Barcelona and Argentina captain Lionel Messi has been banned from international football for three months by the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) following his claim the Copa America was corrupt. The 32-year-old forward was sent off during Argentina’s 2-1 third-place play-off defeat of Chile and he later said the competition was fixed for hosts Brazil. …
Arsenal football club star dou Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac, were attacked while driving around London Metropolis. Both were in Ozil’s Mercedes G Class 4×4 near Golders Green. Road able to escape into a nearby turkish restaurant while Kolasinac who was in the passenger’s seat appear to fight them off. police later came to the …
The management of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) will today release the results of the May/June 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) taken by over one million candidates.WAEC Head of National Office (HNO), Mr. Olu Adenipekun will announce the results on Friday at the headquarters of the council in Yaba. Over 1.6 …
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have moved up 12 spots in the July FIFA ranking, to place 33rd in the world after winning bronze at the just-concluded Africa Cup of Nations tournament. In the ranking table released by the world football governing body on Thursday, Nigeria garnered 1, 481 points as against 1, 433 it had in …
President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, has debunked reports in some sections of the media that he was removed as the first vice chairman of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Addressing a press conference yesterday at the Marriot Hotel, the CAF headquarters for the 2019 AFCON, Pinnick said he …
Two Nigerian internationals, Captain John Obi Mikel and Nigeria’s fourth-time leading goals scorer, Odion Ighalo, have announced their retirement from the senior national team, the Super Eagles. Mikel, writing on his Instagram page, on Thursday, announced his retirement from international football. The 32-year-old who just joined Trap in the Turkish league, said it was time …
Nigeria Super eagles lost their quest to win another Afcon in the course of the ongoing Afcon 2019 in Egypt after losing 2-1 to Algeria. A first half home goal and a Mahrez wonder goal ends it all for the 3 time African Champions. The super eagles will now play Tunisia for the third place …
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets have been drawn in Group B of the 2019 FIFA Under-17 World Cup scheduled to hold in Brazil from Oct. 26 to Nov. 17. The Eaglets who face Hungary in their opening match on Oct. 26 also have Ecuador and Australia to contend with in the group stage. Former Super Eagles full-back …
Odion Ighalo stars as Nigeria defeats Cameroon 3-2 scoring 2 goals and also an assist for Alex Iwobi’s goal.
Nigeria Leads through Iwobi 3-2