The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has constituted the board of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) with former chairman of the Interim Management Committee (IMC), Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye as chairman of the board. Elegbeleye, a former deputy chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Youth and Sports, and also a former Director-General of the National Sports Commission, headed the …

Arsenal executive vice-chair Tim Lewis has revealed the advice the club’s former manager Arsene Wenger gave to forward Bukayo Saka when he returned to the Emirates last year. Wenger spent 22 years in charge of Arsenal between 1996 and 2018. The Frenchman returned to the north London club for the first time in over four years last December to watch …

Benjamin Mendy signed for French club Lorient on Wednesday after the former Manchester City and France defender was acquitted in a sex offences trial in England last week. “Lorient are happy to announce today the signing on a two-year deal of the French international left-back Benjamin Mendy”, the Ligue 1 club said in a statement. Mendy, 29, was cleared of …

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has reacted to Arsene Wenger’s claim that the Gunners might just clinch the English Premier League title next season. Wenger had recently expressed confidence about Arsenal’s chances of lifting the trophy, telling Eurosport this week: “I believe we will win the championship. It is as simple as that”. Arsenal were on the brink of winning the …

Everton have expressed interest in Leicester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho. Iheanacho is among the players looking to leave King Power Stadium this summer following the Foxes’ relegation from the English Premier League last season. The Nigeria international is out of contract next summer, and Leicester City would be willing to sell instead of losing him for free. According to Football …

Super Falcons captain, Onome Ebi has said that the team want to make a big impact at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The former African champions have attended all the previous editions of the FIFA World Cup. The Super Falcons, who are Africa’s most successful side made it to the quarterfinal once; at the 1999 edition hosted by the …

Marcus Rashford has agreed to a new long-term contract with English Premier League side, Manchester United, sources told ESPN. The England forward has a verbal agreement with the club for a new five-year contract that would keep him at Old Trafford until 2028. Talks with Rashford are in the final stages before an official announcement is made. Rashford, 25, is the latest …

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau on Monday charged chairmen and members of the newly-constituted Boards of the Nigeria National League (NNL), Nigeria Nation-Wide League One (NLO) and the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) to come up with feasible plans and marketing strategies that would take Nigeria’s domestic football to new heights. At the inauguration …

Newly-signed Barcelona midfielder, Ilkay Gundogan has named the three players he is excited to play with. The midfielder completed a summer move from Manchester City to their UEFA Champions League rivals. Gundogan has named the three Barcelona players he is excited to work with after his free transfer from Manchester City this summer. He joined the Catalan side after the …

Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, on Sunday, flew to the United States with 27 players in his squad for part of their pre-season preparation, according to a post on the website of the English Premier League side. The Gunners departed London Stansted airport on Sunday afternoon, heading across the Atlantic on an Emirates 777 aircraft. This is coming after their two …