Brazil vs Belgium : Belgium led World Cup favourites Brazil 2-1 at full-time in their quarter-final on Friday as the tournament in Russia braced for a major shock.

The Egyptian Football Association (Efa) has stated that they are looking for a coach with a track record of winning titles to replace Argentine coach Hector Cuper.

Neymar will never live up to Pele, Brazil’s former head coach Luis Felipe Scolari said on Friday. Speaking in an interview with Spanish newspaper El Mundo, Scolari said: “In Brazil we know who is Neymar and who is Pele.”We know that there is only one Pele and there will never be another.”A player can be […]

In the past week, two of Nigeria’s greatest Athletics rivals on the continent, South Africa and Kenya, named their teams for the forthcoming African Senior Athletics Championships that will be held in Delta State, Nigeria, from August 1st to 5th.

Lionel Messi’s World Cup dream was left hanging by a thread as Croatia powered into the last 16 with a 3-0 rout of Argentina here Thursday.

By the time you will be reading this piece, Nigerian hurdler Tobi Amusan would have made her debut at the IAAF Diamond League meeting held in Rome on Thursday, May 31st, and the event will more or less serve as a formal initiation into the elite club of the world’s best athletes.

Some of Nigeria’s best exports in Track and Field, used the IAAF World Junior Championships (or World U-20 Championships as it is now being referred to) as a launching pad to greatness.

The 17th edition of the IAAF World U-20 Championships is fast approaching, and I am hoping that Nigeria will be represented by a formidable team when the competition gets underway in Tampere, Finland, from July 10 to 15. The event has been in existence since 1986, and used to be known as the World Junior Championships until 2015.

The Commonwealth Games may be over, and even though Nigeria did not win as many medals as expected in Track and Field, the performance of our athletes in Gold Coast can be used to forge a path for success ahead of the African Senior Athletics Championships to be held in Asaba, Delta State, from August 1 to 5.

Super Eagles’ coach Gernot Rohr on Sunday in Lagos expressed his preference for Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) matches to be played more on grass pitch stadiums.

Tite who manages Neymar at national team level feels the time has come for the player to fight Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for the Ballon d’Or.

He is a Nigerian whose knowledge of the game is tremendous, and whose passion and support for football know no bounds

Having started on an extremely bright note in Ndola, with a 2-1 win over Zambia’s Chipolopolo in October, another victory today, over Algeria in Uyo, will ensure the Super Eagles end this year in fine fettle and with improved chances of qualifying for Russia.

If he is allowed to do his job, in the way that I know he can do it, he will be successful in Nigeria

The players have done a pretty good job and huge credit goes to them; their coach, Imama Amapakabo