2022 FIFA World Cup: Six Super Eagles players arrive as camp opens in Abuja
March 21, 2022 Super Eagles players on Monday started arriving at the team’s Abuja camp to prepare for the crucial 2022 FIFA World Cup play-off against the Black Stars of…
FIFA clears Lookman, may star in Nigeria-Ghana World Cup play-off
February 11, 2022 The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) says world football governing body FIFA has approved the application of Leicester City FC player Ademola Lookman to switch national association allegiance….
Move on, focus on World Cup qualification – Chukwu tells Super Eagles
Jan. 25, 2022 Former Super Eagles’ Chief Coach, Christian Chukwu, has urged the Super Eagles to move on with future national assignments after crashing out of the 2021 African Cup…
FIFA crowns Goal-Machine Lewandowski Best Men’s Player in 2021 (Full list of awardees)
January 18, 2022 Bayern Munich and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski was named the best men’s player in 2021 at a FIFA awards ceremony on Monday, beating Ballon d’Or winner Lionel…
Biennial World Cup Plan Would Make Football $4.4b Richer – FIFA
Dec. 21, 2021 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) on Monday claimed staging the World Cup every two years would offer enormous financial benefits for its member federations as president…
Aisha Buhari Cup: We want to promote women’s football, draw attention to challenges of the girl-child – Aisha Buhari
Sept. 16, 2021 The First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, says the objective of the ongoing Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s football tournament was to promote football among women and girl-child for…
CAF approves only 5,000 spectators to watch Nigeria vs Liberia match in the stadium
Aug. 27, 2021 The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has approved for the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to have only 5,000 spectators at next week’s FIFA World Cup qualifying match…
FIFA negotiating evacuation of soccer players, others from Afghanistan
Aug. 27, 2021 Soccer’s world governing body FIFA said it is negotiating the “extremely challenging” evacuation of soccer players and other athletes from Afghanistan after the Taliban’s takeover of power….
Siasia’s claim that gov’t did nothing to assist him is untrue, deceitful, misleading – Minister
June 29, 2021 Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on Tuesday insisted that his ministry did not abandon former Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia as being claimed by…
COVID-19: Qatar to provide 1m doses of vaccine for immunisation of fans to attend 2022 World Cup
June 21, 2021 Qatar wants to allow only vaccinated fans to attend the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which it is set to host. “By the time of the World Cup,…