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Super Eagles Chief Coach, Sunday Oliseh yesterday explained why he left out Chelsea of England midfielder, John Mikel Obi from his list of players invited for the forthcoming 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Tanzania. Oliseh who revealed this at a media parley in Abuja said he made ...

Nigerian award winning sprinter, Blessing Okagbare is leading the new women campaign by global sports designer, Nike. In an interview released by Nike, the Delta State-born fastest woman in Africa speaks about her life, athletic routine and future. check out peek form the Nike campaign.

Sacked Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi is demanding N1billion compensation from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for defaming him. According to Vanguard, Keshi has dragged the NFF to court for �wrongful dismissal and defamation”. A top source told said �Keshi’s lawyers have demanded for a billion Naira from the NFF ...

Former Super Eagles skipper Sunday Oliseh will sign a contract with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as the country’s new head coach on Wednesday. The 40-year-old will succeed Stephen Keshi, who was dismissed from the job for what the federation has described as a breach of trust. The contract signing ...

Robin van Persie is getting ready to leave Manchester United and move to Turkish club, Fenerbahce. He arrived in Turkey on July 12th and was greeted by a fanfare of Fenerbahce supporters who were eager to meet him. The fans arrived in their numbers to have a glance at the ...

The Chelsea FC manager, Jose Mourinho has reportedly turned down a massive pay rise to extend his stay at Chelsea, according to Daily Star. The Special One enjoyed a fabulous campaign last term, guiding the Blues to a domestic double � Capital One Cup and Premier League. Though he has ...

Serena Williams beat Spain’s Garbine Muguruza to win Wimbledon for the sixth time and complete the ‘Serena Slam’ as the holder of all four major titles. The 33-year-old American won 6-4 6-4 on Centre Court to claim her 21st Grand Slam title and third of 2015. Williams withstood a late ...

The Nigeria Football Federation has confirmed that former Nigeria international Sunday Oliseh will coach the Super Eagles with a team that will include a Dutch as an assistant. A manager close to Oliseh in Europe, who has full knowledge of the talks between the NFF and Oliseh in London, confirmed ...

The Nigerian Football Federation has sacked Stephen Keshi as the Head Coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria. The termination of his appointment is contained in a statement released by NFF Executive Committee on Saturday July 4th. The statement in part reads; �Having thoroughly reviewed the reports/findings of the NFF ...

After announcing his resignation in June after his 17-year reignas FIFA president,Sepp Blatter has gone back on his words,saying he has not resigned .According to Swiss newspaper Blick,� Blatter told a party at a Fifa museum: ‘I have not resigned,’‘I am making my mandate available at an extraordinary congress.Only those ...

Brazil football legend, Rivaldo, has confirmed he is returning to professional football, so he can help the club he owns. The World Cup winner, who is 43, announced his retirement in March 2015, after a glorious career in which he played for Barcelona, AC Milan and Olympiacos.. However, Mogi Mirim, ...

Chelsea are ready to move for the Zenit midfielder, Alex Witsel, as Turkish and Middle Eastern clubs target Mikel, while Baba Rahman is also on the radar at Stamford Bridge. Mourinho though has always maintained he wants to keep his squad together, but is looking to let Mikel go to ...

Emmanuel Adebayor had some family issues (maybe he still does) and he went on social media to talk about it. It may not have gone well with his football club, Tottenham as they have given him some time to sort himself out and he has now been dropped as captain ...

A Nigerian defender has died, three minutes into a football match in Malaysia.30 yar old David Faramola Oniya died on Saturday after collapsing on the pitch during a friendly match between his Malaysian club T-Team and Kelantan. He was 30. According to Local media ,he collapsed three minutes into the ...

Barcelona star, Messi shared this photo of himself with his son and his parents on instagram, showing him enjoying some well-deserved family time after helping his club secure the Champions League trophy in Berlin on Saturday June 6th.

Barcelona beat Juventus in the final of 2015 UEFA Champions League where Rakitic scored the opening goal in just 4th minute but Juventus pegged back with a equaliser through Morata. But Luis Suarez goals in 68th minute and than a late late third goal by Neymar sealed the fourth Champions ...

FIFA president,Sepp Blatter has resigned after 17 years .It comes as an explosive letter appeared to contradict its claims that Sepp Blatter’s right-hand man was not involved in the payment of an alleged $10million bribe.During a press conference at the FIFA HQ in Zurich,the 79 year old who was re-elcected ...

Asisat Oshoala wins the first ever BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year. The Nigerian and Liverpool forward is the first player to win the new award from the BBC World Service, which is voted for by football fans around the world. “I would like to say thank you to the ...

Eniola Aluko is the daughter of former Ekiti senator, Gbenga Aluko. She is an English footballer who plays for Chelsea Ladies of the FA WSL as a forward. She was born in Nigeria but moved with her family to Birmingham when she was 1-year-old. Since she grew up in England, ...

Brazilian star, Nathan de Souza has been on the verge of a move to Chelsea for quite a while now, but on Monday, it finally seems like this saga is ending. Nathan apparently put pen to paper on his first contract with the Premier League champions, and posted the following ...