Four years after the death of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona, seven healthcare professionals will go on trial next week accused of negligence during his final days. More than 100 witnesses, including members of Maradona’s family and doctors who tended to him down the years, will take the stand over the course of the four-month trial, which starts Tuesday in …

The highly anticipated international friendly between the Super Eagles and world champions Argentina has been called off. According to reports, the friendly was called off due to the short time to process visas for the Nigerian delegation. The game was earlier scheduled to take place in China but was moved to the United States of America following a disagreement between …

The Argentina Football Association has announced two international friendlies against Nigeria’s Super Eagles and Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire after the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in March. According to the Argentine FA, the two friendlies against Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire will be held during Argentina’s tour of Asia in China, which is scheduled for March. Nigeria and Cote …

FIFA on Friday confirmed disciplinary proceedings have been opened into the football federations of Brazil and Argentina after a brawl delayed the start of a 2026 World Cup qualifying match. Tuesday’s match in Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana stadium, which world champions Argentina won 1-0, was delayed for around half an hour after rival fans started fighting before kickoff. The iconic …

Nigeria eliminated host nation Argentina as goals from Ibrahim Muhammad and Rilwanu Haliru Sarki sent the six-time champions out of the FIFA U20 World Cup at the Round of 16 on Wednesday. Record title winner (6), Argentina had stopped Nigeria from winning the championship in the 2005 final when Lionel Messi scoring twice from the spot in the showpiece match …

Hosts and six-time champions Argentina will fancy being the favourites in their FIFA U20 World Cup Round of 16 duel with Nigeria in San Juan on Wednesday night, but Head coach Ladan Bosso said his team would not be intimidated by the physicality of the opponents and the capacity crowd expected at the venue. The indigenes of the Land of Pampas …

Argentina will host the under-20 soccer World Cup, world governing body FIFA said on Monday following the decision to strip Indonesia of the right to stage the tournament. On 29th March, FIFA announced the decision to remove Indonesia as host after the country’s Football Association cancelled the draw to be held in Bali as its governor refused to host Israel’s …

The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Aviation, has acquired RPA-200MC mobile 3D primary radars. The first of the nine primary radars procured arrived in the country weekend. The primary 3D radar (RPA-200MC) supplied by INVAP is the first export of its kind between Argentina and any African country. The procurement was facilitated by Jampur International FZE, a …