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Nigeria promising young star Success Makanjuola wasted no time to show glimpses of his skills when he made his debut for new club Leganes in the team’s 2-0 win over Aravaca in the Spanish Division De honor juvenil.   The former Water FC of Abuja wing sensation completed his move …

Former Super Eagles coach, Jo Bonfrere, has blamed Super Eagles B’s exit from the CHAN 2020 on attackers of the team. Despite their 2-0 win against Togo at the Agege Stadium in Lagos on Saturday, the Eagles failed to qualify for the 2020 CHAN, losing 4-3 on aggregate. Bonfrere faulted …

Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr will hand future call ups to promising winger Viv-Efosa Solomon-Otabor. The CSKA Sofia forward was given a debut Super Eagles call-up to replace injured Samuel Kalu for the friendly game against Brazil. He was very impressive during the few days in training with the …

Nigeria’s Super Eagles B yesterday crashed out of the 2020 African Nations Championship, (CHAN) finals despite defeating Togo’s Sparrow Hawks 2-0 yesterday after a (3-4 aggregate) at the Agege Stadium in Lagos.   Togo won the first leg 4-1 in Lome last month and were confident of picking their first –ever …

The 2019 Para-soccer National Championship takes centre stage to mark the World Polio Day at the Area 10 Old Parade in  Abuja as  Kano state  hammered their FCT counterparts 7-0. The annual event which is put together by the Para-soccer Federation of Nigeria (PFN) in collaboration with Rotary International is …

By @vjwale  CD Leganes has unveiled Nigeria’s Flying Eagles forward Success Makanjuola, after signing a three-year contract deal from Water FC Abuja. Makanjuola who passed the club medicals last Monday and was unveiled yesterday after all his paper works have been completed will see him stay at the Spanish topflight …

Head Coach Imama Amapakabo has unveiled a list of 20 senior home –based professionals to take on Togo’s Sparrow Hawks in Saturday’s 2020 African Nations Championship qualifying final leg in Lagos. Super Eagles’ goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa tops the list, with Nasarawa United’s stormy forward Sunusi Ibrahim and Akwa United’s Ndifreke …

Manchester United’s hopes of upsetting the odds against Premier League leaders Liverpool on Sunday suffered a fresh blow as manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirmed both Paul Pogba and David de Gea will miss the clash at Old Trafford through injury. De Gea pulled up with a muscle problem during Spain’s …

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have invited more officials of the Nigeria Football Federation for questioning over the ongoing corruption investigation. The ICPC is currently investigating officials of the NFF over alleged corruption and “having more than what they could have earned.” In the first …

The League Management Company (LMC) has announced November 3, 2019 as the kick-off date of the 2019/20 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) with match slated at all ten venues. This followed a consultative meeting between the LMC and heads of the 20 participating clubs in Abuja on Monday, October 14, …