Minnows Lesotho go top after draw between Nigeria and South Africa
Football lightweights Lesotho stole the World Cup qualifying show in Africa on Friday, topping the table in a group including powerhouses South Africa and Nigeria.
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Detractors nearly forced me to resign from AFN board – Alao
A board member of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Chief Solomon Alao, has revealed that he almost threw in the towel owing to detractors and ‘their agents’ in the South West Zone.
The baptism of Finidi George
By the time you are reading this on Saturday morning (today), Nigeria would have played the match that would mark Finidi George’s real baptism into the world of Nigerian football.
32 football clubs set for battle as 7th Bola Akindele U-15 today
The 7th edition of the Bola Akindele Under 15 boys and girls football competition will kick off today at the Nigeria Railway Institute Football pitch, Ebute Metta, Lagos.
Gernot Rohr ‘constructs special cage’ for Eagles in Abidjan
• As Benin Republic beat Rwanda 1-0 • Lesotho defeat Zimbabwe 2-0
Nigerian athletes emerge champions as CAA zone II Championships end in Ghana
Team Nigeria emerged champions at the 2024 Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Zone II Senior Athletics Championships, which has just ended in Accra, Ghana.
‘No Nigerian athlete will suffer disqualification at Paris Olympics’
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has assured Nigerians that no Nigerian athlete would be disqualified because of doping regulation violation at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France.
Godwin Akpo eyes World Cup with Benin after stellar season
It was a season to remember for Benin Republic striker Godwin Efeneja Akpo after helping Attack Energy SC to a flawless campaign, winning all their games without conceding a goal. Playing seven games for the club out of a total of 11, Akpo scored seven goals and provided three assists, leading his team to the title.