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29 Jan
Nigeria has exited the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup, in spite of defeating cricket giants Ireland by 6 runs on Wednesday in their final game of the tournament’s Super Six. Nigeria has had an impressive run at the tournament, winning two of five games, losing one and having two others washed out and points…
28 Dec
Super Eagles midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi, has assured Nigerians that the national team players will do everything possible to qualify for the 2026 World Cup to be hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
14 Dec
There is a sense in which we can claim that Morocco’s bid to co-host the 2030 FIFA World Cup with Portugal and Spain and Saudi Arabia’s 2034 have been remarkable for the Arab world and Africa.
27 Nov
FIFA will give $50 million to the WHO, WTO and UNHCR as part of its Qatar World Cup legacy fund, football's global governing body announced on Wednesday. In its 2022 annual financial report, FIFA announced a gross profit of nearly $5.8 billion from the tournament in Qatar that year. FIFA will support a World Health…
25 Nov
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election Peter Obi has extended heartfelt congratulations to teenage motorsport sensation Ugo Ugochukwu Orlandi for his groundbreaking victory at the 71st Macau Grand Prix. Writing on his X-Handle, Obi lauded the 17-year-old driver for becoming the first American in over 40 years to…
22 Nov
Former international, Sam Sodje has admonished the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) and other sports stakeholders to put up their thinking caps to fully prepare the Super Eagles for the upcoming 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Speaking with The Guardian in Oleh, an agrarian community in Isoko South local government area of Delta State, Sodje said his…
18 Sep
Former Italy striker Salvatore "Toto" Schillaci, most famous for being top scorer at the 1990 World Cup, died on Wednesday at the age of 59. Juventus were among Italy's football clubs to pay tribute to Schillaci, who became an icon for his unexpected goalscoring exploits at his country's home World Cup, simply saying "Ciao Toto"…
Flamingos head coach Bankole Olowookere has invited 35 players for final camping for the Dominican Rep 2024 Under-17 girls World Cup
19 Aug 2024
Flamingos head coach Bankole Olowookere has invited 35 players to camp as Nigeria’s Under-17 girls commence the first phase of final preparations for the 8th FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in the Dominican Republic later this year. The Nigerian girls notched an awe-inspiring total of 25 goals in six matches in the qualifying race, routing…
8 Aug 2024
When the late King of Football, Edson Arantes de Nascimento, better known as Pele, proclaimed in 1989, that Nigeria would win the World Cup before the year 2000, not many followers of the game argued with the three-time winner of the biggest trophy in the world football.
1 Aug 2024
Saudi Arabia, the only bidder for the 2034 World Cup, will host the 48-team tournament in fifteen stadiums across five cities, including eight in the capital, state media said on Wednesday. The announcement came days after the kingdom submitted its official bid to the International  Federation of  Association Football (FIFA). Saudi Arabia plans to host…
24 May 2024
Nigeria's coach, Finidi George, has announced a 23-man squad to face South Africa's Bafana Bafana and Benin Republic's Cheetahs in the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The squad features in-form players like Ademola Lookman and African Player of the Year Victor Osimhen, alongside experienced goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali, as well as midfielders Wilfred Ndidi, Alex…
Flamingos head coach Bankole Olowookere has invited 35 players for final camping for the Dominican Rep 2024 Under-17 girls World Cup
18 May 2024
Nigeria's Flamingos reached the final round of the African qualification series for this year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals after a 6-0 defeat of Burkina Faso at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, on Saturday evening. Goal-poacher Harmony Chidi, who netted six of Nigeria’s dozen goals in the 12-0 annihilation of the Central African…

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