Tag: football
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Match Day 14 results in 2020/2021 NPFL
Following are results of Match Day 14 fixtures in the 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), played on Sunday: Adamawa United 2-0 Dakkada FC Heartland FC 2-2 Abia Warriors Kano Pillars Rangers 1-1 International Katsina United 0-0 Sunshine Stars Nasarawa United 1-0 Lobi Stars Plateau United 3-1 MFM FC Rivers United 2-0 Jigawa Golden Stars…
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Match Day 13 results in 2020/2021 NPFL
Following are the results of Match Day 13 fixtures in the 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), played on Sunday: Akwa United 3-0 Rivers United Jigawa Golden Stars 0-0 Enyimba International FC IfeanyiUbah 0-0 Plateau United Lobi Stars 2-1 Katsina United Sunshine Stars 0-0 Adamawa United Rangers International 2-0 Heartland FC Kwara United 2-0 Warri…
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Diego Maradona (1960-2020): Exit of a Mythical Football Hero -Osayande Ero
By Osayande Ero The roller coaster of a year that is 2020 has struck again as the football world mourns the passing of Diego Armando Maradona, the then diminutive Argentine, considered as one of the greatest players to ever grace the sport, and easily one of the greatest athletes that ever lived. On Wednesday 25th…
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COVID-19: WHO, UEFA trade words over football resumption date
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and European soccer governing-body, UEFA, are seemingly now at loggerheads over the resumption of football amid on-going battle to contain the scourge of Coronavirus. According to Italian paper La Repubblica, the WHO have reportedly called for all football to be suspended until the end of next season – 2021. It…
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Coronavirus has damaged football – Amaju Pinnick
With clubs currently speaking with players and agents to accept a pay cut, and the shutdown of various football competitions around the world, Coronavirus has left a sour taste in the mouth of football faithful. These were the thoughts of the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick. Speaking in a monitored interview in…
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Tokyo Olympics: Age limit could be raised for football tournament
The age limit for the Tokyo Olympics men’s football tournament could be raised, world football ruling body FIFA said on Friday. It said this was to ensure that players who were eligible in 2020 will not miss out following the postponement of the Games until the following year. Olympic football is usually restricted to under-23…
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Football will be different after coronavirus pandemic – Infantino
Football will be totally different when it eventually resumes after the coronavirus outbreak, the head of global body FIFA Gianni Infantino said on Thursday. “Football will come back, and when it does, we’ll celebrate coming out of a nightmare together,” he told the Italian news agency ANSA in an interview. “There is one lesson, however,…
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Giving back makes me complete – Oshoala
As the only Nigerian and African in the 100 best women footballers in the world 2019 packaged by the influential London Guardian, and in line for the CAF African Women Player of the Year 2019 for the fourth time, Asisat Oshoala has attributed the on-going Asisat Oshoala Football Championship for Girls holding at Campos Mini…
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5th NYG: Lagos beat Delta in male football final
Team Lagos on Friday defeated their Delta counterparts 1-0 to win the gold medal in the male football event at the ongoing National Youth Games (NYG) in Ilorin. Hassan Haruna’s 33rd minute strike was all Lagos needed to win the competition’s final match as the state dominated the football event at the Games. The Lagos…
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Media Personality Ajifa Atuluku Releases Short Films Featuring Falzthabadguy, Bollylomo and More to Preach Love and Unity
Christmas is a season of love, and it is in this spirit that Media personality Ajifa Atuluku drops two short films titled “RELATIONSHIP – ONE NAIJA” and FOOTBALL – ONE NAIJA to preach love, unity and oneness for our people and also to get you in the yuletide spirit. “Relationship – One Naija” features Folarin…