South African U17 Women’s National team coach Ntombifuthi Khumalo has named a squad of 23 players to face Tanzania in a two-legged 2026 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup qualifier scheduled for later this month. The first tie of the second round will be played away in Zanzibar, Tanzania, on Saturday, 23 May at the New Aman Stadium with a…
The Uganda U-17 Men’s National Team, the Cubs, will return to action on Saturday evening when they face Cameroon in their second Group B match at the ongoing 2026 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Under-17 in Morocco. The highly anticipated encounter will kick off at 7pm with the Uganda Cubs aiming to build on their impressive start to…
Sudan giants Al Hilal SC have again written history by winning the 2025/2026 Rwanda Premier League title – BK Pro League. Last season they also emerged champions of the Mauritania Premier League. The guest side Al Hilal SC were crowned champions after defeating Gasogi United 2-1 in a League match played on Wednesday. They finished with 70 points, ahead…
As dignitaries and football leaders continue to arrive in Harare for the COSAFA Congress, Member Association General Secretaries on Saturday participated in a FIFA Forward Programme training workshop aimed at strengthening football administration, governance and development across the region. The workshop brought together football administrators from across Southern Africa and formed part of the broader engagements taking place around…
President Donald Trump on Sunday warned Iran “there won’t be anything left of them” if Tehran does not quickly agree to a peace deal with the United States. Washington, locked in conflict with Tehran since US and Israeli forces launched major strikes on the Islamic republic beginning February 28, has struggled to break an impasse and make any progress…
Boluwaji Obahopo, Lokoja Former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has been cleared by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to participate in the party’s primary election for the Kogi Central Senatorial District, putting to rest speculations that he had not been screened by the party. Bello, alongside two other aspirants in the zone and 14 others from Kogi West…
•Explains how some LP leaders frustrated him as Campaign DG •Says: Obidient movement not synonymous with LP • ‘Why I didn’t defect to ADC’ By Dapo Akinrefon Chief Akin Osuntokun was the Director-General of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council ahead of the 2023 polls. In this interview, Osuntokun, a former Political Adviser to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, gives reasons the…
•Explains how some LP leaders frustrated him as Campaign DG By Dapo Akinrefon Chief Akin Osuntokun was the Director-General of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council ahead of the 2023 polls. In this interview, Osuntokun, a former Political Adviser to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, gives reasons the opposition may find it difficult in rallying behind a candidate to contest the 2027 presidential election….
•‘I’m mobilising past NANS leaders for Tinubu’ By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Rt. Hon. Philip Shaibu, a former deputy governor of Edo State, is currently the Director-General of the National Institute for Sports. In this interview, Shaibu talks about the hardship in the country and why it’s necessary. He attributes President Bola Tinubu’s administrative style as the reason for the gale of…
•Amaechi, Adebayo too •Their strengths and weaknesses By Luminous Jannamike With barely eight months before Nigerians return to the polls, the battle for Aso Rock is increasingly becoming less about the candidates themselves and more about the powerful forces assembling behind them. Across Abuja, governors now move between private meetings and public endorsements with growing urgency. Former ministers are quietly rebuilding…
Ray Kene Ogbodo, an Enugu frontline governorship…
A governorship candidate in Enugu State fir…
