Football

He played with a group of footballers who can be termed Nigeria’s ‘Golden Generation’ - Late Muda Lawal, Best Ogedengbe, Christian Chukwu, Okalla and others - but having hung his boots, Siji Lagunji is putting his experience to good u...

The English Premiership, touted to be the world’s most exciting league, is scheduled to kick-off next weekend. Today, however, Manchester United prepare for a heated battle with city rivals Manchester City in the Community Shield to kick-start th...

Udinese president Giampaolo Pozzo has said that his team will be ready to take on Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League play-offs after being paired with the English Premier League side in Friday’s draw. The Italians qualified for the tournament a...

Nigeria’s senior team coach, Samson Siasia has picked Ghana as the best team in Africa, days to a friendly against the ‘Black Stars’ in London. In an exclusive interview in Colombia, Siasia told MTNFootball.com, “Ghana have the ...

Four-time Africa Cup of Nations winners, Indomitable Lions of Cameroon are on the verge of missing out on the 2012 edition of the event, due to be held in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Tottenham Hotspur of England left-back, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, spoke t...

The Hope of the duo of former England junior international, Victor Moses and Shola Amoebi of playing for their country of birth, Nigeria, at senior level will soon be realised as top officer of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said that all issues...

Nigeria Premier League (NPL) has described the purported walked-over conducted by match officials led by L.A. Adeyemi for Ocean Boys of Brass at Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa, against Lobi Stars of Makurdi in their botched week 33 fixture as illegal, ...

The controversy generated by the match between Nigeria and Argentina is yet to abate with the news that the centre referee of the encounter, Ibrahim Chaibou, a Nigerien cannot be found. It was reported that as the match was ongoing, the betting pattern...

Sergio Batista has agreed to step down as coach of Argentina after their quarter-final exit at the Copa America. Hosts Argentina went out to champions Uruguay on penalties in the last eight.Batista, 48, had been in charge for a year, initially on a car...

Member technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, (NFF) Barr. Austel Elumelu, has revealed that the idea to reform football administration in Nigeria is good even though he has his reservations about the committee set up by the new ministe...

The Nigeria Premier League (NPL) has announced its Team of the Week after six games in Week 34 across six centres in the country at the weekend. The Premier League named four personnel from Ocean Boys, two each from 3SC and JUTH while Heartland, Dolphi...

Talking to Shehu Dikko about football is like drinking fine, French wine. He is smooth and convincing, and comes across as one who should always be involved in football administration. Shehu is way ahead of his peers with dynamic ideas and blue prints ...

Nigeria international striker Ekigho Ehiosun is now on a bigger shop window after his loan switch to Turkish club Samsunspor, according to his agent.Samsunspor shelled out 250,000 Euros to Warri Wolves for the all-action striker, who will earn 35,000 E...

A former BBC journalist, Osasu Obayuwana, has voiced his opinion on the current state of Nigerian football.Obayiuwana, displeased at the recent stand-off between members of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and the self styled Nigeria Football Asso...

The fate of the former president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi and three erstwhile officials, Amanze Uchegbulam, Taiwo Ogunjobi and Bolaji Ojo-Oba will be determined today as the substantive suit instituted by the...