The Africa Cup of Nations is deep into qualifying to determine the 24-team field that will head to Morocco for next year's tournament. But we are seeing the ugly side of world soccer play out ahead of ...

FIFA's Disciplinary Committee rejected Nigeria's protest over the eligibility of several players used by DR Congo in last November's African World Cup playoff, the Nigeria Football Federation ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria's soccer players returned to their country dancing and singing on Monday after boycotting their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Libya where they were stranded overnight at ...

LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu on Monday hosted and splashed gifts on the triumphant national women’s soccer team who overcame poor preparations and missing payments to win their ...

After 96 minutes in the unforgiving Moroccan sun, two penalties and one horrible injury to Gabriela Salgado, Nigeria found a way to keep their “Mission X” — to win a 10th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nigeria’s soccer players arrived at Abuja Airport on Tuesday after boycotting their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Libya where ...