under...
FIFA have written to World Cup teams urging them to focus on the soccer in Qatar and not let the sport be dragged into ideological or...
Barcelona’s Gerard Pique announced his retirement on Thursday after a decorated career, saying “the moment has come to end this journey”. “Saturday’s match (against Almeria) will...
The Democratic Republic of Congo champions TP Mazembe began their inaugural campaign at the 2022 CAF WCL with a 1-0 triumph over Egyptian club Wadi Degla,...
Nigeria’s Bayelsa Queens who narrowly lost 2-1 to defending champions, Mamelodi Sundowns in the Group B opening match of the CAF Women’s League in Morocco will...
Oleksandr Usyk said he is only interested in fighting Britain’s Tyson Fury next and wants a bout to unify the world heavyweight titles held early next...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA Nigeria’s football team may be absent at the Qatar 2022 World Cup, but the country’s flag will be raised by reggae-dancehall singer, Patoranking...
Following is a statbox on France at the World Cup: FIFA Ranking: 4 (Oct 6) Odds: 6-1 Previous tournaments: France have appeared in 15 World Cups, including...
France head into the World Cup with more questions than answers after their build-up to the tournament was marred by injuries, poor results and off-field distractions....
Lionel Messi has won nearly 40 trophies for club and country in an illustrious career but the Argentine forward’s glittering resume has one major omission —...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA ‘Enough of the celebration, let’s get into the real business’ is what seems to be the underlining statement by former NFF Vice President...
Qatar authorities said Wednesday they have seized 144 counterfeit World Cup trophies, the latest raid on fakes hitting the market ahead of the football tournament that...
The duo of Nigeria teams – Rivers United and Plateau United – moved close into getting into the group stage of the CAF Confederation Cup after...
Following is a statbox on Senegal at the World Cup: FIFA Ranking: 18 Odds: 80-1 Previous tournaments: Senegal are one of three African countries to reach...
Sadio Mane is the embodiment of the dreams of millions of young Africans, emerging from a small village in Senegal to play at the highest level...
A group of current and former Iranian sportspeople say they have no choice but to turn on their own country, citing what they called state-sponsored violence...
A gleaming white World Cup stadium looms large at the end of the street in the quiet suburban neighbourhood of Al Thumama. In three weeks, tens...
Some pub owners in Germany will not be showing matches of the upcoming Qatar World Cup, saying they took the decision from “an ethical standpoint” given...
The organisers of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar are paying groups of football fans to travel to the Nov 20-Dec 18 tournament, saying on Monday they are...
The Nigeria Football Federation has announced the suspension of football official, Auwalu Baba Jada from all football-related activities, pending investigations into a video that has been...
Both Angel di Maria of Angentina and Jesus Corona of Mexico are among the list of prominnet players who will miss the World Cup later this...
The organisers of the World Cup in Qatar are paying groups of soccer fans to travel to the tournament next month, saying on Monday they are...
France midfielder Paul Pogba will miss their World Cup title defence after failing to recover from knee surgery in time for next month’s tournament in Qatar,...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has officially declared that former international Maureen Mmadu did not make 101 international appearances for the team. It...
Beaten on the away goal-rule by Cameroon (3-3 aggregate after 2-2 in Benin City and 1-1 in Yaounde), Nigeria’s U17 girls, Flamingos missed participating in the...
Like Sports Village Square has always believed, Maureen Mmadu, a former Super Falcon player did not have up to 100 international appeareances as had been errorneously...
Arsenal and Manchester City remain out in front, but the Premier League title race is far from a two-horse race after a weekend in which all...
Sworn rivals, Nigeria and South Africa again clash today in women’s football as CAF President owned South African outfit, Mamelodi Sundown face Bayelsa Queens in a...
The 37-year-old ignored his former captain as Man United players warmed up pre-match at Old Trafford. Cristiano Ronaldo chose to ignore Gary Neville before Manchester United’s...
Marcus Rashford fired Man United into the lead against West Ham United with an emphatic header. Marcus Rashford netted the 100th goal of his Manchester United...
Liverpool suffered a surprise 2-1 loss to Leeds United after Dutch winger Crysencio Summerville’s 89th minute strike in their Premier League clash at Anfield on Saturday...
Arsenal thrashed Nottingham Forest 5-0 at the Emirates on Sunday to return to the top of the Premier League, but the win may have come at...
It was suspense all the way, but the Nigeria Flamingos flamed alive to win the bronze medal of the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup in Mumbai...
The Flamingos of Nigeria have annihilated the Germans. Etim Edidiong has put Nigeria 3-0 up in the 65rd minute. The bronze medal is looking certain
Lines are falling for Nigeria in pleasant places! Aminat Bello has doubled the lead for Flamingos after he nodded home from corner kick in the 48th minute....
After an early escape from bein a goal down, coutessy the VAR, Nigeria’s Flamingos have gone 1-0 ahead of Germany in the third place match of...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. Super Flamingos of Nigeria will play their biggest ever match this Sunday since their very first international match on 5 June 2008 in...
Nigeria will seek to end their FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup on a high when they battle Germany for the bronze medals in India on Sunday....
History has repeated itself as Nigeria again secured a 2-0 win in a competitive international match. The U-23 team guning for the Olympics beat Tanzania 2-0...
Victor Osimhen struck a hat-trick as Napoli extended their unbeaten Serie A run to 16 matches on Saturday with a 4-0 thrashing of Sassuolo. Osimhen put...
Erik ten Hag is reportedly keen on bringing Ajax star Edson Alvarez to Old Trafford. When Ten Hag was appointed United manager earlier this year, many...
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and the Nigeria Football Federation have changed the narratives ahead of Saturday’s Africa U23 Cup of Nations cracker between Nigeria...
Spanish prosecutors on Friday dropped all fraud and corruption charges against Brazil forward Neymar and other defendants in a case over his transfer to Barcelona from...
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has been fined £30,000, the Football Association said on Thursday, but he has avoided a touchline ban following the red card he received...
The controversial VAR decision to rule out Harry Kane’s stoppage-time winner against Sporting Lisbon on Wednesday prevented Tottenham Hotspur from progressing into the Champions League knockout...
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal in Thursday’s 3-0 Europa League win over Sheriff Tiraspol was a fitting prize for his perseverance...
Lili Cantero, a 29-year-old Paraguayan artist famed for painting intricate and personal soccer boots for stars including Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho, is preparing a new colorful...
Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo scored on his return to the starting lineup as they sealed a place in the Europa League knockout rounds with a 3-0...
Boxloads of wooden camels, plates with pictures of Qatar’s skyscrapers, gold necklaces, football hats and scarves arrive every day in Doha’s Souq Waqif market, where traders...
Aklesso Gnama, the Togolese who refereed Plateau United 0-1 home loss to Tanzania two years ago will handle Saturday’s crucial Olympic Games qualifiers of Nigeria and...
Effiong Efa Nyong, who made waves as sports journalist on radio has thrown his hat into the ring to contest for the governorship seat in Cross...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced that the new hosts to replace Guinea for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations will emerge on 10...
A 41-year-old Spanish soccer fan who set out to walk to Qatar to attend the World Cup in November has gone missing in Iran, where unrest...
Match-by-match facts and statistics ahead of the next round of Premier League fixtures from Oct. 29-30 (all times GMT): Saturday, Oct. 29 Leicester City v Manchester...
Liverpool overcame a slow start to beat hosts Ajax Amsterdam 3-0 on Wednesday, ensuring a top-two finish in Group A and progress into the knockout stage...
Goals by Sadio Mane, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Benjamin Pavard earned Bayern Munich a 3-0 win at already-eliminated Barcelona on Wednesday as the German giants clinched...
Bobby Madley will referee a Premier League match for the first time in four years on Saturday after losing his job over a controversial video in...
France defender Raphael Varane will not feature for Manchester United until after the World Cup, manager Erik ten Hag said on Wednesday, adding that forward Cristiano...
World Cup host Qatar has scrapped a requirement for visitors to obtain a negative COVID-19 test before departing for the Gulf Arab state, its health ministry...
Nigeria’s U-17 women’s team whose championship ambition was cut shot following their loss on penalties to Colombia on Wednesday, will face Germany in Sunday’s third-place match....
Nigeria U-17 women’s team, Flamingos have crashed out of the championship match of the Women’s U17 World Cup after falling in a sudden death penalty shoot-out...
Nigeria U-17 women’s team, Flamingos have already moved beyond their initial limit, the quarter-finals attained in 2010, 2012 and 2014 when they defeated US last week...
A fine strike from Kai Havertz earned Chelsea a battling 2-1 victory at Red Bull Salzburg on Tuesday as they clinched a spot in the Champions...
Paris St Germain’s Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe both scored twice, with Neymar also on target, as the French club’s fearsome attack tore apart Maccabi Haifa...
A Russian court on Tuesday dismissed U.S. WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal against a nine-year sentence for possessing and smuggling vape cartridges containing cannabis oil,...
The Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Goa, in India where Nigeria’s Flamingos have been overcoming opponents has a hybrid pitch which was installed in just 10 days....
Borussia Dortmund drew 0-0 with already-qualified Manchester City on Tuesday to book their spot in the Champions League knockout stage with a game to spare. The...
The Technical Director of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, Mr. Yusuf Ali, has dispelled the wrongful date for the 2023 edition of the Access Bank...
Officials from the Embassy of Libya in Nigeria on Tuesday met with the General Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi to harmonize arrangements for...
Randy Waldrum believes nine-time African champions Nigeria can pull through a tough Group B of the FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in Australia and New Zealand...
Nigeria’s U17 girls, Flamingos have never reached the final of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. But now, the doors are invitingly opened for them to...
Zinedine Zidane, one of the world’s greatest ever soccer players, got a new wax statue unveiled in his honour on Monday at the Musee Grevin in...
An Argentine artist has painted a giant mural of late soccer legend Diego Maradona in Buenos Aires to commemorate what would have been the World Cup...
Qatar has faced unprecedented criticism since it was picked as the host of the 2022 World Cup, some of which has amounted to slander, the country’s...
A Russian court on Tuesday began hearing an appeal by U.S. WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner against her conviction and nine-year jail sentence for possession and...
Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta said the number of games being crammed into the schedule ahead of the World Cup next month is “crazy” and that player...
Serena Williams on Monday said she has not retired from tennis and that the chances of her returning are “very high” after she previously indicated that...
Gabriel Jesus has warned his Arsenal teammates they must “wake up” following the Premier League leaders’ 1-1 draw at Southampton. Granit Xhaka’s early goal gave the...
Manchester United may not have won their first game since banishing Cristiano Ronaldo from the squad but Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Chelsea seemed to confirm the...
U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner “does not expect miracles” at her appeal hearing on Tuesday against a nine-year Russian jail term for having cannabis oil in...
Argentina’s self-styled “first fan” Marcelo Martinez is so keen to see Lionel Messi and team mates at the World Cup that he arrived in Qatar six...
Nigeria’s Flamingos will be facing Colombia for the third time when they meet in the semi-final of the U-17 World Cup in India. The Nigerian side...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. The FIFA World Cup remains the most glamorous single sporting event in Planet Earth. It is a dream for many countries to be...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA Football legend, Pele of Brazil was a special guest of honour at the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations final match, which pitched Nigeria...
One of the greatest players to have played football and triple World Cup winner with Brazil, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Brazilian football legend...
Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag hailed the growing influence of Casemiro in their midfield after the Brazilian international scored in added time of Saturday’s 1-1...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. South America runners-up, Colombia on Saturday beat a depleted Tanzania side at the quarter finals of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in...
Erling Haaland struck twice and Kevin de Bruyne scored a stunning second-half goal as Manchester City earned a 3-1 home win over Brighton & Hove Albion...
Taiwo Awoniyi said scoring Nottingham Forest’s winner against Liverpool in the Premier League on Saturday was a moment he would never forget as he returned to...
Two penalties, one in each half and at opposing sides, guaranteed that Saturday’s Africa U23 Cup of Nations qualifying match between Nigeria and Tanzania in Dar...
Nigeria will play joint-hosts Australia, Canada and Republic of Ireland in Group B of the 9th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals happening in the summer of next...
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said the creation of a centralised clearing house will bring “transparency and accountability” as the sport’s governing body looks to crack down...
Two-times major winner Simona Halep of Romania has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for the banned blood-booster roxadustat, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said...
Nigeria’s Flamingos did the unexpected and humbled out of the Women’s U-17 World Cup, the big favourites, USA. In doing so, they qualified for the semi-finals...
Poland’s Robert Lewandowski said they have been handed a difficult group alongside Argentina, Mexico and Saudi Arabia at the World Cup in Qatar but he believes...
Lionel Messi says Argentina to not fear any team at the World Cup but he urged fans to stay calm with the tournament in Qatar less...
What looked impossible was Friday afternoon made possible by the Nigeria U-17 women football team. They proved that impossibility is nothing! And so, the Nigeria Flamingos...
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Musa Gusau says it is incumbent on the Interim Management Committee of the Nigeria Professional Football League to imbue...
United States have leveled up at 1-1 after 35 minutes. After 25 minutes, Nigeria takes the lead against US as they scored from a VAR induced...
The eagerly anticipated quarter final match of USA versus Nigeria has now kicked off after nearly one hour 30 minutes delay owing to adverse weather condition.
Manchester United coach Erik ten Hag confirmed Cristiano Ronaldo refused to come on as a substitute against Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday and that he is now...
The eagerly anticipated quarter final match of USA versus Nigeria has been delayed owing to adverse weather condition. Details later…
BY KUNLE SOLAJA What ever the situation, Arsenal and Super Eagles’ legend, Nwankwo Kanu has a way of drawing global attention. Long retired from football, his...
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta defended his decision not to rest winger Bukayo Saka in a 1-0 Europa League win over PSV Eindhoven on Thursday, saying the...
A Nigerian, Madu Ndidi is among the 10 referees named by CAF for the second edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League holding in Morocco in...
Fifa, world football’s governing body, rejected recent bids for the television rights to the 2023 Women’s World Cup as too low and challenged broadcasters to offer...
On 25 July 2010 in Augsburg, Germany, Nigeria’s Falconets eliminated powerhouse, US in a thrilling quarter final duel at the U-20 Women’s World Cup on their...
Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo will not be in their squad for Saturday’s Premier League game at Chelsea, the club said in a statement on Thursday. Ronaldo, an...
Liverpool maintained their new-found momentum as Darwin Nunez scored the only goal in a 1-0 victory over West Ham United in the Premier League, but high-flying...
Swiss federal prosecutors have filed an appeal to overturn the acquittals of former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and France footballing great Michel Platini on corruption charges,...
Thirty-six years after Diego Maradona helped Argentina beat Germany to lift the World Cup in Mexico City, the shirt he wore in the game has returned...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. As an offshoot of the meeting the president of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Gusau had with representatives of clubs in the top...
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Musa Gusau will on Friday inaugurate the Interim Management Committee of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) as composed...
Two ardent French soccer fans are cycling all the way from Paris to Doha to cheer for the defending champions at the World Cup in Qatar,...
World Cup coaches must submit a preliminary selection of players for the tournament by Friday as they begin the process of finalising their squads for the...
President of Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Musa Gusau has appointed respected football administrator and Chairman of Katsina State Football Association, Aminu Balele Kurfi and sports marketing...
Qatar Airways has withdrawn flights from 18 destinations to make space at Hamad International Airport for airlines carrying fans to next month’s soccer World Cup, the...
The U.S. ambassador to Doham Timmy T. Davis has urged Qatar’s police and authorities to be patient, tolerant and transparent in managing more than a million...
Brazil soccer star Neymar Jr told a court on Tuesday he did not participate in negotiations over his transfer to “childhood dream” club Barcelona from Santos...
Argentina captain Lionel Messi has said defending champions France and Brazil are the favourites to win the World Cup in Qatar as they have a core...
Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has been ranked 20th in the Ballon d’Or, marking his lowest placing in 17 years. The five-time winner of the prestigious...
It is well known that the two Nigerian clubs that dropped into the CAF Confederation Cup have drawn Libyan opponents. There are however some other exciting...
The former General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Sani Toro has frowned at the outcome of the Monday meeting the club owners had with...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA The two Nigerian clubs that dropped from the CAF Champions League to the Confederation Cup again have North African clubs to contend with...
Although Ballon d’Or is the product of France Football, Karim Benzema is the first Frenchman to win since 1998 when Zinedine Zidane won. Interestingly, both have...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA Nigeria’s duo eliminated Champions League hopefuls, Rivers United and Plateau United will begin new lives in the continental second tie league, the Confederation...
Real Madrid and France forward Karim Benzema has won the Ballon d’Or – awarded to the best footballer of the year – for the first time....
The appalling state of Nigerian football clubs came to light at the weekend with the defeats inflicted on four teams at the continent. The drab picture...
Bayern Munich and Senegal forward Sadio Mane is the inaugural winner of the Socrates Award. “First of all good evening everybody,” he says. “I am really happy...
Paris St Germain and Brazil soccer star Neymar Jr. is set to testify on Tuesday in his trial on fraud and corruption charges over his transfer...
Ticket sales for the soccer World Cup are approaching the three million mark ahead of the tournament kicking off in Qatar on Nov. 20, FIFA...
Brazil forward Neymar landed in Barcelona on Monday to go on trial on fraud and corruption charges over his transfer to Barcelona from Santos in 2013,...
Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation, Augustine Eguavoen on Monday paid a visit to the camp of the U23 National team as the Olympic Eagles...
Nigeria reached the quarter finals of the ongoing FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals in India after the Flamingos scooped all three points from Chile in...
Mkel Arteta has edged past Mauricio Pochettino, Louis van Gaal and Andre Villas-Boas in recent weeks as Arsenal have won nine of ten this season. The...
Missed opportunity for City against Reds While Liverpool deserved credit for taming Manchester City’s attack in their 1-0 win at Anfield, Pep Guardiola’s side will see their defeat as...
Manchester United were again guilty of poor finishing in Sunday’s 0-0 draw with Newcastle United in the Premier League but manager Erik ten Hag was pleased...
Pep Guardiola said coins were thrown at him during Manchester City’s 1-0 loss to Liverpool on Sunday, a heated encounter in which home coach Juergen Klopp...
It may have just been a dream for Wydad Casablanca to just qualify for the group stage of the CAF Champions League, it turned to a...
It is going from bad to worse for Nigerian champions, Rivers United as they are already goal-drunk barely 10 minutes into the second half. Looking obviously...
Like Plateau United, Rivers United are at the brink of a possible elimination from the CAF Champions League as their hosts, Wydad Casablanca take a 31st minute...
Reigning champions Real Madrid beat Barcelona 3-1 in the Clasico to overtake their fierce rivals at the top of La Liga on Sunday. Karim Benzema opened...
A superb second-half goal from Mohamed Salah earned Liverpool a 1-0 victory over Manchester City on Sunday as the champions lost their unbeaten start to the...
Manchester United and an unusually goal-shy Cristiano Ronaldo were unable to find a way past Newcastle United at Old Trafford in the Premier League on Sunday...
Cristiano Ronaldo has not regularly played this season but that has not negatively affected his dressing-room behaviour. It is advised that you should judge a person...
Man United made hard work of it again against Omonia Nicosia but they have all but qualified for the knockout stage of the Europa League. According...
A goal in each half were all Renaissance Sportive de Berkane of Tunisia needed to oust Nigeria’s second flagbearers in the CAF Confederation Cup, Kwara United....
Nigeria’s Plateau United have been eliminated from the CAF Champions League, no thanks to a questionable penalty kick award by the referee in the 83rd minute of...
British prosecutors said on Saturday Manchester United soccer player Mason Greenwood had been charged with attempted rape, controlling behaviour and assault. The 21-year-old was arrested in...
Leicester City’s poor start to the Premier League season dragged on with a dour goalless draw at home to Crystal Palace on Saturday, although the point...
For any boyhood Manchester United fan, playing at Old Trafford is a dream come true. Then, to produce the performance of your life, takes things to...
When the much-awaited Brazil 2022 World Cup shirt was released in August, student João Vitor Gonçalves de Oliveira rushed to get his hands on the kit....
Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood has been arrested for allegedly breaching bail conditions. The 21-year-old striker was arrested on suspicion of rape and assault in January....
Former Brazil and Real Madrid great Ronaldo thinks that although the pressure will be on Neymar to deliver for his country at next month’s World Cup...
Argentina captain Lionel Messi said he was concerned by the recent injuries to his international team mates, Angel Di Maria and Paulo Dybala, but hopes they...
The CAF Confederation Cup will deliver its qualified teams for the group stage play-offs this weekend after the second leg of the second preliminary round. One...
Spain will not send riot police to Qatar to help safeguard the upcoming soccer World Cup as had been requested by the Middle Eastern country, the...
The U23 Boys’ National Team, otherwise known as Olympic Eagles, on Friday continued their build-up ahead of the upcoming 2023 Africa U23 Cup of Nations qualifying...
Nigeria bounced back into contention at the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup on Friday after a 4-0 trouncing of New Zealand in Goa. The scoreline would...
Nigeria’s Plateau and Rivers United shocked giants Esperance and defending champions Wydad Athletic Club in the first leg of the CAF Champions League matches last weekend,...
Qatar Airways is boosting its workforce by 10,000 to handle an influx of passengers flying into Doha for the soccer World Cup and in line with...
The soccer World Cup being held in Qatar from next month will have areas for drunk fans to sober up, its chief executive said in a...
Manchester United needed a stoppage time winner from Scott McTominay to secure a win over Omonia at Old Trafford in the Europa League, having been frustrated...
Russian President Vladimir Putin wished Qatar success in staging the upcoming World Cup and said the 2018 hosts were sharing their experience in organising the tournament....
Qatar acknowledges there are gaps in its labour system but the World Cup has allowed the country to make progress on issues related to worker rights,...
Brazil forward Neymar will stand trial next week on fraud and corruption charges over his transfer to Barcelona from Santos in 2013 and the complainant, Brazilian...
The football that was at the feet – and hand – of Diego Maradona as he shocked the world with acts of both brazen gamesmanship and...
Fifa will distribute US$209 million (S$300 million) to clubs that release their international players for the Qatar World Cup, the same amount as four years ago...
Jurgen Klopp said the mood around Liverpool had been lifted after Mohamed Salah came off the bench to score the fastest hat-trick in Champions League history in...
Robert Lewandowski scored two late goals to save Barcelona from elimination in the Champions League in a thrilling 3-3 draw with Inter Milan on Wednesday at...
Robert Lewandowski scored two late goals to earn Barcelona a point in a breathless 3-3 draw with Inter Milan on Wednesday which kept alive their faint...
Inter Milan secured an impressive 3-3 draw at Barcelona in the Champions League on Wednesday but manager Simone Inzaghi was left with a sense of regret...
The world of sports journalism was shocked by the sudden death of the extraordinary Fekrou Kidane, an AIPS Honorary Member, on Monday night (October 10) at...
Home grounds nominated by seven Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) clubs have been adjudged not suitable to host matches of the 2022/23 season except they improve...
Officials are expecting congested roads during the World Cup and warn that managing four soccer games a day in Doha will be a challenge, tournament organisers...
Nigeria’s top elite runners have stepped up their preparations for the maiden Abuja International Marathon billed to take place in the Federal Capital Territory on December...
Head coach of AC Milan, Stefano Pioli was livid after his sides lost 2-0 at home to Chelsea on Tuesday in the Champions League match at...
Mexico fans have been advised by their government not to wear their colourful ‘Lucha Libre’ wrestling masks at World Cup matches in Qatar to comply with...
Russian and Belarusian players will be able to compete at the Australian Open as neutrals while Novak Djokovic would also be welcome to play if he...
Chelsea completed the double over AC Milan to top Champions League Group E with a 2-0 victory at San Siro on Tuesday, a match the hosts...
Africa’s four qualifiers for next year’s Women’s World Cup all suffered fresh setbacks in their preparations for the tournament in Australia and New Zealand. South Africa,...
Flight bookings to Qatar are booming for the soccer World Cup being held in November and December, with particularly strong demand from the United Arab Emirates...
Claude Atcher, the chief executive officer of the 2023 rugby World Cup in France, has been sacked after a report by the French Labour Inspectorate found...
It was an epic moment at the Nigeria Football Federation office on Tuesday morning as FIFA Council Member and Member of the CAF Executive Committee, Amaju...
Hard fighting Nigeria’s U-17 Women’s team have been beaten 2-1 by European champions, Germany as the FIFA U-17 World Cup gets underway in India, Miracle Usani’s...
Lionel Messi will headline a star-studded line-up for a ‘match for peace’ in tribute to fellow Argentinian great Diego Maradona on Nov 14 in Rome, organisers...
Real Madrid will focus on sealing a place in the Champions League knockout stage with a win against Shakhtar Donetsk in Warsaw on Tuesday and striker...
More than 1,300 fans from England and Wales with banning orders will not be allowed to travel to Qatar for this year’s World Cup, the UK’s...
The seventh edition of the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals begin in India on Tuesday, with Nigeria’s U17 girls, Flamingos saddled with one of the...
Australia’s first openly gay footballer, Josh Cavallo, criticised Iker Casillas for being “beyond disrespectful” and joking about coming out after a post on the former Spain...
Liverpool twice came from behind against Arsenal but lost 3-2 at the Emirates Stadium in a thriller on Sunday, with manager Juergen Klopp not looking at...
Manchester United coach Erik ten Hag said he believed Cristiano Ronaldo could build on his first Premier League goal of the season in the 2-1 win...
Eberechi Eze’s fine late winner earned Crystal Palace a 2-1 comeback victory over Leeds United in the Premier League on Sunday. The visitors raced into an...
Cristiano Ronaldo reached another landmark in his remarkable career when he scored his 700th club goal to put Manchester United in front against Everton in the...
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