The President of Nigeria Football Federation, Mr Amaju Pinnick, says Nigeria can lift the 2018 World Cup in Russia in the light of the preparations the association is putting in place. Pinnick expressed the optimism this during the official opening of the Federation’s Annual General Assembly in Jos on Thursday. The NFF president said that […]

US President Donald Trump slammed the National Football League again on Wednesday for not forcing players to stand for the national anthem. Trump waded back into the anthem controversy with an early morning tweet after NFL team owners and player representatives met in New York on Tuesday. “The NFL has decided that it will not […]

Nigeria’s foremost energy solutions company, Aiteo Group, has signed a partnership agreement with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on the sponsorship of its annual award event, the CAF Awards. Dating back to the 1970s, the yearly awards event is organised to honour footballers and individuals who have excelled in various departments of the game. […]

Super Eagles forward Victor Moses says he is “gutted” after being ruled out of action for at least a month. The Chelsea wing-back was forced off with hamstring injury during the Blues’ shock 2-1 defeat by Crystal Palace in their Premier League clash at Selhurst Park on Saturday. Moses, who missed his team’s UEFA Champions […]

English Football Association bosses were facing growing calls to quit on Thursday over their “shambolic” handling of the Mark Sampson affair following a damaging grilling from lawmakers. Wednesday’s session opened with the publication of a reopened investigation into Chelsea player Eni Aluko’s claims of bullying and discrimination against the former England women’s manager. Unlike a […]

Eden Hazard came to Chelsea’s rescue after his side blew a two-goal lead in a dramatic 3-3 draw with Roma in the Champions League on Wednesday. Antonio Conte’s team looked on course for a comfortable victory at Stamford Bridge thanks to first half goals from David Luiz and Hazard at Stamford Bridge. But Roma’s Aleksandar […]

Barcelona shrugged off an early Gerard Pique red card and the distractions of a first match at the Camp Nou since a violent crackdown of an independence referendum in Catalonia to beat Olympiakos 3-1 on Wednesday. A Dimitrios Nikolaou own goal and second-half strikes from Lionel Messi and Lucas Digne ensured a comfortable evening for […]

Cristiano Ronaldo is the richest sports personality in Europe, according to the latest Forbes’ Rich List. The Real Madrid striker has earned an incredible £70 million in the last year, along with picking up another Champions League winners medal and become the inaugural winner of The Best FIFA Men’s Player award. In fact, such is […]

Jose Mourinho admits he is unsure about the extent of the knee injury which forced Marcus Rashford off during Manchester United’s 1-0 win over Benfica on Wednesday. The England international, who scored the game’s only goal from a free-kick, went down holding his knee in the 76th minute and had to be replaced by Anthony […]

Ogenyi Onazi has said he has recovered from an injury he suffered during a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Zambia in Uyo and he will be available for his Turkish club’s next league game on Saturday. Eagles vice-captain Onazi was forced out of this month’s decisive World Cup qualifier against Zambia after half an hour […]