The Super Eagles of Nigeria have been drawn alongside Cape Verde, Central African Republic and Liberia in group C of the 2022 FIFA World Cup second round qualifying. The draw ceremony was held at the Ritz-Carlton in Cairo, Egypt on Tuesday evening. The Eagles will be facing Cape Verde for the first time ever in a World Cup qualification series. https://twitter.com/caf_online/status/1219676102169432064?s=21 Algeria, African champions, [...]
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Super Eagles of Nigeria dropped a spot down from 34 to 35 in FIFA/Coca-Cola world latest rankings. According to the list released on Thursday by the world football body, the Super Eagles also maintained its 3rd position in the continent. The Gernot Rohr-inspired team moved from its September points of 1482 to 1481 in October. On October 13, the Nigerian national team played [...]
Super Eagles of Nigeria dropped a spot down from 33 to 34 in FIFA/Coca-Cola world latest rankings. According to the list released on Thursday by the world football body, the Super Eagles also maintained its 3rd position in the continent. The Gernot Rohr-inspired team moved from its August points of 1481 to 1482 in September. In July, the Nigerian national team won the bronze [...]
Ahead of the 2019 U17 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria will take part in the UEFA/CAF World Cup preparation tournament in Istanbul, Turkey. The Eaglets have been placed in the same group (Group A) as Turkey, Senegal and Guatemala for the tournament. The tournament, which is strictly by invitation and a test of the team's form ahead of the [...]
Nigeria's D'Tigress out dunked Senegal to claim a back-to-back title at the 2019 FIBA Women's Afrobasket at the Dakar Arena in Senegal. D'Tigress becomes the first team to win back-to-back Women’s AfroBasket titles since Angola followed up their 2011 triumph with another in 2013. The Otis Hugley tutored side clinched their fourth Afrobasket title after defeating 12th-time African champion, Senegal 60-55 on [...]
Six days after the end of 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, Nigeria moved twelve spots up from 45th to 33rd in FIFA's latest rankings. According to the rankings released on Friday by the world footballing body, the Super Eagles maintain its 3rd position in the continent. The Super Eagles moved from its June points of 1433 to 1481. The Eagles won [...]
Algeria pipped Senegal 1-0 to claim their second Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy at the Cairo International stadium. The Dessert Foxes joined the list of those who confirmed the group stage supremacy at the 32nd AFCON in Egypt on Friday night. Algeria defeated Senegal 1-0 at the 30 June Stadium in Cairo on June 27 when both sides met in the [...]
The Super Eagles of Nigeria lost 1-0 to Senegal in a Pre-Afcon friendly at the Ismailia Stadium on Sunday evening. The game served as a test for the two teams who are all preparing for the competition in Egypt. Coach Gernot Rohr also used the match to assess his 23-man squad for the Cup of Nations. In a game which had Samuel Chukwueze, [...]
Seven days to Africa Cup of Nations kick-off, Nigeria dropped three spots down from 42nd to 45th in FIFA's latest ranking. According to the rankings released on Friday by the world footballing body, the Super Eagles maintain its 3rd position on the continent. The Super Eagles dropped from its April points of 1435 to 1432. The Eagles on Saturday took on Zimbabwe in [...]
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 [...]
Africa's trio of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang are all English Premier League Golden Boot winners for the 2018/19 campaign season. The trio netted 22 times in the EPL with Manchester City's Sergio Aguero just missing out on the party with 21 goals for the season. Salah won the Golden Boot during his first campaign at Anfield in the 2017/18 [...]
Nigeria will square up to Zimbabwe and Senegal in pre-Afcon 2019 friendly matches in the month of June. According to the Nigeria Football Federation on Wednesday, the three-time African champions will open camp in Asaba, capital of Delta State on June 2, ahead of the clash with the Warriors of Zimbabwe at the Stephen Keshi Stadium on Saturday, June 8. Zimbabwe, who [...]
Nigeria, champions of Africa, will battle it out with Burkina Faso, Niger Republic and Mali in the group phase of this year’s WAFU B Women’s tournament. The 2019 WAFU Cup will take place between May 8-18 in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The Super Falcons are placed in Group B for the regional championship while Cote d’Ivoire, the host nation, have been drawn against Togo, [...]
Nigeria has been seeded in Pot 1 for the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations finals draw ceremony which will hold in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday evening. It is scheduled to take place behind the famous Giza Pyramids as from 6pm GMT (7pm Nigeria time). It is the biggest Africa Cup of Nations finals in the history of the competition, due to feature [...]
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