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Rangers, Enyimba, Remo Stars & El Kanemi learn continental fate

Nigerian champions, Rangers International have been drawn against Comorian league winners, US Zilimadjou in the preliminary round of the CAF Champions League. Rangers will travel to Comoros for the first leg between August 16-18 before playing host to US Zilimadjou the following week in Nigeria. The winner of the encounter will face either Angola’s GDSE or St. Louis of Mauritius in the next round. Nigeria’s second...

El-Kanemi Warriors beat Abia Warriors to President Federation Cup title

El-Kanemi Warriors beat Abia Warriors to President Federation Cup title

Nasiru Salisu scored a brace as El-Kanemi Warriors defeated Abia Warriors 2-0 to lift the 2023-24 President Federation Cup at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in in Lagos on Saturday. It was El-Kanemi Warriors' third title in the history of the competition, after previous triumphs in 1991 and 1992. El-Kanemi will join Enyimba to represent Nigeria in the CAF Confederation Cup next season, as part of their...

CAF adopts Nigerian name ‘Ola’ for new match ball

CAF adopts Nigerian name ‘Ola’ for new match ball

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has given the new match ball for the 2024-25 CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup a Nigerian name, Ola. OLA is a name in the Southwestern part of Nigeria popular to the Yoruba ethnic group which means either wealth, respect or honour. The word also has an Arabic meaning of 'rise' and 'success'. CAF disclosed that the new match...