Tag: FOOTBALL
Judges, freestylers arrive Lagos for African championship
Participants and judges for the first-ever African Freestyle Football Championship have all arrived in Lagos for the continental competition scheduled to start on Thursday.
Judges...
Footballer docked for stealing from church
An amateur footballer, Sola Fabiyi, was on Friday docked before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing valuables worth N320,000 from Full Gospel Church...
Davido takes break from music, turns footballer
Davido Music Worldwide (DMW) boss, Davido, has put his music career on the side as he tried his legs on football.
In a post to...
Manchester United invite Thai survivors to Old Trafford
Manchester United have invited the survivors of a successful cave rescue mission in Thailand to visit Old Trafford this season.
The Premier League runners-up sent...
FIFA testing yellow cards for coaches
Football’s ruling body FIFA is testing three possible new rules including yellow cards
for coaches at youth tournaments, according to Deputy Secretary-General Zvonimir Boban.
Boban told...
It’s too late to be experimenting with players for Russia 2018,...
Godfrey Gaiya, a former Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Sports, says it is too late for Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr...
Super Eagles’ defence not so spectacular against Serbia, Falconets assistant coach...
Abdullahi Mansur, the Assistant Coach of the Falconets, on Tuesday described Nigeria’s defence as “not so spectacular’’ in their 0-2 friendly match loss to...
2-2 draw with Go Round FC regrettable, Rangers official says
Rangers International Football Club of Enugu are still rueing their 2-2 draw with Go Round FC in a Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) week...
Nigeria retain 52nd position in latest FIFA rankings
Nigeria retained her previous 52nd position in the world and seventh in Africa in the March FIFA/Coca Cola World rankings released on Thursday.
Nigeria had 609...
NPFL Match Day 12: MFM FC set to compound Heartland woes
Lagos-based MFM FC will on Sunday at the Soccer Temple, Agege Stadium seek to compound the Owerri-based Heartland FC problem when they square up for the...