Sports

Super Falcons coach, Randy Waldrum, rued the expulsion of teenage Nigerian midfielder Deborah Abiodun after she was sent off in added time of their opening game against Canada. The 19-year-old initially got a yellow card for her tackle on Ashley Lawrence but after VAR review, Abiodun got her marching orders as her studs hit Lawrence’s […]

FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Monday described Amaju Pinnick as an experienced football administrator following the latter’s election into the Executive Council of the world football governing body. Infantino in a statement he signed, said Pinnick’s wealth of experience, as well as a passion for the game, will set him aside in his new job. […]

The Confederation of African Football has cancelled the 2021 U-17 African Cup of Nations billed to kick-off on Friday in Rabat, Morocco. There was no official reason given by CAF for the cancellation, but reports claimed that the tournament was cancelled as a result of the closure of the Moroccan airspace until March 21, due […]

The President of the African Bar Association (AfBA) and Nigerian Human Rights Advocate, Mr Hannibal Uwaifo Esq. has called on the African Heads of States and governments to rise as a body, and pointedly persuade the authorities of the Cape Verde Island to rescue itself from the diplomatic sludge of holding on to Ambassador Alex […]

Kamaru Usman, also known as the Nigerian Nightmare, wants to be the UFC’s longest-reigning champion. Undisputed welterweight champion Kamaru Usman cemented his position at the top of the 170-pound division by beating top contender Gilbert Burns at UFC 258. Usman, 33, was stunned early by the Brazilian, his former training partner. But the Nigerian recovered […]

Lionel Messi beat Pele’s record of goals for a single club when he scored his 644th for Barcelona in a 3-0 victory against Valladolid on Tuesday. The Argentina forward scored Barca’s third goal when he collected Pedri’s backheel and struck the ball past goalkeeper Jordi Masip in the 65th minute. “When I started playing football […]

Nigeria-British boxer, Anthony Joshua, has got a street named after him in Sagamu Local government Area of Ogun State. The Council Chairman, Gbenga Banjo announced that the Cinema Road in the council has now become “Anthony Joshua Way”. Speaking at the family house of Anthony Joshua along the Anthony Joshua Way in Sagamu on Tuesday, […]

Minister of Youths and Sports, Sunday Dare, said the National Stadium pitch in Surulere, Lagos, will be ready for use as from May 2021. Speaking in Lagos on Friday, he noted that the contractors handling renovation of the pitch and tracks had assured the ministry of early completion of the renovation works on the main […]

A former Super Eagles star, Emmanuel Amunike, says he cannot be an assistant coach under the Nigerian team head coach, Gernot Rohr. He said this while speaking on PUNCH Online interview programme, Kick&Follow, where football stars discuss topical issues in Nigerian football. Amuneke, however, said he was yet to be approached by anyone to become […]

Diego Maradona, one of the greatest footballers of all time, died Wednesday at the age of 60, plunging his sport and his native Argentina into mourning. Renowned along with Pele as one of the greatest players ever to play the game, the Argentine World Cup-winning captain died of a heart attack, having undergone brain surgery […]