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Onelove armband The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), has barred Harry Kane, England captain, from wearing the ‘OneLove’ armband during the ongoing World Cup in Qatar. FIFA has strict rules about apparel that can be worn by players and the armband is not allowed under the code. Unless FIFA …

Portugal Portugal, known also as Seleção das Quinas, are going to play their 8th World Cup tournament in Qatar as the world’s arguably best player Cristiano Ronaldo leads the pack. They are in group H with Ghana, Uruguay and South Korea, but with the calibre of players plying their trades …

Former Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr, has once again criticised  Amaju Pinnick, the former Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president, for the team’s failure to pick a ticket to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Rohr endured a frosty relationship with Pinnick during the latter part of his reign in charge of the Super …

Sports Minister, Chief Sunday Dare, declared on Friday that the 21st National Sports Festival tagged Delta 2022 will go ahead as scheduled. A joint technical meeting involving the Main Organising Committee (MOC), the Local Organising Committee (LOC) and other stakeholders of the event took place in Asaba after the inspection …

Bukayo Saka allayed fears he could be a fitness doubt for England ahead of the World Cup by returning to training with Arsenal on Wednesday, three days after going off injured early in a Premier League match. The 21-year-old winger was forced off midway through the first half of the …

Mane and others Senegal’s all-time top goalscorer Sadio Mané is the highest earning player in Africa, earning an annual salary of $21,382,762. His transferred from Liverpool FC to Bayern Munich in the latest window, shot his salary to $21,382,762. This is according to analysis done by Voetbal Travel on which player earns …

Olympic Eagles Ademola Olajire, NFF’s director of communications has announced that the Nigerian under-23 men’s national football team will begin camping in Ibadan today, Monday. The camping is in preparation for their 2023 Africa Under-23 Cup of Nations qualifying fixture against Tanzania later this month. Ademola said, “The 32 players …

As the UEFA Champions League resumes today, five-time Balon d’Or winner and Manchester United forward, Christiano Ronaldo, will miss out – for the first time in 19 years of his professional football career. Ronaldo, 37, failed to secure a transfer move to a champions league club before the summer transfer …

Super Eagles of Nigeria The Super Eagles of Nigeria retained the 31st position in the latest FIFA  world ranking as they are still ranked fourth in the Africa. In the recent men’s ranking published on Thursday, the three time African champions are  behind Senegal, Morocco and Tunisia, who are first, …

  Nigeria ‘s Volleyball team Nigeria’s under-21 men’s volleyball team failed to finish in the top three in the 2022 African U-21 Men’s Volleyball Championship in Tunisia. The team lost 0-3 to their Cameroonian counterparts in the third-place match on Monday in Tunis. Cameroon prevailed 25-21 25-20 25-23. The Cameroonians …