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Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will arrive Lagos, Nigeria tomorrow afternoon from Johannesburg, South Africa, officials have disclosed. The Nigeria U-20 team featured in the Cape Town International Challenge and was eliminated in the first round of a gr...
The Technical Adviser, Rangers FC of Enugu, Okey Emodi, has faulted the officiating of Saturday’s premier league match which ended 1-0 in favour of hosts Heartland FC of Owerri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Emodi also faulted the...
The Super Eagles training at the University of Calabar soccer pitch inside the main campus of the ivory tower is fast turning to a funfair of some sort as fans numbering over five thousand troop in daily to cheer the team at training. It was initially ...
Atletico Belaeres midfielder, Raheem Lawal, might miss out of the Super Eagles versus Brave Warriors of Namibia World Cup qualifier on Sunday, following a battle for visa regularization in Spain. Lawal, was exquisite in the midfield when the Super Eagl...
As preparations reach fever pitch for the Super Eagles versus Brave Warriors of Namibia World Cup qualifier, the camp of the national team at the Metropolitan Hotel in Calabar, has been playing host to notable ex-internationals. Three of ...
Super Eagles boss, Stephen Keshi has dropped five players ahead his commencement of preparations for the Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifier against Namibia in Calabar this Saturday. He announced that five players will not be part of the camp in the Cross ...
Wigan Athletic Victor Moses is the first foreign based player to hit the Super Eagles camp ahead of the busy schedule of qualifiers for the Nations Cup and World Cup 2014. Moses breezed into the team’s temporary abode at Excel Oriental in Lagos, ...
Akwa Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio has predicted that Team Nigeria would surpass all previous attempts in the Olympics at the London 2012 Olympics which begins on July 23. Sports-loving Governor Akpabio said this during a courtesy call on him b...
Before Rashidi Yekini, the most physical and prolific player Nigerian football fans had ever known was the late Teslim ‘the thunder’ Balogun. In so many ways Yekini can be compared to the great ‘thunder’ Balogun, who could take ...
The Super Falcons arrived Harare on Friday for the African Women’s Championship qualifying game against The Mighty Warriors of Zimbabwe, and received unrivalled hospitality from the Nigerian High Commission in Zimbabwe. The High Commission offici...
Roman Abramovich is ready to offer Roberto Di Matteo the Chelsea manager’s job on a full-time basis as reward for guiding the club to Champions League glory, ESPN understands. Di Matteo, 41, replaced Andre Villas-Boas in March and led the Blues t...
FIFA is heading into calmer waters after a series of corruption allegations over the last two years, its president Sepp Blatter said on Tuesday. "I am an optimist," Blatter told reporters ahead of the world soccer body's annual congress. ...
The Nigeria Football Federation have said they cannot commit on a resumption date for recently appointed technical director Tom Saintfiet. NFF general secretary, Musa Amadu, told MTNFootball.com that the federation's biggest challenge...
Former Super Eagles captain and Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Ambassador, Nwankwo Kanu has described Mikel’s involvement in Chelsea’s historic win of the European Champions League as another milestone for Nigerian players. Nwankwo, who ...
The President of the Nigeria Polo Federation Francis Ogboru has said he is very impressed with the just concluded Unity Polo Tournament held in Abuja. The week long tournament which was hosted at the Guards Brigade Club Abuja had 21 clubs with over 80 ...