Nigeria News, Features, Match Reports, Transfer News

31 August 2018

Quiz! Can you name these 40 famous football brothers?

Each of these siblings paved a career at the highest level – well, a fairly high level – from Dutch international twins to a pair of Danish football legends

Victor Moses

15 August 2018

Moses retires from international football

Nigerian defender Victor Moses has retired from international football at the age of 27, saying he wants to focus on club football.

Carl Ikeme

29 July 2018

Nigeria to offer Ikeme coaching role

After announcing his retirement from football following a cancer battle, Carl Ikeme will be offered a coaching role with Nigeria.

28 July 2018

Nigeria coach Yusuf subject to preliminary investigation

Salisu Yusuf denies any wrongdoing, but the coach is subject to a preliminary investigation by the NFF over a bribery accusation.

Carl Ikeme

27 July 2018

Ikeme retires after year-long cancer battle

After spending a year battling acute leukaemia, from which he is in remission, Wolves goalkeeper Carl Ikeme has retired from football.

In Other News...

17 July 2018

Who's in charge? Nigeria's top league has been suspended indefinitely

The Nigerian Professional Football League has been suspended because two people claim to head up the nation's football federation

John Obi Mikel

3 July 2018

Mikel played through trauma of father's kidnap

John Obi Mikel played in Nigeria's 2-1 defeat to Argentina at the World Cup just hours after being told his father's life was in danger.

Diego Maradona

1 July 2018

World Cup 2018: Messi magic and Renaissance men in St Petersburg as England dart ahead

Argentina delighted off the pitch before baffling and amazing in equal measure on it in St Petersburg. Elsewhere there was art and darts.

FIFA World Cup

29 June 2018

Ranked! All 32 World Cup teams based on their group stage performance

The Russia 2018 group stage is over, but which sides have impressed, which are lucky to be in the last 16 and why do we have to go so far down to find Germany?