Former Nigeria U17 forward Umar Abubakar scored his first goal at professional level as his Portuguese side Famalicao in their 3-1 win over AVS. Umar Abubakar scores his first goal for Famalicao in a victory over AVS Abubakar joined the team in the summer from the youth side of Belgium top level side Gent, after the club declined to give him an extension to his deal despite his impressive goal scoring record for their B team Jong KAA Gent. Famalicao beat all comers to reach a

Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has made plans to reach out to five players born abroad and eligible to play for other countries to pledge their allegiance to his team. Carney Chukwuemeka amongst those in talks to play for Nigeria The coach has already started plans for the second phase of his rebuilding process of the Nigerian team, after leading them to a third place finish at the last AFCON with an impressive brand of football admired by all.

Talented teenage players from football talent hub of Mavlon FC of Lagos, have continued to make waves in the transfer window in Europe after another Spanish club, Malaga CF signed Wahab Musa. Wahab Musa, who hails from Kogi state has completed a move to Malaga CF Academy from Mavlon FC of Lagos Musa, a modern day left full back, has been described as an ideal player perfectly fitted to the future ambition of the club in the Spanish Segunda. Despite his physicial presence, Mu

Casemiro will go down in history as one of the best defensive midfielders of his time, surprisingly, the Brazilian Captain only became a defensive midfielder because he figured that was the way he could get into the Sao Paulo Academy. Casemiro scored 11 goals in 111 appearances for Sao Paulo Casemiro was born in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil. He began trials with Sao Paulo Youth System when he was 8 years old. When it was time for selection, Casemiro found himself am

Atalanta defender Honest Ahanor is not eligible to play for Italy despite the fact that he was born and raised in Italy. Honest Ahanor has kept 6 clean sheets at Atalanta, making him one of the best teenage young defenders in Europe Ahanor who has emerged as the best young defender in the Italian top division this season playing a leading role in the team’s six clean sheets this season, when he has played alongside 22 year old Giorgio Scalvini. Born in the Italian city of Ave

Alex Iwobi says the Super Eagles of Nigeria can still make it to the 2026 World Cup in the light of the protest against DR Congo for fielding ineligible players in the world cup qualifiers playoff. Alex Iwobi is one of few Nigerian players, left in the squad, who played in the 2018 World Cup held in Russia Nigeria were beaten 2-4 on penalties by DR Congo in the world cup qualifiers playoff, effectively ending their hope of picking the remaining two available tickets via the i

When Harvey Elliott joined Aston Villa on loan from Liverpool in August, he did so as a Premier League champion and as the player of the tournament in last summer's European Under-21 Championship. Harvey Elliot popped up with significant goal contributions to help Liverpool to their 20th league title last season He had contributed at key moments in Liverpool's title win but was expected to see more game time at Villa and push for inclusion in England's squad for the World Cup

The January transfer window came to a close on the 2nd of February, 2026. Despite a slow start to transfer business, it got busy towards the end, with exciting deals being completed, transfer dominoes, limbos and deals falling through. Let's look into all the chaos last night had for us: Mateta's sticky situation Jean-Philippe Mateta's move to AC Milan fell through after failing his medicals due to a Knee Injury Jean-Philippe Mateta faces the prospect of having to re-integra

Top teams around the world have made contact with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on the possibility of playing a friendly game against the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the build up to the World Cup. The Super Eagles of Nigeria, claimed bronze medal in the just concluded AFCON, whilst showcasing an exhilarating attacking brand of football Nigeria failed to qualify for the world cup, but their strong showing at the AFCON has put them in pole position for high grade friend

This season’s UEFA Champions League knockout phase draw has placed record title holders Real Madrid (Spain) against Portuguese side Benfica (Portugal), while an all-French fixture have defending champions PSG facing AS Monaco. Victor Osimhen's Galatasaray hosts Juventus, while Ademola Lookman's Atalanta go head to head with Bayer Leverkusen The draw, held on Friday at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland, also has the only English side in the playoff, Newcastle

Nigeria’s prospects of securing a favorable ruling from FIFA over its petition against the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) have received a significant boost following the world football governing body’s recent sanctions against Malaysia for fielding ineligible players. FIFA’s recent ruling against Malaysia has strengthened Nigeria’s case The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) had approached FIFA after the Super Eagles were eliminated by DR Congo on penalties in the fin

The captain of the U20 team of Nigeria Daniel Daga has not been included in the squad of Norwegian side Molde for their winter camp. Daniel Daga faces alleged sexual assault charges in March after his holiday from Nigeria Molde are currently at their winter camp in La Nucia, a suburb of Span with 27 players in preparation for the season but without Daga, who is facing charges of sexual assault. Daga joined the team a year ago, and was handed indefinite suspension when the mat

A German Football Association (DFB) official has said it is time to consider a boycott of the 2026 World Cup in the wake of United States President Donald Trump's actions. Oke Gottlich (right) is part of the German FA and president of Bundesliga club St Pauli The US will host world football's showpiece event this summer, along with Canada and Mexico. President Trump caused outrage among European leaders earlier this month by threatening to acquire Greenland, which is controll

Fresh from scoring a brace for Dutch top division side PEC Zwolle against AZ Alkmaar Shola Shoretire has opened up about his desire to play for the senior national team of Nigeria. Shola Shoretire made his debut for Manchester United a week after turning 17 The 21 year old who went through the youth ranks at Manchester United before making sparse appearances for the first team is on a season long loan to PEC Zwolle from Greek side PAOK. He scored his fourth goal of the season

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is considering postponing the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), according to updates from the football governing body’s headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. CAF are considering postponing the ne,t edition of AFCON, after the changes they made to the calendar The proposed postponement is linked to CAF’s recent adjustment to the tournament calendar, which is expected to align the competition on a four-year cycle, with the first edition und

Former Chelsea and now German Bundesliga's Borussia Dortmund player Carney Chukwuemeka is open to the idea of playing for the senior national team of Nigeria. Carney Chukwuemeka expresses interest in playing for the Super Eagles of Nigeria Born to parents of Nigerian descent in Austria and raised in England, the 22 year old is eligible for all three countries but so far he has only represented England at various youth levels. Like we exclusively reported last year, he was tor

The senior national team of Nigeria moved 12 places in the recently released FIFA ranking moving from 38th in the world to 26th. Nigeria were rewarded with their biggest climb in years following their AFCON performances Their rise is largely due to their performance at the recently concluded AFCON in Morocco, where they finished as third by beating Egypt 4-2 in the losers final on Saturday. Beyond the semi final defeat to Morocco on penalties, they won six of their seven game

The senior national team of Nigeria, lost 4-2 on penalties to hosts Morocco, to end their quest for a 4th AFCON title. The Super Eagles showed grit in a stadium filled with Morrocan supporters Morocco reached their third final of the Africa Cup of Nations after a hard fought game at the Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah in Rabat beating Nigeria 4-2 on Wednesday night to set up a showpiece fixture with Senegal on Sunday. Both sides were inseparable after 120 minutes and had to sett

Eric Chelle will stay on as coach of the senior national team of Nigeria after the Africa Cup of Nations regardless of what happens in their semi final game against Morocco. Eric Chelle is expected to continue with the Super Eagles despite recent approaches Chelle has already agreed fresh terms in January, and it will automatically begin after reaching the semi final of the ongoing tournament in style with a 2-0 thrashing of Algeria, after securing a 4-0 win over Mozambique.

Eric Sekou Chelle has only lost one competitive game in charge of the Super Eagles(a shootout to DR Congo), since he took over, a year ago Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle is a target for the senior national team of Tunisia who are on the lookout for a coach ahead of their campaign at the world cup. Chelle has emerged as the most sought after coach on the African continent with the way Nigeria have performed at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations, w