The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nilayo Sports Management Limited, Chief Bukola Olopade has promised to splash $5,000 cash reward on the national men’s Under-23 football team, if they defeat their opponents from Tanzania this afternoon at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Ibadan. The match is the second round fixture of the qualifiers for the African zone of the …

Coach Rasheed Alani Adegbenro has returned to Nigeria after three seasons in the highly competitive league in Somalia. In an exclusive interview with Sportspro News Publisher, Bayour Issah in Ilorin, Adegbenro described the league as a well organised even as the standard may be low in terms of performance index at the level of Confederation Cup and Champions league in …

An orientation workshop for the four promoted clubs from the Nigeria National League to the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) will hold in Abuja on Wednesday. The workshop to be flagged off by NPFL’s Head of Operations, Davidson Owumi is scheduled to hold at Sandralia Hotel in Jabi, Abuja. In attendance will be officials of Doma United, El-Kanemi Warriors, Bendel …

From Noon today, Nigeria’s U17 female football team will aim to go up one gear, as they face their counterparts from Colombia in the seventh edition of the FIFA World Cup for that category. The Nigerian girls have already made history by reaching the semi-final with their victory over United States, runners-up to Germany in the inaugural edition at New …

For the first time in six appearances at the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup, Nigeria land in the last four. The feat was achieved after missing the last edition in Uruguay four years ago, three consecutive quarterfinals — 2010, 2012 and 2014 — and group stage exits in 2008 (the first edition of the championship) and 2016. On Friday, the …

Despite losing their opening match, Nigeria qualified for the quarter finals of the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals in India on Monday having won their last two matches. Monday’s 2-1 result over Chile in Bhubaneswar followed the victory over New Zealand last Friday. Blessing Emmanuel’s goal in the 4th minute and Bisola Mosaku’s strike off a free-kick by dead-ball …

Blame it on the fixtures, blame it on questionable refereeing, blame it on any other factor, but the fact is that, for the fourth season in a row, Nigerian teams have failed to reach the group stage of the CAF Champions League. Lobi Stars were the last Nigerian side to play at the group stage in the 2018/19 season. But …

The Kwara State chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has commended the Federal Government for recognising late football legend, Rashidi Yekini with posthumous award of Member of the Order of the Niger (MON). Yekini, who hailed from Irra, Oyun Local Government Area and scored Nigeria’s first FIFA World Cup goal, was an integral part of the Super …

On his third day in office, the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has assured that he would run an inclusive administration, bringing all stakeholders on board to offer counsel on the best way to deal with policies and situations. Gusau was elected last Friday at the NFF Congress, leading in the first ballot and eventually …

The Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) has appointed Sunday Oliseh as a technical expert for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The former Super Eagles player and coach announced the latest appointment via his Twitter page on Saturday. Oliseh said he was named in a team which includes former Arsenal coach Arsène Wenger; ex-German national coach JürgenKlinnsman; and three …