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President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau and the General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi have congratulated the Honourable Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Chief...
The London Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal by Polisario which petitioned against the trade agreement between the UK and Morocco. The lawsuit was...
The president of the Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN), Francis Orbih Esq has been elected as a council member into the Badminton Confederation Africa (BCA) at...
The Federal Government has inaugurated the new Board Members of the National Institute of Sports (NIS) with a view to providing effective governance and policy direction...
Before President Muhammadu Buhari dissolved the Federal Executive Council, FEC, Wednesday, news that will lift the spirit of millions of sports buffs across the country broke...
Soccer governing body FIFA’s president Gianni Infantino expressed his support for Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr after he called LaLiga and Spain “racist” after receiving racial...
Spain has a problem with racism, head of the national football federation RFEF Luis Rubiales said on Monday, in reference to the racist chants hurled at...
Brazil on Monday condemned the “racist attacks” Brazilian soccer star Vinicius Jr has repeatedly suffered in Spain and called on the Spanish government and sports authorities...
The achievements of Moroccan soccer, which are a testimony to the unprecedented revival of national teams in all categories, have been achieved thanks to the far-sighted...
Russia’s State Duma on Wednesday approved the first reading of a bill that would put sports bodies in occupied regions of Ukraine under the jurisdiction of...
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the former Secretary-General of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) and ex-Member House of Representatives, Sani Ahmed Toro, on the occasion...
Four-times African champions Esperance of Tunisia have been ordered by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to play four home games behind closed doors due to...
Eleven years ago today, Nigeria was plunged into mourning. The sense of grief was matched only by shock as news emerged that Rashidi Yekini, at just 48,...
Former CAF member as well as Liberian FA president, Musa Hassan Bility has lost his appeal filed at the Court of Arbitration for Sports(CAS) against FIFA...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino and World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala have resolved to expand their partnership and help the economic empowerment of women....
The professionalism of women’s refereeing is reaching unparalleled levels, according to Kari Seitz, FIFA Head of Refereeing, Women, a fact that bodes well for the FIFA...
Algeria head a list of four bids to host the 2027 African Cup of Nations, which the Confederation of African Football announced on Thursday, but Morocco...
Former president of the NFF and currently a FIFA Council member, Amaju Pinnick has made donations of sporting and educational facilities to his alma mater, Hussey...
The Youth and Sports Development Ministry has reacted to Monday’s collapse of one of the four floodlight masts at the National Stadium, in Lagos. According to a statement...
Officials with soccer’s international governing body FIFA criticized Canada’s decision not to recognize documents FIFA and a Canadian senator had given to female athletes and others...
Argentina will host the under-20 soccer World Cup, world governing body FIFA said on Monday following the decision to strip Indonesia of the right to stage...
Some teams may suffer disqualification when the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations kicks off in Algeria in few days’ time. The CAF Executive Committee has modified...
A petition has gone to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) by the forum of local government football council chairmen in Benue State over the dissolution of...
The countdown to kick-off in the biggest women’s sporting event in the world is officially on, with today, Tuesday 11 April, marking 100 Days to Go...
The assistant referee who allegedly elbowed Liverpool’s Andy Robertson at halftime during their Premier League draw with Arsenal will not be appointed for matches in the...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have punished Future FC for illegal player participation in the 2022-2023 Confederation Cup. “Future FC will be considered as a...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA Even with the 2023 edition yet to hold and the search for that of 2025 is still on, Confederation of African Football has...
Fouzi Lekjaa, President, Royal Moroccan Football Federation’s (FRMF) BY KUNLE SOLAJA Just as endorsement came from the European football governing body, UEFA, the Confédération Africaine de...
Development fund allocated for Indonesia’s football association is being frozen by FIFA after the country was stripped as hosts of this year’s Under-20 World Cup, soccer’s...
Aleksander Ceferin was re-elected as UEFA president unopposed during the Ordinary Congress of European soccer’s governing body in Lisbon on Wednesday. The Slovenian has been re-elected...
Former president of the Peruvian Football Association Manuel Burga Seoane has been banned from all football-related activities for life by FIFA for participating in bribery schemes,...
Alex Ferguson is already known as one of the greatest managers in football history but the Scot will have to make room in his trophy cabinet...
Peru became the second country in recent weeks to be stripped of the right to host a FIFA tournament, after the governing body on Monday said...
Chairman of DSSC, Chief Okowa with the inspectors at the Stephen Keshi Stadium on Sunday. Inspectors appointed by the Confederation of African Football are checking...
BY MTHOKOZIS DUBE In 2009, King Mohammed VI officially opened the crown jewel of Morocco’s football investment – the Mohamed VI Football Complex – just outside...
Indonesian players, fans and pundits reacted with anger and sadness on Thursday after Fifa stripped the host nation of the right to stage the Under-20 World...
Soccer’s world governing body FIFA is considering sanctions against Indonesia after its hosting rights for the Under-20 World Cup were removed, the country’s football federation chief...
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