Former champions Enyimba and Plateau United will create fireworks at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City in their Round of 32 match of this year’s Federation Cup men’s competition on Wednesday. The People’s Elephant squeezed through to this stage after a nail-biting penalty shootout against Rivers United in Uyo, and now have to confront an ambitious Plateau United looking to march …

Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) stakeholders and followers have been promised season ending matches that will consolidate on the gains made by the reforms instituted by the Interim Management Committee (IMC). The NPFL season is in its last Matchday in Group A, while Group B has three outstanding games accumulated by title holders Rivers United as a result of their …

Nigeria’s U17 side, the Golden Eaglets have not come as far as the quarter-finals of the Africa U17 Cup of Nations to be dumped out of the competition without earning a FIFA World Cup ticket, Head Coach Nduka Ugbade has vowed. The boys and their officials arrived in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria, on Monday, three days ahead of …

Head coach of the Flying Eagles,Isah Ladan Bosso and his assistants on Monday evening drilled Nigeria’s U20 boys in their first training session since arriving the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires on Sunday. The session, which took place at the team’s Howard Johnson Hotel & Resorts, lasted for 90 minutes, and concentrated on recovery after the long trip from Nigeria to …

Argentine superstar Lionel Messi will play in Saudi Arabia next season under a “huge” deal, a source with knowledge of the negotiations told AFP on Tuesday. “Messi is a done deal. He will play in Saudi Arabia next season”, said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity and without naming the club. “The contract is exceptional. It’s huge. We are …

Lionel Messi returned to training with Paris Saint-Germain on Monday six days after Argentina’s World Cup-winning captain was suspended for going on an unauthorised trip to Saudi Arabia. “Leo Messi returns to training Monday morning”, tweeted the club along with a photo of the 35-year-old in action. His return makes it likely he will feature in PSG’s home match with …

Leicester’s chances of English Premier League survival suffered a blow as they collapsed to a 3-5 at Fulham on Monday. Super Eagles midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi played the last half-hour of the game for Leicester, while his compatriot, Kelechi Iheanacho is sidelined by injury. Willian and Tom Cairney both scored twice for the Cottagers as they closed in on a top-half …

Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen set the record for the highest-scoring African player ever in the Italian Serie A following his winning goal in Napoli’s 1-0 win over Fiorentina on Sunday. The 24-year-old, who led Napoli to its first Serie A title in 33 years in midweek, continued his heroics against Fiorentina at the Diego Maradona Stadium where his club were celebrating …

Nduka Ugbade captained the first Nigerian squad to win a FIFA World Cup, in 1985, and was assistant coach when the Golden Eaglets won the FIFA U17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates 10 years ago. He also took a FIFA U20 World Cup silver medal in 1989. Now, he is looking to lead the Nigeria U17 team to …

The delegation of two-time runners-up, Nigeria have arrived in Buenos Aires, the Argentine capital, for a 10-day camping programme ahead of this year’s FIFA U20 World Cup finals, which holds in the South American country from 20th May to 11th June. A contingent of 20 players and 10 officials departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Saturday night aboard …