After last Sunday’s exit from the CAF Confederation Cup, Rivers United will now have to face the outstanding fixtures they accumulated while on continental assignment. The first of the three rescheduled games will be played next Wednesday (10th May) away in Bauchi to Wikki Tourists, who are at the bottom of Group B of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). …

Arsenal delivered an emphatic warning that they remain serious title contenders as they outclassed abysmal Chelsea at Emirates Stadium to return to the top of the English Premier League (EPL). The Gunners had gone four league games without a win and were heavily beaten last time out at reigning champions Manchester City, who replaced them at the summit with victory …

Paris Saint-Germain Football Club have suspended international star, Lionel Messi for two weeks over an unauthorised visit to Saudi Arabia French outlet RMC Sport reports that Messi was suspended with immediate effect, for his trip to Saudi Arabia. Everything has been considered by the club for what is described internally as a serious mistake. Messi, who recently won the World …

The Round of 32 of this year’s Federation Cup will be played next week Wednesday across several centres with one of the fixtures featuring a head-to-head clash of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) teams. Plateau United await the winners of the rescheduled Round of 64 game between Rivers United and Enyimba. All three teams are also in the race …

Stakeholders and followers of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) have been offered assurances that fixtures would be played as scheduled except for those already disrupted by the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) competition games that involved Rivers United. The Promise Keepers, who flew Nigeria’s flag in the CAF Confederation Cup, exited the competition last Sunday at the quarterfinals after …

The President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has inspired the Golden Eaglets to go for another three points in Wednesday’s clash with Morocco’s U17 team in order to book an early spot in the tournament quarter-finals. On a visit to the team camp in Constantine on Monday night, Guasau, in company with NFF Board member, Alhaji …

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has kicked South Sudan out of the U-17 Nations Cup holding in Algeria over age falsification after five players in the Bright Star Juniors squad failed the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) tests. CAF recently amended regulations regarding MRI. The part that indicates that the entire team will be disqualified if one player fails the …

United Kingdom-based Nigerian businessman, Mr Dozy Mmobuosi has declared his intention to go ahead with the acquisition of Sheffield United, the acclaimed oldest existing English football club. Making the declaration on his verified social media page, he said: “I wish to state categorically that I have not withdrawn my bid to acquire Sheffield United Football Club. “Beyond the £8.85M GBP …

Chelsea interim boss Frank Lampard has said the team can overtake Arsenal on the English Premier League (EPL) table if they make the right decisions. Lampard was speaking to the media on Monday ahead of their trip to the Emirates tomorrow. The Blues currently sit in 12th place on the EPL table in what has been a miserable campaign at …

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has concluded arrangements to install Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in regional stadiums in the country as plans are underway to train and retrain referees to achieve the purpose. NFF President, Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau stated this on Saturday in Ilorin at the National Elective Delegates Conference of the Nigeria Referees Association (NRA). Gusau, represented by an …