Kwara Football Association and football stakeholders have been charged to ensure strict compliance with Covid-19 protocols and guidelines, as the state’s darling team hosts Dakkada FC in a Week 10 NPFL match tomorrow. This is coming on the heel of the directive of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Task Force on Covid-19, to the League Management […]
2020/2021 NNL season: ABS FC unveils new players
Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Ilorin FC, have unveiled 15 new players to boast the chances of the team in the new abridged 2020/2021 Nigeria National League (NNL) season. Unveiling the players at a mini ceremony, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the team’s Director of Football (DoF), Alloy Chukwuemeka said that most of the new […]
2020/2021 NNL kicks off weekend
The season 2020/2021 Nigeria National League (NNL) will finally kick off this weekend, with actions expected in different centres in the four zones. In the Northern Conference A1, Nigeria’s Anti-graft Agency side, EFCC will host former Nigeria Premier League outfit, FC Taraba at the popular Area 3 Playing Ground, Garki, Abuja at 4pm while, in […]
Principal’s Cup kicks off February 26th
The Main Organising Committee (MOC) of the National Principals Cup has announced that the revived National competition earlier scheduled to kick-off on February 12 will now start from February 26. The secondary school showpiece will be heralded with an opening ceremony and match between Government College, Kaduna and Igbobi College, Lagos, at the Agege Stadium, […]
Ayomide wins Portuguese Liga 2 Player of the Month of January
CD Fierense Nigeria born attacker, Ayomide Marcus was voted the best player in the Portuguese Liga 2 by the coaches of teams playing in the league. Since the turn of the new year, Marcus scintillating performance saw him scoring 3 goals and providing one assist in 4 games. The 21-year-old received 15.00% of the votes, […]
Squash Courts: Lodoni to deliver on time, despite slow start
The Senior Project Engineer of Lodoni Company Nigeria Limited, Dr Abdullahi Abdulkadri has assured that despite the setback posed by the nature of the soil at the Kwara State Stadium Complex, the ongoing construction of the Eight Glass Back Squash Court will be delivered well on time. The project started in December, and the Company […]
NFF mourns ace journalist, Olusegun Ogunjimi
The Nigerian Football family has once more been thrown into deep mourning following the demise on Wednesday of ace sports journalist Olusegun Ogunjimi of The Nation newspapers stable. Highly professional, resourceful, humble and diligent, Ogunjimi was widely respected by colleagues, administrators and other stakeholders in the sector, and was a credible role model for aspiring […]
Super Falcons off to Antalya for Turkish Women’s Cup
Reigning African champions Nigeria will land in Antalya on Monday to participate in the fifth edition of the Turkish Women’s Cup taking place 15th – 24th February. It is the first run-out for the Super Falcons, who reached the Round of 16 at the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in France in the summer […]
FIFA re-asserts independence of FAs from third party interference
World football –governing body, FIFA, has once more emphasised its zero tolerance for third party and political interference in the affairs of its Member Associations, declaring unambiguously that such would, without fail, always attract heavy sanctions from the world body, including the suspension of the affected Member Association. In an official correspondence dated Tuesday, 9th […]
Sports Minister mourns Sofoluwe
Minister of Youth and sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare has expressed deep shock and sadness over the demise of former Super Eagles Defender Yisa Sofouwe, who died on Tuesday at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital at the age of 54. According to a statement from his Media Office, Dare said ‘The news of Yisa […]