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The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has congratulated the newly appointed Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Sunday Dare, describing his appointment as well-deserved. "His appointment as Minister for Youth and Sports…
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A former midfielder of Nigeria’s women national team the Super Falcons, Ifeanyichukwu Chiejine, has passed on Wednesday, August 21. The sad news has come as a huge shock for football fans across the world as the 36-year-old, who was on…
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Former Nigeria national team coach Samson Siasia has been banned from the game for life following a match-fixing probe by world governing body FIFA. FIFA said in a statement on Friday that the adjudicatory chamber of their…
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-By Saidu Abubakar with Agency reports Algeria won the Africa Cup of Nations for the second time as a freak early goal secured a 1-0 win against Senegal in the final in Cairo. Baghdad Bounedjah’s shot took a huge deflection off…
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*Team will visit venues in Lagos, Benin, Asaba and Uyo A five-man FIFA inspection team that has arrived in Nigeria begins inspection of venues proposed to host the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup today. Nigeria is in the race to…
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The International Football Association Board(IFAB) officially agreed a number of amendments and clarifications to the current laws of the game on June 1 2019. It’s not the first time rules of the game have been tweaked and it probably…
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The Super Eagles, who placed third at the AFCON in Egypt, have checked out of the Hilton Hotel in Abuja as they will not be hosted by the government. Nigeria placed third for the eighth time in their history. They were received by…
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The free fall from grace to grass has continued for the president of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Melvin Pinnick after he was dropped from all CAF standing committees including the all-powerful AFCON Organising Committee, which…
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The Federal Government, yesterday, lauded the bronze medal–winning effort of the Super Eagles, as a team led by the Secretary to the Federal Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, received the Nigeria delegation to the…
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President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Mr Amaju Pinnick, has been impeached as 1st Vice-President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). His removal took place on Thursday at CAF Executive Committee meeting, …
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