NPFL: Kwara United eyeing continental football next season The Chairman of Kwara United Football Club, Mr. Kumbi Titiloye has said , he is satisfied with the show put by his lads in the first stanza of the 2024/2025 Nigeria Premier Football League , NPFL season. Kumbi applaud the arrays of young and talented players executing the clubs campaign this season. Kumbi, in a parley session with journalists last Wednesday at the Kwara State Stadium Complex, Ilorin, during the presentation of the Abdul Momoh Ambassadorial Award of Recognition by Abdul Momoh Photography charged the lads to heighten their performance . “We…
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Abdulgafar Oladimeji
Abdulgafar Oladimeji is a sports writer with over two decades experience in the industry. As a reporter , he has worked with top major Nigerian newspapers, freelancer with newspaper and broadcast media organizations in Africa, Europe and America. He is a well travelled sports journalists reporting major sports events across the globe.
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Igala Super League Gets New Management Committee The Organizers of the Igala Super League ISL has established the League Management Committee, LMC to steer the affairs of the competition. The new committee is tasked with the mandate to execute the league. The Chairman/Technical Director Abubakar Kamar, while inaugurating the Committee said the objective behind the setting up of the new committee is to ensure that football occupies its place of pride in Kogi East. Adding that the committee have been given the task to also ensure that the League emerge amongst the top notch community football leagues in Nigeria .…
NNL: Barau football club head coach, Salisu Yusuf has been suspended, Rabiu Tata takes over Nigerian National League, NNL debutants, Barau football club has suspended their gaffer, Salisu Yusuf. The club in a media statement issued by the club’s Media Officer, Hamisu Nakowa Gwale, Wednesday said the decision to hang the fate of the former Super Eagles chief coach on the balance was reached at the end of a management meeting held in Kano. The NNL debutants have showed strings of poor runs since the commencement of the league season. Nakowa who fell short of announcing the departure or…
Nigeria appoints 47 years old, former Malian Centre Back, Eric Chelle, as new Super Eagles coach The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has announced the appointment of former Malian Centre back, Eric Chelle as the new Super Eagles coach. NFF media department, Tuesday in a press articles made available to journalists said “The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation has endorsed the recommendation of its Technical and Development Sub-Committee for the appointment of Mr. Éric Sékou Chelle as Head Coach of Nigeria’s senior men national football team, Super Eagles. “At its meeting held in Abuja on Thursday, 2nd January 2025, the…
World richest man, Elon Musk wants to buy Liverpool Abdulgafar Oladimeji The world richest man Elon Musk is revealed to be interested in buying English Premier League side, Liverpool fc. Elon Musk’s father, Errol Must speaking in a British TV interview, disclosed that his son is very much interested in buying the traditional EPL club. Errol said ,”He has expressed this wish. He would love to do that.” “His grandmother was born in Liverpool and we have relatives in Liverpool,” continues Errol Musk. “And we were lucky enough to know a few of the Beatles because they grew up with…
AFC renews partnership with MATCH Hospitality Asia for AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027 The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced the renewal of its partnership with MATCH Hospitality Asia as the exclusive provider of the commercial hospitality programme for the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027. The AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027 will once again offer an opportunity for fans to enjoy an elevated match experience at Asia’s most prestigious men’s national team competition through MATCH Hospitality’s multi-tiered hospitality programme across Saudi Arabia. Following the overwhelming success of the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023, which saw record-breaking spectatorship…
2025: World Athletics get’s set for a busy year It’s the start of a new year and there are so many things to look forward to in the sport of athletics in 2025. World Athletics , WA has said. WA said Four World Athletics Series events will take place in 2025 , kicking off with the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March. It said for many athletes the road to Nanjing will include meetings on the World Indoor Tour, which starts this month. “Then there’s the World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou in May, before the World Athletics Championships in…
The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) has a packed 12 months ahead with continental finals across club and national team football that will make 2025 one of the busiest years ever for the governing body. CAF’s investment in youth and women’s football has added significantly to the calendar and a packed schedule awaits fans, with the start of both the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 and TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Morocco 2024 this year. Interclub competitions, junior tournaments and schools football are all also on the agenda as CAF schedules a diverse range…
2025: US to host 32 teams, new FIFA club world cup, Inter Miami vs Al Ahly schedule for curtain raiser, on June 14 32 teams will be on parade at the 2025 FIFA club world cup tournament that would be hosted by the United States. The FIFA Club World Cup 2025 will grace the world stage in June and July 2025, when 32 of the globe’s leading teams gather in the USA for the inaugural edition. The global event will bring together the most successful club sides from each of the six international confederations: AFC, CAF, Concacaf, CONMEBOL, OFC and…
CHAN 25: Ogunmodede invites 26 players as Eagles commence camping in Ikenne-Remo Stand-in Head Coach, Daniel Ogunmodede has called up captain Nduka Harrison Junior, goalkeeper Henry Ozoemena, defenders Sadiq Ismail and Ifeanyi Onyebuchi, midfielder Saviour Isaac, and forward Sikiru Alimi among a list of 26 players to begin closed-camping exercise at the Remo Stars Sports Institute, Ikenne-Remo on Monday, 6th January ahead of the 8th African Nations Championship finals. Goalkeeper Kayode Bankole, defenders Imo Obot and Stephen Manyo, midfielders Musa Zayyad, Rabiu Ali and Papa Daniel Mustapha, and forwards Adamu Abubakar and Emmanuel Ogbole have also been invited. The Super…
