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All 20 clubs of the Nigeria Professional Football League NPFL have been invited to an interactive meeting with the Interim Management Committee IMC of the league. A circular to the clubs signed by the Head of Operations Davidson Owumi notified the clubs that the meeting would hold tomorrow December 21 at the Sandralia Hotel in Abuja. The circular noted that the meeting is being convened to perfect earlier interactions with […]

Argentina's World Cup-winning captain Lionel Messi has been named BBC Sports Personality's World Sport Star of the Year for 2022 after he led his country to their first World Cup triumph in 36 years in Qatar. The 35-year-old Paris St-Germain forward won the tournament's Golden Ball awarded to the best player after scoring seven goals at his fifth World Cup. Messi widely acknowledged as one of the greatest footballers of all time […]

Former Head Coach of Super Eagles, Sunday Oliseh, has urged Alex Iwobi to pen a new contract with Premier League club, Everton as he still has two years remaining on his contract with the club. The midfielder initially struggled for playing time at Goodison Park before Frank Lampard’s arrival. Talks are ongoing between Iwobi and Everton over a new long-term contract and Oliseh has advised Iwobi not to hesitate on […]

The Confederation of African Football, CAF has announced it will apply the use of Video Assistant Referee, VAR for all underage and inter-club competitions in 2023. CAF maintained that VAR will be present at all venues of the under-age tournaments while it will be introduced to the inter-club competitions from the quarter-finals stage. The 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations will be hosted by Algeria, while Egypt, will host the […]

Nigeria’s U20 men's team, the Flying Eagles will lock horns with Nigeria Professional Football League side NPFL teams Nasarawa United and Niger Tornadoes in a tune-up match, as they resumed camping to intensify preparations for the AFCON in Egypt. The Ladan Bosso-led team had before this week faced academy football teams, where they exhibited their goal-scoring prowess as they whipped Kickers Academy 8-0 on Saturday at the FIFA Goal Project […]

The president of Uganda Football Associations Moses Magogo has announced that the country will withdraw from the African Nations Championships Chan because of a row over government funding, Magogo who is also a member of the Ugandan parliament said pulling out of the tournament which is scheduled to begin in Algeria on 13 January was sad. He stated further that the sanctions on Uganda will affect the future if they […]

The Lawn Tennis Association has been fined 820,000 pounds by the ATP for banning Russian and Belarusian male players from this summer's grass-court events. The ban was imposed in reaction to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The governing body has also been warned it could lose its ATP membership if a similar decision is made next year. The LTA says it is deeply disappointing and has accused the ATP of showing […]

Bayern Munich stunned Barcelona in the women's Champions League to earn their first win over the Spanish side. In front of a women's club record crowd of 24,000 at Allianz Arena, Bayern went 2-0 up after 10 minutes through goals by Klara Buhl and Lina Magull. Barcelona, featuring England's Lucy Bronze and Keira Walsh, had no answer to the Germans, driven from midfield by fellow Lioness Georgia Stanway. Lea Schuller […]

Nigeria male handball age group grade teams participating at the IHF Trophy Tournament for Africa Zone 3 continued their superlative performance on day 2 of the competition with a 79 - 15 destruction of Liberia in Abidjan, Ivory Coast yesterday. The under-18 national Male team was particularly fantastic on the day as Coach Emeka Nnamani tutored the side, and recorded an emphatic victory which is so far the highest in […]