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By Cecilia Ijuo Abuja, Aug. 25, 2018 (NAN) Edwin Clark has called for sack of the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mr Solomon Dalung, for allegedly discrediting Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for recognising the Amaju-Pinnick-led Board of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF). The elder statesman Clark, who made the …

Rivers State Government has stated that the Real Madrid Football Academy will be completed between December 2018 and January 2019. Addressing journalists after an inspection visit to the site of the academy in Port Harcourt on Saturday, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Sports, Mr James Enebeli said  that construction work at …

Barcelona (Spain), Aug. 23, 2018 (Reuters/NAN) Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets says the Spanish footballers’ union (AFE) is united in opposition to La Liga’s plans to play one regular season game in the United States. “We’re all united, the union is strong and as our president has said, we all think …

Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is to travel to Liberia this week to receive the West African country’s highest honour. The honour is in recognition of his role in the development of the football career of President George Weah. Another of Weah’s coaches in his formative years, Claude Le Roy, …

Real Madrid got off to a winning start in La Liga on Sunday by comfortably beating neighbours Getafe 2-0 at home with an inspiring performance from Gareth Bale. It was the European champions’ first league game in the post Cristiano Ronaldo era, and they rose to the occasion. Bale crashed …

  Chievo’s veteran goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino suffered a broken nose, bruised shoulder and whiplash when he collided with Cristiano Ronaldo during Saturday’s Serie A match against Juventus, the Verona-based club said on Sunday. The pair collided during a Juventus attack late in the game which ended with Mario Mandzukic heading …

2018 FIFA World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe scored twice as champions Paris St Germain (PSG) completed a second half comeback to secure a 3-1 win over En Avant Guingamp on Saturday. Belgium international Thomas Meunier returned to a youthful PSG side while Mbappe was benched as the visitors’ quest for …

Emmanuel Ifeajuna is without question one of the most controversial names in Nigerian history. His achievement in sports won him the adulation of Nigerians. His later activities in the military however enraged some Nigerians so much that they no longer want to hear of the honour he brought the country …

The game of Polo to an average Nigerian may be nothing more than a group of men riding on horses trying to hit a round object, but for Access Bank, a leading player in the Nigerian banking industry, the game is an avenue to further deepen its commitment towards impacting …

Following up Zinedine Zidane’s treble Champions League success with Real Madrid was always going to be a difficult job for Julen Lopetegui. But having to do it without Cristiano Ronaldo is a monumental challenge. Real Madrid finished third in La Liga last season after a thoroughly disappointing campaign, 17 points …

  In line with its Corporate Social Responsibility, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has partnered with the Nigerian Heart Foundation (NHF) to assist the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in creating awareness on the dangers of heart diseases and the effect on the well-being of people. This was made known …

Paul Pogba’s third minute penalty and a late goal from Luke Shaw gave Manchester United a 2-1 win over Leicester City at Old Trafford in the opening game of the Premier League season on Friday. Pogba was named captain by manager Jose Mourinho and took responsibility for the penalty after …

FC Barcelona on Friday named Argentina’s Lionel Messi the club’s captain, following the departure of long-serving midfielder Andres Iniesta. Defenders Gerard Pique and Sergi Roberto were also named new vice-captains in a statement by the La Liga champions. Messi, Barca’s all-time top goalscorer, has been a vice-captain since 2015. The …

Zambia’s former African Footballer of the Year, Kalusha Bwalya, has been banned from the game for two years by world governing body FIFA after an investigation into his links to banned Qatari official Mohammed Bin Hammam. The adjudicatory chamber of FIFA’s Ethics Committee on Friday said that they had banned …

By Dorcas Jonah  Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) on Tuesday imposed a life ban on a referee while six others and a technical instructor got 10 years ban for football related offences. CAF announced on its website that David Laryea, Assistant Referee from Ghana, got life ban from all CAF related …

By Stanley Nwanosike  The Enugu State Police Command on Thursday lauded its taekwondo team for winning a bronze medal at the 7th Inspector General of Police (IGP) Taekwondo Championship held in Lagos. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Danmallam, gave the commendation at the Police Headquarters in Enugu while receiving …

Robert Lewandowski wants to leave Bayern Munich but the Bundesliga champions will not sell the prolific striker in the current transfer window, manager Niko Kovac said on Tuesday. Poland international Lewandowski has been Bayern’s top goalscorer in three of the last four seasons since joining the club in 2014. He …

 By Victor Okoye   Enyimba International Football Club of Aba slumped to a 0-2 defeat to Williamsville Athletic Club of Cote d’ Ivoire in Sunday’s CAF Confederation Cup Group C clash at the Robert Champroux Stadium in Abidjan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a goal in each …

By Ihechinyere Chigemeri-Uwom Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has expressed satisfaction with the level of reconstruction work at the Enyimba Stadium, under the remodeling project of the State Government. Ikpeazu made this known on Friday while addressing newsmen after inspecting the progress of work at the stadium in Aba. He …

By Sam Oditah  Ten lucky winners of the “Predict and Win” raffle draw for the just-concluded World Cup: Russia 2018, organised in Abia, were on Thursday rewarded with different prizes at a forum in Umuahia. The draw was sponsored by Chief Emeka Stanley, former Chairman of Abia State Oil Producing …

By Isaac Aregbesola The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says 75 out of 230 stranded Nigerian Football fans absconded in Russia after the 2018 FIFA World Cup . The ministry’s Spokesperson, Dr Tope Elias-Fatile, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja that the fans absconded in spite …

By Dorcas Jonah, Victor Okoye A cross-section of football stakeholders on Tuesday in Abuja promised to reconcile the different parties in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) leadership crisis in order to bring development to the sport. The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, while briefing newsmen at the …

By Olanrewaju Akojede  The embattled Amaju Pinnick faction of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has been restored to office, following a directive from the Federal Government. The General Secretary of NFF, Muhammed Sanusi spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from his office in Abuja on Monday. “I am back …

By Isaac Aregbesola  The Federal Government has vowed to arrest and prosecute the airline travel agents who cancelled the return tickets of 230 Nigerian football fans stranded after the 2018 World Cup Tournament in Russia. The Nigerian Ambassador to Russia, Prof. Steve Ugba said this in an online video statement …

 By Isaac Aregbesola  A nursing mother and 154 out of 230 Nigerian football fans stranded in Russia after the 2018 FIFA World Cup arrived the country on Friday night.  The stranded football fans including a nursing mother in her mid thirties came through Ethiopian Airline flight number ET-ALP that arrived …