By Flowerbudnews Champions Nigeria will begin their WAFU B U17 Championship title defence at this year’s edition of the competition on May 15 in Accra, Ghana. The Golden Eaglets, five-time champions of the world, swept aside every opposition before them to achieve glory in another Ghanaian city, Kumasi twoContinue Reading
Invest in sports talent search, football coach urges Nigerians By Tunde Ajayi The Convener of Femben PreToPro Football Camp Naija 2024, Coach Femi Olatunji, has urged well meaning Nigerians to invest in the discovery of sports talents for children and youths. Speaking with theContinue Reading
Flowerbudnews Six-time winners Enugu Rangers have been booted out of this year’s President Federation Cup at the very first hurdle, as they lost 5-6 on penalties to Kano Pillars following 1-1 draw in regulation time at the Bwari Township Stadium, Abuja on Thursday. Mustapha Umar scored forContinue Reading
Flowerbudnews The women’s teams will finally begin hostilities in this year’s President Federation Cup competition at the national level on Wednesday next week, when the Round of 32 matches will be played in nine centres across the Federation. Uyo, Enugu, Asaba, Lafia, Ibadan, Benin City, Akure, AuchiContinue Reading
By Flowerbudnews The Board of Nigeria Football Federation on Monday approved the recommendation of its Technical and Development Committee to appoint former ace winger Finidi George as Head Coach of the Senior Men National Football Team, Super Eagles. George, who spent 20 months as assistant to José SantosContinue Reading
By Tony Nezianya Flowerbudnews: When the Nigerian Contingent sets sail to participate in the upcoming Olympic Games, tagged the ”2024 Paris Games”, Team Nigeria as they are known will be dominated by the womenfolk. It is great news that Team Nigeria will have a strong representation of femaleContinue Reading
Flowerbudnews Last year’s runners-up, Enugu Rangers will go up against Kano Pillars in what is indisputably the pick of the men’s Round of 64 matches of this year’s Federation Cup competition. At the national draw conducted inside the NFF Secretariat on Thursday, the two former winners were drawnContinue Reading
By Flowerbudnews Exactly four months after they were bumped and relegated to the third-place match of the Africa Cup of Nations by the Super Eagles, South Africa’s Bafana Bafana will come up against the three-time African champions again in a crucial 2026 World Cup qualifying match in Uyo. Continue Reading
Describes Insinuation on Channel TV as Disheartening Fake News By Biola Lawal Abuja (Flowerbudnews) The National Olympic Committee (NOC) has assured that it has always handled scholarship grants to athletes with transparency to the satisfaction of athletes. NOC gave the assurance in a statement by Mr. Tony Nezianya,Continue Reading
