Monthly Archives: December 2021

NFF appoints Peseiro Super Eagles Head Coach, Arrive Abuja soon

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in Chief,  Abuja Expectedly, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has finally announced Portugal-born José Vítor dos Santos Peseiro as the new Head Coach of the country’s senior football team, Super Eagles to  replace sacked former coach Gernot Rohr. The announcement which was made public Wednesday by NFF Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire confirmed our recent report which revealed ...

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Ndidi, Osimhen In, Onuachu Out as Eguavoen names Super Eagles 28-man list for 2021 AFCON.

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Caretaker Head Coach, Augustine Eguavoen has named Leicester City FC of England defender, Wilfred Ndidi and recuperating Victor Osimhen of SS Napoli in his 28-final list of the Super Eagles of Nigeria for the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) which will take place in Cameroon from January 9 to February 6, 2022, just as ...

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Zaha, Kessie make list as Cote d’Ivoire Coach Beaumelle reveals final squad for Cameroon 2021

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau Crystal Palace of England FC talisman, Willfred Zaha and AC Milan forward Frank Kessie are notable names in the list as Cote d’Ivoire Head Coach, Patrice Beaumelle on Thursday released his final 28-man squad for January’s  TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Cameroon 2021. ‘The Elephants’ as the Ivoirens are called were drawn in ...

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Morocco Coach Halilodzic drops Chelsea’s Ziyech, names final Squad for 2021 AFCON

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Chelsea Football Club’s attacking midfielder, Hakim Ziyech has been sensationally dropped as Head Coach of Morocco national senior team, Vahid Halilodzic has  announced the Atlas Lions squad that will compete in the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021. Accordingly, the Bosnian coach decided to give a debut call to Barcelona forward Abdessamad Ezzalzouli, after ...

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Costa Rica 2022: Busy time for Nigerian teams as CAF fixes Falconets, Cameroon 4th round tie for January 22

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Nigeria’s U-20 women’s football team, Falconets will tackle their Cameroonian opponents on January 22, 2022 in the first leg of the fourth round FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup African qualifiers match. This is even as the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has fixed the return leg match for the weekend of February ...

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Ahead AFCON 2021: Public Health Minister says Covid-19 not threat to Afrcan football fiesta

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Less than four weeks to the start of the biggest Afrcan football fiesta,  the Afrca Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon, the country’s Minister of Public Health,  Dr. Manaouda Malachie has assured the world that the event will be successfully organized without any Covid-19 related hitches. It was exclusively gathered from a reliabe source in ...

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Costa Rica 2022: Falconets through to 4th round as Congo withdraws, face Cameroon next

 By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Nigeria’s U-20 women’s football team, Falconets have qualified for the fourth round of  the FIFA Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022 African qualifiers as their opponents Congo has withdrawn from the race for a ticket to represent Africa in the summer event. The Nigerian girls had walloped their hosts, Congo 4-0 in the ...

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Nigeria’s Super Falcons drop three places asTeam USA retain Top Position in FIFA Rankings

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist In spite of playing several international but inconsequential  matches during the FIFA Windows since this year Nigeria’s senior women’s football team, Super Falcons still plunged downwards in the latest FIFA rankings. This is even as the reigning World  Champions, United States of America (USA) Women’s National Team (USWNT) has for the fifth ...

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CAF begins Countdown to Cameroon 2022 as African Stars in Europe, Asia return home for Supremacy battle

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Exactly, 30 days from today (Tuesday, December 9, 2021), all of Africa’s biggest stars including Leicester Football Club duo of Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi and Liverpool’s of Mohamed Salah (Egypt) and Sadio Mane (Senegal)- who feature in top African, Asian or European club championships will return home to battle for ​supremacy in Cameroon – ...

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