Nigeria’s men’s football Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr has listed team captain Ahmed Musa, deputy captain Wlliam Ekong and 21 others for the Super Eagles’ FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 double qualifying encounters against the Central African Republic in Lagos and Douala next week.  The Day 3 encounter will be... Read more

The Banyana Banyana of South Africa on Tuesday emerged champions of the maiden edition of the Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Tournament after a 4-2 defeat of Nigeria’s Super Falcons in the final game The two top teams in women’s football on the African continent at the moment played an... Read more

The third edition of the annual NFF-Aiteo Football Awards took the City of Lagos by storm on Monday night, with the country’s First Lady, Dr (Mrs) Aisha Buhari, as well as four-time African Player of the Year Asisat Oshoala, home-based professional Gift Monday and the Super Falcons’ class of... Read more

The buzz of the maiden edition of Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Tournament got even wider and louder on Monday as the Secretary General of world football –governing body, FIFA, Mrs Fatma Samoura led football’s dignitaries to the Mobolaji Johnson Arena on Lagos Island for Day 5 of the showpiece.... Read more

2018 African Woman Player of the Year Thembi Kgatlana was the star of the evening as South Africa’s Bayana Bayana steamrolled Ghana 3-0 on Day 3 of the six-day Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Tournament in Lagos. The entertaining encounter, firmly dominated by the reigning African vice champions, took place at the... Read more

President of the Nigeria Football Federation and FIFA Council Member, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick says that the presence of President of world –governing body FIFA, Mr Gianni Infantino, and CAF President, Dr Patrice Motsepe ,at the opening ceremony of the maiden Aisha Buhari Invitational Tournament in Lagos on Wednesday... Read more

A brilliant goal by Fatima Tagnaout 13 minutes from time separated Cameroon and Morocco in the second match of the maiden edition of Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Tournament at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Lagos.   Both Lionesses were match ed in all aspects for large swathes of the game,... Read more

• 177 internationals played in September • Changes to podium positions in FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking • Libya make most progress, Kosovo reach all-time high With no fewer than 152 FIFA World Cup qualifying games as well as 25 friendlies played across the globe in the first half of September,... Read more

Captain Ahmed Musa led the Super Eagles to a firm position at the top of Group C of the African race of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 as the Eagles prevailed 2-1 over host, Cape Verde .   A 75th minute own goal by Cape Verde earned Nigeria a... Read more