By Aluta News Feb. 21, 2023 Former President, Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF), Alhaji Sani Lulu, and his ex-First Vice President, Mr Amanze Uchegbulam, have filed a N1.5 billion suit against the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development over alleged unlawful prosecution. In a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/175/2023 filed byContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 15, 2023 The men’s national football team of the U.S., along with those of Mexico and Canada, will automatically qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup finals. The three countries won the right to host the World Cup in a united North American bid. FIFA historicallyContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 31, 2023 Twenty-nine Nigerian referees are to officiate as FIFA match officials in the year 2023. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the referees will receive their badges at a special ceremony in Abuja on Wednesday. Seven of them will be badged as centreContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 17, 2023 The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development (FMYSD) has postponed the forthcoming 7th National Youth Games (NYG) billed for Asaba, Delta in February. In a statement by Mohammed Manga, Director of Press and Public Relations of the Ministry, quoting IsmailaContinue Reading
The Initiator and founder of Mark ‘D’ Basketball Championship, Igoche Mark has restated his commitment towards the growth and development of grassroots basketball in the country in 2023. Mark who stated this in his new year message on Sunday in Abuja, said that the Mark ‘D’ Ball brand had contributedContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 19, 2022 An auction of match-worn World Cup jerseys of the Netherlands national team has raised €380,000 ($402,934). The proceeds will be used to help the situation of migrant workers in Qatar. To this end, the Dutch football federation KNVB said on Monday it plans toContinue Reading
Qatar2022 : The Curtain Raiser is here… Who will raise the Jules Rimet Trophy? By Abdullahi Shuaibu December 18, 2022 Today at 4pm local time, Les Bleus (France 🇫🇷 ) will lock horns with La Albicelestes (Argentina 🇦🇷) in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Final to decide who lifts theContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 17, 2022 Poland’s Szymon Marciniak will referee the 2022 FIFA World Cup final match between Argentina and France on Sunday in Doha. The 41-year-old, who made his FIFA World Cup debut four years ago, will be joined by assistants Pawel Sokolnicki and Tomasz Listkiewicz. Listkiewicz’s father,Continue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 17, 2022 Croatia beat the Atlas Lions of Morocco 2-1 in the 2022 FIFA World Cup third-place playoff on Saturday to secure a top-three finish in the tournament for the second consecutive edition. Runners-up in 2018, Croatia also came third in the 1998 World Cup, afterContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 12, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Moroccan football team, the Atlas Lions and the ruler of the country, King Mohammed the VI for making history at the ongoing World Cup in Qatar. In a congratulatory message issued by his spokesperson, Malam Garba Shehu onContinue Reading