StarTimes has increased its weekly live broadcast of Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) matches to four from February, instead of the usual two live matches per week. The Pay-TV firm said fans should brace themselves for an electrifying weekend as the NPFL serves scintillating fixtures on Beta Sports channel 244 on StarTimes. As the sun sets on Saturday (today) at …

After a win on the road against Doma United, their first away win this season, Rangers coach, Fidelis Ilechukwu said he would rather worry over their next game than celebrate Saturday’s triumph in Gombe. A determined display by the Flying Antelopes, deflated the hitherto high-riding Savannah Tigers with a the only goal of the Matchday 21 fixture inside Pantami Stadium, …

Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has moved up in ranking of men’s football league in Africa by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). IFFHS is an organisation that chronicles the history and records of association football founded in 1974 by Alfredo Poge in Leipzig. It rates the competitive edge of leagues. And for the current rating, the …

Chairman of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye has urged the Super Eagles to secure the country’s fourth Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title to expand the domestic football ecosystem. On the sidelines of the sendoff dinner for the team in Lagos on Tuesday, Elegbeleye told NPFL Media that winning the title would trigger a domino effect …

Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) is mourning the death of Sebastien Brodericks-Imasuen, one of the foremost coaches of a number of league clubs in the past. Brodericks-Imasuen died at the age of 85 years in a private hospital in Benin, Edo State on Tuesday. He made global headlines after leading the Nigeria U-16 team to win the maiden FIFA Cadet …

Remo Stars have ended the year 2023 on top of the Nigeria Premier Football League table (NPFL), regardless of the outcome of their match-day 16 game against Heartland in Owerri on Thursday (today). Although the league is three fixtures away from mid-season, Remo’s remarkable run becomes noteworthy because it’s the first time in over a decade that the league is …

Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has condoled with officials and players of Sunshine Stars on the death of one of their backroom staff, Taiwo Dosunmu. Dosunmu, the club’s Assistant Kits Manager, was reported to have died on Friday at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital from injuries sustained in the recent gun attack on the team’s bus on their way …

Two-time Africa Cup of Nations bronze medallist, Dele Aiyenugba, has stressed that goalkeepers selected from the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) must give their foreign-based counterparts a run for their money when the Super Eagles camp opens. The 34th edition of the AFCON kicks off 13 January in Ivory Coast. The Kwara United goalkeeper’s charge came in the wake of …

Mandatory conduct of random tests for illicit drugs on players of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has commenced as all 20 clubs have been directed to facilitate the process for operatives of the National Anti-Doping Committee. In a memo to clubs by NPFL Chief Operating Officer, Prince Davidson Owumi, the anti doping tests will be administered on two players …

Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has sympathised with the management of Sunshine Stars FC whose players and officials were attacked by armed robbers on Thursday. The attack reportedly took place along the Ore-Benin Expressway with some players and officials said to have been shot by a yet to be identified assailants. NPFL Chairman, Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye, who has personally reached …