By Dianabasi Effiong A 64-man team is currently representing Nigeria at the 4th Africa Youth Games in Luanda, Angola. Team Nigeria is participating in 13 of the 33 sports being offered at the event. According to the President, Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Engr. Habu Ahmed Gumel, the competition is a qualifying event for the first…
By Dianabasi Effiong Arsenal Stadium and Brentford Stadium will provide the backdrop for a landmark moment in women’s club football, with the two iconic London venues confirmed to stage the decisive showdown of the inaugural FIFA Women’s Champions Cup™ from Wednesday, 28 Jan.28 to Sunday, Feb.1. For the first time ever, continental champions from across…
LEIPZIG (CONVERSEER) – Tatjana Haenni has been appointed RB Leipzig CEO, making her the first woman to hold such a position at a German Bundesliga football club. Haenni, 59, will start on January 1 in the position that had been vacant since Oliver Mintzlaff’s departure three years ago. She will head RB Leipzig’s management board…
MUNICH (DPA, CONVERSEER) – The National Football League (NFL) will return to Munich for regular season games in 2026 and 2028 which means that Germany will have a game every year until 2029. Munich’s Allianz Arena, the home of football top club Bayern Munich, previously hosted NFL American football matches in 2022 and 2024. This…
By Dianabasi Effiong  The decision by world football-governing body, FIFA that Clubs can hold on to their players until Monday, 15 December 2025 before they are released for the 35th Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco has necessitated the postponement of the pre-AFCON friendly between Nigeria and Egypt. According to a statement by the Nigeria…
Ekong leaps highest to score Nigeria’s goal against Cote d’Ivoire in the 2023 AFCON Final in Abidjan.   By Dianabasi Effiong After a dispassionate evaluation of his 10-year stewardship with the Senior National Team of Nigeria (Super Eagles), the Nigeria Football Federation wishes to eulogize William Troost-Ekong following his announcement of immediate retirement from international football…
