10,560 fans to watch Rivers United vs Al Hilal CAF TotalEnergies Champions League 2nd preliminary round 1st leg match. The Confederation of African Football (CAF), has directed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to admit not more than 10,560 spectators at the venue of the Rivers United’ encounter with Al... Read more
Nine-time African champions, Super Falcons will intensify preparations for their 2022 Women AFCON qualifying fixture against the Black Queens of Ghana when they arrive camp in Lagos on Sunday. Nigeria and Ghana clashed in the Final match of the inaugural edition of Women Africa Cup of Nations in... Read more
Leon Balogun’s first goal for Nigeria and a second Victor Osimhen goal in this qualifying campaign earned Nigeria a 2-0 win over the Central African Republic in Douala on Sunday and kept the Super Eagles in control of the pool with two matches to go. The Les Fauves... Read more
The Nigeria Football Federation believes the much-adored Nigerian Spirit will come to the fore and ginger the Super Eagles to solidify their FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifying campaign when they take on the Les Fauves of Central African Republic in Douala on Sunday. President of the NFF and FIFA... Read more
President of world football –governing body, Gianni Infantino has recalled beautiful memories of his visit to Nigeria last month where he met with His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR; the First Lady, Dr (Mrs) Aisha Buhari and; a clutch of dignitaries in Nigeria’s political and football space. In... Read more
Central African Republic’s senior men football team, Les Fauves, took all the three points off the Super Eagles in a Day 3 encounter of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 African qualifying game at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos. Karl Namnganda’s stoppage-time shocker, after a defensive slip-up, took... Read more
Nigeria’s U20 girls proceeded into the penultimate round of the African qualifying series for next year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup with an elegant 11-0 aggregate dismissal of their counterparts from the Central African Republic. Victors by 7-0 from the first leg played in Douala, the Falconets rather... Read more
The Nigeria Football Federation has expressed shock and sadness over the death on Monday of former Nigeria international striker Sunny Oyarekhua. Oyarekhua, who retired as an Assistant Commissioner of Police, was top scorer of the men’s football event of the 2nd All-Africa Games that Nigeria hosted in 1973, as... Read more
The Super Eagles’ camp has come up with an interesting slogan of ‘4 Days, 2 Matches, 6 Points’ ahead of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 encounters against the Les Fauves of the Central African Republic, scheduled for Lagos, Nigeria on Thursday and Douala, Cameroon on Sunday. Within the four days,... Read more
Seven-goal winners from the first leg on away ground, Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets feel no pressure as they host their counterparts from the Central African Republic in a FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022 at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena on Wednesday evening. The Falconets flew into... Read more