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Nigeria’s Super Eagles will this evening by 6pm inside the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja take on Ghana Black Stars in the second leg play-off of qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup that will take place in Qatar. The first leg had ended goalless in Kumasi, Ghana last weekend. Meanwhile, …

All is not set for the all important second leg final round of play-off for the FIFA world cup slated for November /December 2022, between Nigeria super Eagles and Black stars of Ghana. The encounter billed for the Moshood Abiola National stadium, Abuja, will commence by 6pm on Tuesday March …

Edo State Government has restated its commitment to always reward hard work that will translate into fulfillment. Permanent Secretary, Edo, Sports Commission, Sabrina Chikere stated this during a retirement party organized for the former coach of the Chess game, in Edo State, Peter Agbonkhese at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin.

The Borno Football Association on Sunday appealed to the State Government to rescind its decision to convert the abandoned multipurpose stadium project along Kano road in Maiduguri to a market. The Acting Commissioner of Environment, Malam Kakashehu Lawan, had recently announced the immediate conversion of the stadium to a market. Lawan …

Marseille’s hopes of European qualification have suffered a blow with the news captain Bafetimbi Gomis has been ruled out for up to six weeks through injury. Gomis was injured in a 50-50 challenge with Nantes’ Diego Carlos in Sunday’s 3-2 defeat at the Stade de la Beaujoire, a game in …

Members of  the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon, new African football champions have been awarded presidential medals by the country’s long serving leader, President Paul Biya. It was at the reception for the team, during which Biya said the team had done Cameroon proud. As a bonus, the footballers had a chance …

Mfon Udoh scored a brace on Sunday for Enyimba International Football Club of Aba to beat visiting Nasarawa United FC 2-1 in a 2016/2017 Nigeria Professional Football League fixture. Goals in the 12th and 62nd minutes of the Match Day 5 fixture played at the U.J. Esuene Stadium in Calabar …

Barcelona’s Brazilian star Neymar says winning the Ballon d’Or is one of his goals but he will not lose any sleep if he never takes home football’s top individual award, AFP reports. “If I don’t win the Ballon d’or, its okay,” he said in an interview posted on the La …

Watford-bound midfielder Uche Agbo has revealed that Chelsea outcast  Mikel Obi and  Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta are his favourite players. “Iniesta is a thinking player, who is a step ahead always. I also admire Mikel and Prince Boateng, who always want to win,”  AfricanFootball.com quoted  the 20-year-old Granada midfielder as saying …