UEFA began disciplinary proceedings on Friday against AS Roma coach, José Mourinho for using insulting and abusive language against an official in the Europa League final. Mourinho, 60, was shown the yellow card by English referee Anthony Taylor during the bad-tempered final in Budapest on Wednesday, which Sevilla won on penalties after a 1-1 draw. He criticised Taylor in his …

Napoli forward, Victor Osimhen has been named the best striker in the Italian top flight for the 2022–23 season. The organiser of the Italian topflight, Lega Serie A, made the announcement on their Twitter handle on Friday. Osimhen beat AC Milan forward Rafael Leao and Inter Milan’s Lautaro Martinez to the individual accolade. The 24-year-old played a crucial role in …

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) has announced a new name and logo for the Nigerian top flight league. Now known as the Nigeria Premier League (NPL), it was called interchangeably Nigeria Professional Football League or Nigeria Premier Football League. The new name and logo were unveiled during the draw ceremony for the 2022-23 NPL Super Six playoff. The NPFL Super …

Nine-time African champions, Super Falcons will face either Ethiopia or Chad in the second round of the qualifying series for the Paris 2024 Women’s Olympics football tournament. The Paris 2024 Olympics will hold from 26th July to 11th August in Paris. The Falcons, who missed the last three editions of the Olympics in 2012, 2016 and 2020 after losing out …

Manchester City, Bayern München and Villarreal are among the top European clubs monitoring Flying Eagles centre-back Benjamin Frederick. According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, the three clubs have their scouts in Argentina monitoring the defender at the ongoing 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina. Frederick put up a solid display in Nigeria’s 2-0 Round of 16 win against Argentina …

This year’s final of the Federation Cup is a repeat of that played 45 and 42 years ago. While none of the players of Bendel Insurance and Rangers were born then, they and their fans will be familiar with the finals of the Challenge Cup (as the Federation Cup was then known). Insurance thrashed Rangers 3-0 to lift the title …

With the semifinals of the Federation Cup being played today, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) announced a partnership agreement for the prestigious competition with Tingo. Created in 1945 as the Governor’s Cup, the single-elimination is Nigeria’s oldest football championship and has gone through several rebranding and is now known as the Federation Cup. At a modest but colourful ceremony inside …

Sevilla won a record-extending seventh Europa League title after overcoming Roma 4-1 on penalties in Wednesday’s final in Budapest, following a 1-1 draw after extra time. The victory ended Roma manager José Mourinho’s 20-year unbeaten record. The last time a side coached by the Portuguese conceded a goal in a European final was in 2003. Paulo Dybala opened the scoring …

Nigeria eliminated host nation Argentina as goals from Ibrahim Muhammad and Rilwanu Haliru Sarki sent the six-time champions out of the FIFA U20 World Cup at the Round of 16 on Wednesday. Record title winner (6), Argentina had stopped Nigeria from winning the championship in the 2005 final when Lionel Messi scoring twice from the spot in the showpiece match …

Draw for the 2022/23 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season champions play-off will hold on Friday at the corporate headquarters of GTI Group, the league’s investment partners. Head of Operations of the Interim Management Committee (IMC), Prince Davidson Owumi said plans for a successful lay-off have reached advanced stage and the draw event would mark the official commencement of the …