The extra-ordinary congress of the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) will hold in Abuja this week.
Nigeria's striker Obafemi Martins has assured his countrymen of his services as the nation prepares to play in the Africa Cup of Nations in January.
The decision of the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) to blackout Nigerian referees from the list of officials to the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola has set Nigerian Premier League chairman, Chief Oyuki Obaseki fuming with disagreement.
England's bid to host the World Cup in 2018 will shift base to Nigeria this week with a visit to Abuja by the top brass of the Bid team. The Chairman of the Bid, Lord David Triesman, who also doubles as the Chairman of the FA will be leading a team to make a formal presentation to Dr Amos Adamu. Adamu is a member of the FIFA Executive Committee, one of 24 members who will be deciding through ...
It will be six years since Rwanda and Uganda played in the Cecafa final, but Amavubi tactician Eric Nsimiyimana says that the match on Sunday will be his perfect test of the tournament.
IN the past three years, Chief Mike Adenuga Jr has caused his company, Globacom, to commit up to N3billion to Nigerian football.
The just-concluded Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (Cecafa) Senior Challenge Cup provided more questions than answers ahead of a proposed 2016 Africa Cup of Nations bid by Kenya.
On Wednesday, the country's football destiny might be changed forever should the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland, restores the Kenya Football Federation as the local affiliate of the global body, Fifa.
National Under-20 women soccer team coach, Thembinkosi Takobana has lashed out at some of her players describing them as 'big headed' after they went down 4-1 to Zimbabwe in an international friendly at the University of Botswana Stadium on Saturday.
NEW signings Jerry Santos and Mike Barasa as well as midfielder Haruna Moshi are among 27 players who have been included in Simba's list for next year's Confederation Cup.
THE Mainland soccer team, Kilimanjaro Stars' head coach, Marcio Maximo, wore a humble face on arrival from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, today where they finished fourth in the just ended senior Challenge Cup and asked for more public support.
Defending champions, Gaborone United (GU) will hope to put their faltering title defence back on track when they meet fellow strugglers, TAFIC in a be MOBILE Premier League match at the Molepolole Sports Complex tomorrow. Kick-off is 6pm. After a shaky start, GU find themselves 13 points off the pace 11 games into the season.
The national Under-20 women football team will meet their Zimbabwe counterparts in an international friendly at the UB Stadium tomorrow to prepare for the return leg of the World Cup qualifier against Namibia.
Will Gaborone United (GU) and Uniao Flamengo Santos change the fortunes of Botswana football in African club competitions?
It is a case of David versus Goliath when Rwanda's Amavubi Stars take on their archrivals Uganda in the final of the 2009 Orange Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup this afternoon at Nyayo national stadium.
THE World Cup is a hugely lucrative event, which will attract business people from across the spectrum. These include people who make profits from the illicit drug industry.
The African club continental championship draw has been held, and league winner Armed Forces are to grind it out with JSK Kabylie of Algeria in the preliminary rounds of the 2010 Orange championship.
Ports could have held their spirits high against defending champions Armed Forces in a nil-nil stalemate tie at the Father Gough, but ex-U-20 boss Peter Bonu Johnson thinks that it was not a bad test.
Mainland league champions, Young Africans today play Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) in the international friendly match at the Uhuru Stadium.
Kilimanjaro Stars are out of the running for this year's Cecafa Challenge Cup, having lost their crucial the semi-final match 2-1 to Rwanda's Amavubi.
Tanzania Mainland soccer team coach Marcio Maximo, said discipline and fighting spirit as the secret weapons he will use to beat Zanzibar in their Cecafa Challenge Cup playoff match tomorrow.
The CEO of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa, Dr Danny Jordaan, said the 2010 Final Draw held in Cape Town on Friday, 4 December 2009, delivered on the promise of a world-class event.
As South Africa steps closer to the first-ever hosting of the FIFA World Cup on African soil, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Local Organising Committee (LOC) CEO Danny Jordaan to contain his smirked expression. And rightly so, since being awarded with the privilege to host the event, the LOC has overcome many a hurdle to convince world perception that South Africa has the capacity to ...
THE sole ownership of football teams in our domestic league can have serious implications for the future sustainability of the clubs' operations, while the financial well-being of the players can be severely compromised.
UGANDA successfully retained the East and Central Africa Senior Challenge Cup after thrashing Rwanda 2-0 in a mouth-watering final at the Nyayo Stadium, in the match that has just ended.
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