The 2023 tournament was staged at a time when many of the top leagues around the world had already started.
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The opponents of the Super Eagles emerged on Thursday at the draws held in Abidjan, the capital of Cote d’Ivoire
Champions League winner, Manchester City, are to receive the highest pay in bonus from football ruling body, FIFA, for releasing players for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
This coming ahead of the Super Falcons ppening game against Canada on July 21, 2023.
The Brazilian icon scored over a 1,000 goals during his career with Santos, New York Cosmos and Brazil, and was widely regarded as the greatest of his era, triumphing on three occasions in the World Cup.
Earlier this month, the Pele Foundation and Sportv launched the “Pele in the dictionary” campaign to pay tribute and recognise his legacy in other fields besides sport.
The Bureau of the FIFA Council made this known on Monday while confirming the decision to have Argentina as hosts of the competition scheduled for May 20 to June 11.
Although Ronaldo is by far and away the greatest ever player in his nation’s history, he is now 38 years of age and was not an automatic pick at the recent World Cup.
The election was held on Thursday during the 73rd Congress of FIFA in Kigali, Rwanda, as Infantino stood unopposed
Nigeria reached the 23rd FIFA U20 World Cup finals on Thursday evening after defeating Uganda by a lone goal in Ismailia in the second quarter-final of the 17th Africa U20 Cup of Nations in Egypt..
This was as the country sees an increase in Gross Domestic Product with the retail and hospitality sectors growing.
The Nigerian side defeated their arch rivals by 16-15, 14-19, 23-14 and 19-15 points, winning the tie 72-63.
The defender met Muhammad Aminu’s corner kick with a bullet header that Egypt’s goalkeeper Mostafa Amin could do nothing about, and it is the host nation that now faces the stark possibility of elimination from the 23rd Africa U20 Cup of Nations.
The NFF gave the charge to the Flying Eagles at its Executive Committee meeting in Abuja on Monday.
The President of the club, Leopoldo Silva, revealed this development to newsmen as the defender appeared in court
Pele, the Brazil footballing legend and three-time World Cup winner, has died at the age of 82. Born in Brazil…
The winner of a record three FIFA World Cups and standard-bearer for “the beautiful game” died at 82 on Thursday
Many Nigerians will remember 2022 as the year of scarcity: the scarcity of money, petrol, aviation fuel, civility, and unity
Gakpo, 23, had an impressive World Cup in Qatar, scoring three goals as he helped the Netherlands reach the quarter-finals
The five-time World Cup winners were one of the favourites to win this year’s tournament in Qatar, but Tite’s side bowed out early in the quarterfinals to Croatia on penalties.