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First Nigerian goalkeeper, Sam Henshaw Ibiam, fondly called ‘The Black Magnet’ or ‘The Cat’, who played as a goalkeeper for the pioneer Nigerian national football team, the Red Devils is dead, DailyPost reports. Ibiam passed away at the age of 90 on Wednesday. The real cause of his death is...

The Uruguayan striker bagged a double, with Neymar and Andres Iniesta also on target as Luis Enrique's side ran riot at the Bernabeu on Saturday Barcelona romped to a dominant Clasico triumph on Saturday as two goals from Luis Suarezinspired them to a 4-0 thrashing of Real Madrid at the...

Barcelona moved six points clear at the top of La Liga, after a commanding 4-0 victory over Real Madrid on Saturday. Luis Suarez applied a superb finish to a team move to open the scoring, before Neymar made it 2-0 following a fine pass from Andres Iniesta. Iniesta himself combined neatly...

Nigeria will continue their quest for a place in the 2018 FIFA World Cup as they host Swaziland in Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt this afternoon. Here are some facts about Swaziland team: 1. The Swaziland national football team has never qualified for the World Cup finals. 2...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has promised the Super Eagles a sum of $20,000 for every goal scored in tomorrow’s match against Swaziland, Guardian reports. Wike assured the Super Eagles of his administration’s support and that of the people of Rivers State while addressing the Super Eagles...

Nigeria U-23 team escaped plane crash while travelling to Gambia on Sunday morning as part of preparations for the African U-23 Championship scheduled for Senegal. The Dream Team VI opted for the West African country after the initial trip to Morocco was cancelled due to visa issues, Goal...

FIFA on Thursday approved five candidates to stand in February’s vote to replace Sepp Blatter as president of world football’s governing body, but Michel Platini has not yet made the list. The five who met the qualifications following a series of integrity tests were: Prince Ali Al Hussein...

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Friday lauded the indomitable spirit displayed so far by the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria at the on-going FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Chile, after they defeated their Mexican counterparts 4-2 , to qualify for the finals of the tournament...

Barcelona star Neymar has revealed he doesn't enjoy watching Real Madrid games, or any other football besides Barcelona match. "If they aren't Barcelona, I don't watch many games, I don't like them,"Neymar told beIN Sports (viaSport). "Sometimes my friends are watching a Madrid game. I go...

FIFA’s member associations have proposed, in due time and form, seven candidates for the presidential election to take place at the Extraordinary FIFA Congress in Zurich on 26 February 2016 and submitted to the Electoral committee. Here are names of those that made the list submitted to the...

Emmanuel Emenike said that his retirement from the team is for peace to reign in the Super Eagles where he felt should not be a ‘family house’ or a ‘threat zone’ to any individual. - In 2013, he became part of the third Nigerian team to win the African Cup of Nations – Nigeria's first...