The Nigeria Football Federation has expressed deep shock over the death on Monday of Head Coach of Nigeria Professional Football League club, Lobi Stars of Makurdi, Solomon Ogbeide. “We are heartbroken about the death of Coach Solomon Ogbeide. Words are inadequate to describe the sense of loss. There was no doubt that he was among the very best in the ...
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Poland 2019: FIFA briefs Flying Eagles on new laws of the game
Nigeria’s U20 boys, Flying Eagles, have been fully schooled on best practices and moves and gestures to avoid on-field at the FIFA U20 World Cup finals opening in Poland on Thursday. Immediately after the FIFA arrival meeting, traditionally held to welcome participating teams to the FIFA World Cup, FIFA referee instructor Jerome Damon took the players and officials on the ...
Read More »France 2019: Super Falcons arrive in Austria
African champions Nigeria have landed at the Avita Resort facility in the Austrian city of Bad Tatzmannsdorf for a two –week residential camping ahead of the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals. A delegation including nine home –based professionals and technical and administrative staff departed from Abuja on Monday night aboard an Air France flight, and travelled from Paris to ...
Read More »Ahead France 2019: Super Falcons start training, Club engagements delay some players
By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. With the bulk of the invited players already at the Super Falcons Avita Resort camp in the Austrian city of Bad Tatzmannsdorf outside of Vienna, the technical crew led by Head Coach, Thomas Dennerby will commence serious training from tomorrow morning (Wednesday) just as he is expected to submit the final list of 23 players to ...
Read More »France 2019: Sanusi charges Falcons to set new Nigerian record at FIFA World Cup
African champions Nigeria departed the shores of the country on Monday for Austria, where they will set up a two –week residential camping before flying to France for the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup taking place 7th June – 7th July 2019. Before their departure, the newly –crowned WAFU Cup winners received at their Serob Legacy Hotel, Abuja abode the ...
Read More »Poland 2019: Nigerian ambassador visits Flying Eagles
Nigeria’s quest for a good outing at the Poland 2019 FIFA U20 World Cup received a huge boost on Sunday when the Nigerian ambassador to Poland, His Excellency Eric Bell-Gam paid a visit to the team at their Vienna House Hotel abode. The Flying Eagles flew into Katowice, Poland from Munich, Germany on Sunday where they were welcomed ...
Read More »Ahead France 2019: Capt. Oparanozie, Uchedu hit Falcons Austria camp Tuesday
By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. Barring any flight delays, a good number of foreign-based Super Falcons players will hit the team’s Austria camp even as eight domestic league players, the coaching crew and backroom staff left Abuja Monday night aboard Air France to Paris for a two week intensive training base to enable the Head Coach Thomas Dennerby to pick the ...
Read More »AITEO Cup 2019 Prelim: Rivers Angels, Nasarawa Amazons, 6 others Drawn bye
By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. AITEO Cup Women’s defending champions, Rivers Angels FC; the runner-up, Ibom Angels and six other clubs will have to wait to discover who will be their opponents in the Second Round of the 2019 AITEO Cup competition which will start at a date and venues to be determined by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). This much ...
Read More »Enugu Rangers to face Niger Tornados, NFF Holds 2019 AITEO Cup Draws
By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. Defending champions of the AITEO Cup, Enugu Rangers International has been handed an easy task in the early stage of the competition as they have been pitched against a lowly Niger Tornados Feeders in the Round of 64 of the 2019 AITEO Cup. Rangers who reached the Group Stage of this season’s CAF Confederation Cup and ...
Read More »All Conquering Falcons Arrive Abuja, depart for Austria camp Monday
By Harry Awurumibe. After conquering the West African sub-region yesterday the WAFU Cup Champions, Super Falcons this afternoon landed in Abuja with the trophy they won at the expense of the host nation, Cote d’Ivoire after a thrilling 5-4 penalty kicks. The team led by Swedish Head Coach, Thomas Dennerby touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at ...
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