Stakeholders and followers of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) have been offered assurances that fixtures would be played as scheduled except for those already disrupted by the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) competition games that involved Rivers United. The Promise Keepers, who flew Nigeria’s flag in the CAF Confederation Cup, exited the competition last Sunday at the quarterfinals after …

The President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has inspired the Golden Eaglets to go for another three points in Wednesday’s clash with Morocco’s U17 team in order to book an early spot in the tournament quarter-finals. On a visit to the team camp in Constantine on Monday night, Guasau, in company with NFF Board member, Alhaji …

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has kicked South Sudan out of the U-17 Nations Cup holding in Algeria over age falsification after five players in the Bright Star Juniors squad failed the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) tests. CAF recently amended regulations regarding MRI. The part that indicates that the entire team will be disqualified if one player fails the …

United Kingdom-based Nigerian businessman, Mr Dozy Mmobuosi has declared his intention to go ahead with the acquisition of Sheffield United, the acclaimed oldest existing English football club. Making the declaration on his verified social media page, he said: “I wish to state categorically that I have not withdrawn my bid to acquire Sheffield United Football Club. “Beyond the £8.85M GBP …

Chelsea interim boss Frank Lampard has said the team can overtake Arsenal on the English Premier League (EPL) table if they make the right decisions. Lampard was speaking to the media on Monday ahead of their trip to the Emirates tomorrow. The Blues currently sit in 12th place on the EPL table in what has been a miserable campaign at …

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has concluded arrangements to install Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in regional stadiums in the country as plans are underway to train and retrain referees to achieve the purpose. NFF President, Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau stated this on Saturday in Ilorin at the National Elective Delegates Conference of the Nigeria Referees Association (NRA). Gusau, represented by an …

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 …