Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimehn, has been shortlisted as part of the final three standings for the 2025 African Player of the Year award. The Confederation of African Football, CAF, nominated Osimhen alongside Egyptian forward, Mohammed Salah, and Achraf Hakimi of Morocco for the accolade, disclosing that the trio’s performances in the year had been...
Millions of Nigerian football lovers’ hopes of watching the country’s male national team at the 2026 World Cup in America have been dashed after the Super Eagles lost 4-3 to Congo DR during the African play-off final series. With the victory, DR Congo advanced to the intercontinental playoff while for the Nigerian team, the defeat...
The Federation of International Football Association, FIFA, has appointed Moroccan official, Jalal Jayed, as match referee for the World Cup qualifying play off between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and their counterparts, DR Congo. FIFA disclosed that Jayed, will lead other of his compatriots for the game which will determine the continent’s sole representative at...
Japan have beaten African representatives at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Ghana, in a warm-up match as part of preparations for the mundial competition. Goals in both halves from Striker, Takumi Minamino and Ritsu Doan, helped the Asian side to a 2-0 win over the west Africans, after beating Brazil, also in a friendly game...
NPFL club, Remo Stars, have lost their home unbeaten run in the league following their solitary goal loss to Enugu Rangers. Remo Stars held the spree which counted to 56 games but fell to the defeat to the south-eastern club, courtesy of a headed goal from Godwin Obazie to score his fifth goal of the...
The Federation of International Football Association, FIFA, has nominated 11 goals to contest for the 2025 Puskas Award. FIFA made a shortlist of goals scored between August 2024 and 2025, out of which the most stunning, following votes by global fans and a panel of the governing legends, will emerge winner of the award. Barcelona...
The Nigerian male national football team, Super Eagles, has recorded a morale-boosting 4-1 win over Gabon to book a place in the final of the African World Cup qualification play-off final, a window for qualification to the mundial soccer competition. During the game played before a mixed spectators, Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, scored a...
Super Eagles coach, Eric Chelle, has unveiled the line up for the World Cup qualifying play-off match against Gabon which kicks off a few minutes from now. Chelle sticks with his first choice goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali, who has in front of him, Calvin Bassey and Benjamin Frederick, as Centre Backs, alongside Zaidu Sanusi and Osayi...
English Championship club, Sheffield United, have signed English striker, Patrick Bamford, on a free transfer. Sheffield signed Bamford on a short-term deal to keep him at the club till January 2027, after the player left Leeds United in August following a seven-year spell with the Premier League side. Sheffield relayed that the 32-year-old’s acquisition will...
Premier League club, Wolverhampton Wanderers, have announced the appointment of Rob Edwards as manager following the the sacking of Vitor Pereira. Wolves stated that Edwards, a former player at the club, signed a three-year-deal to take up the vacant managerial position, stating that the 42-year-old disclosed the placement as his dream job having made...