The ‘poor’ preparation by Team Nigeria for this year’s Rio Olympic Games has taken a new dimension if the revelation by an official of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) yesterday is anything to go by. Nigerian athletes are expected … read more
Tragedy has hit Nigerian football again as former Super Eagles coach Shuaibu Amodu died just days after another ex-national team coach, Stephen Keshi, passed away. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said Saturday that Amodu, 58, died after complaining of chest … read more
Stephen Keshi, a winner of the Africa Cup of Nations as a player and coach with the Super Eagles, has died aged 54. The football legend passed away early on Wednesday after a suspected heart attack in Benin City, Southern … read more
Just off the motorway that links the Italian stone mansions of the Nigerian capital’s pricey Minister’s Hill neighbourhood to the settlements of corrugated-tin roof shacks on the outskirts, is a nondescript path. It leads to Dei Dei, one of Abuja’s … read more
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has been fined $6,800 by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) due to over-crowding and a lack of security during its national team’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Egypt in March. The 1-1 draw … read more
Representatives of Spain’s La Liga and the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) conducted a deal on Monday to improve sporting, cultural and business links between the two nations. The League Management Company (LMC), which organises Nigeria’s top football leagues, had … read more
The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Day 3 qualifying match between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Pharaohs of Egypt will now take place at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna on Friday, March 25. Media Officer of the Nigeria … read more
Nigeria has been chosen as the host of this year’s Africa Soccer Cup of Nations. This was confirmed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Tuesday evening. “Considering indeed that the Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup might be held early … read more
The Nigeria senior women’s team, Falcons, could get a foreign Coach before April when the defending champions join the qualification race for the 2017 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations.In a communique released by the football association following its executive committee … read more