Nigeria have moved up a place in the latest FIFA men’s rankings for June. Gaining six points in June, the Super Eagles are now ranked No. 39 in the world for the month as against 40th in April. The national team’s rise was largely due to their performance in the recent Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sierra Leone in …

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will on Saturday organise a send-forth dinner for the FIFA World Cup-bound senior women’s national team, Super Falcons ahead of the team’s departure from the country to participate in the ninth FIFA Women’s World Cup finals taking place in Australia and New Zealand, 20th July – 20th August this year. Wife of the President, Senator …

Clubs in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) have been reminded that they should commence club licensing processes for the 2023/24 season, which has been scheduled to commence on the weekend of 26th to 27th August. Following the submission of the season’s report by the Interim Management Committee (IMC) to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), clubs that qualified for the …

Chelsea are in advanced talks to sign Brazilian forward Angelo from Santos. As reported by football transfer expert Fabrizio Romano on Wednesday, negotiations are ongoing between Chelsea and Santos for Angelo’s transfer. The Blues reportedly submitted an official bid to the Brazilian club for Angelo’s signature, offering £15 million to Santos in a bid to bring the 18-year-old attacker to …

Arsenal have confirmed that defender Mazeed Ogungbo has left the north London club to join Barrow AFC on a permanent transfer. The Gunners disclosed this in a statement via their website on Wednesday. Ogungbo will now play for the League Two side next season. The 20-year-old, who signed his first professional contract for Arsenal in July 2021, joined the club’s …

Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, has claimed the Best African Player award ahead of Treble winner Riyadh Mahrez and Mohammed Salah at the Ghana Football Awards. The 24-year-old registered 31 goals in all competitions last season to help Napoli win the Serie A title for the first time in over three decades. The Super Eagles forward’s best season as a professional …

Former Scotland national football team manager Craig Brown is dead. Brown died at the age of 82 following a short illness. A statement from Brown’s family read on Monday read: “Craig died peacefully today after a short illness in University Hospital, Ayr, surrounded by close family members.” “At this particularly sad time, the family now requests that their privacy is …

Mikel Arteta has named Spain as his next possible destination after his stint at Arsenal. The Gunners boss said, however, that he is not thinking much about the future right now and is fully focused on the North London club. Arteta has been linked with a future move to Barcelona, with recent reports linking him with the Blaugrana, who have …

Former Manchester United defender Daley Blind has hit out at critics of Lisandro Martinez. The Dutchman said that people criticising the Argentine are wrong to write him off because of his height. Martinez joined Manchester United from Ajax for £56.7 million last summer, but many had doubts regarding his height. The Argentine defender is 5 foot 9, and there were …

Chelsea forward, Noni Madueke has revealed that the club need to go back to basics next season under their new manager, Mauricio Pochettino. Madueke said that every Chelsea supporter needs to get behind Pochettino in training for when next season kicks off in order for the Blues to be successful. Chelsea recently appointed Pochettino as their new head coach. The …