Tag: FOOTBALL
Football is more than a religion in Nigeria, FIFA president says
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has described Nigeria as a country with unquantifiable passion and love for football, and where football is more than a...
Argentina tell Messi to play less football before World Cup in...
Claudio Tapia, Argentina’s national football association (AFA) president, says he has spoken to national captain Lionel Messi about playing fewer games for La Liga...
Why Africa’s youth are the real winners at the CAF Awards,...
Almost nowhere on earth is football followed as passionately as in Africa. It is loved by Africans from all walks of life across the...
Dogara laments absence of Bauchi indigenes in Super Eagles
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has expressed disappointment that no indigene of his home state, Bauchi, is in the Super Eagles.
The...
Ondo to sensitise football supporters ahead of new 2017/2018 NPFL season
The Ondo State Government will sensitise the state’s football fans to the need to be of good behaviour during the upcoming 2017/2018 Nigeria Professional...
Football universe reacts to Twitter new 280 characters
Twitter has officially unleashed its 280 character count to the masses.
And the reaction has been mind-blogging, especially among the football fraternity.
The social media platform had...
These countries are on the brink of World Cup qualification
The race for a place in the 2018 FIFA World Cup gets more intense this weekend as countries look to wrap up their spots...
Falz undergoes surgery on injured leg
Rapper and actor, Falz, has had a minor surgery on his leg.
A picture of the bandaged leg was uploaded to Instagram on Thursday.
The 26-year-old,...
All my children must play football – Falz
Rapper, actor, and songwriter, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, has said that none of his children will become a lawyer or a musician.
They...
Revealed: Igbonla students played football in kidnappers’ den
The six kidnapped students of Igbonla Model College, Epe, Lagos regularly played football while in captivity, Qed.ng has learned.
A source with information about the...