Flamingos Qualify for U17 World Cup
Nigeria’s Under-17 female football team, Flamingos, have qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco which will feature 24 teams for the very first time. The Flamingos battled for supremacy to be one of the countries to represent the African continent in the World Cup, after they played a goalless draw with […]
D’Tigress To Face Mozambique, Rwanda In 2025 AfroBasket Tournament
Nigeria’s D’Tigress have been drawn in Group D of the 2025 AfroBasket with Mozambique and Rwanda. They will be looking to win a record extending seventh title at the competition which will be hosted by Cote d’Ivoire. Hosts Cote d’Ivoire are in a tough group with Angola and Egypt, while Mali, Cameroon and South Sudan […]
NPFL fines El-Kanemi Warriors ₦3.5m and orders matches behind closed doors
The Nigeria Premier Football League has fined El-Kanemi Warriors FC ₦3.5 million for crowd disturbances during a match against Ikorodu City. In the breakdown, the club was fined ₦1 million for failing to provide adequate security, which allowed unauthorised individuals to access restricted areas and harass match officials. An additional ₦1 million fine was imposed […]
NFF to sanction Heartland and Abia Warriors for owing players
Heartland FC and Abia Warriors may face sanctions from the Nigeria Football Federation for failing to pay former players their wages as agreed. While Heartland over 12 million Naira to five players, Abia Warriors owes 6 million Naira to three players. The NFF Disciplinary Committee may impose sanctions on the clubs, including fines and additional […]
Leed, Burnley Return To English Premier League
Burnley beat Sheffield United 2-1 to seal automatic promotion to the Premier League on Saturday with the result also sending Championship leaders Leeds United up alongside them. Leeds had earlier thrashed Stoke City 6-0 to go top of the Championship on 94 points with two matches remaining and needed Burnley to then not lose to […]
Flamingos thrash Algeria in FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers first leg
The Nigeria Football Federation, and businessman Kunle Soname have announced a cash gift of N6m for the Flamingos. The Flamingos beat Algeria 4-0 in the first leg of their 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup final qualifying round tie at the Remo Stars Stadium at the weekend. NFF president, Ibrahim Gusau announced the cash gift […]
7 Countries Express Interest to Host Commonwealth Games in 2030
Seven nations have submitted official expressions of interest to host the Commonwealth Games in 2030 or 2034. Scotland’s largest city stepped in last year with plans for a scaled-back Games next summer after the Australia state of Victoria withdrew for financial reasons. Nigeria, Canada, India, plus two others have all publicly confirmed their interest in […]
Arsenal and Inter Milan advance into UEFA Champions League semifinal
Arsenal held off defending champions Real Madrid to snatch a 2-1 victory last night, and reach the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League, with a 5-1 aggregate win. Reaching only their third semifinals in their history, the Gunners will now play PSG in an interesting matchup. Elsewhere, Inter Milan reached the semifinal of the competition […]
PSG, Barcelona Advance Into UEFA Champions League Semifinal
Barcelona are through to the Champions League semi-finals with a 5-3 aggregate win, despite losing 3-1 at Borussia Dortmund last night. Paris Saint-Germain, on the other hand, survived a second half onslaught to beat Aston Villa 5-4 on aggregate and reach the Champions League semi-finals despite a 3-2 defeat last night. Arsenal are their likely […]
NFF Denies Owing Late Christian Chukwu
Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has debunked reports on social media that the football body was indebted to former Nigeria captain and coach, Christian Chukwu, who died on Saturday. Reacting to a social media post that claimed NFF was owing the 1980 AFCON-winning team captain $128,000, NFF General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi, said there is no record […]