Nigeria Football Federation president, Amaju Pinnick has said the Super Eagles will be given the best of preparations for the FIFA 2018 World Cup qualifier against Algeria’s Fennec Foxes billed for the Godswill Akpabio Stadium November 12 in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
Updated 4 Years ago

This is definitely the best of times for the Nigeria Professional Football League as one of its new but trail blazing clubs, FC IfeanyiUbah Wednesday signed a partnership pact with English Premiership club, West Ham United in an elaborate ceremony at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island Lagos. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The event which was attended by Chairman, Senate Committee on Sports, Senator Obinna Ogba, Nigeria Football Federation President, Amaju Pinnick and the second Vice President who doubles as chairman of the League Management Company, Mallam Shehu Dikko saw the Chairman, FC IfeanyiUbah, Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah and Managing Director, West Ham United Football Club, Angus Kinnear sign the pact.
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It has been a celebration galore for the Government and people of Enugu State, South-East Nigeria, as the Nigerian Premier League side, Enjgu Rangers, Sunday, lifted the Nigerian Professional Football League for the 2015/2016 season, after beating El-Kanemi Warriors 4-0.
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National qualifiers for the 2017 Football Fives World Championship will begin across the country in November through December this year
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LMC are the organizers of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) from which the 23 players were selected to represent Nigeria at the ongoing African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Rwanda.
Updated 5 Years ago

The Frenchman, 55, was provisionally suspended from football for his alleged involvement in a scheme to profit from the sale of World Cup tickets.
Updated 5 Years ago

Football fans throughout the region will be licking their lips at the prospect of Real Madrid and AC Milan going head to head in a friendly at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai on December 30. The fifth edition of the Dubai Football Challenge, timed to fit in with a season break, sees UEFA Champions League 2013/14 winners Real and their host of stars play in Dubai for the first time. Tickets are expect to sell out quickly and up to 42,000 fans are expected to attend, with prices from Dhs200.
Updated 6 Years ago

At the time of kick off of the African Nations Cup qualifying matches, it was expected that the big football nations would walk through the series with ease. With a total of seven groups and two best teams from each group expected to qualify, it was seemingly impossible that any Africa’s big teams would miss out of the tournament slated to kick off in Morocco by January 2015. However, at the end of match day one, the scripts were torn up as some minnows came close to creating upsets while others were successful in delivering surprise results.
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Analysis from Deloitte shows that of the money spent, £530m has gone overseas, £240m to Premier League clubs and £65m to Football League teams. The transfer window closed at 23:00 BST on Monday, 1 September. It was also the closing transfer deadline day in the English Football League, and in the Scottish leagues.
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The Kansas City Chiefs re-signed quarterbackAlex Smith to a new long-term contract after he helped engineer the best single-season turnaround in franchise history during his first year with the team. Smith, 30, has a 30-9-1 record since 2011 as a starter in the National Football League and Chiefs General Manager John Dorsey said it was a “priority” to get a new deal done.
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