The Nigeria U20 national team, Flying Eagles, have relocated to Ikenne, Ogun State, as they intensify preparations for the forthcoming WAFU B U20 Championship in Togo. The team, quarterfinalists at the 2023 FIFA World Cup, will spend a week at the state-of-the-art Remo Sports Institute, fine-tuning their strategies and building team cohesion ahead of the…
Victor Osimhen’s injury is a massive blow to the Super Eagles’ hopes in the AFCON qualifiers against Libya. The prolific striker has been ruled out for 4-6 weeks with a serious thigh strain, which means he’ll miss both legs of the crucial qualifier. Osimhen’s absence is a significant loss for Nigeria, considering his impressive goal-scoring…
Head Coach Augustine Eguavoen has called Captain William Ekong, rave-of-the-moment Ademola Lookman, in-form winger Moses Simon and 20 other players for this month’s home-and-away 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying battle with the Mediterranean Knights of Libya. Wing-backs Olaoluwa Aina and Bruno Onyemaechi are included, as well as goalkeepers Stanley Nwabali and Maduka Okoya, defenders…
Stringent regulations of German tax authorities have conspired to abort the agreement between the Nigeria Football Federation and Coach Bruno Labbadia for the latter to mount the saddle as Head Coach of Nigeria’s Senior Men Team, Super Eagles. “We have been on the tax issue for the past three days, and I told him clearly…
Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets have taken up residence at their Wyndhad Hotel, Bogota, where the team will stay for their first two matches of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024. After scoring 27 goals in a total of eight premium games (six competitive and two friendly matches), the 2010 and 2014 runners-up arrived…
The Nigeria Football Federation has announced that it has reached an agreement with German tactician, Bruno Labbadia, to become the Head Coach of Nigeria’s Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles. NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, said in the early hours of Tuesday: “The NFF Executive Committee has approved the recommendation of its Technical and…
Captain William Ekong, wing-back Olaoluwa Aina and forwards Victor Osimhen and Taiwo Awoniyi are back in the Super Eagles’ nest, for next month’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Benin Republic and Rwanda. This year’s AFCON’s Man-of-the-Competition, Ekong, was discountenanced for the Matchdays 3 and 4 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying…
Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets, have now fully recovered from their long trip to Colombia and are now set to confront their counterparts from Australia, in the first of two friendly matches organized by the Nigeria Football Federation to ensure team readiness for the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup taking place in that country, 31st August…
Two-time finalists Nigeria will set up camp in the Colombian capital, Bogota as from Sunday, for a two-week final camping programme leading to the commencement of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals which begin in that country on the last day of this month. The ever-present Falconets, who also reached the semi-finals in Japan…
NFF appoints Finidi George as Head Coach of the Super Eagles. On Monday the Board of Nigeria Football Federation finally approved the recommendation of its Technical and Development Committee to appoint former winger Finidi George as the Head Coach of the Super Eagles. Finidi George had already spent 20 months as assistant to José Santos Peseiro…