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Nigeria’s High Court on Tuesday ordered five top football bosses to face trial for corruption, as they are accused of stealing millions of dollars intended to develop the game in the country. Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) president, Amaju Pinnick, and...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 28, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has redeemed its pledge to provide a house for Clemence Westerhof, the Technical Adviser that led the Super Eagles to victory in the 1994 African Nations Cup competition. Babatunde Fashola, the...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 26, (THEWILL) - Fikadu Dawit, a Bahraini athlete, on Saturday, won the seventh edition of the Okpekpe International 10km Road Race at Okpekpe in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo. Dawit emerged the winner of the...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, (THEWILL) - FIFA, has announced that the next edition of its flagship tournament, the FIFA World Cup, which would be held in Qatar in 2022, would feature 32 countries, and not 48 being proposed. This was made...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 21, (THEWILL) - Arsenal’s Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan will miss the Europa League final against Chelsea in Baku amid fears over his safety. Mkhitaryan’s well-being was a concern for Arsenal due to the tense political dispute between Armenia...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 19, (THEWILL) - Nigeria won the 2019 WAFU Women’s Cup tournament in Abidjan as the Super Falcons edged host nation Cote d’Ivoire 5-4 after a penalty shootout at the Stade Robert Champroux. The Ivorians took the lead in...

African football legends both in Nigeria and abroad will on Saturday storm Agege Stadium in Lagos to feature in the testimonial match organised in honour of outgoing Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State. Chairman, Lagos State Sports Commission, Dr Kweku...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 15, (THEWILL) - Super Eagles’ coach Gernot Rohr has listed midfielder Mikel John Obi, Ahmed Musa and 23 others in a 25-man squad to prepare for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals in Egypt. A statement...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 13, (THEWILL) - The race to be crowned the English Premier League’s leading scorer this season ended in a three-way tie on Sunday as the African trio of Sadio Mane, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Mohamed Salah shared...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 12, (THEWILL) - Manchester City held off a titanic challenge from Liverpool to become the first side in a decade to retain the Premier League title by coming from behind to beat Brighton 4-1 on Sunday. A 14th...