Category: Football

*Coach Tunde Asked to Step Aside It was heartbreak for Kwara United today, Sunday October 5, 2025, as the team suffered a 0-1 home defeat to Abia Warriors in their Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Matchday 7 encounter at the Rashidi Yekini Main-Bowl of the George Agbazika Innih Stadium Complex, Ilorin. The Harmony Boys began […]

Super Eagles’ Head Coach Eric Chelle has drafted team Captain William Ekong, goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali, defenders Bright Osayi-Samuel and Calvin Bassey, midfielders Alex Iwobi and Wilfred Ndidi, and forwards Victor Osimhen and Simon Moses in his list of 23 players for this month’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Lesotho and Benin Republic. Defender […]

Head Coach of Nigeria’s Flying Eagles, Aliyu Zubair, has expressed confidence in his team’s chances of qualifying for the knockout stage of the ongoing FIFA U-20 World Cup tournament in Chile after their hard-fought 3-2 victory over Saudi Arabia on Friday. Speaking after the match, Zubair commended his players’ fighting spirit, noting that their determination […]

The Commandant of the Police Training School, Ilorin, ACP Tunde Salihu Magaji Nda has said that active participation in sports, as well as competitions will henceforth, be institutionalized, and included among activities for the Passing Out Parade of new recruits in the school. While speaking to pressmen after the closing ceremony of the football tournament […]

Squad 6, on Monday defeated Squad 3 to emerge winners of the maiden edition of the inter-squad football competition among new recruits of the Kwara State Police Training School (PTS), in Ilorin. The competition was initiated by the Commandant of the PTS, ACP Tunde Salihu Magaji Nda, as part of the activities marking the Passing […]

The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has sanctioned the South African Football Association (SAFA) for having fielded an ineligible player, Teboho Mokoena, in the South Africa versus Lesotho match played on 21 March 2025 in the FIFA World Cup 2026 preliminary competition, thereby breaching article 19 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC) and article 14 of the […]

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of El-Lado Transport Services, Mallam Mohammed Olatunji has said that Kwara United were unlucky against Asante Kotoko in the return leg of CAF Confederation Cup preliminary round. Kwara United lost to the Ghanian side by a lone goal at the MKO Abiola International Stadium, Abeokuta on Sunday with Hubert Gyau […]

Ghanaian giants, Asante Kotoko, proved too strong for Nigeria’s Kwara United today Sunday September 28, 2025, as they secured a hard-fought victory in their CAF Confederation Cup clash at the MKO Abiola International Stadium, Kuto, Abeokuta. They eliminated Kwara United 5-3 on aggregate, to set up a first round clash with Wydad Casablanca of Morocco. […]

Head Coach of Nigeria’s U-20 men’s national team, the Flying Eagles, Coach Aliyu Zubair has expressed satisfaction with the team’s progress following the completion of their 12-day pre-World Cup training programme in Chile. The team played two warm-up matches, drawing 1-1 with Chile and securing a 3-1 victory over Australia, ahead of their opening game […]

When Kwara United boarded the flight to Accra for their CAF Confederation Cup preliminary tie, they didn’t go alone. Behind the players, the technical team and a handful of travelling fans was a very visible demonstration of political will: the personal and financial backing of Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. His presence in Ghana, and […]