Nigeria's players react during a penalty shootout during the Women's World Cup round of 16 soccer match between England and Nigeria in Brisbane, Australia, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023.

Nigeria's football team will boycott their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Libya on Tuesday after an airport 'hostage situation'. Metro logo Search Metro ...

EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria soccer legend Augustine ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha is getting animated. A reimagining of Okocha’s childhood in Nigeria will be the basis of African streamer Showmax‘s first ...

Nigeria’s men’s soccer team is threatening to boycott its Olympic quarterfinal match Saturday, according to multiple reports.. Nigeria is scheduled to face Denmark in a quarterfinal match, but ...

Soccer's governing body FIFA in 2011 criticized the then Nigeria women's coach Eucharia Uche for calling homosexuality 'dirty' and admitting that she forced lesbians out of her team.

Nigeria's head coach Jose Peseiro speaks during a media conference in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. Nigeria will play the African Cup of Nations round of 16 soccer match against ...

And Nigeria’s World Cup TV ratings would count as dazzling by the standards of the U.S. According to a 2013 poll by market researcher Repucom, 83 percent of Nigerians report interest in soccer ...

The president of Nigeria has suspended the national soccer team from international competition for two years after a poor showing at the World Cup. Ima Niboro, a spokesman for President Goodluck ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s ambassador to Nigeria donated the embassy’s fund for an Independence Day celebration to establish a soccer league in the African nation for refugee children.

Soccer's governing body FIFA in 2011 criticized the then Nigeria women's coach Eucharia Uche for calling homosexuality 'dirty' and admitting that she forced lesbians out of her team.

Ghana and Nigeria will represent Africa at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Papua New Guinea 2016, defeating Ethiopia and South Africa respectively in the third round of African qualifiers.

Former Nigeria internationals Emmanuel Amuneke, Joseph Yobo and Salisu Yusuf joined Eguavoen's technical team last month with promises of two-and-a-half year contracts, which have now been withdrawn.