Following the announcement of this year Ballon d'Or award yesterday, the Nigeria forward, Victor Oshimen has now set new record to become the first Nigeria to be nominated for the prestigious award.Oshimen and Osisat Oshoala are two Nigerians that made it to the award list in both the male and female categories.Meanwhile, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has congratulated Victor Osimhen on his nomination for the 2023 Ballon d’Or.Osimhen made the list of n...

Former Super Eagles head coach Sunday Oliseh has warned that football in Nigeria would be dead if they fail to qualify for the 2026 World Cup.The three-time African champions failed to make it to the 2022 edition in Qatar.They lost the ticket to their West African rivals, Ghana, during the playoffs.The Eagles played at the three previous editions of the World Cup before failing to secure a place in Qatar 2022.“Nigeria football will be all but dead if we failed to qu...

The Rangers cum Super Eagles defender Leon Balogun has criticised the country’s sports authorities over the poor administration of the team.Balogun expressed his grouse against Nigerian football administrators in an interview with “The Beautiful Game” podcast. This is coming a day after an athlete in the ongoing Olympic in Tokyo, Blessing Okagbare did the same.“You hear about other players and why can’t they not perform in the Super Eagles. We have to be honest, th...