Nigeria’s Football Federation has imposed a life ban on players from four clubs and officials involved in matches that ended in “scandalous scorelines” of 79-0 and 67-0 earlier this month. Plateau United Feeders and Police Machine FC went into their matches level on points, with promotion to the lowest tier of the Nigerian League at […]

The Malawian football national coach Tom Saintfiet is set to report the Super Eagles head coach Stephen Keshi to FIFA after he alleged the Nigerian coach called him “a white dude who should go back to Belgium”. The two coaches have been arguing after Saintfiet asked FIFA to move the next month world cup qualifier […]

New reaching our newsdesks indicates that Bukuru-born Super Eagles forward, Ahmed Musa, who is currently in training camp with the rest of the super eagles ahead of the qualifiers at the weekend, has on Wednesday 4th September had his house robbed in Jos by 10 armed robbers. The robbers, were reportedly to have frantically demanded […]

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has been warned by FIFA over his future conduct following his comments about former Malawi coach Tom Saintfiet in August. The Malawi Football Association had reported Keshi to FIFA after he called the Belgian “a white dude who should go back to Belgium”. FAM alleged the comments, which came ahead […]

The five candidates for the 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year award have been revealed on the BBC’s Newsday programme. Ivory Coast’s Yaya Toure has made the shortlist for the fifth consecutive year and is joined by Nigerians Victor Moses and John Mikel Obi, Burkina Faso’s Jonathan Pitroipa and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon. count […]

Yaya Toure has won the 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year award. The Ivory Coast and Manchester City midfielder, who had been nominated in each of the past four years, beat Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Victor Moses, John Mikel Obi and Jonathan Pitroipa to this year’s crown. The 30-year-old told BBC Sport: “I think I’ve been […]

Spain, the Netherlands, Chile and Australia will make up the proverbial ‘group of death’ at the 20th FIFA World Cup™, while Uruguay, Italy, England and Costa Rica will comprise another intriguing pool. Germany, Ghana, USA, Portugal will make up Group G, while hosts Brazil have Croatia Mexico and Cameroon for company in Group A count […]

A Plateau state born teenager, Miss Lizzy Pam has won the title in tennis’ singles event at the on-going National Youth Games in Abuja. After winning her title match, Plateau State tennis player Pam asserted that Venus and Serena Williams inspired her to win the final match. Pam who is a 15-year-old student of […]

Football decisions are moving at a dizzying speed. FIFA criticizes the 2022 Mundial to Qatar. Five football managers in England have been sacked before the New Year. Referees are booking divers like never before. And while the world catches its breath in wait for the announcement of the 2013 winner of the prestigious Ballon d’Or, […]

Giwa Football Club of Jos has been ordered to return to the Nigerian Premier Football League . The order came from the federal high court in Jos which issued an interim injunction restraining the league management company and the Nigeria Football Federation from preventing or further excluding Giwa FC of Jos from […]