Raul Sanllehi and Vinai Venkatesham will lead Arsenal following a decision by chief executive Ivan Gazidis to join AC Milan, the club has confirmed. Raul, head of football relations, has been appointed as head of football, and Vinai, currently chief commercial officer, becomes managing director. Josh Kroenke, deputy chairman of […]
Federation of International Football Association FIFA, has named Messrs Luca Piazza and Solomon Mudege as its observers for Thursday’s elections into the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Executive Committee from 2018-2022. Mudege is FIFA’s Senior Manager for Development Programmes (Africa) while Piazza is a senior official in the FIFA President’s office. […]
The Honorable Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung has charged the D’Tigress to compete clean and fair when they start their FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup in Tenerife, Spain. He gave the charge on behalf of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on […]
Following her first Grand Slam championship, Nissan named 20-year-old tennis player Naomi Osaka its newest brand ambassador. The announcement was made at Nissan’s Global Headquarters in Yokohama, marking one of Osaka’s first appearances in Japan since winning the title on Sept. 8. Armed with her powerful groundstrokes and strong serve, […]
Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder Luka Modric has been crowned the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year for 2017/18 ahead of former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo. Modric beat off competition from former Madrid team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah, who joined him on the three-man shortlist announced on 20 […]
Head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, has named his squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Seychelles. The team is billed to face Seychelles on Matchday 2 and host Libya in their next game. Among invited players are Henry Onyekuru who is currently on load […]
Equity Bank Uganda has announced a partnership with Express Football Club. The deal signed at the bank’s head offices at Churchhouse in Kampala, is worth one hundred million shillings. Present at the event was the new Club Chairperson Kiryowa Kiwanuka, Club’s CEO Hamza Jjunju, Equity’s Executive Director Anthony Kituuka. “We […]
World Football governing body, FIFA has confirmed that Nigeria will not be banned after the Federal Government affirmed it recognize Amaju Pinnick as legitimate and sole president of the Nigeria Football Federation. FIFA said in a statement that it will monitor the situations to ensure that he rules and regulations […]
World Football ruling body, FIFA has given Nigeria and Ghana an ultimatum to put their houses in order or face suspension. A statement from the global football house specifically requested that President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Melvin Pinnick be given effective control or face suspension. Chris Giwa has […]
The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has imposed a life ban on a referee while six others and a technical instructor got 10 years ban for football related offences. CAF announced in a statement that David Laryea, Assistant Referee from Ghana, got life ban from all CAF related football activities […]