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The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) said on Monday that it has included Liverpool striker, Mohamed Salah, in its 2018 World Cup squad despite still undergoing treatment for a shoulder injury he suffered in the Champions League final in May. Salah, who scored 44 goals for Liverpool last season in all...

  Nigeria on Sunday named the following squad to compete at the World Cup in Russia this month: Goalkeepers: Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United), Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Enyimba), Francis Uzoho (Deportivo Coruna) Defenders: Chidozie Awaziem (Nantes), Leon Balogun (Brighton & Hove Albion), Tyronne Ebuehi (ADO Den Haag), Elderson Echiejiole (Cercle Brugge), Brian...

Jumia has concluded plans to launch a series of exciting activities around the 2018 FIFA World Cup in a bid to drive support for the Super Eagles and reward millions of Nigerian football fans for participating during the period of the tournament. The World Cup fixture is slated for June...

  It has been confirmed that Arsene Wenger will leave Arsenal as its Coach at the end of the season, ending a near 22-year reign at the club. The Frenchman departs a year before his latest contract was due to expire, BBC reports. The Gunners are sixth in the league...

England will play Nigeria at Wembley and Costa Rica at Elland Road in their final friendly matches ahead of this summer's World Cup in Russia. Nigeria will visit on 2 June while England will face Costa Rica at Leeds United's ground on 7 June. England's first match at the World...

Mohammed Salah of Egypt and Nigeria’s Azeezat Oshoala have emerged as the winners of African Player of the year award for Men and Women categories respectively. Both players were announced as the winners in the top categories at Thursday’s ceremony at the Accra International Conference Centre. Salah, 25, has been...

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday said it has started looking into the issues which led to Nigeria being sanctioned by world football ruling body FIFA. The federation, in a statement by its Communications Department, said First Vice President Seyi Akinwunmi has been named head of a four-man panel...

Nigeria has forfeited their World Cup qualifier away to Algeria and been handed a 3-0 walkover defeat for fielding an ineligible player in the match, global soccer body FIFA said on Tuesday. The fixture on November 10 ended 1-1 and FIFA added that the decision did not affect the final...

  The Nigerian national football team, Super Eagles has been drawn with Argentina, making it the fifth Nigerian will confront the South American football super power. The draw which took place in Russian this evening also has Iceland and Croatia in the same group The Eagles were grouped with Argentina,...

Nigeria beats Argentina 4-2 Argentina's Sergio Aguero, center, challenge for the ball with Nigeria's Leon Balogun, right, during the international friendly soccer match between Argentina and Nigeria in Krasnodar, Russia, Nov. 14, 2017. Argentina striker Sergio Aguero was taken to a hospital for checks after he fainted during halftime of...