Popular football manager, JOSÉ MOURINHO, has signed a new contract with AS Roma. With the new deal, MOURINHO will be with Roma as head coach for three years, which expires in June, 2024. Confirming the news on its Twitter handle, the Italian Serie-A side said it was delighted to announce the agreement reached with MOURINHO.
The Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos will play host to the 2021 Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) National Championships which kicks off on May 18 according to the NTTF NTTF Technical Director who also doubles as the Tournament Director, Adesoji Tayo said the tournament would help to unearth new talents following the exploits…
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Dare has dissolved the boards of thirty-one National Sports Federations and constituted three-man Caretaker Committees to take charge of the federations. The minister, who was represented by the ministry’s Director of Federations, Elite Athletes Department, Simon Ebhojaiye, told newsmen in Abuja said the move was in line with the…
The International Federation of Association Football, FIFA, has extended the ban on its former president SEPP BLATTER for six years. FIFA also extended the ban on its former secretary-general JEROME VALCKE by eight months. Both BLATTER and VALCKE were sanctioned in relation to the receipt of huge bonuses for the hosting of the 2010 World Cup in…
Real Madrid’s Champions League quarter-final first leg at home to Liverpool will not be moved abroad, following an easing of coronavirus restrictions. Spain imposed restrictions on flights from Britain in December over concerns of a variant of Covid-19, which affected European ties involving Chelsea and Manchester United. The policy will end on 30 March with the Reds…
It is becoming clearer that the Super Eagles of Nigeria may have to travel by boat to Benin Republic for an African Cup of Nations qualifier. The Nigeria Football Federation is yet to take a final decision on the matter, but the NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, has said there was nothing wrong for the team to travel…