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Flying Eagles of Nigeria in the early hours of Friday bounced back from their opening match loss to defeat Saudi Arabia in the ongoing FIFA Under 20 World Cup in Chile. It was a hard fought victory for the Aliyu Zubairu tutored team as they left it late to see off Saudi Arabia 3-2 in […]
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has sanctioned the South African Football Association (SAFA) for having fielded an ineligible player, Teboho Mokoena, in the South Africa v. Lesotho match played on 21 March 2025 in the FIFA World Cup 2026™️ preliminary competition, thereby breaching article 19 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC) and article 14 of the […]
There will be no gate fee for the upcoming FIFA Under 20 World Cup qualifiers between Falconets of Nigeria and Rwanda. Oyo State Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Wasilat Adegoke made this known while briefing newsmen on the preparations towards the FIFA World Cup qualifier match. The game is slated for September 27th, 2025 at […]
The hope of the Super Eagles of Nigeria to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup got slimmer yesterday after playing a 1-1 draw with the Bafana Bafana of South Africa in their qualifying encounter. Nigeria needed all three points to keep hope of playing at the World cup alive but suffered a setback in […]
Super Eagles of Nigeria have secured a 1 nil victory against Rwanda in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers campaign. The match decided at Goodwill Akpabio International Stadium saw substitute Tolu Akorede scoring the decisive goal at the 50th minute. Super Eagles now occupy the third position in Group C with 10 points from seven matches […]
Home Based Eagles of Nigeria have crashed out of the 2024 African Nations Championship, Chan jointly hosted by Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. The Home Based Eagles, also known as Super Eagles B team, were thrashed 4-0 on Tuesday evening by Sudan in their second group game. The Super Eagles B team had lost their opening […]
FIFA has launched the application process for the FIFA 2026 World Cup volunteer programme. The programme which targets communities of volunteers is expected to bring the tournament to life , unite the three countries and billions of football lovers across the globe. In a statement made available to newsmen,FIFA notes that 65,000 volunteers will be […]
Fifty-four match officials , comprising 18 referees and 36 assistant referees from 36 FIFA Member Associations who will oversee FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco later this year have been named by the FIFA Referees Committee. While announcing the names ahead of the tournament scheduled to hold between 17th October and 8th of November,2025,Chairman […]
Following the historic victory of the Super Falcons of Nigeria winning the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, WAFCON In Morocco, for the the record 10th time, President Bola Tinubu has conferred national honours on all the 24 players and the 11-member technical crew of the Nigeria’s senior women’s national football team. According to the […]
Super Falcons have defeated hosts Morocco to clinch their 10th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title. Super Falcons came from two goals down to defeat host, Morocco 3-2 .
