Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr has called up Captain Ahmed Musa, defender William Ekong, midfield enforcer Oghenekaro Etebo and 21 others for next month’s 2022 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying quick-fire double against the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone. Defenders Kenneth Omeruo, Leon Balogun and Chidozie Awaziem, midfielder Alex Iwobi and forwards Moses Simon, Samuel Chukwueze and Chidera Ejuke are also ...

Harry Awurumibe. Editor-in Chief Expectedly, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) President, Ahmad Ahmad has today signified his desire to seek re-election for the plum job he captured from the erstwhile long-term boss, Issa Hayatou of Cameroon three and half years ago. Ahmad has in a terse statement via a tweet Wednesday announced that he has decided to stand for ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-chief Those expecting the Super Eagles to return to the mult-imillion dollars National Stadium Abuja soon will have their expectations evaporate like early morning dews. This is because several weeks after the Federal Ministry of Sports and Youth Development handed over the stadium now renamed Moshood Abiola National Stadium to Dangote Group for the renovation of the ...

Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief More facts have emerged why the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) settled for the choice of ex-Super Eagles captain and coach, Augustine Eguavoen as the new Technical Director of the Federation just as new positions have been created to enhance the work of the department. NFF Executive Committee had on Tuesday after its virtual Executive Board Meeting approved ...

Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief Expectedly. a dozen of footballers and Nigeria’s first individual Olympic Games Gold medallist, Chioma Ajunwa; business mogul Aliko Dangote, ex-World Boxing Champion Dick Tiger and tennis star Segun Toriola as well as Atlanta ’96 Olympics Dream Team made the final list of 60 Nigerian Sports Icons list. The list which was unveiled Friday during the celebration of ...

Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief In his desire to produce a strong team that will be competitive in international competitions, Super Eagles Head Coach Gernort Rohr has used the two recent international friendly matches in Austria against  Algeria and Tunisia to cap no fewer than six more new players thanks to his rebuilding process. While Rohr gave four players their head start ...

Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief Angered by the not- too impressive performances of the Super Eagles in the two recent international friendly matches in Austria against Algeria and Tunisia in Austria during the October FIFA break, many Nigerian fans have called for the end of the rebuilding process embarked by Head Coach Gernort Rohr. Also, football fans have criticised the dark green ...

Harry Awurumibe, Editor -in-Chief Some Nigerian fans have praised the South African government for allowing all football activities to resume immediately. The authorities have Monday given the South African Football Association (SAFA) permission to allow amateur football to resume with immediate effect.. This was after the government granted permission for all football activities to resume immediately. SAFA had last  weekend ...

Harry Awurumibe,  Editor -in-Chief It will be a battle of two of Eagles when Nigeria’s Super Eagles take on the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in Tuesday’s big friendly match at the Jacques Lemans Arena in the Austrian city of St. Veit an der Glan, just as a fresh round of Covid-19 tests ave been conducted on players and officials of ...

Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief Defender Kenneth Omeruo and forward Moses Simon were among the early arrivals at the Super Eagles’ Hotel die Zeit an der Glan in Austria on Monday morning, ahead of the international friendly matches against African champions Algeria and Africa’s number two –ranked team, Tunisia. Forwards Samuel Kalu and Chidera Ejuke, defender Leon Balogun and goalkeeper Mathew Yakubu ...