Dublin will host the draw for qualifying groups for the 2020 European football championships on December 2, 2018, UEFA announced Thursday. All 55 UEFA member nations will be drawn in 10 pools of five or six teams for the March-November 2019 qualifiers for a competition that will be staged in 13
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Nigerian Tennis Prodigy, Marylove Edwards, opened her first U.S. account on a winning note by dispatching her opponents with ease to win the USTA Celsius Level 6 girls’ 14 & Under tournament. This she achieved barely 20 days after moving to the world-renowned, IMG Tennis Academy founded by veteran tennis coach, Nick Bollettieri, in Bradenton, […]
Despite losing 4-1 to host nation, Ghana in the final of this year’s West African Football Union Tournament WAFU, the home-based Super Eagles received $65,000 (about N24million). The Black Stars were paid the ultimate star prize of $100,000 (about N36million) offered by FOX Sports, sponsors of the two-week WAFU Cup tournament. A break down of […]
Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, has called up 23 players for next week’s all-important 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying showdown against the Chipolopolo of Zambia in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The list was made available on Tuesday morning on the website of the Nigeria Football Federation. Skipper Mikel John Obi and forward Odion Ighalo […]
Juventus president Andrea Agnelli has been banned for one year by the Italian soccer federation for his role is selling tickets to hard-core ”ultra” fans that encouraged scalping. The court also fined Juventus 300,000 euros ($350,000). The federation’s prosecutor had requested a 2 1/2-year suspension, a fine and an order to force Juventus to play […]
FIFA has backed down in its row with British football authorities over the wearing of poppies by players in international matches as a tribute to those killed in war. Football associations in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales were fined by FIFA for ignoring warnings not to commemorate Armistice Day during their World Cup qualifiers […]
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