Pinnick: NFF bill is Next Level for football development in Nigeria
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick has described as ‘the real next level’ for Nigerian Football development, the passage by the Senate of the Federal Republic on Wednesday of the NFF Bill, which automatically repealed the long –standing NFA Act. A delighted Pinnick told thenff.com that the NFF Bill’s passage is the biggest enabling environment for...
Makanjuola wants to get MOTM vs Qatar as birthday gift
Flying Eagles sensation Success Makanjuola has vowed to score and win the Man of the Match as a birthday gift for himself when Nigeria take on Qatar on Friday in Tychy, at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland. The Water FC of Abuja skilful Winger who is already attracting interests from top football clubs in Europe will turn 18...
Sports Ministry ready to refund $135,000 to IAAF
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports is set to refund $135,000 mistakenly paid to the country as grants by the global athletics body, International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF). This was made known in a telephone chat with the Technical Director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Mr Sunday Adeleye, who attended a closed-door meeting called by the...
We are ready for Qatar – Aigbogun
Flying Eagles’ Coach, Paul Aigbogun is upbeat his lads are focused on winning their first Group D game of the FIFA U-20 World Cup against Qatar on Friday. Speaking at the pre-match press conference, the former Enyimba of Aba coach noted that his boys will not underrate their opponents but will go for all three points against them. ...
No pressure on Eagles to win AFCON – NFF Chief
The 1st Vice-President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Seyi Akinwunmi, on Tuesday in Lagos said that the body did not expect the Super Eagles to win the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) at all cost. Akinwunmi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the Glass House football administration would not put pressure on the Gernot Rohr-tutored team but expect...
Asisat Oshoala Arrives Super Falcons’ Camp
Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala will today join the team in Austria. checks at the team’s camp revealed that the former African Player of the year is still held up in Abuja. The FC Barcelona Spain player is said to be awaiting her visa to the European country had not submitted her application when others did because of club...
Babatunde ready to win Champions League with Wydad
Wydad will face off reigning champions, Esperance, a clash in a form of revenge for the Reds who lost the final of the 2011 edition to the Tunisians and Nigerian forward Michael Babatunde says he’s ready to win the title. The two teams have met on four occasions, the first in 1998 in the semi-finals of the 1998 CAF Cup...
2019 WAFU Cup: Draws to hold next week
The draws for the 2019 men WAFU Cup competition is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, May 29th in Dakar, Senegal. All countries in the West African region participate in the competition. The last edition of the tournament was held in Ghana with the Nigerian home-based team emerging as runners up after losing 4-1 to Ghana in the final. Nigeria, who will...
U20 World Cup: Senegal’s Amadou Sagna Breaks Monday Odiaka’s 34-Year-Old Record
Senegal striker, Amadou Sagna broke Monday Odiaka's record for the fastest goal scored in the history of the U20 World Cup in their 3-0 win against Tahiti on Thursday. Sagna also went on to bag the first hat-trick of this year's competition as he scored again in the 29th and 50th minutes. Senegal is now top of Group A with three...
Race for NPFL Golden Boot: Udoh leads, Ali, Sunusi, Tasiu follow
Akwa United forward Mfon Udoh is currently in the lead for the top scorer's award in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) with ten goals closely followed by the trio of Kano Pillars midfielder Rabiu Ali, Katsina United winger Tasiu Lawal and Nasarawa United’s Sunusi Ibrahim, all with eight goals. During the last match day, Ali set things rolling for...
