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The construction of the mini stadium in Kebbi, donated by the Federation of International Football Association Financial Assistance Programme, FIFA FAP 2.0 project has reached 95 per cent completion. Addressing journalists in his office shortly after visiting the project site, the Chairman of the Kebbi State Football Association, Chika Ladan, said the project was awarded […]
Nigeria Flying Eagles are through to the round of 16 at the ongoing Under 20 World Cup in Argentina. Nigeria defeated the young Azuri of Italy two one in the second group game to progress with a game to spare. Salim Fago Lawal with a diving header in the 61st minute got Nigeria to flying […]
Police have detained seven men over separate alleged racist incidents against Real Madrid football player Vinícius Júnior as Spain’s main football league urged changes to Spanish law that would enable it to take steps to curb racism in stadiums. Four men were arrested in Madrid, police said, three of whom were members of “a radical […]
Afro-pop Star and owner of the OBO record Label, David Adeleke also known as Davido has finally returned to social media following the tragic loss of his 3-year-old son, Ifeanyi back in October last year. Ifeanyi, who was the only son of Davido and his third baby mama, Chioma Rowland drowned in a pool at […]
Marcin Oleksy made headlines on Monday by winning the Puskas Award at the FIFA The Best Gala in Paris. The Polish Amputee Footballer came out top of the lot that had French Footballer, Dimitri Payet and Richarlison Andrade to win the coveted award for the best goal of the year. Marcin scored an overhead kick […]
Argentina and Paris St. Germain forward Lionel Andres Messi has been named men’s player of the year at the 2022 Best Fifa Awards. The 35-year-old beat French forward and club teammate Kylian Mbappe and Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema to the prize Messi, who is winning the award for a second time and joining Robert Lewandowski […]
In what seemed to be a reversal, alcohol will not be sold at Qatar’s World Cup stadiums, the world soccer governing body FIFA said in a statement on Friday. The announcement comes two days before Sunday’s kickoff of the World Cup, the first to be held in a conservative Muslim country with strict controls on […]
Nigerians traveling to Qatar for the 2022 Fifa world cup, have been advised to comply with the rules and regulations of the host country. This was contained in a statement released by the spokesperson of the embassy, Kimiebi Ebienfa in Qatar made available to Raypower. The Embassy wishes to strongly advise that Nigerian fans traveling […]
Two-time African footballer of the year and vice captain of the Teranga Lions of Senegal, Sadio Mane is seriously at the risk of missing out from the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The Bayern Munich forward picked up a leg injury last night and came off in the 20th minute of Bayern’s 6-1 trashing of […]
Flamingos of Nigeria have secured their first win at the ongoing FIFA U17 Women’s World cup in India. Having lost their first game by 2-1 against Germany, the match against New Zealand was a must-win for the Flamingos of Nigeria to stand a chance of qualifying for the next round of the U17 Women’s World […]
