FIFA’s head of Auditing and Compliance, Domenico Scala, on Saturday resigned in protest at reforms at the world football ruling body.
Scala was angry the newly-created FIFA Council would have the ability to appoint and sack those in charge of its committees, including Auditing, Ethics and...
It is down to the last game in La Liga as both Barcelona and Real Madrid go hunting for the three points that could make them league champions.
In Kano, Pillars will be seeking to go top of the table while Pellegrini needs to deliver a gift to the incoming Pep Guardiola away in Wales.
Here are...
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Sunderland defender Emmanuel Eboue has been banned from all football by Fifa for one year or until he pays money owed to a former agent.
The former Arsenal full-back, who joined Sunderland on a free transfer on 9 March, was first ordered to pay the undisclosed amount in July 2013.
Eboue was...
Nigerian Super Eagles and officials returned from Cairo, Egypt early on Wednesday quietly looking so disappointed after falling 1-0 to the Pharaohs thereby failing to qualify for the 2017 Nations Cup in Gabon.
According to New Telegraph, unlike in the past, no official was on ground to welcome...
Yesterday, the Super Eagles failed to qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations after falling to a 1-0 defeat in Egypt in their Group G match on Tuesday.
Earlier, the Chadians withdrew from the qualifiers due to lack of funds to prosecute their remaining games in the qualifications. This...
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Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna state, has said the Pharaohs of Egypt equaliser against the Super Eagles during the 2017 AFCON qualifier played at Ahmadu Bello Stadium on Friday was not in the spirit of fair-play.
El-Rufai made the remark at a dinner he held in honour of the Super Eagles on...
Nigeria's female football team, the Super Falcons still top female football in Africa but are ranked 37th in the world according to new Female football rankings released today by FIFA for the month of March.
Cameroon , Ghana, Equatorial Guinea and South Africa are the 2nd,3rd, 4th and 5th best...
Following are the results of Match Day 7 fixtures in the 2015/2016 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), played on Sunday and Saturday:
Ikorodu United FC 1-2 Giwa
FC El-Kanemi Warriors FC 2-1 FC IfeanyiUbah
Heartland FC 1-0 MFM FC
Plateau United 2-1 Lobi Stars
Rangers International...
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The Head Coach of Egypt’s senior national team Hector Cuper has called up 23 players for the two-legged 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Nigeria.
Nigeria’s Super Eagles will host the Pharaohs in the first leg in Kaduna on Friday, March 25 with the return leg billed to hold four...
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Gianni Infantino caused a surprise by polling the most votes in round one of voting in Friday's election to succeed Sepp Blatter as Fifa president.
The Uefa secretary general failed to get enough to seal outright victory, claiming 88 of the 207 votes available at an extraordinary congress in...
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The Nigeria Football Federation has responded to the sudden resignation of Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh.
The spokesperson for the Federation, Ademola Olajire, described the development as ‘good riddance to bad rubbish’, saying with Oliseh’s departure, the country would have to immediately...
John Mikel Obi could become the Nigerian with the highest number of appearances in the Champions League, if Chelsea go past the quarter-finals of the competition this season.
The midfielder has 56 appearances so far, four matches behind Nwankwo Kanu, who has 60.
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Sunderland Football Club have sacked winger Adam Johnson after he pleaded guilty to a one count charge of sexual activity with a child and another charge of grooming.
The 28-year-old footballer was sacked hours after being dropped from Saturday’s match with Manchester United.
Sportswear firm...
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Jérôme Valcke, the suspended secretary general of Fifa and Sepp Blatter’s long-time associate, has been sacked with immediate effect, theGuardian reports.
Valcke has been suspended since 17 September, but a meeting of Fifa’s emergency committee has now decided to dismiss him from the...
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President Muhammadu Buhari will host the Golden Eaglets team that won a fifth FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile and others on January 21 according to the the Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung.
The Eaglets defeated Mali 2-0 in the final of the U-17 World Cup in November last year.
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Here are the list of great players in history who became coaches at different clubs after their football career.
Plenty all-time greats on the field have tried their luck in the dugout, with varying degrees of success.
AFP Sport takes a look at some of those who have made the transition...
Ibrahim Abubakar, the head of protocol for the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) was shot dead by armed robbers at his house in Abuja in the early hours of today.
His death was announced by NFF offical Twitter handle some miutes ago
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Mirror UK has reported that Rafael Benitez has been sacked as manager of Real Madrid.
The former Liverpool and Chelsea boss has endured a tough season at the Bernabeu since taking over in June, and while he only finds his side four points off Atletico at the top of La Liga he has had fallouts...
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