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Former Enyimba defender, Romanus Orjinta was found dead at his home in Enugu on New Year’s Eve, December 31st. The cause of his death is yet unknown. Until his death, the 33yr old former central defender was a coach and had won the CAF Champions league for Enyimba football club ...

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will leave the club when his contract expires at the end of the season. Gerrard, 34, became free to sign a pre-contract agreement with an overseas team on Thursday and is believed to be wanted by clubs in the US. The former England skipper, who made ...

Lionel Messi just revealed the secret he’s been keeping underneath his shinguard � a brand new piece of body art … and it’s not going over very well in Europe. It’s a pretty simple design … soccer ball, jersey number, sword, some roses � but they’re killing him for it ...

The forward has been honoured at the Globe Soccer Awards after a stellar 12 months at Real Madrid which saw him win the Champions League, Copa del Rey and Club World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo has ended 2014 in style by collecting the Best Player of the Year accolade at the ...

Lobi Stars striker Seriki Audu passed on yesterday December 20th after a car crash. The footballer was traveling with his wife and daughter in his car from his home town in Yobe state to Bauchi when the accident occurred . A Lobi Stars club official, Ganiyu Adeleke, confirmed his death ...

Thierry Henry has announced his retirement from professional football after 20 years of playing for top clubs like Barcelona, Arsenal & France. He announced this on his Facebook page and said he will be returning to London to join Sky Sports as a football expert and ambassador. �After 20 years ...

Yacine Brahimi got named as the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2014! The 24-year-old midfielder becomes the first Algerian to win the award, which is decided by football fans. Porto winger Brahimi told BBC Sport: “It’s a big honour for me to receive this wonderful trophy. I owe it ...

The leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation have admitted that their hands are tied where Stephen Keshi’s tenure as coach of the Eagles is concerned. Nigerians are calling for the resignation of Keshi following his failure to qualify Nigeria for next year’s AFCON defence of the title he won in ...

JJ shared this photo from his early years in Germany on Twitter. Legend!

The Super Eagles yesterday� evening defeated their Congolese counterpart, the Red Devils, in a 2-0 �match to get them closer to qualify for the 2015 African Cup of Nations holding next year. The first half of the match ended 0-0 for both teams but the second half saw Nigeria’s Ikechukwu ...

Nigeria U20 Falconet, Courtney Dike, has finally explained why she rejected the $7000 bonus given her by the government.An acceptance of the bonus would have meant losing her almost $35,000 annual football scholarship at the Oklahoma State University under NCAA rules. In her statement via the office of the media ...

Super Eagles players Ahmed Musa who plays for CSKA Moscow, Vincent Enyeama of Lille, France, Yaya Toure of Manchester City/Ivory Coast, Asamoah Gyang of Ghana and Emmanuel Adebayor of Togo have been nominated for the 2014 CAF African Player of the Year, while Ejike Uzoenyi of Rangers International, Enugu, is ...

Courtney who is the younger sister of Super Eagles player, Bright Dike said she valued playing for Nigeria, more than the monetary reward. Head of competition, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Dr. Sanusi Mohammed, made the revelation, saying that the federation was amazed at her refusal. Sanusi told www.footballlive.ng that efforts ...

According to reports, the NFF has been ordered by President Goodluck Jonathan to reinstate former Nigerian international as the head coach of the African Champions. Supersports made it known that the president had an emergency meeting with troubled NFF president Amaju Pinnick on Wednesday night and advised that Keshi should ...

President Jonathan has received the 2014 African Female Football Champions, Super Falcons at the Presidential Villa

The Super Falcons of Nigeria yesterday evening October 25th beat Cameroon 2-0 to win the 9th African Women Championship 2014 which took place in Namibia. Football stars Desire Oparanozie and Asisat Oshoala gave Nigeria the victory after scoring the two goals in the match. This will be the 7th time ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau state today October 23rd nullified the September 30th general election of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, which saw Mr Amaju Pinnick elected as the President of the NFF.� � Delivering his judgement in the case brought against the NFF leadership by some ...

Stephen Keshi has rubbished stories claiming he was fired by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The former Super Eagles handler was dismissed after Nigeria beat Sudan 3-1 in Abuja, but he insists that the NFF could not have sacked him, as he had no contract with them. �I am not ...

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick has said that Coach Stephen Keshi was sacked to safeguard him from the wrath of enraged Nigerian fans, who were on the brink of lynching him during Wednesday’s 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier with Sudan. Pinnick and other NFF Executive ...

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday night sacked Stephen Keshi as Nigeria’s Super Eagles coach and relieved his assistants � Daniel Amokachi and Ike Shorounmu � of their duties. The decision was reached following an executive committee meeting held in Abuja. In a communiqué signed by Suleiman Yahaya-Kwande, the ...