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Starting from today in Abuja, twenty six Super Eagles players will battle to impress Coach Stephen Keshi and his crew for shirts for the Nations Cup qualifier against the Lone Star of Liberia. The Eagles crew is expected at the end of the week to name ...
Heartland Football Club of Owerri yesterday emerged winners of the 2012 Federation Cup. It is the oldest trophy in Nigerian football and was the 67th edition. Heartland beat the Benue State team 2-1 in an explosive encounter. Ezekiel Bassey put Lobi ah...
Nigeria's women's U-20 national team, The Falconets, this morning defeated the Azurri ladies from Italy 4-0 in the final group match of the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Japan with Striker Fancesca Ordega scoring a hat-trick to power the Africans to the top of Group B.
Eden Hazard put on another masterclass - with a goal and an assist - to send Chelsea back to the top of the Premier League after a 2-0 win over Newcastle. The Belgian, who arrived at Stamford Bridge this summer for £32 million from Lille, has bee...
Midfielder John Mikel Obi has expressed excitement at the prospect of his compatriot, Victor Moses teaming up with him at Chelsea. The Nigerian midfielder posted on his official page in the social media network, Twitter, on Friday that he "can'...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria yesterday defeated newly promoted Nation-wide side Teap FC of Abuja 1-0 at the package B section of the National stadium, Abuja, as they intensify preparations for the crucial Nations cup qualifier against Liberia next month...
A goal in each half saw Nigeria commence their 2012 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup campaign with a 2-0 victory over Korea Republic in Saitama to take an early lead at the top of Group B.
Nigeria Basketball Federation president, Tijjani Umar has described as laughable the N2.6b given to Team Nigeria for both the Olympics and Paralympics when nations spent whooping millions in either pounds or dollars to prepare just athletes for medals ...
Flamingoes’ Head Coach, Peter Dedevbo has given kudos to his girls after they lost 2-1 to a boys’ team in a warm-up training match at the Area 3 Astro-turf pitch, Abuja,over the weekend. The Coach, who praised the team for rising up t...
Former Super falcons goalkeeper Ann Echejinne has thumbed up the Falconets for their 2-nil wonderful performance against the Korea Republic on Sunday at the on-going FIFA Under 20 Women’s’ world cup in Japan. Echejinne in an exclusive inter...
Barcelona has completed the signing of Arsenal midfielder Alex Song for a fee of €19 million [£15m]. The Cameroon international makes official his £15 million move to Camp Nou, penning a five-year contract to provide competition for th...
Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has reiterated his desire to one day return to management in the Premier League and refused to rule out a return to Chelsea. The Special One has once more stated that he would like to return to England, while also reveali...
Member, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Technical Committee, Austel Elumelu has said he is optimistic the Flamingoes will do well in the FIFA U-17 World Cup scheduled for Azerbaijan next month. Speaking while addressing the coaches during their train...
Manchester City have put their search for a new chief executive on the backburner after abandoning plans to appoint the former Barcelona vice-president at the top of the club. As revealed by Goal.com in January, City’s high command had lined up e...
Roberto Mancini’s side defeated Chelsea 3-2 to win the Community Shield on the same day they agreed a deal with Everton to boost their midfield with the England starlet. The summer has had an uncharacteristic inactivity, but Manchester City portr...