A rash of unilateral and illegal termination of players contracts by teams in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) has drawn the ire of the League Management Company (LMC) which issued a circular last week, resolving to resolve all outstanding cases brought to its attention. The circular to clubs was signed by the LMC Chief Executive Officer, Davidson Owumi who …

English Premier League clubs have shattered their record for summer transfer window spending, according to analysis from sports finance experts Deloitte. Gross spending by the 20 Premier League teams stood at £1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) on Thursday, surpassing the 2017 record of £1.43 billion spent by English clubs in the close-season window. It is also more than the £1.44 billion …

As soon as the air raid sirens had stopped, Shakhtar Donetsk’s players ran out onto the pitch for their final training session on Monday before Ukraine begins an extraordinary new season of its national football league. As Ukrainian soldiers battle Russian forces in the east and south, Shakhtar are due to play Metalist 1925 from the embattled eastern city of …

For the second time since they reached the final in Canada 2014, Nigeria’s Falconets failed to advance beyond the first knockout phase – the quarterfinals of the FIFA U20 Women’s Cup. Against popular predictions, the team crashed to The Netherlands 0-2 on Sunday (earlier hours of Monday back home). Nigeria had exited at the same stage in the last edition …

By Ojomu Idowu, Sportspro News Akwa United’s lack lustre performance last season will not be repeated  in the coming season, coach Deji Ayeni has assured. Winners of the Nigeria Professional Football League for the first time in their history the season before, Akwa United not only failed to defend their title in the recently-ended season at No 9 with 25 …

Nigeria’s Falconets have reached the quarterfinals of FIFA World Cup U20 Women’s World Cup for the fifth time in the 10 editions of the tournament. The girls did that in style in the early hours of Thursday by achieving a perfect result at the group phase beating Canada 3-1 after overcoming France and Korea Republic by a lone goal each …

… excites consumers with over N400 million rewards As part of efforts to delight Nigerians with a unique experience of the 2022 Qatar FIFA World Cup, Coca-Cola Nigeria has kicked off a consumer-reward campaign for football lovers. Tagged the Coca-Cola Believe and Win Under-the-Crown promo, with rewards worth over N400 million, will see five lucky consumers across the country win to …

On paper and going by pedigree, Remo Stars have been presented with the most challenging fixture among the four Nigerian teams jostling for continental honours in the 2022/23 season. The draws for both the CAF Champions League and the less fancied Confederation Cup were made on Tuesday and continental debutant Remo Stars, who recently finished third in the Nigerian topflight …

Super Falcons failed in the pursuit of a 10th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title on Monday night after losing to host nation Morocco in a pulsating encounter that was settled by penalties. Playing two women down from the 71st minute when star player Rasheedat Ajibade was sent off, the Super Falcons held on gamely to the end having had …

Rivers United celebrated their first topflight league title in Port Harcourt pipping Gombe United 1-0. But it was in Ibadan and other locations where the fans of Shooting Stars were gathered that the celebration was loudest. The Oluyole Warriors survived just marginally. Despite losing away to Kano Pillars 1-2, Shooting Stars had Wikki Tourists thank for handing Katsina United a …