ShareBy Aluta News Sept 17, 2022 Former Nigeria junior international Orji Okonkwo has had his four-year ban for doping violation by the Italian National Anti-Doping Tribunal extended worldwide by world football governing body, FIFA. A statement by Ademola Olajire, Director of Coommuncations at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on SaturdayContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Sept 9, 2022 Nigeria’s under-19 boys volleyball team will meet their Egyptian counterparts in the final match of the ongoing Under-19 Boys African Nations Volleyball Championship on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that both teams on Thursday won their semi-final matches played in ElContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 8, 2022 Mr Sunday Dare, Minister of Youths and Sports Development on Monday commended Team Nigeria for its performance at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Spokesman for the ministry, Mr Mohammed Manga, quoted Dare as describing Nigeria’s outing as “the best ever in the historyContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 2, 2022 New FC Bayern Munich forward, Sadio Mane says he does not see himself as a global star in spite of his long success run with Liverpool FC and Africa Cup of Nations title with Senegal. Mane told Bayern’s club magazine in an interview publishedContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug. 1, 2022 Brazilian forward Neymar insists club teammate Lionel Messi has nothing to prove to his critics in his second season as a Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) player. Messi had an underwhelming first campaign with PSG following his move from FC Barcelona, scoring 11 goals in 34 games.Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 1, 2022 The Executive Committee of Confederation of African Football (CAF) has approved a revised Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023 qualification calendar. The committee, in a statement on the confederation’s website, said this was because of its commitment to allowing the African nations heading toContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 15, 2022 Nigeria’s Super Falcons on Thursday in Casablanca qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup finals to be hosted by Australia and New Zealand. A lone goal by Rasheedat Ajibade against Cameroon’s Indomitable Lionesses steered the Super Falcons to the semi-finals of the ongoingContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 4, 2022 President of Confederation of African Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, on Sunday announced that the confederation’s Executive Committee has resolved that the African Super League will kick off in August 2023. Motsepe who said the league would be launched in Tanzania this August also saidContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News June 29, 2022 The remaining tickets for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar slated for later this year will go on sale from July 5 on a first-come first-served basis. Global football governing body FIFA said on Thursday that the tickets would be available via the FIFAContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News June 25, 2022 Team Nigeria on Friday qualified for the men’s 4×100 metres relay event of the forthcoming World Athletics Championships in Oregon, U.S.. The quartet of Favour Ashe, Godson Brume, Alaba Akintola and Udodi Onwuzurike, who is a reigning World Under-20 champion, ran a new timeContinue Reading