Category: Sports

Kwara state Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commenced the payment of outstanding salaries and sign-on fees of players and officials of Kwara United Football Club. The approval and payment is in fulfilment of the financial criteria of the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) Club Licensing Regulations, ahead of the commencement of the 2020/2021 NPFL season. […]

The Nigeria Football Federation has announced the appointment of Mr. Randy Waldrum as the new Head Coach of the Senior Women National Team, Super Falcons. Waldrum, an American who played as a midfielder, has worked largely within the American women football circle and was head coach of the Trinidad and Tobago national team between 2014 […]

Defender Kenneth Omeruo and forward Moses Simon were among the early arrivals at the Super Eagles’ Hotel die Zeit an der Glan in Austria on Monday morning, ahead of the international friendly matches against African champions Algeria and Africa’s number two –ranked team, Tunisia. Forwards Samuel Kalu and Chidera Ejuke, defender Leon Balogun and goalkeeper […]

The Nigeria Football Federation has described as total falsehood, a report in a noxious online publication that it has received the $1.5million promised by world football –governing body, FIFA to all its Member Associations, as palliative for the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID19) which has ravaged the world this year. “The FIFA Council approved the sum […]

Kwara United have unveiled Brazilian winger Lucas Alves ahead of the coming Nigerian Professional Football League season. The unveiling ceremony was done on Monday morning, October 5, at the Kwara United office inside the stadium complex in Ilorin. Lucas Alves who last played for Seahorses LA expressed happiness after being unveiled and also promised to […]

The management of Aromokeye Pharmacy has pledged to support the Kwara state football association towards it’s committments in repositioning football in Kwara state. This follows a brief meeting between the Chief Executive Officer of Aromokeye Pharmacy, Abdullateef Aremu and the Kwara state Football Association led by Malam Idris Abdullahi Musa, where certain issues were discussed. […]

The Kwara Youth League debut season, 2019/2020 season will be concluded with a Super Six tournament. Recall that the league was suspended midway into the season after the Federal Government placed a ban on all sporting activities because of the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country. Although the date for the resumption of the […]

As part of activities to celebrate Nigeria’s 60 years independence anniversary, the Federal Government has concluded arrangements to recognize 60 sports icons that have won laurels for the country in the last 60 years. According to a statement by the Minister of Youth and Sports Development Mr. Sunday Dare, the decision to honour the 60 […]