Technical Manager of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC), Mr. Gbenga Ogunbote has been invited by the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) for an investigative hearing into interview he is believed to have granted to the media. Ogunbote reportedly spoke to the media at the end of 3SC’s Matchday 12 fixture in Lagos against Ikorodu City. The league body has considered …

Barcelona wonderkid Lamine Yamal has clinched the Golden Boy Award as the Best Young Player for 2024 after seeing off competition from 24 other nominees to claim the highly coveted trophy. The Golden Boy Award is an annual honour presented by the Italian sports newspaper Tuttosport. A panel of selected journalists from some of Europe’s top newspapers served as jurors …

Players and officials of Super Falcons have started arriving the city of Angers ahead of the friendly against the Les Bleues of France. Interim head coach, Justine Madugu summoned 20 players for the friendly. The encounter is scheduled for the Stade Raymond Kopa, Angers, on Saturday night. It will kick off at 9.30 pm Nigeria time. It will be fourth-ever …

Super Falcons coach Justin Madugu has cleared the air on the exclusion of BAY FC forward, Asisat Oshoala, from the list of players that will prosecute Saturday’s international friendly against France in Angers, tagging the player as priceless to the national team. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Sunday released a 20-player list for the high-profile friendly but the 30-year-old …

Saudi-based defender, Ashleigh Plumptre, will make a return to the Super Falcons squad for the first time since recovering from a six-month injury as she has been invited by head coach Justin Madugu for the international friendly against France on Saturday, 30 November. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Sunday announced a list of 20 players, consisting five home-based players …

English Premier League club, Leicester City, has announced the sack of Steve Cooper as the team’s manager with immediate effect. The club announced on Sunday in a statement on its website, titled, “Leicester City Part Company With Steve Cooper.” Cooper’s sack comes after the Foxes lost 2-1 at home against Chelsea in the league on Saturday.  

Arsenal ended their four-game Premier League winless streak in emphatic fashion, defeating Nottingham Forest 3-0 on Saturday to mark Mikel Arteta’s 250th game in charge. Bukayo Saka, Thomas Partey, and teenage sensation Ethan Nwaneri found the back of the net as the Gunners achieved a historic milestone of 2,000 top-flight victories—becoming just the second team in English football history to …

Nigeria will tackle two North African teams – Tunisia and Algeria – as well as Botswana, in Group B of the 13th Women Africa Cup of Nations finals taking place in Morocco next summer. The Super Falcons will surely relish another meeting with Algeria’s Green Ladies, whom they defeated 2-0 and 4-1 respectively in two friendly matches in Nigeria last …

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Ibrahim Gusau was on Friday elected as the 1st Vice President of the West African Football Union (WAFU) B zone. The election took place in Niamey, Niger Republic. President of Ghana Football Association, Kurt Edwin-Simeon Okraku, was elected President of the zone, while Oumarou Sawadogo, President of the Burkinabe Football Federation, was elected …

Galatasaray Deputy-President Abdallah Kavukcu has stated that the club has the power to sign Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen or any other player they are interested in. Nigerian hitman Osimhen has quickly become the poster boy for Galatasaray since his season-long loan transfer from Napoli. The 25-year-old striker was alienated from Napoli’s squad, but he has quickly made Galatasaray his …