Nigeria’s Francisca Ordega joins Atlectico Madrid Women
October 20, 2017 Francisca Ordega, Super Falcons player, on Friday joined Atletico Madrid Women on loan from the Washington Spirit. This was posted on the Club’s website: www.atleticodemadrid.com and twitter…
Russia 2018 : Nigeria to use reserve players against Algeria-Coach
Salisu Yusuf, Assistant Coach of Super Eagles of Nigeria on Monday said that he would use more reserve players for the 2018 world cup qualifier against Algeria on Nov.11. Yusuf…
France join top seeds for World Cup draw
France will be among the top seeds for next month’s World Cup draw after they climbed to seventh in the FIFA rankings published on Monday. The draw for next year’s…
Nigeria now 41st in latest FIFA Ranking
Nigeria moved up to the 41st position in the World and retained the fifth in Africa in the latest FIFA Coca-Cola world rankings. The rankings released by the World Football…
Emmanuel, Ambode, Akpabio congratulate Akwa Ibom United as Federation Cup Winners, Team get CAF ticket
The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, his Lagos State counterpart, Akinwunmi Ambode and immediate past Governor of Akwa Ibom State and now Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, have…
Nadal, Federer progress in Shanghai
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer resumed their battle for the year-end number one ranking, with imperious victories to reach the third round of the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday. Top seed…
Luis Figo becomes UEFA advisor
Former world player of the year Luis Figo has joined UEFA as a football advisor. The 44-year-old former Portugal star will work with UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin and UEFA’s Football…
Japan’s Osaka eclipses Venus Williams
Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka handed out a comprehensive defeat to Venus Williams in the second round of the WTA Hong Kong Open on Wednesday. Osaka knocked out the 37 year-old…
Mikel refuses to rule out a return to Premier League club Chelsea
Super Eagles captain John Obi Mikel could be on his way back to Chelsea He explained that he never had the chance to say goodbye to Chelsea fans Mikel left…
Factbox: List of countries qualified for the 2018 World Cup
List of countries assured of places in the 32-team field for next year’s World Cup finals in Russia after Tuesday’s qualifiers: EUROPE Russia (Qualified as hosts) France Portugal Germany Serbia…