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Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets have defeated Mexico’s Under 17 team to qualify for the finals of the Under-17 World Cup tournament holding in Chile. The Coach Emmanuel Amuneke tutored Eaglets scored 4 goals while the Mexicans scored 2 goals in the exciting game that saw the Mexicans scoring first. The Nigerian …

Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets will seek to solidify the road to winning her fourth trophy in the FIFA Under-17 World Cup when they tackle the Joven El Tri of Mexico in Concepción on Thursday. The semi-final game is a rematch of the 2013 final of the competition when Nigeria beat Mexico …

The Swaziland national team have gone into camp in preparation for their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Nigeria on November 13. The Sihlangu, Wednesday. started their final leg of preparations at the National Football Association Technical Centre in Lobamba for the first leg of the qualifier Coach Harries ‘Madze’ …

Falconets head coach, Peter Dedevbo has called for calm as his wards battle the Basetsana of South Africa for a spot at the 2016 Fifa U20 Women’s World Cup in Papua New Guinea. The Nigerian campaigners will be taking their 2-1 first leg advantage at the Abuja National Stadium to …

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara state, Monday, urged the Nigerian Under 17 National team currently in Chile defending the title they won two years ago not to be carried away by their 3-0 victory over their Brazilian counterparts at the quarter final stage of the competition but psyche themselves up …

Nigeria Under-17 coach Emmanuel Amuneke has praised his World Cup semi-finalists but says there is still a lot to do to retain their title. The Golden Eaglets, who play Mexico in the last four, Thursday, have impressed and striker Victor Osimhen is the standout player in Chile. “Victor is a …

NEDU MARK, Yenagoa The lingering crisis rocking the Bayelsa State Chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has been resolved following the intervention of the leaders of the regional body. This comes as the national leadership of the sports writers’ body also ordered fresh election into the state …

Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure and Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang are now both in strong contention to win the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Player of the Year award for a fifth consecutive year. CAF, Monday, unveiled a shortlist of 10 footballers with no Nigerian making the list even as …

Golden Eaglets’ coach, ex-international, Emmanuel Amuneke, has said his team’s thrashing of the Brazil U-17 side was a boost that will serve to lift his players’ morale ahead of their semi-final tie. This is just as his opposite number, coach Carlos Amadeu has expressed anger at the defeat. Amuneke said …

Samson Siasia is the Chief Coach of the country’s Under 23 male football team, popularly referred to as ‘Dream Team’. In a month’s time, in Senegal, at the African U-23 Nations Cup tourney, the team is saddled with the enormous task of securing a ticket to represent the country at …

Manchester City youngster Kelechi Iheanacho and Arsenal’s Alex Iwobi have now been officially handed their potential international debuts in the Super Eagles’ roster for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Swaziland. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) had initially announced a list of 23 players, Thursday, without the former under-17 …

The Cameroonian football icon, Samuel Eto’o fils, has launched the Yellow Whistle Blower FC initiative aimed at raising money and awareness amid the escalating crisis in West Africa which, which, according to him, ‘isn’t being talked about enough but is causing huge pain and damage’ Eto’o feels that the escalating …

Nigeria’s U-17 football team, the Golden Eaglets will face Brazil in the quarter finals of the ongoing FIFA -17 World Cup in Chile. The Golden Eaglets hammered Australia 6-0 in Viña del Mar to reach the last eight where they must now line up against three-time champions, Brazil. Nigeria, record …

Embattled,  suspended FIFA president, Sepp Blatter, has caused more controversies claiming, Wednesday, that the decision to award Russia the hosting rights for the 2018 World Cup was made before actual voting had taken place. The remarkable revelation by the suspended Fifa president means England, who unsuccessfully bid for the tournament …

World’s football governing body, FIFA has announced the names of the seven candidates to replace Sepp Blatter as its president – with that of Trinidad and Tobago candidate, David Nakhid not among them. Nakhid, a former international, had stated his intention to stand but was absent from the list released …

Chad, who are Nigeria’s Group G opponents in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, have sacked their French coach Emmanuel Tregoat and replaced him with former Cameroon defender Rigobert Song. Sitting bottom of the group behind Egypt, Nigeria and Tanzania, the Football Federation in Chad gave Tregoat the boot …

Michel Platini has had a first procedural appeal against a 90-day ban from all football activities rejected, representatives of the UEFA president revealed on Monday. “This decision is not that of the (FIFA) appeals committee, for which no date has yet been communicated to Platini,” the Frenchman’s counsel said in …

Nigeria’s home-based Super Eagles have qualified for the 2016 African Nations Championship (Chan) in Rwanda, following a 0-0 draw with Burkina Faso in the second leg of their qualifying tie at the Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Sunday. A first half penalty miss represented Burkina Faso’s best chance to open …

Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh, will miss the second leg of the 2016 CHAN qualifier in Burkina Faso due to illness, the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed. Oliseh despite his illness joined up with the Nigerian team in Port Harcourt for the first leg of the African Nations Championship …

World’s football governing body, FIFA, announced, Wednesday, that top personalities in the sport including German football great Franz Beckenbauer and Spain’s top football official, Angel Maria Villar Llona, as well as Nigeria’s Amos Adamu are now under investigation by its Ethics committee. Adamu is alleged to have breached Fifa’s code …

Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets have qualified for the Round of 16 at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup with their 5-1 thrashing of the hosts, Chile, at the Estadio SausalitoVina Del Mar. Eaglets’ midfielder, Samuel Chukwueze, struck after 15 seconds from kick off to score Nigeria’s third fastest goal in the history …

Super Eagles striker Emmanuel Emenike, Tuesday announced his retirement from international football, after a barren spell in front of goal. The 28-year-old said on his Instagram account he was calling time on his five-year career for the national side, telling fans he was “no longer a Super Eagles player”. “It …

FIFA’s executive committee reiterated readiness, Tuesday, to hold the election for a new president to replace Sepp Blatter next February. On their official Twitter account, world football’s governing body confirmed an extraordinary elective congress will be held in Zurich on February 26, 2016, when there will be a vote for …

Oscar Pistorius, South Africa’s double-amputee “Blade Runner”, was released on parole late Monday, just short of a year into his five-year sentence for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013. The disgraced Paralympic gold medallist must serve the rest of his sentence under house arrest but still faces …

African footballer of the year, Manchester City‘s Yaya Toure from Ivory Coast, is the only African in the 23-man shortlist for world’s best football award, FIFA Ballon d’Or, announced by football governing body. The list which stars six players from Barcelona FC, includes five from Bayern Munich, and another five …