Football

FIFA has asked technology companies to develop ways to improve visuals to help its officials with close Video Assistant Referee (VAR) decisions on offsides, the football governing body said on Tuesday.The current system, which involves…

Many people name it in-play, while others brand it in-running. However, here we would be using live betting to explain it. This has a very simple explanation. It is the act of staking money on some actions in an event that is ongoing. If…

Cristiano Ronaldo's consistency puts him ahead of Lionel Messi as the world's best player, according to Edson Arantes do Nascimento, popularly known as Pele, but he doesn't believe that either of them is as good as he was in his prime.…

A 32-year-old football coach, Leodina Ahamadah, has been remanded in custody for allegedly defiling a nine-year-old boy.The magistrate, Mrs K.O Doja-Ojo of the Lagos State Magistrates Court in Igbosere, remanded the defendant pending…

A part three student of the Department of Microbiology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, OMOTOLA, Akorede Kayode, slumped and died while playing football on Friday, the university has announced.A statement by the public…

United States President Donald Trump has been attracted to an African woman juggling football in a trending video on social media.Trump, early on Tuesday morning, reacting to the video, retweeted it with a comment, "Amazing" via his…

A body retrieved from the wreckage of a crashed plane in the English Channel has been formally identified as Cardiff City’s Argentina-born football player Emiliano Sala, British police said on Thursday.Sala, 28, had been flying from his…

A strong sense of caution should be taken into account when spending money on bringing stars from another country as role models to encourage our future stars of tomorrow. It will be advisable to use the past and present achievements of…

China plans to open 50,000 football schools by 2025, as part of a long-haul effort to become a world leader in the game, Chinese Ministry of Education said on Wednesday.The ministry said it wants to fast track a previous goal of opening…

Not many Nigerians are aware that the African Cup of Nations is currently ongoing in Gabon. The palpable disinterest of Nigerians in the championship is apparently because the 2013 AFCON champions, the Super Eagles, are not participating in…