By Harry Awurumibe, Public Affairs Analyst This Sunday in far away Kallang, Singapore, the Mighty Selecao of Brazil came from behind to force the Super Eagles of Nigeria to a 1-1 draw in a prestigious invitational friendly. Fast- rising star, Joseph Aribo who plays his club football with a Scottish elite leaque had put Nigeria in front in the 35th minute ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. Super Eagles of Nigeria was today held to a 1-1 draw by Mighty Selcao of Brazil in an Invitational friendly match played at Singapore National Stadium in Kallang. The game is the last of a two-game Brazil Global Tour in Singapore. Brazil had three days ago played out another gruelling 1-1 draw in Singapore with the best ...

Hon. Minister for Youth Development and Sports, Mr. Sunday Dare and Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State have pumped up the spirit of the Super Eagles while charging the three –time African champions to defeat Brazil in Sunday’s prestige friendly in Singapore. Both top Nigerian officials spoke to the players and officials of the Super Eagles on telephone when ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Super Eagles’ Stand –in captain, William Ekong has insisted that though the Super Eagles respect five –time world champions Brazil, they have no fear as both teams step out in a prestige friendly in Singapore on Sunday evening. “Brazil is a top team, probably the best team in the world. But Senegal gave them a good fight ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Amid talks of his resignation from his position, Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr on Saturday in Singapore told the media that he is preparing three –time African champions, Nigeria for the upcoming 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying matches against Benin Republic and Lesotho.   Thus the Franco-German who led Nigeria to the third place ...

Three –time African champions Nigeria have full capacity in Singapore as they began training sessions on Thursday ahead of Sunday’s prestige friendly with five –time world champions Brazil. Stoke City of England’s Oghenekaro Etebo is a late withdrawal from the roster, but all the other 21 players trained on Thursday morning and will train twice on Friday. The official training ...

Five –time world champions, Nigeria have landed in host nation Brazil for this year’s FIFA World Cup finals which will hold from October 26 to November 17.   A team of 25 players and nine officials flew out of the country through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Wednesday evening for Dubai, where they connected another flight to Sao ...

For the first time in nearly 40 years, several thousand women have been allowed into a stadium in IR Iran to watch a football match played by men. This is a very positive step forward, and one which FIFA, and especially Iranian girls and women, have been eagerly waiting for. The passion, joy and enthusiasm they showed today was remarkable ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Four African regional representatives qualified for the fourth round of the women’s football tournament of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The qualified countries for the next round are Cote d Ivoire (West Africa region); Cameroon (Central Africa); Kenya (East Africa) and Zambia (South Africa) respectively. But at the end of the qualifying campaign on February 9, 2019, only ...

Harry Awurumibe, Live in Lagos Nigeria this evening failed to qualify for the next round of the women’s football tournament of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics African qualifiers after playing out a gruelling1-1 scores against Cote d Ivoire in Lagos. The draw was not however good enough to see Nigeria through to the fourth round of the qualifying campaign as the ...