04 December 2018 Argentine football legend Diego Maradona hurled insults at fans of an opposing team and had to be restrained from attacking them after they jeered his coaching loss Sunday in Mexico’s second-division final. Maradona’s team, Dorados of Sinaloa,…
Confed Cup: Ogunbote confident Rangers will advance (Punch)
December 4, 2018 Enugu Rangers coach Gbenga Ogunbote is confident the Flying Antelopes will qualify for the First Round of the 2018/19 Total CAF Confederation Cup competition ahead of their Preliminary Round opponents, Defence Force S.C of Ethiopia, reports Completesportsnigeria.com.…
Modric wins Ballon d’Or, ends Ronaldo, Messi dominance (Punch)
December 4, 2018 Luka Modric saw off competition from France’s World Cup stars as the Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder won the Ballon d’Or on Monday to end a 10-year stranglehold on the award by Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.…
Sierra Leone disqualified from 2019 AFCON (Punch)
December 4, 2018 Sierra Leone have been disqualified from the 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifying competition, the Confederation of African Football said on Monday. Football’s world governing body FIFA had suspended the Sierra Leone Football Association in October due…
LSSC inaugurates boards of sports associations (Guardian)
04 December 2018 The Under-15 Ilaji Soccer Academy players, who did the country proud at the Ghana tour…recently. Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC) yesterday inaugurated 40 Boards of sports associations on behalf of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to increase growth of…
UEFA starts VAR at Champions League knock out stage (Guardian)
04 December 2018 Video Assistant Referees (VAR) will be used from the last 16 of this season’s Champions League, UEFA has confirmed.European football’s governing body had already committed to using VAR in its competitions from 2019-20 onwards. But last month,…
Nigeria gets fresh $200 million loan (Guardian)
The Nigerian government has been granted a sum of $200 million loan for the funding of the country’s Electrification Project (NEP). African Development Bank Group Monday said it loaned $150 million for the project while the balance of $50 million…
Court grants EFCC leave to arraign Alison-Madueke, Omokore (Guardian)
An FCT High Court, Apo on Monday, granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) leave to arraign former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, and a former Chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling company, Olajide Omokore, on Feb. 25. Alison-Madueke and Omokore,…
Buhari in Poland, says ‘I’m not Jubril’ (Guardian)
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday broke his silence on rumours suggesting he had died and had been replaced by one Jubril, a body double from Sudan. “A lot of people hoped that I died during my ill health. Some even reached…
Africa Fintech festival begins in Lagos (Guardian)
Africa Fintech Festival (AFF), which is fast becoming a global brand, starts today in Lagos. The Guardian gathered that the National Fintech Conference, rebranded as AFF, has recorded a lot of successes, breaking new frontiers in technological and financial spheres…