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April 19, 2022

The Super Eagles will face another international team in preparations for their world cup appearance in June. The English Football Association has confirmed the friendly against Nigeria in Wembley, and have stated the importance of the friendly in preparing the English team for the tournament. The Super Eagles will be one of two opponents for England, … Continue reading RUSSIA 2018: England To Play Eagles in Wembley

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April 19, 2022

Super Eagles top gun and Chelsea forward Victor Moses has likened the Nigeria senior men’s football squad to English top flight Chelsea FC. In an interview with the media, Moses described the Super Eagles squad as brave and dauntless “Nigeria was the first African country to qualify for the world cup. We are like Chelsea. … Continue reading Russia 2018 World Cup:  We Are Like Chelsea – Moses

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April 19, 2022

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique and Paris Saint-Germain top gun Neymar analyzed briefly the top and surprise teams to look out for in the 2018 FIFA World Cup that is scheduled for mid-June. The conversation came about while Pique interviewed the Brazilian star on the Players Tribune. They discussed the favorites for the 2018 World Cup, Neymar’s … Continue reading Russia 2018: Neymar, Pique Warn Super Eagles Against Iceland

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April 19, 2022

2018 is the year football fans across the globe have been looking forward to. The 2018 FIFA World Cup finals are scheduled to begin in June and every country participating in the tournament is soon to adopt an all hands on deck preparation mode. Former Internationals, coaches, and players as well have had their say … Continue reading Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup: “Nigeria Is Not A Worthy Rival For Croatia” – Robert Prosinecki

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April 19, 2022

Speaking at his unveiling as the Guinness Nigeria PLC ambassador for the ‘Made of Black’ campaign, Thierry Henry described former Nigerian international, Nwankwo Kanu, as the most technically gifted African player he ever played with at Arsenal. The event which took place at the Landmark Event Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Sunday was a first … Continue reading Henry: I Learned Dribbling From Kanu

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April 19, 2022

Leicester City midfielder and Nigerian International, Wilfred Ndidi has been ranked ninth in the latest Sky Sports Power Rankings for the week in a list comprising 50 Premier League players. The Sky Sports Ranking, which was released a few days ago is updated every week during the season. The ranking is based on each player’s … Continue reading Ndidi Among Top 10 in Latest Sky Sports Ranking

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April 19, 2022

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) on Tuesday issued a ruling against Nigeria for fielding an ineligible player in the away match against African counterparts, Algeria. FIFA has ruled that Nigeria will forfeit their 2018 World Cup draw in an away match against Algeria, who have now been declared record winners of the matchup … Continue reading Russia 2018 Word Cup: FIFA Fines Nigeria, Deduct World Cup Qualifier Points

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April 19, 2022

After the world cup draws that pitched Nigeria against Argentina, Croatia and Iceland, the Super Eagles have another friendly game to prepare them for the main event come June 2018. The Super Eagles have been scheduled for a high profile friendly against Polish football team. The Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr, revealed that the Super … Continue reading RUSSIA 2018: Nigeria To Play Poland in High Profile Friendly

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April 19, 2022

Despite an impressive FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifiers run that saw Nigeria pick the World Cup finals ticket before any other African country, the Super Eagles will drop three steps down in the latest FIFA ranking that was published today, Thursday by the football governing body. In the last FIFA Rankings published two months ago, … Continue reading Super Eagles Drop Three Spots in FIFA African Ranking

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April 19, 2022

The Super Eagles on Tuesday defeated Argentina 4:2 in a friendly match-up at the Krasnodar Arena Stadium in Russia. The Messi-less Argentina took the first swing at Nigeria in the 28th minute as Ever Banega scored the first goal of the game. A few minutes later, Sergio Aguero put in another goal for Argentina to put them … Continue reading Nigeria Defeats Argentina 4:2 in International Friendly

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April 19, 2022

Former Super Eagles forward Shola Ameobi was on Tuesday inducted into the Newcastle United Foundation’s Hall of Fame. Ameobi was inducted alongside former England international, Les Ferdinand at the star-studded Charity’s annual dinner. Their inclusion into the Hall of Fame was made public at the celebration of Newcastle’s 125th year anniversary. The former Nigerian forward … Continue reading Shola Ameobi Inducted Into Newcastle United Hall Of Fame

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April 19, 2022

The Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has dropped Skipper Mikel Obi from the Algerian blanc shot World Cup qualifiers tie scheduled for this evening. According to an information gathered by Complete Sports media, the coach will also give the young FC Deportivo Coruna goalkeeper, Francis Uzoho, a chance to debut for the Eagles in the … Continue reading Rohr To Drop Mikel Vs Algeria, Uzoho to Debut for Super Eagles

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April 19, 2022

Following the qualification of the Nigerian men’s senior football team, the Super Eagles, for the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is set to pay Nigeria a total of $12.5 million. $2.5 million off this amount, is for the Super Eagles to prepare adequately for the tournament next … Continue reading Russia 2018: FIFA to Pay Nigeria for World Cup Qualification

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April 19, 2022

The new partners of the NFF, Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group on Friday signed a three year partnership with the Nigerian football body to sponsor the team’s man of the match awards which is now called the ‘Big Bull Rice man’ The award which consisted a cash prize of N1 million, alongside 10 bags of … Continue reading Shehu Abdullahi Named Big Bull Rice Man of the Match

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April 19, 2022

The game is not all about ‘talk’ afterall as the Super Eagles of Nigeria have defeated the Chipolopolo of Zambia by a close-run after a very firece duel at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo, to finish the game at 1:0. Zambia made good on their threats in the first half and made it very hard … Continue reading Nigeria Defeats Zambia 1:0 to Qualify for Russia 2018

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