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Real Madrid opened up a surely insurmountable seven-point lead at the top of La Liga following a 2-1 victory at the home of reigning champions Barcelona in Saturday's Clasico. Jose Mourinho's men brought Barca's 11-game winning strea...
The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) on Wednesday, in Abuja, inaugurated two standing committees and two ad hoc committees it said would be crucial to the rebuilding process of Nigerian football administration. The standing committees, which w...
Nigeria technical (football) director, Tom Saintfiet will now resume officially at his duty post in May, Spokesman of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ademola Olajire, disclosed that the Belgian is awaiting his work permit and accommodation to be...
Former U-23 National Team Head Coach, Kadiri Ikhana (MON) will be unveiled as Head Coach of the Senior Women National Team, nicknamed Super Falcons, tomorrow. Ikhana’s appointment as Head Coach of the Super Falcons was ratified by the NFF Executi...
Nigeria’s men beach volleyball team has failed in their bid to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games, losing the African sole ticket to the South African team in the final phase of the continent’s qualifier held at Flic en Flac Beach, M...
Nigeria is desperately shopping for a new venue for a 2014 World Cup qualifying tie in June following the deadly bomb attack in Kaduna. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have all but agreed to stage a World Cup qualifier at home against Namibia on ...
The Nigeria Football Federation is set to inaugurate two standing committees and two ad-hoc committees, which are crucial to the rebuilding process that the Federation has launched, tomorrow. NFF President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari said yesterday that he i...
Super Falcons coach, Kadiri Ikhana will consider only six overseas players for an African Women’s Championship qualifier against Zimbabwe. Last week, Ikhana invited 53 players for first phase of a training camp in Abuja, which ends on April 24. T...
Nigeria are desperately shopping for a new venue for a 2014 World Cup qualifying tie in June following a deadly bomb attack in Kaduna. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have all but agreed to stage a World Cup qualifier at home agains...
Austin Eguavoen, the Technical Adviser of Enyimba FC of Aba, has said that the team was poised to win the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) 2011/2012 title through its determined drive to succeed. Eguavoen told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
“I believe Madrid could lose La Liga, because Barcelona is also fighting and we have not won anything. We have never said that we had won it already. Our rivals also have a lot to play for and we cannot solely live off being eight or 10 points ah...
Nigeria shone Thursday only to go down 3-2 to seven-time African champions Egypt in a thrilling friendly in Dubai. The Eagles, made up players from the Nigeria Premier League, held their own and played a positive game against their more e...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria yesterday afternoon jetted out of Nigeria for the all important international friendly match against the Egyptian national team in Dubai. They are 21 in number and goalkeeper and skipper Chigozie Agbim leads the strong home ...
Nigeria’s Football Ambassador and former Super Eagles’ skipper, Nwankwo Kanu, has hailed the sincerity of purpose of the Aminu Maigari-led administration at the Nigeria Football Federation. He said this was the reason for the continued peac...
Former Nigerian striker, Julius Aghahowa has charged members of the Super Eagles especially those based abroad to imbibe patriotism and commitment when called upon to represent the national team. The charge is coming at the heels of the high profile in...