Nigeria’s hopefuls for glory at the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations finals landed in the city of Ismailia, Egypt on Sunday evening, ahead of the June 21 kick-off of the championship. After Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr cut Leicester City of England forward Kelechi Iheanacho and Rotherham United midfielder Oluwasemilogo... Read more
From Dianabasi Effiong Suleiman Ibrahim has emerged the 2019 Champion in the U-16 category of the just-concluded NNPC/SNEPCo Junior Tennis Tournament held at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club. Ibrahim from Junior Secondary School, Durumi, Abuja, came back after losing his first set 3-10 against David Dawariye from Faith Baptist... Read more
Nigeria and Zimbabwe dragged to a scoreless stalemate in their pre-2019 Africa Cup of Nations sendforth international friendly at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba, on Saturday. Opportunities were few and far between in a rain-swept encounter that marked the return of captain Mikel John Obi to the camp of... Read more
A 26 –man delegation of the senior national team of Zimbabwe, known as Warriors, will land in Nigeria on Thursday night aboard a South African Airways flight, ahead of Saturday’s pre-AFCON sendforth international friendly with the Super Eagles. Thenff.com learnt the Zimbabwe delegation will spend Thursday night in Lagos,... Read more
FIFA President Gianni Infantino was re-elected to office at the body’s 69thCongress in Paris, France on Wednesday. He was re-elected by acclamation by FIFA’s 211 member associations as he was the only candidate for the position. First elected at an extraordinary congress in February 2016, following a meltdown that... Read more
World football –ruling body, FIFA on Wednesday formally welcomed African champions Nigeria to the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals. In a session at their Hotel Mercure Reims Centre Cathedral, players and officially performed the ‘Welcome’ ritual and were taken through the rules of the game by FIFA official Sandra... Read more
President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mr. Amaju Pinnick, has described as ‘the real next level’ for Nigerian Football development, the passage by the Senate of the Federal Republic on Wednesday of the NFF Bill, which automatically repealed the long-standing NFA Act. A delighted Pinnick also said that... Read more
From Dianabasi Effiong Nigeria swept to glory in the 2019 WAFU Women’s Cup tournament in Abidjan the where the Super Falcons edged host nation Cote d’Ivoire 5-4 after penalty shootout in an interesting final match Sunday at the Stade Robert Champroux. The Ivorians took the lead in the 43rd minute of... Read more
From Dianabasi Effiong Former Nigeria captain Christian Chukwu, in company with his wife Lilian Nkeiruka, has arrived in the United Kingdom for medical treatment, according to a statement on Thursday by Ademola Olajire, the Media Aide of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Chukwu, who captained the Senior... Read more
From Dianabasi Effiong With 10 teams having already arrived for the first-ever FIFA competition to be held in Poland, fans are also getting a step closer to the action as they should now print the tickets purchased on www.FIFA.com/tickets/U20WC. By simply logging in to their FIFA ticketing account, all fans... Read more
