Five months after the last season ended on 17th July 2022, the 2022/23 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) kicks off in Uyo this evening with hosts Akwa United welcoming promoted Bendel Insurance. Having commenced the season so late, the Interim Management Committee (IMC) in charge of the league have agreed with the stakeholders to have an abridged version, in which …

Saudi Arabia may bend its laws which disallow non-married couples to co-habit for Al-Nassr’s new player, Cristiano Ronaldo. Reports revealed that Ronaldo and his partner, Georgina Rodriguez will be permitted to live together without punishment. Ronaldo met Rodriguez in 2016 while plying his trade with Spanish giants, Real Madrid and they have lived together as marital partners but without marriage, …

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau has clarified that the 2022/23 season has to be abridged to provide an avenue for players in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) to benefit from opportunities of competing for places in other leagues in the world. At the presentation of ₦200 million takeoff grant to the 20 NPFL clubs, Gusau said …

FIFA president Gianni Infantino insisted Wednesday that he would never be disrespectful to Pelé as he came under fire over a photo call at the Brazilian legend’s wake. The Swiss said he took the photo as Pelé’s friends seemed unable to operate their mobile phones. “I took the phone of one of them and took the photo of all of …

Ahead of the kickoff of the 2022/23 season of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) on Sunday, the league’s Interim Management Committee (IMC) will hold a public presentation of the take-off grants to the 20 clubs on Thursday in Abuja. The President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Musa Ibrahim Gusau and the leadership of the Nigeria Referees Association (NRA) …

Serie A winners AC Milan are considering making winger Ademola Lookman of Atalanta and the Super Eagles a potential transfer target for the summer, according to the Italian online publication Calcio Mercato Web. The Rossoneri will move for Lookman should Portuguese forward Rafael Leao leave San Siro amidst intense interest from potential clubs. The Nigeria international has been an inspiration …

Nigeria striker Taiwo Awoniyi is relishing his first English Premier League Man-of-the-Match Award following his outstanding performance in Nottingham Forest’s 1-1 draw against Chelsea on Sunday night. The former Liverpool man grabbed the headlines for Forest, getting 39.7 percent of the votes ahead of Ivorien defender, Serge Aurier, who scored the equaliser for Nottingham Forest. Awoniyi took to his Facebook …

Napoli have nominated Victor Osimhen’s goal celebration among the best for 2022. Osimhen has a lot to celebrate in 2022 after returning fully from a freak cheek fracture that required surgery and kept him out of the Africa Cup of Nations in January. The 24-year-old welcomed the birth of his first daughter in October and shortly after became the most …

Cristiano Ronaldo has signed a two-year deal with Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr. The forward was a free agent after his contract at Manchester United was mutually terminated. Ronaldo revealed in November that he turned down a £305 million Saudi Arabia move in the summer. The 37-year-old left Manchester United last month following an explosive television interview in which the forward …

If all goes according to plan, the group phase of the 2022/23 season of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) will end by 14th May 2023, enough time to registered qualified teams for the 2023/24 CAF club competitions. With the abridged season necessitating two groups, the top three teams in each group with feature in the Super Six to determine …