The 2023-24 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) is 32 weeks old, but Rivers United have only played 28 games due to continental engagement. With league action on break, Rangers International of Enugu sit atop of the table with 57 points, a huge improvement for a team that finished 8th in their abridged league format last season and failed to make the play-off. Afrosport picks out the...
Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Augustine Eguavoen has confirmed ongoing plans to name assistant coaches who will work with newly-appointed Super Eagles head coach, Finidi George. He revealed that the NFF was strategic in appointing the former Ajax winger as the Super Eagles’ new technical head, adding that the mission is to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The former Super Eagles...
Former Nigeria midfielder Mutiu Adepoju has tasked Nigerians to throw their weight behind Super Eagles new head coach, Finidi George. Finidi's appointment was confirmed on Monday by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) after he worked in an interim capacity in the last two months. In a video posted on his (X) handle, Adepoju congratulated the former Ajax winger who won the UEFA Champions League with the...
Anglo-Nigerian heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua is looking forward to a return to the ring and has hinted about a potential fight at Wembley in September 2024. The two-time world heavyweight champion stopped Francis Ngannou in his last fight in March, knocking him out in the second round. Boxing promotion company, Matchroom is planning an event at Wembley and Joshua said it would be in September. The...
Nigeria U17 women's coach, Bankole Olowookere has included 19 players from the Nigeria Women's Football League (NWFL) in his 25-woman squad for next month's FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualifying fixture against Burkina Faso. The West African countries lock horns for the first leg of the penultimate qualifying round in Ouagadougou on May 12 before returning to the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja for the second...
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