“I Dedicate My Goals To My Son” — Ighalo
Super Eagles super forward, Odion Ighalo, has dedicated his brace against Libya — in their African Cup of Nations qualifier encounter on Tuesday – to his son, Samuel, whose birthday was on Wednesday, October 17 2018. “I am dedicating my goals to my son who will be a year older tomorrow. I am happy for […]
Weekend Highlights: Amputee Donation, Super Eagles Trash Libya 4-0
Super Eagles Donate ₦6m To Nigerian Amputee Football Team An act of providence, prayers answered, or their faith at work — however you would choose to call it; the Nigerian Amputee football team will be representing Nigeria this year, at the Mexico 2018 Amputee World Cup. Prior to their big 4-0 win against Libya in […]
“We Will Handle Libya Like Cameroon” — Rohr
Super Eagles technical head, coach Gernot Rohr, has said his team must be very canny as they prepare to face Libya on Saturday for the first leg of their 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifier. Nigeria will take on Libya at the Goodwill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, after which the Mediterranean Knights will host them […]
AFCON Qualifier: Mikel Dropped As Iwobi, Ekong, Moses Make Return
Super Eagles technical adviser, Gernot Rohr, has left out skipper, Mikel Obi from his squad for the upcoming 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series against Libya this month. 23 players including, Alex Iwobi, William Troost-Ekong, Ahmed Musa and Moses Simon, have been invited for the games. All players are expected to be in Uyo, […]
“I Can Do More For Nigeria” – Pinnick
Tomorrow, the election into a new board of the Nigeria Football Federation will take place in Katsina, and incumbent president of the NFF, Amaju Pinnick, has said that if re-elected, he will surpass his administration’s achievements in the past years. Pinnick will face ex-NFA scribe Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi, proprietor of Bimo FC, Chinedu Okoye, and […]
U-17 AFCON Qualifier: Golden Eaglets To Face Ghana In Final
Nigeria’s U-17 men’s football team, the Golden Eaglets, have made it into the final round of the 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifiers, after successfully defeating Niger Republic 2-1 in their semi-final encounter. Play Both teams started the game off on their best foot and Niger managed to hold off the Eaglets long enough with […]
Rohr Finally Opens Up On Mikel Obi Retirement
Super Eagles technical adviser, Gernot Rohr, has responded to rumors that skipper Mikel Obi will be making an early exit from the national team. The German coach assured that though Mikel opted out of Nigeria’s 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifier game against Seychelles, this was not an indication that the seasoned midfielder was pulling […]
2019 AFCON qualifiers: Why Nigeria Defeated Seychelles – Rohr
The Super Eagles won their first game of the 2019 African Cup of Nation qualifying series against Seychelles in Victoria on Saturday, courtesy an own goal and superb strikes from Chidozie Awaziem and Odion Ighalo. Coach Rohr believes that the sole reason his side was able to pick the win against Seychelles is because they […]
2019 AFCON Qualifiers: “We Will Shock Nigeria” – Seychelles
Seychelles Pirates coach, Gavin Jeanne, is assertive that his boys will pull a stunner on Nigeria in Saturday’s African Cup of Nations qualifier in Victoria. Despite being considered a minority in African football, Jeanne is upbeat about his side meeting one of Africa’s giants on the pitch: “We want to get the biggest shock in […]
Seychelles vs Nigeria: Super Eagles Ready!
Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr, is confident that Nigeria can defeat Seychelles on Saturday. He yet believes it would be in the team’s best interests not to look down on their East African opponents. 2019 African Cup of Nations The Super Eagles lost their first game of the 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) […]
Mikel Obi Withdraws From Super Eagle’s AFCON Qualifiers
Super Eagles skipper John Mikel Obi has opted out of Nigeria’s African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Seychelles in September. This decision according to the player is to help aid his recovery from a recent injury he picked up with Chinese side Tianjin TEDA. Mikel, who captained the Nigeria senior men’s’ football team to […]
Rohr in Search of ‘Perfect’ Stadium for Super Eagles’ AFCON Qualifier
Super Eagles Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr has begun a search for the ‘perfect’ stadium to host Libya on Match Day 3 of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Qualifiers scheduled for October 10. Nigeria lost her opening game of the qualifiers to the Bafana Bafana 0-2 in Uyo and currently are on zero points. […]
Super Falcons One Step Closer To AWCON Qualification
The Super Falcons have moved one step closer to qualifying for the 2018 African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) following a 1-0 away win over Gambia in the first leg of their final qualifying game at the Independence Stadium, Bakau on Wednesday. victory As promised by the head coach, Thomas Dennerby, we saw a star-studded […]
FIFA World Ranking: Nigeria Up To 62nd
Nigeria moved one step up from the 63rd position it occupied in January to 62nd in the latest FIFA ranking released yesterday. Despite Super Eagles’ disappointing outing at 2016 CHAN held in Rwanda, which ultimately led to the surprise resignation of coach Sunday Oliseh, Nigeria moved three places to 63rd position back in January. The […]
Kaduna Set to Host AFCON Qualifying Match
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have chosen Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna State to host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying match between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Pharaohs of Egypt. NFF disclosed this on Wednesday on its website; the match is billed for Wednesday, March 23, 2016. NFF General Secretary, […]
AFCON Qualifiers: Super Eagles Kick Off Campaign With a Win
The Super Eagles of Nigeria started their 2017 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying campaign with a comfortable 2-0 win over Chad in Kaduna on Saturday. The Group G fixture was Coach Stephen Keshi’s first game since his return to the Super Eagles’ fold following a long contract re-negotiation. Nigeria took control of the game […]