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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 […]

The Flying Eagles of Nigeria yesterday got their 2022 WAFU Zone B qualifying tournament off to a perfect start after defeating defending champions Black Satellites of Ghana 2-0 in Niamey, Niger Republic. The Group B game, which was played inside the General Seyni Kountche Stadium, saw the Flying Eagles score in each half through Aminu Muhammad in the 5th minute and Ahmed Abdullahi, with 12 minutes leftbefore the end of […]

Nigeria’s Falconets have been drawn in Group C and will face France, Canada and South Korea at this year’s U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica. The draw was held yesterday at the Teatro Nacional De Costa Rica in San José with the competition to run from 10th to 28th August in the cities of Alajuela and San José. The 16 qualified teams were seeded based on their performances in […]

Nigeria’s Falconets have been drawn in Group C and will face France, Canada and South Korea at this year’s U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica. The draw was held yesterday at the Teatro Nacional De Costa Rica in San José with the competition to run from 10th to 28th August in the cities of Alajuela and San José. The 16 qualified teams were seeded based on their performances in […]

West Ham United’s hope of European dream is over as they were beaten in the Europa League semi-final by Eintracht Frankfurt, who will meet Rangers in the final. Defender Aaron Cresswell and manager David Moyes were both sent off on a heated night in Germany as The Hammers failed to set up an all-British final. Moyes' side lost their home leg 2-1 but started brightly until Cresswell pulled down Jens […]