Jose Mourinho forecasts ‘amazing’ period for Man chester Utd

Jose Mourinho has predicted an “amazing” period for Manchester United as he prepares to host a series of significant fixtures at Old Trafford across three different competitions.

A late goal by Sergio Aguero lifted Argentina to a 1-0 win over World Cup hosts Russia in the inaugural match at Moscow’s newly-renovated Luzhniki stadium on Saturday.

Nigeria’s U-17 women team the Flamingoes will resume camping this week as they prepare to face their Ethiopian counterparts in next month’s FIFA U17 World Cup.

NFF Appoints Maikaba as Golden Eaglets Coach

Abdullahi Maikaba has been appointed by the NFF Technical and Development Committee to take over as Head Coach of the Golden Eaglets while Abubakar Bala will be the first Assistant Coach; Oluwafunsho Bunmi Haruna, Second Assistant Coach and; Baruwa Abideen as Goalkeepers’ Trainer.

The five-man shortlist for the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2017, including Nigerian Victor Moses, has been revealed.

Asisat Oshoala ‘Shames’ BBC for Snubbing African Female Footballers

Female footballer and Nigerian international Asisat Lamina Oshoala MON has queried the exclusion of female nominee as voting for the BBC’s African Player of the Year prize opens.

Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud will miss Tuesday’s friendly against world champions Germany in Cologne due to injury, the French football federation said on Sunday.

A late goal from Sergio Aguero unlocked a stubborn Russian defence as Argentina showed their intent ahead of next year’s World Cup with a 1-0 win over the tournament hosts here Saturday.

The University of Lagos ( Unilag ) is bidding to host the 26th Nigeria University Games Association ( NUGA ) competition in 2018.

Senegal on Friday sealed a return to the FIFA World Cup for the first time since their 2002 debut thanks to a 2-0 win over South Africa in World Cup qualifying African Group D.

Brazil forward Neymar has denied suggestions that he had problems with his team mates at his club Paris St Germain (PSG).

But, more than this denial was his emotions, as he was moved to tears after being given the backing of his national team coach Tite on Friday.

Football fans in Ebonyi have urged the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to mete stiffer penalties against referees who decide outcome of matches with their biased officiating.

NPFL Champions:Plateau United drops 11 players

The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Champions, Plateau United FC of Jos has sacked 11 of its players as they intensify preparations ahead of the new season.

Everton have tabled a £31million bid for Sporting Lisbon midfielder William Carvalho despite the club considering him not transferable

Jupp Heynckes made a perfect start to his fourth spell as Bayern Munich coach with a 5-0 thrashing of Freiburg at the Allianz Arena on Saturday.

Akwa United head coach, Abdu Maikaba said Niger Tornadoes pack a punch and they could be real trouble as they clash in today’s Aiteo Cup final at the Agege Stadium, Lagos.
Tornadoes dispatched highly rated Nigeria Professional Football League champions, Plateau United and defending Aiteo Cup champions, FC Ifeanyiubah on their way to the final.

Tammy Abraham

Tammy Abraham scored both goals as Swansea City recorded their first home win in the Premier League this season, defeating Huddersfield Town 2-0 at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday.

Crystal Palace ended the worst-ever start to an English Premier League season and condemned champions Chelsea to their second successive defeat with a 2-1 victory at Selhurst Park on Saturday.

Victor Moses gets hamstring injury as Palace thrash Chelsea

Chelsea wing back and Super Eagles attacking midfielder, Victor Moses was forced out with a suspected hamstring injury as Crystal Palace recorded their first win of the season with a 2-1 defeat of the English Premier League defending champions at Selhurst Park yesterday.Moses has s

The Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire will be without experienced defender, Eric Bailly for their crunch World Cup qualifier at home to Morocco on 11 November.

Nigerian up and coming striker, Henry Onyekuru said he is expecting a return to Everton from where he was loaned to Anderlecht this summer.

Nigeria made it three wins from three in 2018 World Cup qualifying with a 4-0 thrashing of African champions Cameroon in Uyo.

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COAL CITY Flying Antelopes, Rangers International Football Club of Enugu Players has set 3 goals target for their match day 12 fixture of the NPFL against Rivers United on Sunday, 5^th March, 2017 in Port-Harcourt.

CRIME BUSTERS FOOTBALL CLUB OF ENUGU BEGIN SEASON PREPARATION

The Crime Busters football club of Enugu has started 2016/2017 Nationwide league one season preparations with a view to putting the team in shape ahead of the upcoming task.

Rangers Intl. FC Management have described the away goalless draw Victory against Akwa United FC as a morale booster for the team ahead of Sundays Match Day 5 with Niger Tornadoes FC of Minna, in Enugu.

Crime busters football club of Enugu has described the gesture of 7up bottling company Plc 9thmile corer Enugu through its general manager Ajala Olusegun Ayobami as a boost for optimum performance for 206/2017 Nigeria Nationwide league season as well as federation cup competition.

Rangers International FC, Enugu has revealed that it will start rolling out its branded bread called “Rangers Bread’’ and other flour confectionery products in Enugu metropolis. Rangers’ Marketing Manager, Ignatius Okafor, made the disclosure to newsmen in Enugu.

Coach Ladan Bosso of El-Kanemi Warriors Football Club of Maiduguri says he is optimistic his team will beat Katsina United FC on Wednesday in their week 4 fixture. Bosso stated this on Tuesday in Enugu that he was confident of victory against Katsina United after their outing against Rangers International FC.

Algeria’s George Leekens became the first coaching casualty of the African Nations Cup, resigning on Tuesday after his team was eliminated less than three months after taking the job.

“Given the pressure exerted on the federation and the national team, I prefer to stop my contract. For the good of all, I prefer to leave even if I do it with a sore heart while wishing all the success in the world to the national team,” Reuters quoted the Belgian coach as saying in a statement on the Algerian Football Federation website (www.faf.dz).

Manchester City star Raheem Sterling has stumped up £3.1million for a new family home in Cheshire.

The luxury five-acre pad, complete with its own wildlife pond, is in a leafy village that will provide a rural base for the England star, long-term girlfriend Paige Milian and their newborn son Thiago.

Barcelona striker Luis Suarez has turned 30 and his wife Sofia has paid tribute to him on Instagram.

She shared a picture of the former Liverpool forward on her social media account, showing him holding a birthday cake with ’30’ and some candles on top.

Former Super Eagles goalkeeper Peter Rufai has been appointment the Goalkeeper Trainer of Nigeria National League side, Ikorodu United, reports Completesportsnigeria.com.

Rufai previously worked with the Technical Committee of Stationery Stores of Lagos.

Ahead of Super Eagles clash with Algeria in continuation of the World cup qualifiers later in the year, veteran coach Lawrence Akpokana has warned that it would be dangerous to underrate the Algerians following their early exit from the ongoing Nations cup in Gabon.

Arsenal has confirmed Super Eagles forward Alex Iwobi nomination for Arsenal Vitality Player of the Month for January,

Iwobi's nomination was confirmed on 's the club’s official website on Tuesday.

The English Football Association has reduced Wolverhampton Wanderers' goalkeeper, Carl Ikeme's three-match suspension to two matches, Completesportsnigeria.com reports. ‎
The reduction of Ikeme's suspension was confirmed on the FA's official website on Tuesday following an appeal by Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Players of Coal City Flying Antelopes, Rangers International Football Club of Enugu say the home victory against El-Kanemi Football Club of Maiduguri, have put them in psychological victory over Akwa United FC in their match day four in Uyo on Wednesday against Akwa United football club.

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Manchester United are making progress under Jose Mourinho and are "unlucky" not to be challenging Chelsea, says their former boss Sir Alex Ferguson.

Ferguson, 75, stepped down in 2013 but retains close ties to Old Trafford and attends most games.

John Terry uploads a picture of Didier Drogba on his Instagram account which he captioned the image ‘The King’

The Technical Director of Rangers International FC of Enugu, Christian Chukwu has expressed concern over the poor form of the club’s strikers.

He said, the team’s finishing at goal needed to be worked upon for them to retain their winning ways in the ongoing league.

Head coach, 3SC Fatai Amoo has stated that his boys gave a good account of themselves despite losing to Kano Pillars last Sunday in the NPFL Match Day Three tie in Kano.

The Oluyole Warriors surprised their hosts when they blast ahead in the 41st minute of the tie through Adigun Adewale but they were overcame by the two goals of Adamu Mohammed which came in the 47th and 90th minutes of the tie.

Ali Muhammad, Kano Pillars goalkeeper, has died at the age of 50 years.

The former Taraba FC goalkeeper trainer died on Monday at his house in Brigade Quarters in Kano City after a brief illness.

African Cup of Nations (AFCON) defending Champions of the , Ivory Coast must beat Morocco to secure progress to the last eight when they meet at the ongoing tournament in Gabon later on Tuesday at Oyem.

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Ali Muhammad, Kano Pillars goalkeeper, has died at the age of 50 years.