Barcelona star Lionel Messi has avoided another embarrassing court case for tax fraud after he and his foundation were cleared of allegations relating to charitable friendlies played in 2012 and 2013 on Monday. Messi is already facing a seperate tax fraud charge along with his father for allegedly failing to declare 4.16 million euros ($4.69 million) in taxes related to his image rights between 2007 and 2009.

Immediately after the draws for CAF Champions league and CAF Confederation Cup, I put a call through to the Chairman of Enyimba FC, Chief Felix Anyansi,wishing him well through a draw that I considered “favourable” He agreed with me that a preliminary round match against Vipers of Uganda, graduating to face the winner of the match between Lioli of Lesotho and Vital O of Burundi was good enough to help the team progress in the competition.

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TWO goals hero in Nigeria’s 2-1 win over Algeria in the final of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations, Oghenekaro Etebo has denied that the settlement of their outstanding allowances by the Sports minister spurred them to victory. The Nigerian squad against all odds, grabbed an Olympic ticket and won the CAF U-23 tournament, This […]

BY JUDE OPARA, Abuja THE Chairperson of the Nigeria Women Football League Mrs. Dilichukwu Onyedinma has commended the efforts of former Super Falcons player Maureen Mmadu in the empowerment of youths in the game of football. Mrs. Onyedinma who was the Special Guest of Honour at a two- day U-20 Football Tournament organized by the […]