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The Confederation of African Football CAF has appointed Namibian official Antsino Twanyayukwa as the referee for next week’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup final qualifying round first leg match between Ethiopia and Nigeria in Addis Ababa. Twanyayukwa will be joined at the potentially explosive encounter, scheduled for the Abebe Bekila Stadium as from 4pm Ethiopia time on Friday 20th May, by compatriots Eveline Augustinus as assistant referee 1, Pulen Agnes […]

Tottenham against arch-rivals Arsenal in the race for a place in next season's Champions League with an emphatic 3-0 north London Derby victory. In a charged atmosphere, The Gunners nightmare Harry Kane gave Spurs the lead from the spot in the 22nd minute after Son Heung-Min was fouled by Cedric Soares, then added a second before the break with a stooping far-post header after Rodrigo Bentancur flicked on a corner. […]

The Federal government has withdrawn the National Basketball team from all international competitions for a period of two years. This was made known today by the permanent secretary of Federal Ministry of Sport Development, Ismaila Abubakar.

Inter Milan came from behind against Juventus to clinch a first Coppa Italia since 2011 at the Stadio Olympico. HakanCalhanoglu’s 80th-minute penalty forced extra time and Ivan Perisic scored twice in three minutes as Inter lifted the cup for the eighth time. Nocolo Barella’s superb strike had put Inter ahead after just six minutes but holders Juventus scored twice in quick succession through Alex Sandro and Dusan Vlahovic to turn […]

The Confederation of African Football CAF has confirmed that the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, Nigeria will host the 2021/22 Total Energies Confederation Cup final on Friday, May 20th, 2022.

Liverpool maintained the pressure on Premier League leaders Manchester City as they survived an early scare to come from behind and win at Aston Villa. Jurgen Klopp’s side went behind after only three minutes when Douglas Luiz bundled home after Liverpool keeper Alisson Becker failed to hold his header. They levelled up within three minutes when Cameroonian defender Joel Matip scored following a goalmouth scramble and the sides then exchanged […]

Super Eagles’ First Assistant Coach, Salisu Yusuf has released a list of 30 players, including Captain Ahmed Musa and forward Moses Simon, ahead of the prestigious international friendly matches against the A Men National Teams of Mexico and Ecuador in the United States of America.

The Nigeria Football Federation NFF has been ordered to pay former coach of the Super Eagles Gernot Rohr about 380,000 dollars in compensation after ending his contract early. Nigeria's longest-serving manager having taken charge in August 2016,  lost his job as Super Eagles coach in December just four weeks before the delayed 2021 Africa Cup of Nations kicked off in Cameroon. The NFF had agreed to pay Rohr's salary until the end of his […]

Max Verstappen of Red Bull survived a late-race assault from title rival Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari to win the inaugural Miami Grand Prix. Verstappen was cruising to an easy win after passing Leclerc early on but a late safety car brought them together for a re-start with 10 laps to go and Leclerc strained everything for five laps to get close enough to pass but Verstappen broke his challenge. Verstappen’s win […]