…on Friday, in which Trepy played 54 minutes. Trepy was born in France and began his football development at the academy of Paris-based club US Creteil-Lusitanos. Cagliari signed the young forward in 2022. He made his senior breakthrough last season, scoring one goal in eight Serie A appearances by Linda Ikeji at 17/08/…

…FIFA said it would work with relevant stakeholders to explore ways of further supporting football development through the FIFA Forward programme. The programme will continue to focus on benefiting FIFA’s 211 Member Associations, as well as the confederations and regional associations. FIFA also highlighted the successf…

…FIFA president's Infantino's controversial World Cup proposal FIFA's Chief of Global Football Development, Arsene Wenger, has said scrapping the plan to have private investment in Fi competitions was "absolutely necessary and beyond question". FIFA president Gianni Infantino planned to create a commercial subsidiary to…

…reserves,” and said that its members would push for those finances to be disbursed “for football development across our region, without compromising our shared future.” Infantino’s plan had “advanced outside every established governance framework, without transparency, consultation or due process,” it said. “A proposal…

…of the players should be sourced from within Bayelsa State to promote local talent and football development. Maikaba signed a one-year contract, renewable based on performance, and will be assisted by former Go-Round FC head coach Ngozi Elechi. Speaking after his unveiling, the former Wikki Tourists, Plateau United, Ak…

…his passion and love for Nigerian football, but he remains a sad part of our recent football development story. Passion for football is not the same as competence in administration. Love for the game is common. The boy who treks 2 kilometres just to pay 100 naira to watch a local league game has that passion in equal m…