Bendel Insurance are all but certain of being among the teams that will compete in the Super 6 for this season’s Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) title. At the Pantami Township Stadium in Gombe on Sunday evening, the Benin Arsenal maintained their ground-breaking unbeaten run of the season with a goalless result against hosts, Gombe. That result means that Insurance …

Two-time champions Nigeria picked all three points in a 1-0 win over Zambia to commence their Africa U17 Cup of Nations in Algeria on a promising note on Sunday. Favour Daniel struck powerfully past the Zambian goal-tender from a goalmouth melee 14 minutes to the end in Algeria’s second city, giving Nigeria all the honours in a largely average encounter …

Defending champions of the English Premier League (EPL), Manchester City regained season’s leadership from Arsenal for the first time in much of the season by beating Fulham 2-1 at Craven Cottage. The Cityzens are now a point ahead of the Gunners, who will play Arsenal host Chelsea on Tuesday. While City have six more games to end the season, Arsenal …

Head Coach of Nigeria’s U20 female football team, Chris Danjuma has called to camp 30 players the Falconets begin preparations on Monday for next month’s WAFU B U20 Women’s Championship taking place in Ghana. Danjuma included some players from his FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup quarter-finalists in Costa Rica as well as some from the bronze medal-winning Flamingos from the …

Nigeria’s Head Coach, Nduka Ugbade has admitted that his boys have much work on their hands at the Africa U17 Cup of Nations that began in Algeria on Saturday, as every team would be super determined and work extra hard to try and beat the five-time world champions. Hosts Algeria scored in each half through striker Moslem Anatouf to beat …

Arsenal are considering alternatives for their next three potential signings – West Ham’s Declan Rice, Brighton’s Moises Caicedo, the Sun reports. The Gunners have made the decision to look past Rice and Caicedo to focus on other signings. Arsenal are reconsidering spending massive amounts of money on the trio and are looking to strengthen the squad elsewhere. The North London …

Manchester United will reportedly look to complete the signing of Neymar from Paris Saint-Germain if the Qatari takeover bid is successful. According to SunSport, Qatar billionaire, Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al Thani, is eyeing an ambitious takeover of Man United and he is interested in bringing Neymar to Old Trafford. However, neither Hamad al Thani’s bid nor Sir Jim Ratcliffe …

With 31 points in the bag and three matches to end the group phase of this season’s Nigeria Professional Football League, Bendel Insurance will secure their spot in the Super 6 if they beat Gombe United at Pantami Township Stadium in Gombe on Sunday. If they win all their remaining matches, Akwa United will end up with 35 points, while …

Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe made their third and final offers to buy Manchester United on Friday. Sheikh Jassim is in a bidding war with Ratcliffe after the pair emerged as the main contenders to buy the English Premier League club from the Glazer family. While Sheikh Jassim’s latest offer is reported …

The improvements brought about by the Interim Management Committee in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) mean less attention is being paid to the lower leagues, especially the Nigeria National League (NNL), the Chairman of Smart City Football Club of Lagos, Anthony Adeyinka Adeboye has alleged. At the moment, Smartcity are protesting a N3.5 million fine imposed on them by …