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 The League Management Company (LMC) is the sole regulatory authority for football in Nigeria enshrined to organize, regulate and promote the NPFL league to meet global technical and commercial standards. As such the LMC must always judiciously discharge its duties without favour, sentiments or bias towards any participating teams or erring team as such. Suffice to say LMC must be for all and not for one whilst discharging its duties. Sequel to the foregoing  bring to notice of the LMC the impeding decision of the match between Kano Pillars and Katsina United which was embroil by chaos and anarchy orchestrated by Kano Pillars fans at the two instances. The match day 23 between Kano Pillars and Katsina United was initially played at the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano state before it was disrupted by irate Pillars fans in the 80th minute after result stood goalless. The LMC had to be rescheduled the fixture, docked Kano Pillars 3points, handed them a suspended 3points sanction and ba...

 The Chairman of Katsina United Prince Abdulsamad Badamasi has shower encomium on Faisal Sani who was on duty for Super Eagles against Ecuador in International friendly in New Jersey, United States of America. Abdulsamad Badamasi, Chairman, Katsina United. Faisal was handed a starting berth by Super Eagles  new coach Jose Peserio and churn out a performance that earned him appraisal from his club chairman albeit the 3 time Africa champions going down 1-0 to the South American side. "We are happy at Katsina United for the progressive trajectory in Faisal's career. He has proven he can adapt and perform at the top level. "Playing for Super Eagles is by no means a small feat for a player and at Katsina United we are taking a conscious effort in projecting our players for the big stage. "It's good to see NPFL players making their cut in the Super Eagles and proving to be a worthy ambassador in terms of conduct and performance. We have immense talents in the league an...

CAF, together with hosts, Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF), today officially announced ticketing plans and procedures for the much-anticipated 2021-22 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League final between Al Ahly SC (Egypt) and Wydad AC (Morocco). CAF has worked closely with both clubs and the host Federation in dividing and allocating a fair and equal distribution of tickets. The maximum safe capacity of the Mohammed V Stadium in Casablanca, Morocco, has been set at 45,000 people, in accordance with CAF Safety and Security Regulations.  These seats have been distributed as follows : ·      10,000 seats reserved for each team to enable them to acquire tickets for their supporters from CAF and the host association.  ·      Any tickets not purchased by a team will not be released for public sale. Therefore, these seats will remain vacant.  ·      20,000 tickets will be made available to the general public.  ·  ...

President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), His Excellency, Thomas Bach has sent congratulations to Engineer Habu Ahmed Gumel, Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) President for the honour bestowed on him by the Government of Japan. In the congratulatory message, the IOC President said, "It was with great pleasure that I learnt that you are among the distinguished foreign recipients in the world to be honoured by His Majesty Emperor Naruhito and the Government of Japan with the Most Prestigious Imperial Decoration; The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon. "Please, accept my warmest congratulations on this outstanding distinction, which is well deserved for your important contributions to promoting friendship between Japan and Nigeria through sport. This is an acknowledgement of your great service to sport and it has a positive impact on the Olympic Movement" Bach concluded. Engineer Gumel thanked Thomas Bach, the IOC President, for the great gestur...

By: Adewale Ajayi The Minna born president of Nigeria coaches association has shown why he is still one of the best hands around.  On Friday in Niamey, Bosso wrote his name in gold and helped to wipe away the tears following that disastrous loss to Ghana that ended Nigeria's World Cup hopes.  He started the tournament by humbling the lousy West Africans who thought that after picking the World Cup ticket in Abuja, they have all but cemented their bragging rights over Nigeria That victory by the Nigerian Under 20 National team gave the fans some measure of assurance and lifted the spirits of many, in a country that has suffered so much heartbreaks due to the dismal performances of the Super Eagles at the last Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon and the World Cup qualification race.  Coach Augustine Eguaveon raised the hopes of millions of Nigerians in Cameroon but soon left them in tears by being the Eguaveon we have always known.  The Eguaveon that hardly wins, the Egu...

International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), Director of Technical and Development Department, Hitesh Malhotra says Nigeria can host the FIVB World Youth Championships. Malhotra disclosed this during the facility tour with members of the Nigeria Volleyball Federation at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja on Friday. Malhotra expressed satisfaction with indoor hall of package B and the velodrome facilities at the package A of MKO Stadium. He revealed that Nigeria have the human resources as well as manpower to host the age grade championships. He said, "We have visited some of the volleyball facilities in Abuja and our verdict is that Nigeria can host the FIVB World Youth Championships if they apply. We visited the indoor sports hall and velodrome of the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja. The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) officials also visited the outdoor volleyball courts at the package B Stadium, Life Camp court and Beach Volleyball court at Jabi Lake. "With the leagu...

The Nigeria Football Federation on Sunday announced the appointment of Mr José Santos Peseiro as the new Head Coach of the Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles. The appointment is with immediate effect, subject to the signing of agreed terms between the NFF and Mr Peseiro.   José Vitor dos Santos Peseiro, 62 last month, is a Portuguese who played as a striker in his days and has wide and varied experience coaching top Clubs and National Teams across four different continents, namely Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. An educationist with a degree in physical education/sports sciences, Peseiro has top-level coaching qualifications/training, and has coached at Sporting Lisbon, FC Porto, Panathinaikos, Rapid Bucharest, Sporting Braga, Victoria Gumaraes, Al-Hilal, Al-Wahda, Al-Ahly Cairo, Sharjah FC and Real Madrid (assistant coach during the Galacticos era), as well as serving as Head Coach of the Saudi Arabian and Venezuelan National Teams.   Peseiro is expected to lead o...