“You have now escalated the deliberate and discriminatory treatment against Iran’s national football team to its highest level,” the embassy added.

“Leo is doing well, he has already trained partly with the group, he’s no longer completely separated,” Scaloni said.

FIFA said Friday it will allow fans to bring one “soft, plastic” disposable water bottle into World Cup venues after its ban on refillable bottles sparked an outcry.

Head coach of the sSuper Eagles Eric Chelle has fired back at critics of Maduka Okoye in the 2-2 draw against Poland.

A record ten African teams will be at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, Canada and the United States of America when they tournament begins next week. Flying the African flag will be Algeria, Cape Verde, Congo DR, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia. Nigeria one of the power houses […]

Okpekpe Road Race had their fill. The contest was fierce. Expectedly, athletes from the horn of Africa dismissed the strong showing of their east African counterparts and dominated the field as Ethiopia’s Mama Lama and Silenet Bitwe won the men’s and women’s categories.

Nigeria’s top track and field stars will be in action at the USATF Lone Star Grand Prix as Rosemary Chukwuma, Favour Ofili, Ella Onojuvwevwo, and Ezekiel Nathaniel headline the country’s entries for the prestigious meet.

.Special tribute By Segun Adenuga We have cried, we have mourned and we have stopped mourning and crying and now set on the path of celebrating the life and times of Nigeria’s patriotic soccer impresario, Henry Nwosu (MON). I knew the late Henry Nwosu from his secondary school days at St. Finbars College, Akoka, Yaba […]

The legacy of former Super Eagles captain and coach, late Stephen Keshi  will take the center stage tomorrow at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos.  The highly anticipated 10th Stephen Keshi Memorial Lecture will assemble sports executives, corporate leaders, policymakers, and enthusiasts to honor the enduring impact of the 2013 AFCON-winning coach.  Under the […]

Bafana head coach Hugo Broos is clearly keen to keep his cards close to his chest as South Africa prepare for the opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup against Mexico at the Azteca Stadium on June 11.

“We don’t want it to be an excuse. It will be tough. It will be hopefully a long World Cup,” Tuchel told a press conference.

Iran’s football squad have been granted visas to play in the World Cup, US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack confirmed in a message on X on Friday.

“We need to process the situation first, and so does he. We need a diagnosis in order to do that. Then we’ll see whether or not we call up a replacement.”

Nigeria’s Super Falcons kicked off their preparations for the upcoming Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) with a 2-1 win over Senegal in a friendly match played in Ikenne-Remo on Friday.

Former Super Eagles defender, Ifeanyi Udeze, has revealed that he nearly slapped a member of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) during a dispute over an unpaid match bonus.