Nigeria’s Federation Cup to Kick off April 5th
This year’s Federation Cup competition will kick off with the state preliminaries on Saturday April 5th, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said. The federation made this known in a press release signed by the Head of Federation Cup, Ruth David. The State finals are scheduled for Sunday, May 4th and will hold across the […]
Nigeria Bids Farewell To Confederations Cup
NIGERIA 0-3 SPAIN Nigeria has exited the Confederations Cup after losing their second consecutive game in the competition. The Super Eagles of Nigeria lost 3-0 to World and European champions Spain who progress to the semi-finals of the tournament alongside Uruguay. Stephen Keshi was in dire need of a win going into the game but […]
Confederations Cup Round Up
SPAIN 10-0 TAHITI Spanish striker, Fernando Torres became the first player to score two hat-tricks in the history of the Confederations Cup when he scored four goals against Tahiti on Thursday night. Torres scored his first hat-trick against another Oceania representative, New Zealand back in 2009. David Villa also picked up a hat-trick in the […]
Nigeria Succumbs to Uruguay with a 2-1 loss
Nigeria’s 18 match unbeaten run ended abruptly yesterday when they lost 2-1 to the Uruguayans. Stephen Keshi made two changes from the team that played against Tahiti, with Sunday Mba and Anthony Ujah dropping to the bench for John Ugo and Brown Ideye respectively. The South Americans started brightest and tested Vincent Enyeama early […]
Oduamadi earns a hat-trick as Nigeria overruns Tahiti 6-1
The Super Eagles opened their 2013 Confederations Cup account with a 6-1 drubbing of Polynesian nation, Tahiti. Tahiti’s team of just one professional and a host of amateurs, ranked 138th in the world and were competing in their first ever major tournament. They however have a golden moment to celebrate when Jonathan Tehau headed […]