Kenny Dalglish
Segun Odegbami
Diego Maradona
Rashidi Yekini
Romario

Substitute @toluarokodare scored his 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣th career goal as #Ajax beat Atalanta 2-0 to record their first win in the league phase of the Conference League.

The Nigerian showed strength to win a duel, then scored a very well-taken goal before setting up Abdellah Ouazane's goal.

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners of the #Africa-Europe Sports Awards in Paris. Your achievements inspire, unite, and celebrate sporting excellence across continents.

A big thank you to the organiser @ojbsports for making this celebration possible.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will announce its final ruling on Senegal’s appeal regarding the 2025 AFCON title at the end of November 2026.

Futsal: Where you find out who actually has footwork, and who just relies on a 50-yard head start 😍🤣

🎥 @TodavidaFutsal

"Chaos & Armonia": the almost cosmic chaos created by countless splashes of water against a dark background provides the setting for the graceful twisting dive of a Russian artistic swimmer at the European Aquatics Championships held in Paris this summer.

An appropriate title for ured by photographer Andrea Masini, from Livorno, which has been named the winner of the 2026 "Momenti di Sport" Photography Award, organised by the Lombardy Sports Journalists' Association (GLGS-USSI Lombardia).

✍️ @AIPSmedia

"I apologised for the mistakes made"

FIFA president Gianni Infantino gave "no satisfactory answers" when grilled Thursday during a meeting to discuss his attempts to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors, senior members of football's global governing body said, but for the failed project.

"We asked a great many critical questions, but there were no satisfactory answers from my point of view," said Bernd Neuendorf, the head of the German FA (DFB), who is also a member of the FIFA Council.

Neuendorf was speaking after the Council met behind closed doors at the body's Zurich headquarters, where Infantino's FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal was one of the main topics on the agenda.

But Infantino has called for unity and reiterates that “football is for everyone, everywhere,” while also apologising for the mistakes made in relation to the withdrawn FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal.

"Word to God, I've been ready to die since I was born."

"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender."

"The only thing that can kill me is death, that's the only thing that can ever stop me, is death, and even forever." #TupacShakur

#Djibouti football federation (FDF) seeks new leader

Police removed its chief, and close ally of FIFA boss Gianni Infantino, Souleiman Waberi, from the FDF headquarters after he was voted out.

To avoid becoming bogged down in turmoil, the FDF's interim leadership is keen to process now that its president has been removed from office. africaintelligence.com/eastern-africa…

#Benin coach Gernot Rohr on the post-match scenes vs Argentina on RMC.🗣️ "The only dark spot is that the Argentinians didn't give anything to our players. Not even a photo with Messi. We wanted to swap jerseys, but we didn't get one. They wouldn't even let us in their hallway. ne. Players came with their jerseys to swap with others even not with Messi but others (Argentina players), but they wouldn't. We knew it'd be tough. My player Tijani, who loves Messi, gave him a red rose before the match plus an Amazon gift from Benin. We tried everything, even a bouquet in Benin's colours (red, yellow, green), but nothing worked. I was able to give my Messi shirt from 2018 (I had after a game against Nigeria at the World Cup) to the coach (Lionel Scaloni). He signed it and gave it back to me. I waited half an hour but it's ok. It was an unforgettable evening."

June 2024: FIFA ruled that Emilio Nsue, the top scorer at AFCON 2023, was never eligible to play for Equatorial Guinea throughout his 11-year international career. EQ Guinea were stripped of their World Cup 2026 qualification victories against Namibia and Liberia, with their ee-goal victory. Both games ended 1-0 thanks to Nsue goals.

Nsue was banned from international football for six months and the Equatoguinean federation (Feguifut) fined 150,000 Swiss francs (£131,000).

The judgment was based on Nsue playing competitive matches for Spain’s youth teams before featuring for Equatorial Guinea’s senior side without having been granted permission for a change of association.
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October 2026: #DRCongo goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi played for his nation at the 2026 World Cup. Mpasi, who was born in France and played for Les Bleus at youth level, had never completed the process of switching nationalities, FIFA reportedly found. No punishment was levied against the Congolese federation, FECOFA.

🇷🇺 1-1 🇳🇬

Lechi Sadulaev punished hesitant Fernandes on the half hour mark to make it 1-1

Kelechi Iheanacho put #Nigeria 1-0 up against Russia in their friendly game in Nizhny Novgorod.

Game is showing on @m4stv_app

Éric Chelle is still in talks with Nigeria over extending his stay as Super Eagles coach.

The Franco-Malian signed a two-year deal in Jan 2025, with the option of another year.

The 48-year-old's expected to combine Eagles & U23 roles once final details are mutually agreed upon.

After a mixed bag of results in AFCON 2027 qualifying, #Nigeria are back in Russia for a friendly on 6 Oct.

Same fixture ended in a 1-1 draw in summer 2025.

⏪Iwobi & Iheanacho starred as a depleted Nigeria side beat Lionel Messi-less #Argentina 4-2 in Russia friendly in 2017.

Happy birthday @Omojuwa! May life be as kind to you as you have been to others, and may your journey continue to inspire everyone blessed enough to know you. Here’s 🥂 to more life, more laughter, and many more beautiful chapters.

7 years ago today, football lost former #Nigeria U-20 and Olympics football captain, Isaac Promise.

He's a 2005 U20 AFCON winner🥇 2005 U20 World Cup runner-up🥈 and 2008 Olympics football silver medalist🥈
#RIP @IsaacPromise10

Football 😬

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@LASK_Official star Moses Usor on his dream debut in the colours of #Nigeria.

🎥 credit NFF media.

Young Alex Iwobi and his Dad, Chuka.

Did you know? Chuka Iwobi played for Vasco da Gama of Enugu and defunct Femo Scorpions of Eruwa.

📸 family

Joseph Yobo💯
Vincent Enyeama💯
Ahmed Musa 💯
Alex Iwobi 💯

Moses Simon is set to become the fifth player to earn a landmark 100 caps for #Nigeria when the team open their AFCON 2027 qualifying campaign at home on Friday. 

The NFF plan to celebrate the winger described as ‘a resilient servant of the beautiful game’ in Uyo.

Four Africans among 21 Brentford players set to represent their nations during September and October international fixtures.

Dango Ouattara - #BurkinaFaso
Mamadou Sangaré - #Mali
Benjamin Fredrick - #Nigeria
El Hadji Malick Diouf - #Senegal