Manchester City is through to the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds even though they were held 0-0 at Copenhagen on Tuesday.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have dropped one spot to 31st in the latest FIFA rankings.

The Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has tasked the newly elected Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) to improve all levels of football in the country.

The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has secured a camping base for the U23 men national team, otherwise known as Olympic Eagles, ahead of the team’s Africa U23 Cup of Nations qualifying fixture against their Tanzanian counterparts this month.

 The Lagos State Chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has lodged a petition with the Commissioner of Police in the state.

The Super Eagles will confront Costa Rica in an international friendly in San Jose on November 9.

Following are results of second preliminary round first leg fixtures in the 2022/2023 CAF Confederation Cup competition, played from Friday to Sunday:

Two second-half goals by Japan’s Mina Tanaka condemned Nigeria’s Super Falcons to a 0-2 defeat in their international friendly match at the Noevir Stadium in Kobe on Thursday.

Fidelis Ilechukwu, the Technical Adviser of Plateau United Football Club, says his team still have a 50/50 chance of qualifying for the 2022/2023 CAF Champions League group stage.

Vice President of Nigeria Boxing Federation, NBF, Azania Omo-Agege Siena, who became a director at Africa Boxing Confederation barely two months ago, has been elected as vice president of the Africa Boxing Confederation.

Kenya’s under-19 men’s cricket team on Saturday defeated hosts Nigeria by 11 runs to win the International Cricket Council, ICC, World Cup Africa Division Two Qualifiers in Abuja.

President of world football-ruling body, FIFA, Mr. Gianni Infantino has sent a message of congratulations to the new President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau and members of his new Board, following the Elective General Assembly of the NFF that took place in Benin City last Friday.