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Belgian Maurice Cooreman has been appointed as head coach/technical adviser of Warri Wolves, SuperSport.com can report. According to a statement from the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) club, Cooreman will be resuming on Tuesday. Cooreman has signe...
Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has declared that sports will henceforth be a compulsory activity in all schools in the state. The declaration came at the monthly Walk-to-Live programme of the state government where the governor led thousan...
Eagles’ midfielder Dickson Paul Etuhu has backed Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi to restore the country’s football. The Fulham star, who is one of only 11 Europe-based stars called up for a 2013 Nations Cup qualifier in Rwanda, has also said he...
Five years after helping Nigeria lift the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup trophy in South Korea, a member of the Golden Eaglets Daniel Joshua is in pains and abandoned after an accident rendered him paralysed. Daniel Joshua who played as a central midfielder ...
Supporters of Wikki Tourist FC of Bauchi have expressed dissatisfaction with the team's performance in the on-going Nigeria Premier League. The supporters, led by Haruna Gadau, met with the club's management on Saturday in Bauchi, and demanded ...
Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Stephen Keshi has invited only 11 foreign-based players for the Senior National Team’s 2013 African Nations Cup qualifying engagement with Rwanda in Kigali on February 29. The roll celebrates the retu...
The 2010/2011 Nigeria Premier League (NPL) Champions, Dolphins FC of Port Harcourt, will depart the country on Thursday for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, for their CAF Champions League match on Sunday. Chima Acheru, the club’s Media Officer, said in...
Nigeria has dropped 11 places from 45 to 56 in one of her worst ever rankings in 12 years in the latest rankings released by world football governing body FIFA yesterday. Nigeria’s lowest rankings in the FIFA rankin...
The Super Eagles on Tuesday departed the country aboard Air Nigeria for their international friendly with the Lone Star of Liberia. The match will hold on Wednesday in Monrovia. The team’s spokesman, Ben Alaiya, told NAN before their departure th...
Manchester United moved back to the top of the Premier League after two second-half goals from Wayne Rooney propelled them to victory over rivals Liverpool. Rooney fired in from close range from a Ryan Giggs corner just after half-time before coolly sl...
Austin Eguavoen, a former Super Eagles defender, has said that the elimination of the Super Eagles from the ongoing Africa Nations Cup (AFCON) qualifiers meant that the team has to show more commitment. Eguavoen said on Saturday in Aba, Abia, that the ...
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has outlined the importance of long-term planning for the building of a competitive national team squad. The trainer, who replaced Samson Siasia last year following the latter’s failure to lead Nigeria to a place ...
Nigeria Premier League (NPL) champions, Dolphins have declared that it will appeal against Wednesday's ruling in a match-fixing allegation from last season. Dolphins were fined N10 million by the Organising and Disciplinary Committee ...
Real Madrid and Barcelona remain top of football’s rich list as the Spanish duo moved further clear of their rivals from England, Germany, Italy and France. According to the 2012 Deloitte Football Money League, published today, the Liga gi...
The troubled Nigeria Premier League (NPL) has said it will begin an inquest into an alleged N12 million (about $75 000) fraud. The NPL acting executive secretary, Tunji Babalolam said that, although he cannot go into any detail at the moment, an...