Kabiru Baleria, a former Kano Pillars player and team manager, is dead after enduring a protracted illness. He passed away aged 57. Baleria's death was announced in a statement issued on the website of the Nigeria Professional Football League side. The former assistant Golden Eaglets and Flying Eagles coach, according to the statement, died on Tuesday evening at Doctor’s clinic in Bompai quarters in [...]
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Eddy Lord Dombraye, former Nigerian football player, says his bad outing at the 1999 FIFA U-20 World Cup, on home soil, deprived him of more playing time with the Super Eagles. Dombraye, who has one cap for the Super Eagles and also featured four times with the Flying Eagles at the youth international championship before they were knocked out of the [...]
Philip Osondu, former Golden Eaglets forward, has died in Belgium. According to reports, Osondu died on arrival to the hospital he took himself to for treatment on Thursday when he felt unwell at work. The 48-year-old former youth international played regularly for the youth teams of Nigeria, but never reached the first team. The former El-Kanemi warrior player was part of Nigeria squad [...]
Ahmad Ghali, Flying Eagles attacker, has completed his transfer to AS Trencin of Slovakia. The 19-year-old joined the former club side of Super Eagles' Samuel Kalu and Moses Simon from Mahanaim FC in Abuja for an undisclosed fee. The deal is expected to be for a year. The Slovakian club announced the signing of the Nigeria U20 star on AS TV, their official [...]
Isaac Promise, a former Super Eagles and Flying Eagles' skipper, has died at the age of 31. His death was announced in a statement on the official website of Austin Bold, his USL championship side, on Thursday. "Austin Bold FC is heartbroken by the death of Promise Isaac who passed Wednesday night at the age of 31," the statement read. "An accomplished player, Isaac [...]
Samuel Chukwueze, Super Eagles winger, and Tom Dele-Ashiru, Flying Eagles midfielder, have been named in the 40-man list of nominees for the 2019 Golden Boy award. The annual award organised by Tuttosport, an Italian newspaper, recognises the most outstanding player in Europe under the age of 21. One of the criteria for nomination is that the players nominated must be playing in top [...]
Flying Eagles lost 2-0 to Burkina Faso in the men's football final at the 12th All Africa Games to claim the silver medal at the Boubker Aamar Stadium on Friday. The search for gold in the men's football event at the "African Olympics" showpiece continued forty-six years after Nigeria last won it on home soil in 1973. Cheick Djibril Ouattara netted Burkina [...]
Nigeria’s U20 boys, the Flying Eagles, will be battling for the gold medal at the 12th All African Games in Rabat, Morocco on Friday, after defeating Mali on penalties. This is the first time the Nigerian side will play the final match in the All African Games since 1978. The Paul Aigbogun tutored side beat the Young Eagles of Mali 5-4 in [...]
The Flying Eagles have refused to leave their hotel in Poland over the non-payment of their allowances by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), an insider tells TheCable. The Nigerian team had crashed out of the Fifa U-20 World Cup tournament in Lodz on Monday. Success Makanjuola’s 50th minute goal only appeared to be a consolation after Amadou Sagna and Niane, fellow African [...]
The Flying Eagles of Nigeria were bundled out of the 2019 Fifa U-20 World Cup in Poland on Monday night by Senegal. The Nigerian team failed to book their place in the quarter-final after losing 2-1 to Amadou Sagna-inspired Senegal following a series of poor defending and finishing at the Stadion Widzewa. Coach Paul Aigbogun was dealt a terrible blow when winger Maxwell [...]
Nigeria fought from a goal down to draw 1-1 with Ukraine in the FIFA U20 World Cup at the Bielsko Biala Stadium on Thursday night. With the result, Nigeria finished third in Group D with four points from three games. The Paul Aigbogun boys advanced to the round of 16 as one of the four best third-placed sides, or "best losers" as it [...]
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles delivered a bold statement of intent on Friday at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup with a 4-0 thrashing of Qatar in their group D opening match. Nigeria, runners-up to Portugal in 1989 and Argentina in 2005, raced to a 2-0 lead inside 25 minutes, with all thanks going to their left full back for both goals. Ikouwem Utin [...]
The Flying Eagles "engine room" is packed with talented and in-form players who will be a match for most nations at the World Cup. Despite coming up short at the U20 Afcon Championships in Niger where the team finished fourth, the midfield is regarded as one of the best for the World Cup in Poland. Who are Nigeria's seven midfielders at the [...]
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