City enter this fixture after coming from behind to seal a 2-1 victory over Burnley at Turf Moor
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It is a tournament of the four clubs that have qualified to represent Nigeria in the 2017 Caf inter club tournaments
The General Manager of the Port Harcourt-based Nigeria Professional Football League club, Chief Okey Kpalukwu, revealed that the Rivers United contingent will spend 10 days in the Spanish capital
Mercedes team boss, Toto Wolff, now faces the task of finding a suitable successor to Rosberg
Twelve European media outlets released details of the alleged money laundering
Following the split with the French publication, the ceremony, which will be held in Zurich on January 9, has been renamed: “The Best FIFA Football Awards”
The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, made the assertion on Friday in Lagos while unveiling Lagos as the Host City, Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations 2016
Bolt completed his amazing Olympic “triple triple” of 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay golds at the Rio Games in August despite missing much of the season through injury and took the award for the sixth time
Five other people survived the crash, which killed 71 people
The event, which holds on December 26 at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Lagos, will feature six other fights
Ejo, who has steered the Supersand Eagles to some credible outings in the past few years, said on Friday that he has a team good enough to emerge the champions of Africa on December 18
Incidentally, the first trophy for the Pinnick-led NFF was in the shape of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, taken by the Super Falcons in Namibia less than a month into the Board’s tenure
Assurances from the State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, was conveyed to the LMC through the State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Hon. Charles Ndukwe, who disclosed that the Governor described the hosting of the tournament as an honour to the state and an indication that Enugu is a frontline football state
Speaking at a press briefing on Friday to herald the championship, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, said hosting the competition is aimed at selling Lagos to the world
Bale underwent a successful operation on the injury in London earlier this week and, according to AS, the procedure revealed that “the extent of the issue is greater than first thought”
The 31-year-old Spain international has not played since mid-October after injuring an Achilles in Arsenal’s 6-0 Champions League win over Ludogorets
Falode, a foremost sports journalist and Member of the CAF Media Committee, told the girls they have the capacity to wrestle their Cameroonian opponents to the ground at the final hurdle for the second successive edition of the competition
Akinwunmi, who is also 1st Vice President of Nigeria Football Federation, assured that a lot of work has been done by the Committee to guarantee that Nigeria will set a marker for future hosts of the continental beach soccer showpiece.
The Nigeria international was one of Watford’s most important players in the first half of last season but has since struggled for consistency
In a statement, Dalung commended the team for the results recorded so far at the ongoing tournament which has propelled them to the final