BY Our Correspondent The Confederation of African Football (CAF), on Thursday, held its draw for the FIFA World Cup 26TM, Abdijan, Côte d’Ivoire. The NewsZenith quotes a statement from FIFA, Thursday night, that the draw is to determine the African qualification groups among its 54 nations’ teams for the next World Cup. Nigeria and 2010 […]
Flying Eagles of Nigeria beat Argentina 2-0 to qualify for the quarter final of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, on Wednesday. The Flying Eagles ward off all odds to showcase talented skills instilled in them handler Lasan Bosso. Nigerian boys were paired with the tournament host and sixth time record winner of this competition. But […]
Botswana has submitted a bid to host the 36th Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in 2027 to the Confederation of African Football (CAF), according to a statement issued on Wednesday. After Namibia withdrew from the joint bid due to financial constraints, the bid solidifies Botswana’s commitment to securing the rights to AFCON, said Geoffrey Gare, […]
Kenya’s President, William Ruto, formally unveiled the country’s joint bid with East African neighbours, Uganda and Tanzania, to host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations finals. Ruto said the joint bid, dubbed “Pamoja”, is part of government’s plan to harness skills and talent in sports. “Pamoja” is the Swahili word for together. “We also intend […]
A former member of the Flying Eagles team, Mike Onyemachara who won a silver medal in Saudi Arabia in 1989, is dead. Onyemachara reportedly passed away on Thursday, May 4. The circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear. But unconfirmed account indicated that he might have died in his three-bedroom apartment in Ajegunle area of Lagos. Some […]
Football enthusiasts have tipped a veteran football referee and university Don, Suleiman Usman Omeiza, to emerge President of the Nigeria Referees Association (NRA). The NewsZenith reports that election of new national officers of NRA holds on Saturday, April 29 in Ilorin. Sources close to the Council of NRA have expressed optimism that Omeiza would emerge […]
Kwara United, Coach Kabiru Dogo, has described his team’s 1-0 away defeat to Gombe United as a huge setback for its efforts at advancing on the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Group A log. Dogo lament the defeat after the team’s NPFL Match Day 11 fixture encounter with Gombe United, played at the Pantami Stadium […]
Explosions rocked Mount Cameroon Race of Hope, an international athletic competition, which kicked off in the country’s restive Anglophone region of Southwest, on Saturday, according to the Police and eyewitness. The blasts went off in three locations just a few minutes after the race began in Buea, the chief town of the region, the local […]
As the presidential election gets underway, youths mounted several football pitches on major highways in parts of the Lagos metropolis. Correspondents of The NewsZenith, monitoring the elections, observed that no fewer than 15 temporary football pitches were mounted. This happened between Costain and Oyingbo on Apapa road in the Mainland Local Government area. Some of […]
The 8th Gold-Label Access Bank Lagos City Marathon kicked off on Saturday amidst fanfare, with runners expectant of a good show. The marathon began at 7.00.a.m at National Stadium, Surulere, with Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare on the sidelines for the start. A total of 50,000 runners, local and international, are participating […]