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WHEN the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) appointed ex-International, Sunday Oliseh, as National Coach of the Super Eagles, to replace Stephen Keshi, in July 2015, an effusive Amaju Pinnick, the NFF Chairman, described the new coach, […]

The new president of the world governing body has promised to take football forward. Gianni Infantino says: “We will restore the image and respect of FIFA and everyone in the world will be proud of […]

Sunday Oliseh, Amaju Pinnick’s golden boy, with the golden touch, to make the Super Eagles golden again, has sensationally chickened out!  Was that an unforeseen glitch or accident waiting to happen? The exit of Stephen […]

The Nigeria Football Federation has thrown more light on how Sunday Oliseh, who resigned his appointment as Super Eagles coach last week was engaged for the plum job. The football house explained that Oliseh’s engagement […]

It all started immediately after the Super Eagles won the Africa Nations Cup in South Africa in 2013, 19 years after the last one in Tunisia in 1994. Coach Stephen Okechukwu Keshi fell out with […]

For the first time in nearly three decades global soccer has a leader whose name isn’t Sepp Blatter. After passing sweeping reforms earlier in the day, FIFA’s 207 delegates elected Gianni Infantino, a European soccer […]

Nigeria have reappointed Samson Siasia as coach following the resignation of Sunday Oliseh earlier on Friday. The Nigeria Football Federation have ensured a coach is in place for March’s Nations Cup qualifiers against Egypt. Oliseh […]

Gianni Infantino has been elected as the new FIFA president. The election went to a second round of voting in Zurich with the UEFA general secretary eventually prevailing by 115 votes. Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim […]

Sunday Oliseh has resigned as Super Eagles coach. The former national team skipper, who was appointed last year, made the shock announcement in the early hours of Friday via his twitter account. This is what […]

New Nigeria president Muhammadu Buhari has made good on a promise to reward the players after the 1985 tournament when he was the military head of state. Nduka Ugbade, captain of the team who beat […]

Arsène Wenger says he is convinced Arsenal will score in the first leg of their Champions League tie against Barcelona on Tuesday but has also admitted the priority has to be to keep out the […]

Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh has revealed he is financially handicapped in his preparations for the crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualification tie against Egypt on March 25 in Kaduna. Oliseh, disclosed on a Brila […]

Of course, this piece might make me one of the “insane” critics of Oliseh, but then he would have to prove his own sanity first. If he takes my humble advice to heart, and works […]

Kenya caused a stir on Tuesday when the head of its Olympics committee said the team might withdraw from the Rio Games because of Zika, but officials said later it was too soon to decide […]