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  Last Saturday was the kind of day you’d want to stay at home. Apart from the fact that it was wet, cool and therefore cosy, there were two major sporting events lined up for […]

At the start of 2015 I wrote two articles on Sepp Blatter and FIFA. One of the mediums (not Weekly Trust) that I write in refused to publish both articles because, as minor sponsors of […]

The media was awash on Tuesday 2nd of June 2015 of the President of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), Sepp Blatter’s, intension to step down from his exalted office just four days after […]

Following the resignation of FIFA President Sepp Blatter many are calling for the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Issa Hayatou, to follow with his own resignation. Since Blatter’s resignation, Hayatou has become […]

Sepp Blatter is to resign as president of the world football governing body, FIFA. Mr. Blatter is stepping down four days after winning a record five-year term. Mr Blatter became FIFA president in 1998. He […]

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has inadvertently assumed controversy as its middle name. For over a decade, the federation has been enmeshed in one controversy or the other. If it is not election crisis, it […]

The controversy surrounding Stephen Keshi’s exit and re-engagement as chief coach of the senior national soccer team will linger until 2017. This is because shortly after the 2014 World Cup in Brazil last June, the […]

Tottenham and former Arsenal Striker, Emmanuel Oluseyi Adebayor has taken to Facebook to clarify all the rumours circulating about him and his relationship with his siblings and mother. The 31-year-old striker said he decided to […]

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has said he still wants to buy Arsenal despite failing in a 2010 bid to acquire a stake in the club. The Nigerian billionaire is now worth nearly eight times […]

Former international, Jonathan Akpoborie, has predicted that Super Eagles coach, Steven Keshi, will fail, faulting the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for handing the 2013 African Cup of Nations (AFCON)-winning coach a fresh two-year mandate. In […]

Stephen Keshi will be sacked if he fails to reach the semifinals of the 2016 CAF championship for African players based at home (CHAN), according to reports. The 53-year-old former Nigeria captain signed a new […]

Since Nigeria’s Super Eagles failed to secure a ticket to play at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations  in Equatorial Guinea after the team were held to a 2-2 draw by South Africa’s Bafana Bafana […]

LAST weekend, I met Daniel Amokachie, ex-International soccer star and assistant coach of our national team. Naturally, we spoke about the current state of our football and he gave me interesting insights into problems dogging […]

House of Representatives Committee on Sports has asked the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to discontinue the ongoing contract negotiation with Stephen Keshi, urging the coach to forget coaching the national team again. House Committee Chairman, […]

It is hard to kill a man’s dreams, no matter how many times he’s thrown into the furnace. He will emerge though scald but not bowed. Such is the fate of the Nigerian boxer, Bash […]

Nigeria football looks to be, unfortunately, heading into a long, dark night as world football –governing body is set to wield the big stick  today against the most populous black nation on earth. Even as […]

Coach Stephen Keshi has described as “a slave contract” what has been offered him to continue as Nigeria coach. Keshi said he has received his new contract from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), but has […]

Diego Maradona, Argentine World Cup-winning football legend, has undergone a facelift, local Argentine media reports. Maradona, who has always been in the news in his native Argentina, has also released pictures of his fresh-face, posing […]

As the season finale of brighter footballer project, an initiative of SportsVision and Pet-Bamok, in partnership with Dufil Group, maker of Indomie Noodles ends tomorrow, RUTH OLUROUNBI takes a look at how these organisations are […]