Football

Barcelona will face Real Madrid in a highly anticipated El Clasico final in Spain’s Copa del Rey after securing a 5-4 aggregate victory over Atletico Madrid. The Catalan club sealed their place in the final with a 1-0 win at Atletico Madrid on Wednesday, marking their first Copa del Rey final appearance in four years. Ferran Torres scored the decisive first-half goal, ensuring Barcelona’s progression after an intense 4-4 draw in the first leg held in February. Real Madrid also advanced with a 5-4 aggregate victory over Real Sociedad, needing extra time in Tuesday’s semifinal. This sets up the first Copa del Rey final between the two fierce rivals since the 2013-14 season when Madrid lifted the trophy.

The Super Eagles suffered a setback on Tuesday during the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers (WCQ) following a 1-1 draw with Zimbabwe at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom.

The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has rescheduled all its matches that were earlier scheduled for 31st Match, 2025 to celebrate sallah festivity. Accordingly, all the fixtures which were formerly slated to take place over the weekend of Saturday March 29th and Sunday, March 30th have now been shifted back to Wednesday March 26th and Thursday March 27th across all venues.

Former Nigerian international Ogenyi Onazi has enjoined the Super Eagles to remain focused in their quest to secure a place at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. This advise is coming after the Super Eagles revived their hopes of securing a place at the mundial with a comfortable 2-0 victory against Rwanda played in Kigali yesterday Friday.

After a 25-year of partnership with Nike, the Premier League has confirmed that Puma will be replacing NIKE as its official match ball supplier starting from the 2025-26 season. Recall during the summer of 2023, it was rumored that the Premier League was considering dumping Nike and transition to Puma once the American manufacturer’s contract expired this summer.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) former President, Amaju Pinnick, has lost out on a return to the FIFA Council Seat to Ahmed Yahya and Souleymane Waberi, while Patrice Motsepe from South Africa was re-elected as the CAF President, in the principal decision-making organ of the federation in the intervals of the FIFA Congress.