Luka Modric ended Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s decade-long domination of football’s individual awards by being crowned FIFA’s best player of the year on Monday. The Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder starred for both club and country as Madrid won Read more
Mr Amaju Pinnick has been re-elected as President of the Nigeria Football Federation. Pinnick won the NFF election, held in Katsina State, by securing 34 votes out of 44 possible votes. His closest rival Aminu Maigari got eight votes, while Read more
Nigeria’s Super Eagles are back in contention for a place at the 2019 African Nations Cup after defeating Seychelles 3-0 at the Stade Linite Stadium on Saturday. Goals from Odion Ighalo, Chidozie Awaziem and Ahmed Musa gave the Super Eagles Read more
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Committee on Ethics and Fair Play has banned Chief Coach of the Super Eagles, Salisu Yusuf, for one year. A statement from the football governing body on Wednesday also revealed that Yusuf was handed a Read more
Cristiano Ronaldo is locked in a race to be crowned FIFA men’s world player, alongside former Real Madrid teammate Luka Modric and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah. If Ronaldo wins on 24 September, it will his sixth FIFA award. But Lionel Messi Read more
The Federal Government has announced its recognition of the Amaju Pinnick-led executive as the authentic leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Laolu Akande, Special Assistant to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made Read more
The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday met behind closed doors with the Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting was held inside Osinbajo’s office shortly after the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council. Read more
Super Eagles and Chelsea forward, Victor Moses, has retired from international football. The 27-year-old announced this on Wednesday via his twitter handle. “I would like to announce that after much thought, I have made the decision to retire from playing Read more
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has offered Carl Ikeme a role in the technical crew of the Super Eagles, following his premature retirement from active football. On Friday, Ikeme announced his decision to hang his gloves as he continues his Read more
President Emmanuel Macron, whose enthusiasm soared with each goal as France marched toward World Cup victory on Sunday, expressed his thanks to the young team on Twitter after congratulating the players on the pitch in Moscow. “MERCI” Macron wrote in Read more