Football

The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Champions, Plateau United FC of Jos has sacked 11 of its players as they intensify preparations ahead of the new season.

Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr has disclosed that players and officials of the senior national team of Nigeria gave a share of the bonus they got for beating Zambia 1-0 to goalkeeper Carl Ikeme who is presently down with acute Leukaemia.

Former Ivorian international and Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has offered to help World Cup hosts Russia and FIFA to deal with racism. Toure made the comments as part of his contributions to a short film about discrimination.

Leicester City manager Craig Shakespeare has revealed that Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi is fit to face West Brom in the English Premier League at the King Power Stadium on Monday.

AfroMillionsLotto, the Nigerian Professional Football League’s (NPFL) exciting new lotto, will be unveiled on Thursday to allow people to buy tickets online.

Following the injury, Super Eagles left full back Elderson Echiejile picked late in the match against Zambia, for which he has been ruled out of Nigeria’s final World Cup 2018 Qualifiers tie against Algeria in Algiers. Gernot Rohr is now looking to Russian-born player of Nigerian descent to address the shortfall in defensive manpower.