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The draws for the 2009/2010 season of the Nigeria Amateur League Division One will take place today at the FIFA Technical Centre, National Stadium, Abuja. Secretary of the Nigeria Amateur League, Emmanuel Adesanya said a Seminar on "Amateur League and Grassroots Football" would precede the draws.
Kilimanjaro Stars' head coach Marcio Maximo will announce his final squad today, which will travel to Nairobi, Kenya for the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup.
FUFA delegates in Zone 4 have launched a fundraising drive to bail out cash trapped Arua Central Football Club.
SOCCER governing body FUFA and Express FC return to court today after failing to get an amicable settlement in their case.
UGANDA Super League referees have not been paid for over six months after their payment lists were destroyed by a computer virus, an official has admitted.
THE annual Top Score Seven-A-Side football competition for companies kicks off in Windhoek today, with 60 teams expected to be part of the popular event this year.
HAS the powerful institution that the late Sam Dauya built with a little bit of help from his friends in Harare in 1963 finally lost the spark that used to drive it to league championship success and a ruthless domination of the domestic football landscape?
CAPS UNITED'S key CBZ Premiership tie against Underhill which has a huge bearing in their battle for a place in the Champions League next season -- was abandoned at Rufaro yesterday because of a waterlogged pitch.
The South African Mint Company has minted special gold coins to commemorate the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Zanzibar's Chief Minister Ally Juma Shamhuna has requested the world soccer body FIFA) to recognise the Isles and give the membership.
Millions of Nigerian soccer fans felt that given the less than sterling performance of the nation's senior team, the Super Eagles, in the qualification campaign, it was uncertain that the team would qualify for the FIFA World Cup in South Africa in June next year.
With just 199 days until kick-off to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, FIFA has launched a Fan Fest which will connect football fans globally across South Africa and five continents.
On November 14, 2009 in Kenya, Nigeria booked a place for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, it was a miraculous ticket. It came from an almost /Impossible situation with the players and officials alike attributing the feat to the finger of God. After it though. Are contending issues that has become a national discourse.
Super Eagles Head Coach, Shuaibu Amodu who graced the 2010 African Nations Cup Draw in Angola, will tomorrow lead his technical crew to a meeting with the technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation at the NFF Secretariat in Abuja where he is also expected to submit his Nations Cup programme.
Holders Egypt will begin their defence against the Super Eagles of Nigeria in a Group C opener on January 12 in the Western Angolan province of Benguela. Benin and Mozambique will face-off in the other Group C encounter.
Super Eagles´ Head Coach, Shaibu Amodu, just back from the 2010 African Nations Cup Draw in Angola , will tomorrow lead his technical crew to a meeting with the technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation at the NFF Secretariat in Abuja .
Even as debate rages in the country on whether Amodu Shaibu should be left to lead the Super Eagles to next year's World Cup in South Africa after a dismal performance in the qualifying round, Alh. Ibrahim Galadima, an immediate past president of the Nigerian football federation believes sacking the coach now would be counter-productive.
With the Super Eagles qualification for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa still reverberating across the globe, one of Nigeria 's leading banks, Access Bank Plc is tantalizing its customers with an opportunity to watch live UEFA Champions League games anywhere in Europe in a promo described as unprecedented by soccer followers.
Contrary to predictions, Nigeria has come out of the hosting of the FIFA Under 17 World Cup with its head high, having, by all standards, hosted the tournament successfully. Indeed irrespective of the monumental nature of the championship and the initial lapses that had everyone, including FIFA officials worried, the organisers went ahead to put together a spectacular sports fiesta that even the ...
As Nigerians come to terms with Super Eagles qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Chelsea and Nigeria midfielder, John Mikel Obi has assured Nigerians of a better outing in South Africa next year.
AS the 2010 Africa Nations Cup draw conducted in Angola Friday pitched the Super Eagles against defending champions, Egypt, Mozambique and Benin Republic in Group C, Chief Coach Shaibu Amodu and ex captainof the team, Sunday Oliseh have warned on the toughness of the opposition expected at the event.
Top officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have warned that some fraudsters are trying to extort money from unsuspecting coaches and agents on the pretext they can get them the job of coaching Nigeria at next year's World Cup.
Super Eagles´ Head Coach, Shuaibu Amodu will tomorrow lead his technical crew to a meeting with the technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) at the federation's secretariat in Abuja.
The dream of Mr. Akinfenwa Oluwaseun, a chartered accountant who won the first Diamond Visa Credit Card FIFA promo, to watch the 2010 FIFA World Cup matches live in South Africa has become a reality with the presentation of the coveted prize to him in Lagos.
ERSTWHILE Chairman of Nigeria Football Association, NFA, Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima, has appealed to Nigerians angling for a foreign Technical Adviser to sheathe their sword as such hasty decision would scupper Nigeria's chances at both the Nations Cup in Angola and the World Cup in South Africa.
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