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BEVERLY HILLS, August 02, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has passed a vote of confidence on the Amaju Pinnick-led Executive Committee, affirming that it remained the duly elected committee recognised by FIFA. The decision came 24 hours after a...

Wolves goalkeeper Carl Ikeme, who was diagnosed with acute leukaemia in July 2017, has announced his retirement from football at the age of 32. The Nigeria international has been with the Molineux club for his whole career, making more than...

BEVERLY HILLS, July 26, (THEWILL) - Spain’s taxman wants Bayern Munich’s Colombian midfielder James Rodriguez to pay 11.65 million euros ($13.64m) for evading taxes when he played at Real Madrid, the El Mundo daily reported Thursday. James, who moved to...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 26, (THEWILL) - Super Eagles forward Ahmed Musa missed out Wednesday as France right-back Benjamin Pavard was voted as scorer of the Russia 2018 World cup goal of the tournament. FIFA announced on Wednesday that Pavard’s stunning strike...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 25, (THEWILL) - The nominees for the Best FIFA men’s player of the year 2018 award were unveiled on Tuesday. Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Tottenham’s Harry Kane, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne and Chelsea’s...

BEVERLY HILLS, July 24, (THEWILL) - The coach of the Nigerian national team, Salisu Yusuf, has been caught on camera collecting bribe from undercover journalists who pretended to be football agents. BBC reported that the bribe was offered and was...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 23, (THEWILL) - The Amaju Pinnick-led Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation is back to the federation’s secretariat to direct affairs in earnest, NFF General Secretary Mohammed Sanusi said on Monday after operatives of the Department...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 22, (THEWILL) - Nigeria’s Flying Eagles have thrashed their Mauritanian counterparts to qualify for the 2019 U-20 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) hosted by the Republic of Niger. The Eagles turned in a commanding performance on Saturday...

BEVERLY HILLS, July 17, (THEWILL) - Ahmed Musa’s second goal against Iceland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup has been shortlisted for the Goal of the Tournament award. He had first scored a classy goal in the game from a controlled...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 16, (THEWILL) - Newspapers and TV stations hailed France’s World Cup victory on Monday, while clean-up crews worked against the clock to tidy up after a crazy night’s partying in Paris ahead of a victory parade down...