Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo was on Thursday named European Footballer of the Year, the Portuguese striker topping the journalists’ poll ahead of Germany’s World Cup winner Manuel Neuer and Dutchman Arjen Robben.

Portugal and Real Madrid star, Christiano Ronaldo has been named the UEFA Best Player.

The 2014/15 UEFA Champions League began with the draw for the first and second qualifying rounds at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on 23 June 2014 and ends with the final at the Olympiastadion, Berlin, on Saturday 6 June 2015.

The interim Committee set up by the parallel congress of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has described the action of the newly elected board led by Chris Giwa to occupy the secretariat of the NFF as illegal.

The newly elected president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Chris Giwa yesterday assumed office as the boss of the nation’s football.

The Guild Of Sports Editors,the umbrella body for Sports Editors in Nigeria met in Lagos on Wednesday to review recent happenings in Nigerian football and resolved that there was need for government, at the highest level, to take action on the ‘shameful happenings’ in football management in the country.

Cameroon’s four-time African player of the year Samuel Eto’o confirmed on Wednesday that he was calling time on his international career.

Alexis Sanchez’s first Arsenal goal earned his side a nervy 1-0 victory over Besiktas on Wednesday that saw them squeeze into the Champions League for the 17th consecutive season.

A faction of the congress of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) has sacked the Electoral Committee of the football body, and fixed Sept. 4 in Abuja for new board elections.

Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso has announced his retirement from international football.