Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has congratulated Enyimba International Football Club of Aba for qualifying for the Nigeria Professional Football League, NFPL, Super Six competition.The Governor has, therefore, charged the team to complete the performance by defeating the other five teams in the competition and emerge the champions.Ikpeazu gave the commendation in a message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Onyebuchi Ememanka.He described Enyimba as the prid...

The 21-year-old Arsenal forward Folarin Balogun has chosen to represent the United States of America ahead of Nigeria and England.The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) confirmed on Tuesday it has approved a request by the US Soccer Federation to change Balogun’s national eligibility from England.“The change of association of the player Folarin Jolaoluwa Balogun from England to the USA has been approved,”FIFA spokesperson told the PA news agency...

It was an unsuccessful outing for Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets as they crashed out of the 2023 U-17 AFCON in Algeria after they lost 2-1 to Burkina Faso in the quarter-finals on Thursday.The result means the Eaglets will not be at this year’s FIFA U-17 World Cup.Burkina Faso complete Africa’s representatives at the World Cup after Senegal, Mali and Morocco booked their tickets.The Eaglets had the first big chance of the game on eight minutes but Abubakar Abdullahi’s sup...