Nigeria’s Flying Eagles have been knocked out of the race for the 2027 FIFA U-20 World Cup after suffering a heavy 4-1 defeat to Burkina Faso in the final of the 2026 WAFU Zone B U-20 Championship.

Nigeria’s Super Falcons have lost their automatic route to the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup after suffering a 1-0 defeat to Cameroon in the quarter-finals of the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.

Cameroon have become the latest country to qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup after defeating Nigeria’s Super Falcons 1-0 in their WAFCON 2026 quarter-final clash on Sunday.

Arsenal’s defensive problems continued during pre-season as Borussia Dortmund secured a 3-2 victory over the Gunners at the Emirates Stadium to claim the Emirates Cup.

Argentina football icon Lionel Messi bid farewell Sunday to his father, the global star’s emotional anchor and agent since childhood who passed away following a battle with cancer aged 68.

Morocco will face either Nigeria or Cameroon in the semi-finals of the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) after securing a 2-1 victory over South Africa on Saturday night.

Algeria and Morocco have become the first African nations to qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil after both secured victories in their Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) quarter-finals.

Teams observed a minute of silence before the match for Jorge Messi, who died at age 68 in Argentina, where the Inter Miami captain Lionel Messi arrived on Saturday night.

There is a saying in our local parlance that ‘if one man own no spoil, another man own no go better’.? This means that “One man’s loss is another man’s gain.” In 2015, then president of FIFA, Joseph Sepp Blatter was in his fifth term as president of football’s world body when he ran into […]

Infantino has faced calls to resign and was also subject to allegations from a British newspaper on Friday that he paid off a lover while at European governing body UEFA.

Mount, who joined United from Chelsea in 2023, has been hampered by injury problems since arriving at Old Trafford and he lasted less than 20 minutes after starting against PSG.

Infantino has categorically denied the allegations, according to the article which was published late on Friday.

Algeria came from behind to beat Ivory Coast 2-1 in Casablanca on Saturday and reach for the first time the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) semi-finals and the World Cup.

One suspect reportedly posted a threat on social media, stating, “I’m going to blow up Messi with four bombs strapped to my body.”

This comes as Infantino fights for his future as FIFA president following his aborted plans to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors.