NLO: Nationwide League One Super 8 Championship Get Kick-Off Date
The Nigerian Nationwide League One board recently announced the date for the kick-off of the annual Super 8 championship to determine the overall winner of the 2021 season amongst the eight teams promoted to the NNL. In a letter from the NLO board to the Football Associations of the eight qualified teams, the board sent her compliments to the clubs...
Flying Officers Cup 21: Teams To Undergo Compulsory Covid-19 Test On Arrival
Organizers have announced that players and officials of all the sixteen (16) participating at the 2021 Flying Officers Cup are to undergo the compulsory Covid-19 test before the tournament kicks off on Sunday, the 10th of October 2021. In order to facilitate swift testing of all players, the Ratels Sports Development Foundation (RSDF) has entered a partnership with the...
Costa Rica 2022: Falconets Zoom Into Penultimate Round Of African Race
Nigeria’s U20 girls proceeded into the penultimate round of the African qualifying series for next year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup with an elegant 11-0 aggregate dismissal of their counterparts from the Central African Republic. Victors by 7-0 from the first leg played in Douala, the Falconets rather took things easy at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena on Lagos Island,...
Abuja Agog With Flying Officers Cup Billboards
A blitz of brightly colored billboards of the biggest Pre-season Championship in Africa, the Flying Officers Cup has perked up the city of Abuja ahead of the Kick-Off of the Women's Football Championship. As the tournament draws closer, the Organisers are gearing up their preparations for the football fiesta. Abuja, the host city have been spruced up for the...
CAF Approves Samson Siasia Stadium For Bayelsa United, Cs Sfaxien Game …Gov. Diri Congratulates Igali On Nwf Re-Election
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has approved the Samson Siasia Stadium in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, for the first leg CAF Confederation Cup clash between Bayelsa United of Nigeria and CS Sfaxien of Tunisia. The match is scheduled for Sunday, October 17. A letter conveying the approval sent by email to the NFF Secretary-General, Mohammed Sanusi and signed by Mohammed Sidat,...
Lagos SWAN Expresses Shock At Alaiya, Oluwalana’s Demise …Honors ‘Em With Black Armbands In Friendly
The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, (SWAN) Lagos Chapter has expressed shock at the sudden demise of her prominent members, Ben Alaiya and Samuel Oluwalana. The Association’s Chairman, Debo Oshundun, in a statement on Wednesday, said Alaiya and Oluwalana’s demise is a huge loss to the pen-pushing professional and the country at large. He described the deceased as committed...
Lagos Legends Re-Union: Hon. Eshinlokun, Osiyemi,Vandrezzer, Others Promise Support To Make Next Edition Bigger
Basking in the euphoria of the success of the maiden edition of the reunion football fiesta that brought together over 300 ex-footballers, both home and diaspora, the leadership of Lagos Legends Club, have announced its immediate preparations for the next edition, even as it has secured sponsorship supports from notable Nigerians. In a statement made available by the convener of...
Former Gateway United Captain, Saburi Omoyayi Set To Join Abeokuta Stormers As Assistant Coach
Abeokuta Stormers Sports Club, (ASSC), formerly FC Nilayo have confirmed that former Gateway United skipper, Saburi Omoyayi will join their technical crew as an assistant coach. Omoyayi who retired at the age of 35 at the end of the last Nigeria National League season will work with the Sunday Olusoji tutored side in what will be his first coaching...
We Won’t Be Distracted – Rasheed Balogun
The management of the Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan, has denied a story published by a blogger, that the club has sacked one of its players, Adeyemi Abubakar. The blogger had on Tuesday, published a story, claiming that Adeyemi, a son of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, Alhaji Bisi Olopoeniyan,...
Lokia Synergy Cup: Organizers Counsel Coaches, Players Ahead Q/ Final Stage
Organizers have advised coaches, players, and fans to shun violence and embrace peace in the ongoing Lokia Synergy Cup taking place at Akinbo football pitch, Akute, Ogun State. The tourney which kicked off a month ago has reached the quarter-final stage. 32 teams are taking part in the competition. Chairman Organising Committee, Oluwafemi Joseph told our correspondent that he was not...
