Flowerbudnews Nigeria’s U20 girls have intensified their general preparations for Sunday’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup final qualifying round, first leg encounter against the U20 girls of Burundi, with another training session in Dar es Salaam on Friday afternoon. Sunday’s match at the Azam Stadium Complex in the TanzanianContinue Reading
The Super Eagles will play a friendly match against Guinea’s Syli Nationale in Abu Dhabi on Monday evening as they prepare for a feast of Guinean attrition in the group phase at the 34th Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cote d’Ivoire. Head Coach José Peseiro has theContinue Reading
By Flowerbudnews Enugu: The Controller of Corrections in Enugu State, Mr Nicholas Obiako, says the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) focuses on sports for reformation, happiness and checking of vices among inmates. Obiako said this on Wednesday at the finals of the month-long Chief Emeka Okoye Football CompetitionContinue Reading
By Aderonke Ojediran Ex-international, Waidi Akanni, on Saturday said the Super Eagles would need a miracle to win the 2023 Côte d’Ivoire Africa Nation’s Cup (AFCON) due to inadequate preparation. Akanni said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos with barely two weeks toContinue Reading
Super Eagles coach, Jose Peseiro, has announced his final 25-man squad for the forthcoming African Cup of Nations in Cote’d’Ivoire. The African football showpiece will run from January 13 to February 11, 2024. The Nigerian side, gunning for its fourth title, has been drawn in Group A alongsideContinue Reading
By Flowerbudnews Enugu: Maj.-Gen. Hassan Dada, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, has played football with youths in Azia community within Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra to enhance Civil-Military relations. Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, acting Deputy Director, 82 Division Army Public Relations, onContinue Reading
Lagos (Flowerbudnews): The Chairman of Lagos Street Soccer Bolaji Yusuf has heartily felicitated with the Executive Chairman of Ikosi-Isheri LCDA Princess Simiat Abolanle Bada on the occasion of her golden jubilee birthday celebrations. He described her as an excellent administrator and a bedrock supporter of grassroots democracy and sportsContinue Reading
By Jide Idowu/ Dorcas Elusogbon The University of Ghana, Legon Boundary, Accra, has won the 2023 edition of West African Universities Games (WAUG) Championship, hosted by the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, Osun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the university won 10 Gold, Eight Silver and threeContinue Reading
By Flowerbudnews Enugu: The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has kicked-off the Emeka Okoye Football Competition to discover budding football talents among inmates within Enugu Maximum Custodial Centre. The competition, which is known as the Emeka Okoye Cup being sponsored by Chief Emeka Okoye, an Enugu-based philanthropist, is featuring sixContinue Reading
