President, Confederation of African Football, CAF Ahmad Ahmad is sinking deeper into trouble as allegation of financial mismanagement against him gathers momentum. Mr Ahmad has been the president of Caf since March 2017 Ahmad is under growing pressure as FIFA investigates allegations against h... Read more...
He was young enough to participate at this year's Under-20 World Cup, but Samuel Chukwueze is assuming a far greater role as a future Nigeria lynchpin with his country attempting to capture a fourth Africa Cup of Nations title. At 20 years and 49 days, Chukwueze became the youngest scorer at this ... Read more...
As the Pharaohs bade farewell to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations last weekend, it brought about a fall in the average attendance at the continent’s showpiece football tournament. With local fans showing disdain for the visiting top African teams, Egypt’s games were the only ones that had a nearl... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo Match fixing scandal has rocked Nigeria Nationwide League One, NLO, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report. The match in question involved Akure City FC and Ajiroba FC all of Ondo state on match-day 8 of the league which was played 11th July, 2019. The away team, Ajiroba FC “surprisi... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo The Inspector General of Police, IGP will arrest Nigeria Football Federation, NFF President, Amaju Pinnick and other four accused persons who are facing 17 count charges on embezzlement and misappropriation of $8.4 million and N4 billion meant for football development in the coun... Read more...
By Segun Odegbami Things are not very well with funding sports in Nigeria. The country was reminded again this past week, in Egypt and in France. It has become extremely rare for any national team of Nigerian athletes to attend an international event and come back without a scandal of some so... Read more...
