Samson Siasia has been banned for life by FIFA after being found guilty over bribery and manipulation of matches. The former Super Eagles of Nigeria coach has been banned from all football-related activities over attempts to rig matches at international Read more
Nigerian veteran sports journalist and retired Director of Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Akinloye Oyebanji, has died at the age of 62. His family confirmed to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Mr Oyebanji passed on at the National Hospital, Abuja, Read more
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have moved up 12 spots from 45th to 33rd in the July world FIFA ranking. The rankings released on Thursday shows Nigeria maintained the 3rd position in Africa with an improvement from 1433 points in June to Read more
Nigeria’s Odion Ighalo has emerged highest goal scorer of the African Cup of Nations 2019. Ighalo won the golden boot with five goals. Below are other leading goalscorers in 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after Algeria won the final in Read more
Super Eagles’ captain, Mikel Obi, and striker Odion Ighalo have retired from international football. Obi, 32, made the disclosure via his Instagram handle @mikel_john_obi on Thursday, after leading the side to the third place of the 2019 African Cup of Read more
Nigerian footballer and coach, Samson Siasia’s mother, Ogere Siasia, has been abducted by unknown gunmen in her home in Bayelsa State. The gunmen reportedly stormed her house at about 2:00 a.m. in Odoni, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Read more
An Abuja division of the Federal High Court on Monday issued a bench warrant against the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Amaju Pinnick. The court also ordered the arrest of four other officials of the NFF accused of Read more
The rape lawsuit against Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo has been dropped, according to a report from Bloomberg on Wednesday. A notice of voluntary dismissal was filed last month in Nevada state court in Las Vegas. The filing did not say Read more
Anthony Joshua gets £20m for shock defeat, Andy Ruiz £5m for winning Published Andy Ruiz Jr might have produced one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight history on Saturday, but his pay cheque was distinctly lightweight, compared to Anthony Joshua’s. Read more
Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah was voted as the African Footballer of the Year for the second successive year at the Confederation of African Football’s 2018 awards ceremony in Dakar on Tuesday. Salah beat fellow nominees, Liverpool teammate Sadio Mane and Read more