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With less than three months to go before the FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019 kicks off, the FIFA Referees Committee has appointed 20 trios of match officials, five Support Referees and 17 Video Assistant Referees (VARs), representing all six confederations. To the Nigeria football fan, the concern is that …

Juventus and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo remains unsure when he will retire, saying it could be as soon as next year or he could play into his 40s. Ronaldo, 34, has continued to star after joining Juve last year, scoring 28 goals in 43 games in all competitions and helping …

Paul WilkesFourFourTwo 21 August 2019 Arsenal’s summer transfer window was a little more active than expected, with the club’s net spend around £90 million (much of which will be spread across windows, it must be said). This has allowed Unai Emery to strengthen in key areas, even though stories circulated …

Shanghai Shenhua of China striker, Odion Jude Ighalo has taken a defiant stand against the ongoing battle he is facing with injury, as he declared emphatically that he will quickly get over his latest fitness storm. Ighalo opted to turn philosophical in his latest reaction to the blight that hit …

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have detailed their lawyers to look into the issue between former Super Eagles coach, Samson Yebowei Siasia and world soccer governing body, FIFA, which led to a life ban handed the ex-international striker on Friday. While providing details on steps the NFF have commenced to ensure …

Barcelona Femeni of Spain attacker, Asisat Oshoala is basking in the euphoria of yet another goal she recorded in pre-season with her club, but says it is all down to impressive team work among her colleagues. After netting her seventh goal this summer for Barca, in a 1-0 win over …

Nigeria’s female national team, Super Falcons will fly out of Abuja to Algeria this Sunday, August 25th, as they go to keep a date with the North African country in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games qualifiers. Both teams are scheduled to do battle in the coastal city of in Blida, …

The Super Eagles’ camp is scheduled to open on Saturday, September 7th in Dnipro, Ukraine, ahead of next month’s high-profile international friendly against the East European country, with all the invited players expected to report direct to the host nation from their club bases. While all the foreign-based players are …

Super Eagles’ coach, Gernot Rohr has been hit with a stiff worry to ponder over ahead of his team’s itnernational friendly against Ukraine, as Manchester City of England star, Oleksandr Zinchenko has been named among the players to battle Nigeria on September 10 in Dnirpo. Zinchenko, who is one of …

AS Torino of Italy defender, Ola Aina has admitted that he will have to be at his very best this season with The Maroons, in order to keep his regular spot with the squad in the Italian Serie A. Aina, who starred for Nigeria en route to winning bronze at …