Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja Bureau A strong Nigerian delegation of players and officials will depart Abuja tomorrow morning aboard Air Cote d Ivoire flight. The African Champion, Nigeria’s Super Falcons will clash with Les Elephantes of Cote d Ivoire in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics African qualifier first leg tie on Thursday. Nigeria eliminated Algeria on 3-0 goals aggregated after a ...

Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja. One of the rising stars of Nigeria football and Rangers fc midfielder, Joseph Oluwaseyi Ayodele- Aribo may miss the high-profile international friendly match between Nigeria and Brazil in Singapore next month. Aribo who is one of the the 23 players Nigeria’s Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr have invited for the prestige match with Brazil is ...

Nigeria’s home-based senior players have arrived in Dakar, capital of Senegal for the 2nd WAFU-FOX Cup of Nations starting in the Senegalese city of Thies on Saturday, 28th September. A team of 21 players and six officials flew by Air Cote d’Ivoire early on Thursday morning from Abuja to Abidjan, and then connected the Senegalese capital by the same airline. The ...

Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr has picked in-form Granada of Spain midfielder Ramon Azeez and Czech –based forward Peter Olayinka in Nigeria’s 23-man squad for the prestige friendly with five –time world champions Brazil in Singapore on Sunday, 13th October. Rohr also have defenders Kenneth Omeruo, Abdullahi Shehu and Chidozie Awaziem back from injury, otherwise the squad is largely unchanged from ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. A brace from youth international, Monday Gift and another goal by All Africa Games Gold medallist, Cynthia Aku helped the Super Falcons to beat visiting Kogi Confluence Queens FC 3-0 in a friendly match in Abuja today. The match which was played at the Goal Project pitch, Package B, Abuja National Stadium was part of the build ...

Overwhelming attacking football was on display when five –time world champions, Golden Eaglets of Nigeria scored four goals within 25 minutes of play and one more in the second half to ensure 5-1 victory over Guatemala on Matchday 2 of the UEFA/CAF U17 Tournament in Turkey. A 5th minute goal by Olakunle Olusegun unsettled Guatemala and as they were still ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. African football stars could not shine brightly in this year’s edition of the annual The Best FIFA Football Awards held in Milan, Italy. The world waited with great anticipation till Monday night for the unveiling of the winners in the various categories of the 2019 The Best FIFA Football Awards. After the event which was watched by ...

Super Eagles B have apologised to Nigerians for the poor result they posted against Togo on Sunday in an African Nations Championship qualifying match. The players led by Eagles A goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa apologized to Nigerians for the shameful outing and promised to repay the Sparrow Hawks in bigger coins in the second leg and claim the Cameroon 2020 ticket. ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja The United States’ duo of Coach Jill Ellis and co-captain, Megan Rapinoe this evening in Milan, Italy won the prestigious Best FIFA Women’s Coach and the FIFA Best Female Player Awards. Team USA veteran midfielder, Kelly O’Hara; goalpoacher, Alex Morgan, defence ace Joy Lavelle and Rapinoe also made the list of the 2019 FIFA Women’s Best XI. ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. Former African Women’s Best Footballer of the Year and Nigeria international, Asisat Lamina Oshoala grabbed a brace as FC Barcelona Feminine continued their rampant start to the Spanish Women’s Primera Division season by thrashing champions Atletico Madrid 6-1 earlier today (Saturday). This will definitely be a bad news for Nigeria’s next opponents in the 3rd Round of ...