Atalanta BC President Antonio Percassi has dismissed any possibility of Nigerian forward Ademola Lookman leaving the club during the January transfer window, despite widespread interest from some of Europe’s biggest football teams. Lookman’s stellar form over the past season and into the current campaign has elevated him into the ranks of Europe’s most sought-after players….
Only Spain-based forward Sadiq Umar was being expected as Nigeria’s juggernaut rolled sturdily into the much-familiar environment of Stade Felix Houphouet-Boigny on Tuesday, with 22 players set for the team’s first training session ahead of a potentially-explosive Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against neighbours Benin Republic on Thursday. “We have 22 players, with only…
The delegation of Nigeria to Tuesday’s 2025 AFCON qualifier against Libya still remained at the Al Abraq Airport 12 hours after landing in Libya. The chartered ValueJet aircraft was, strangely and in a dangerous manner, diverted to the small airport away from Benghazi just as the pilot was completing his approach to the Benghazi Airport….
Head Coach Augustine Eguavoen has set as objective, the maximum six points from this month’s double header between the Super Eagles and Libya’s Mediterranean Knights in the teams’ group D attrition as the race to next year’s Africa Cup of Nations finals hots up. Nigeria host the first game at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo…
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…