Nigeria Sports Minister Mourns Pele’s Death
The Honorable Minister of Sports and Youth Development Sunday Dare has joined the world sports community to mourn the exit of one of the greatest football icons in history, Edson Arantes Do Nascimento globally known as Pele. Sports Minister Sunday Dare said Pele was more than just a footballer, describing him as a gift to sports and humanity. His name...
Ogun Scrabble Fetes Players At End Of The Year Party With A Retreat
Members of the Ogun Scrabble family were on Thursday hosted to a feast by the executives of the State Association as a way of celebrating the modest successes achieved in this outgoing year. Players from different part of the state as well as their families and well-wishers converged at the remodelled "Old Trafford" playing Arena at Ijeja, Ake in...
IMC Release Approved Venues For NPFL Fixtures
Rangers Int'l, Lobi Stars, Nasarawa Utd, Kwara Utd and Niger Tornadoes fail requirements and will now play at adopted home grounds. 1. Rangers Int'l - Awka City Stadium 2. Nasarawa Utd - New Jos Township Stadium 3. Kwara United - Lekan Salami Stadium, Ibadan. 4. Lobi Stars - New Jos Road Stadium, Jos 5. Niger Tornadoes - Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna NB:...
Olarenwaju Ekundina Changing The Narratives And Discovering Talents Through Triple O Sporting club Academy
Nigeria indeed is a country blessed with abundant talents, but it takes a good and a willing heart to create an enabling environment for such talents to be taped and nurtured into shining stars. Triple O Sporting club Academy, based in Kaduna is an example of an enabling ground for talented players to discover the treasures hidden in them...
NPFL 2022/23 : ‘We Are Ready For The League’ – Abdul Maikaba
Technical adviser of the ‘Flying Antelopes’, Rangers International F.C, Abdul Maikaba, has assured the club’s numerous supporters that the team was fully ready for the start of the new league season after the unimpressive display in the Lagos preseason tournament recently. Speaking on Thursday, after one of the team’ training sessions since resumption after the Christmas break, the widely experienced...
IMC Release Approved Venues For NPFL Fixtures, Rangers, Lobi, Nasarawa, Kwara and Tornadoes Fail Requirements
Five clubs of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) have failed to meet the infrastructure requirements of the NPFL Club Licensing regulation and will be playing their home matches at venues approved by the Interim Management Committee (IMC). Following the Draws for the 2022/23 season of the NPFL, the IMC on Thursday released fixtures for Matchday 1 and venues for...
Buruj’s Football Academy Trio Set To Join Portuguese Side Sporting Vianna After Successful Visa Approval
Buruj's football academy trio in Noah Abolaji Salaudeen ( Striker), Joel Auta Peter( winger) and Ahmed Ogande who is a defender have all been cleared to join Portugal based club, Sporting Vianna after thier visa approval success. Just recently, the Ikorodu based academy announced that it had sealed a January move for three of it players to join Spanish side,...
Kida, Ikpea, Ejidike, Others Pour Eulogies On Late King Pele
Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, famously known has King Pele is dead. He died Thursday evening after a protracted cancer ailment at age of 82 years. Rather than grief and wail, the football world are rather raining praises, prayers and fond encomiums on the man, who undoubtedly, got more die-hard converts for the beautiful game, with his unbelievable exploits with the...
NNL 2022/23 : Kano Pillars Recruits 22 New Players Ahead Of 2022/2023 Season
Kano Pillars Football Club has recruited 22 new players to strengthen its team ahead of the 2022/2023 Nigeria National League, NNL, season. This is contained in a statement issued by the Media Officer of the club, Idris Malikawa, on Wednesday in Kano. According to him, the 22 new players will join 18 players the club retained from the 2021/2022 season. “We had...
Sunday Dare Celebrates Seyi Akinwunmi At 60
The Honourable Minister of Sports and Youth Development Sunday Dare has congratulated Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi on his 60th birthday. Akinwunmi, a former Nigeria Football Federation first Vice President and current Lagos State Football Association chairman clocked 60 on Thursday, the 28th of December, 2022. Akinwunmi's commitment to grassroots football development and charity has endeared him to many football stakeholders within and...
