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FIFA says it is set to establish two new Women’s Football tournaments. The world football governing body made this decision on Friday at its council meeting in Doha, Qatar. A statement on its website, the Olympic Games Women’s…

Football legend Pele ‘is moved to end-of-life care’ ward in the hospital, as his body is no longer responding to chemotherapy in the fight against bowel cancer, Daily Mail reported. Reports from Brazil indicated that the 82-year-old…

Portugal defeated the Nigerian Super Eagles 4-0 on Thursday in a friendly match as part of their warm-up ahead of the Qatar World Cup. The Portuguese are competing in Group H against Ghana, Uruguay and South Korea. The match played at…

Former Nigeria under 17 striker Otubanjo Olaitan Yusuf has expressed his joy and excitement after winning the UEFA Europa conference League goal of the group stage. Yusuf Otubanjo's effort for Pyunik Yemen against Slovan…

Super Eagles and SSC Napoli striker Victor Osimhen has been ranked as the fourth-best striker in Europe’s big leagues, according to Italian media outfit Corriere Dello Sport. Osimhen has scored seven goals in eight league games this…

The federal government on Wednesday in Abuja urged stakeholders in the Nigerian football family to remain calm and abide by a September 15 order of the Federal High Court. The Nigeria Football Federation had scheduled Friday in Benin for…

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has ordered the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to temporarily halt the upcoming election that is scheduled to take place on September 30, 2022. The judgment was passed in a suit…

Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s order that the League Management Company (LMC), the body in charge of organising the Nigeria Professional Football League(NPFL), should be liquidated, police operatives stormed the LMC’s office to seal…

The world’s biggest football show moves to Arabian peninsula Qatar this fall. It is the first time the FIFA World Cup will be held in the Gulf region, albeit amid widespread reservation for the host nation’s predominantly conservative…

Nigeria’s Super Falcons were at the receiving end of the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) brutality as they were thrashed 4-0 in the first leg of the double-header fixture of the United States friendly tour. Sophia Smith opened the…