The Ogun State Football Association has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Lagos based sports marketing company, Staruf Sport Nigeria Limited in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The sports company is owned by the former goalkeeper of the Super Eagles, Peter Rufai. The agreement is part of Ogun FA’s plans to accelerate the [...]
World football-governing body, FIFA, has ruled that all matches in the Super Eagles’ 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying Group F must be played on the dates of 5 June and 12 June. Concerned that Flames of Malawi, on same five points as the Super Eagles would have undue advantage should they play three days after [...]
There are strong indications that the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, is planning to trim down the number of back staff attached to the Super Eagles. The Eagles, who are African champions, have 17 support staff including officials, and the federation is now pencilling down names for the downsizing exercise. An official in the federation informed [...]
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Aminu Maigari Thursday morning ordered the Chairman of NFF Technical and Development Committee, Barrister Chris Green and his Committee members to, as a matter of urgency, intervene in the on-going war of words between Super Eagles’ Head Coach Stephen Keshi and Captain Joseph Yobo. An unhealthy exchange of [...]
Proprietor of Cowbell Soccer Academy, Barrister Godwin Dudu-Orumen, has stated in clear terms that skipper of the Super Eagles, Joseph Yobo has no business in the national team, hence he should call it quits now when the ovation is loudest. The outspoken sports journalist told P.M.NEWS Sports early today that he expects the Fenerbache of [...]
The Nigeria Football Federation has ordered Nigeria Premier League clubs, Warri Wolves and Enugu Rangers to agree on a transfer fee for Super Eagles’ attacking midfielder Sunday Mba before the close of work on Thursday. “Failure of the two clubs to reach a reasonable conclusion on the fee will compel the NFF to fix such [...]
The thought of many soccer loving Nigerians before Nigeria played Kenya in the 2014 World Cup qualifier was that the Super Eagles would outshine the Harambee Stars in the game played on Saturday at the UJ Esuene Stadium, Calabar, Cross River, but the reverse was the case when the African champions were forced to a [...]
