CAFCL: Stanley Eguma Commends His Players Composure In Nervy Victory Against Wydad AC, Assures Brave Second Leg Fight
Rivers United technical manager, Stanley Eguma has praised the character, composure and bravery of his players in the hard fought victory over Wydad Casablanca while also assuring fans of a good fight for qualification in the second leg in Morocco. The defending NPFL champions won 2-1 at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt to get the edge going into...
Sports Minister Tasks New NFF Leadership To Take Nigerian Football To Greater Heights
The Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has tasked the newly elected Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) to improve all levels of football in the country. Dare dropped this charge on Tuesday, in his office, at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja, when the NFF leadership paid him a courtesy visit. The Minister said football is a national...
Excitement, As Amaju Pinnick Formally Hands Over NFF To Ibrahim Musa Gusau
It was an epic moment at the Nigeria Football Federation office on Tuesday morning as FIFA Council Member and Member of the CAF Executive Committee, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick formally handed over the reins of the NFF to the winner of presidential election at the September 30 Elective General Assembly held in Benin City, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau. A...
CAF CL: Wydad AC Coach Houcine Ammouta Laments Poor State Of Host Pitch, Players Wastefulness, Inaccurate Officiating To Loss Against Rivers United
Wydad Athletic Club Head Coach, Houcine Ammouta has attributed his team loss against Rivers United in the first leg of second preliminary round of the CAF Champions League to bad condition of host pitch, his players Wastefulness in front of goal and inaccurate officiating. Rivers United took a lifeline for themselves nicking a 2-1 win at their Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium...
PLATEAU UNITED WON’T SIT BACK IN TUNIS
Plateau United Technical Adviser , Coach Fidelis Ilechukwu says his team will present an attacking formation against Esperance of Tunisia in the return leg of the second leg, second round, preliminary stage of the CAF Champions League coming up this Friday at the Rades Stadium in Tunis. Ilechukwu stated this shortly after his team's slim 2-1 win over...
TCCLeague: “I Want To Wear The Green And White Jersey Of Nigeria,” Scorer Of First Gbagada FC Goal, Gabriel Sanders
It was a winning start to The Creative Championship League season for Gbagada FC and that’s thanks to a Gabriel Sanders goal which was enough to pick a 1-0 victory over Dannaz FC on a wet morning. Gabriel told Sports247 that scoring was the mission as well as ensuring not to concede as instructed by the coach. “It was an awesome...
Esperance Coach On How His Team Failed To Beat Plateau Utd
The assistant coach of Esperance of Tunisia, Nader Daoud has expressed his thought on how the Tunisian-based team fell to Plateau United. The four-time African champions faced the Nigerian Professional Football League(NPFL) first runner-up in a keenly contested CAF Champions League elimination round. The winner of the double-legged tie will find their way to the competition's group stages. Expressing his...
TCCLeague: League Director, Akinyelu Olajide, Assures Fans Of The Best Football For The Next Six Months
The third edition of The Creative Championship League Season kicked off on Sunday, 9th October, 2022 at the Legacy Pitch in Lagos and fans have been promised good football according to the League Director, Akinyelu Olajide, Sports247 reports. “The season is just starting but the fans should expect nothing less. Sporting Lagos has joined and the league remains ten teams...
Commonwealth Medalist Favour Ofili Joins Testing Pool Athletes
Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili has been added to the league of world athletics internationals registered Testing Pool athletes. The Testing Pool consists of Athletes at their highest level of their sport – are required to provide whereabouts information. Also, this information is used by Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs) to locate athletes for effective out of competition doping control. Ofili, who won silver medal...
TCCLeague: “I Want To Make It To The Top,” Dannaz FC Star Akinwande Shuaib
Dannaz FC opened the third edition of The Creative Championship League season with a 1-0 loss to Gbagada FC but midfielder Shuaib Akinwande felt the inability to take chances and players not turning up affected the team. “It was a bad day for us as we did not protect our territory,” Shuaib told Sports247. “Our captain was also not in the...
