Football

The 2019/20 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season has been billed to kick off on November 3 with defending champions Enyimba starting their title defence against Nasarawa United.

The final 20 shortlists for FIFA's Golden Boy award has been announced, with the current holder of the award Matthijs de Ligt reappearing for the second time in a row.

Former Super Eagles captain and Chelsea midfielder, Mikel Obi, says he will love to return to the London side as an assistant coach to current Chelsea manager, Frank Lampard. Nigeria's former super eagle's coach made the disclosure in an interview with Trabzonspormagazine.

Cristiano Ronaldo is a goal shy of 700 career goals as he scored his 699th career goal when Portugal defeated Luxembourg 3-0 during their Euro 2020 qualifier.

Belgium has become the first team to qualify for the Euro 2020 tournament after defeating a Marino 9-0. Romelu Lukaku stole the show as he scored a brace to become the first player to reach 50 international goals for the world’s top-ranked nation.

Super Eagles goalkeeper trainer, Alloy Agu, says the technical crew of the national team has put in place plans to stop superstar Neymar and other Brazilian stars when both countries clash in an international friendly scheduled for October 13 at the National Stadium in Singapore.