African young stars Tammy Abraham (Nigerian), Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt), Albert Adomah (Ghana) and Jonathan Kodjia (Ivory Coast) have helped Aston Villa secure their promotion to the Premier League next season after defeating Frank Lampard's Derby County 2-1 in Monday’s Championship play-off final.
The Flying Eagles of Nigeria began their quest for glory at the 2019 U20 Fifa World Cup after humbling Qatar 4-0 in their opening game of the competition on Friday in Tychy Poland.
Following political and logistical complications, the Football governing body FIFA has cancelled plans to broaden the world cup teams to a 48-nation team from 32 teams for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Former Coach of Enyimba Football Club, Samson Unuanel yesterday sued the club to court over an alleged N3.450 million debt. The suit which was brought before Justice Kiyersohot Damulak of the Nation Industrial Court, Abuja alleged that the club owed Unuanel balance of his sign-on-fee.
President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted the senior women’s national football team, (Super Falcons), for winning the 2019 WAFU Women’s tournament, which ended in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, over the weekend. Nigeria won the championship after defeating the competition’s hosts, Dame Elephantes, on a 5-4 penalty.
Nigerian footballer, Ahmed Musa who joined a Saudi club side (Al Nassr) last summer has reportedly won the league title with his team. The former Leicester City player is said to have played 24 league games this season and scored seven goals for the Saudi side.
