Akwa Ibom promise hitch-free and fun-filled Confederation Cup final experience
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Akwa Ibom promise hitch-free and fun-filled Confederation Cup final experience

Organisers are applying final touches in some areas in Uyo ahead of Friday’s long-awaited final…

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Rights groups urge FIFA to earmark $440m for Qatar migrant workers
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Rights groups urge FIFA to earmark $440m for Qatar migrant workers

Amnesty International and other rights groups have called on FIFA to set aside $440 million…

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India 2022: Flamingos determined to beat Ethiopia away from home
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India 2022: Flamingos determined to beat Ethiopia away from home

Rwandan named one of first female referees for Qatar World Cup 0
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Rwandan named one of first female referees for Qatar World Cup 0

Women referees will officiate matches at the men’s World Cup for the first time in…

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U.S. men’s and women’s teams strike equal pay deal with governing body
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U.S. men’s and women’s teams strike equal pay deal with governing body

U.S soccer men’s and women’s national team players will receive equal pay and prize money,…

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Official match ball for the CAF Confederation Cup final in Uyo revealed 
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Official match ball for the CAF Confederation Cup final in Uyo revealed 

Umbro, the CAF technical sponsors, today revealed the official match ball for the CAF Confederation…

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South Africa, Egypt, 11 others for ITTF seminar, training in Lagos
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South Africa, Egypt, 11 others for ITTF seminar, training in Lagos

Top table tennis officials from South Africa, Egypt, Burundi, Ghana, Ethiopia, Tunisia, Lesotho, Togo, Cote…

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CAF alters Nigeria’s Afcon 2023 qualifiers fixtures
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CAF alters Nigeria’s Afcon 2023 qualifiers fixtures

Super Eagles of Nigeria will now face Mauritius and not Sao Tomé and Príncipe when…

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Breaking! After nearly, five months wait, NFF finally confirms José Peseiro Super Eagles’ coach
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Breaking! After nearly, five months wait, NFF finally confirms José Peseiro Super Eagles’ coach

After the five-month doldrums that followed his first announcement as Super Eagles’ head coach, the Nigeria…

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Qatar World Cup hotels must welcome guests in ‘non-discriminatory manner,’ FIFA says
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Qatar World Cup hotels must welcome guests in ‘non-discriminatory manner,’ FIFA says

Hotels that are on the official list of recommended accommodation for the 2022 World Cup…

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CAF grandstands on Champions League final venue
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CAF grandstands on Champions League final venue

African football governing body, CAF has insisted that their is no going back in the…

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Some Qatar hotels won’t accept same-sex couples during World Cup despite FIFA promise
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Some Qatar hotels won’t accept same-sex couples during World Cup despite FIFA promise

Three hotels in Qatar will refuse to accommodate same-sex couples when people travel to the…

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Bye, bye as Nigeria take two-year sabbatical leave from international basketball
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Bye, bye as Nigeria take two-year sabbatical leave from international basketball

Nigeria’s basketball teams, D’Tigers and D’Tigress which have been sensational on the continent and the…

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India 2022: Namibian officials to take charge of Ethiopia, Nigeria clash
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India 2022: Namibian officials to take charge of Ethiopia, Nigeria clash

The Confederation of African Football has appointed Namibian official Antsino Twanyanyukwa as the referee for…

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Nigerian player Iyikwobe banned worldwide for two years
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Nigerian player Iyikwobe banned worldwide for two years

A football player of Nigerian origin, Christopher Chizoba Iyikwobe has been slammed a two-year worldwide…

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Afcon 2023: South Africa want Liberia qualifiers moved from Morocco
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Afcon 2023: South Africa want Liberia qualifiers moved from Morocco

The South Africa Football Association (Safa) has asked that Liberia should not be allowed to…

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NPFL at 33:  What a league of one-season hot shots
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NPFL at 33:  What a league of one-season hot shots

BY KUNLE SOLAJA One of the obvious observations in the Nigerian professional league which clocks…

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How Nigeria adopted professional football 
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How Nigeria adopted professional football 

BY KUNLE SOLAJA. Nigeria’s path to a professional football league was formally paved at a…

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Thirty three years after Nigeria, Togo ready for professional football league
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Thirty three years after Nigeria, Togo ready for professional football league

Football in Togo enters a new era with the process of setting up the Professional…

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Professional football clocks 33 years in Nigeria 
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Professional football clocks 33 years in Nigeria 

BY KUNLE SOLAJA On this date, 12 May 1990, professional football kicked off in Nigeria after…

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Al Ahly appeal to CAS about African Champions League final in Morocco
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Al Ahly appeal to CAS about African Champions League final in Morocco

Egyptian club Al Ahly says it has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport…

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