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The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has postponed the group stage games of this year’s Federation Cup competition, earlier billed to take place between July 20 and 24 in four centres across the federation. At a meetin...
Samson Siasia is still in the hunt for at least three quality additions to his back four as he gets set to name his squad this week. At centre back, he is in the hunt for someone to partner captain Joseph Yobo. At left back, he requires a capable depu...
In only his first season in Portugal, Nigeria international defender Elderson Echiejile was part of the Sporting Braga team who went all the way to the final of the Europa League as well as finished fourth in the Portuguese championship. However, injur...
Flying Eagles captain, Ramon Azeez and teammate, Olarenwaju Kayode will today join the rest of the team as they continue the build-up for the world U-20 championship slated for Colombia. It is now exactly two weeks before Nigeria’s opening match ...
Former Nigeria international, Austin Okocha has faulted the international friendly rematch between the Super Eagles and their Argentine counterparts billed for Dhaka, Bangladesh on September 6. Okocha, now a member of the Nigeria Football Federa...
The 2011 FIFA ‘Ballon d’Or’ will only be handed next January, but there’s little doubt that the winner will be the same as in the past two editions of the award: FC Barcelona’s mercurial player Lionel Messi.While most peop...
Friday Ekpo was arguably the Super Eagles’ best midfielder of all time, eclipsed perhaps, by the sheer skill of Jay Jay Okocha. But football insiders will still tell you that Ekpo’sgame was more purposeful, void of show-boating and his atta...
Former Super Eagles’ captain, Sunday Oliseh, has passed a vote of no confidence on Nigeria’s football administration with a damning verdict that the game is nearing its death in the country. Speaking to sports radio station, Brila FM, on We...
Osaze Odemwingie has said only a good offer from one of Europe’s ‘Big 10’ clubs will convince him to leave West Brom. The Nigeria striker is in talks with the Baggies over a new deal but remains in the thick of transfer speculation af...
National U-23 defender, Kingsley Udoh has blamed the ouster of Dream Team V from the All Africa Games on ill luck and a bad day. They lost 2-0 against Ghana in Kumasi. But the defender insisted that the Black Meteors second goal should not have stood. ...
Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger has hit out at Barcelona midfielder Xavi, who claimed Cesc Fabregas is “suffering” at the Emirates because he wants to move to Camp Nou.The Gunners captain has been heavily linked with a return to the Catalan ...
Nigeria’s U-23 team, the ‘Dream Team’ will today, in Kumasi, take on Ghana in the second leg of the all African games qualifier. The ‘Dream Team’ has a two-goal advantage heading into this encounter, as they won the first ...
A stripper, a topless model and a Pop Idol hopeful were among those said to have romped with Manchester United and England defender, Rio Ferdinand.Married dad-of-three Ferdinand, 32, is suing over a Sunday newspaper story about an affair with an interi...
Despite failing to guide the Nigerian women’s senior national team beyond the preliminary stage of the ongoing Fifa Women’s World Cup in Germany, Eucharia Ngozi Uche has got the nod to remain in charge of the Super Falcons as head coach. Ch...
Coach of Nigeria’s Flying Eagles John Obuh has asked his team make the most of the chances they create and score more goals. The Flying Eagles in Faro, Portugal, began intensive preparation for the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Colombia. “We n...