Football

Former Nigeria coach Austin Eguavoen has said that big countries are scared of the Super Eagles ahead of the FIFA World Cup draw coming up on Friday in Moscow, Russia.

Nigeria Professional Football League champions, Plateau United, will face Enyimba in the opening fixture of the Super Six competition on December 11 at the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano.

Aiteo Federation Cup champions, Akwa United and MFM FC will clash in the in other opening day fixture.

The Nigeria Football Federation have confirmed that FIFA will hold one of their 12 FIFA Executive Football Summit (EFS) meetings in Lagos.

The FIFA Executive Football Summit meeting is expected to hold between November 2017 and March 2018.

Nigeria is expected to host the summit next year, on the February 20 and the NFF have picked Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island as venue and hotel accommodation for the big event.

Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology will be used for the first time at an African tournament at next year's African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Morocco.

Its use was confirmed by the Confederation of African Football's (CAF) Referees' Committee at a meeting on November 27 in Cairo, Egypt.

The experiment with VAR will start at the quarter final stage of the tournament that kicks off on January 13.

Former Barcelona and Juventus star, Dani Alves has revealed the reason why he decided to leave Juventus for Paris Saint Germain (PSG) last summer. Speaking with Sky Italia, the Brazilian said;

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola says the club cannot rule out another busy summer, signalling imminent overhaul of the team. After succeeding Manuel Pellegrini in 2016, Guardiola completely overhauled his squad and successfully developed City into a dominant force in both the Premier League and in Europe particularly this season.