Manu Garba Releases 21-Man Squad As Golden Eaglets Aims For Sixth World Cup Trophy
Head coach of the Nigerian national Under-17 football team, Manu Garba, has released a list of 21 players that will represent Nigeria at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup scheduled to hold in Brazil from October 26- 17th November 2019. Manu, who led the 2013 U-17 Nigerian squad that won the tournament in the United […]
Nigerians In Sports: Nwakali Joins Huesca
Arsenal Football Club of England have announced the departure of Nigerian midfielder, Kelechi Nwakali. The 2015 FIFA Under 17 World Cup champion has joined Spanish Segunda B side, SD Huesca on a three-year contract. Nwakali joined Arsenal in 2016 after captaining the Nigerian U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, to victory at the cadet tournament where […]
Golden Eaglets Begin Camping Ahead Of U-17 World Cup
Nigerian national Under 17 team, the Golden Eaglets, have commenced camping ahead of the FIFA U17 World Cup slated to hold in Brazil between October 6 and November 17, 2019. The Nigerian side qualified for the tournament after emerging among the top four teams in the CAF Under 17 Nations Cup hosted in Tanzania, April, […]
Coach Nduka Ugbade Wants Fresh MRI Tests For Golden Eaglets
As preparations for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup continues, coach Nduka Ugbade has demanded that fresh MRI tests be conducted in order to take precaution and avoid little details that could hinder Nigeria’s participation at the tournament billed to start October 26, and end November 17, 2019 in Brazil. Majority of the players expected […]
Golden Eaglets To Know World Cup Opponents
The Golden Eaglets will know their 2019 U-17 FIFA World Cup foes on Thursday, July 11, 2019. The U-17 championship is scheduled to take place in Brazil and will kick off on October 26 and run through November 17, according to FIFA. Alongside the 23 national teams that have ben confirmed for the global showpiece, […]
Nigeria Lose AFCON SemiFinal To Guinea
After a pretty impressive campaign at the 2019 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, Nigeria has been denied a final ticket by Guinea. Nigeria Vs Guinea Nigeria was the favorite to win the game, however, Guinea was not prepared to leave without a good fight. The Guineans held Nigeria to a goalless draw after regulation time. […]
Nigeria To Take On Guinea In Final U-17 AFCON Ticket Game
Having qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup and booked a ticket to the semifinal of the on-going African U-17 Nations Cup holding in Tanzania, Nigeria U-17 team still have yet another hurdle to cross at the continental championship. Nigeria will take on Guinea at the National Stadium, Dar es Salaam on Wednesday, April 24, […]
Eaglets Defeat Angola, Qualify For U-17 World Cup
Nigeria’s U-17 football team, the Golden Eaglets, on Wednesday defeated Angola 1-0 to qualify for the semi-finals in the ongoing U-17 Africa Cup of Nations in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. With the win, Nigeria has also qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup, scheduled to take centre stage in Brazil from Tuesday, September 17, 2019 […]
Amaju Pinnick Reelected NFF President
Amaju Pinnick was on Thursday victorious in the four-way race for the presidency of the Nigeria Football Federation, and has been reelected President of the Nigeria football governing body. Results The result was declared by the Chairman of the Electoral Committee for the election, Muhammed Katu. Pinnick won the election by a landslide, pulling a […]
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 […]
4 Awesome Things That Happened in 2015
The Golden Eaglets win the World Cup. On November 8, our U-17 National Soccer Team won the tournament for the fifth time in Santiago, Chile and became the second team ever to retain the trophy having won it in 1985, 1993, 2007 and 2013. CCHUB launches a N1 billion fund. In collaboration with the Omidyar […]
Africa U-23 Nations Cup: Nigeria Defeat Algeria to Emerge Winners
The Nigeria U-23 team emerged the champions of Africa for the first time yesterday following their 2-1 win over Algeria in the final of the second edition of the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations at the Leopold Sedar Senghor Stadium, Dakar. Top goalscorer in the tournament, Oghenekaro Etebo scored a brace in the first half […]
Nigeria Wins FIFA U-17 World For a Record 5th Time
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets defeated Mali 2-0 in the final of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Vina Del Mar, Chile to become the second team to retain the trophy. This is the fifth time Nigeria has won the FIFA U-17 World Cup but this is its first win outside the Asian continent – all previous […]
Golden Eaglets Kick-off Title Defence With Win
Nigeria’s U-17 male team Golden Eaglets kicked off their FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign with a convincing 2-0 win over their American counterparts at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martinez in Santiago, Chile. Nigeria, led by former Super Eagles midfielder Emmanuel Amuneke, started the game in scintillating fashion with 60% of the ball possession and 9 […]
Eaglets Trump Niger in African Youth Championship Opener
Nigeria’s U-17 men’s football team, the Golden Eaglets opened their African U-17 Championship campaign yesterday with a 2-0 win over hosts, Niger. First half strikes from Victor Osimhen and skipper Kelechi Nwakali gave Emmanuel Amuneke’s boys the maximum points in the opening game of the 11th African U-17 Championship played at the Stade Général Seyni […]
Emmanuel Amuneke Picks Golden Eaglets Job
The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed the appointment of Emmanuel Amuneke as the new head coach of the male Under-17 national team, the Golden Eaglets. This disclosure was made by the head of the NFF technical committee, Emmanuel Ikpeme who stated that that Amuneke’s appointment was borne out of the need for continuity, […]