Super Eagles new boy Joseph Aribo has just put Nigeria in the lead in tho going friendly match versus Brazil in Singapore. He scored in the 35th minute of the game. The match is currently at half time. Game on…
Nigeria’s Super Eagles face Brazil on Sunday in Singapore as part of the two-match global tour by the five-time World Cup holders. Brazil have not won in their last three matches preceding the clash with Nigeria on Sunday. Last Thursday, they were held to a 1-1 draw by Senegal. Brazil’s defensive midfielder Casemiro admitted to local newspapers in Singapore that Read More
Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has not been paid his wages by the Nigeria Football Federation for three months, reports thesportsbay.com This was released by a member of the NFF’s reform committee and sports journalist, Osasu Obayiwana, on his Twitter handle on Thursday night. The @NGSuperEagles play a match against #SelecaoBrasileira in Singapore, at 8pm Singapore time on Sunday. Read More
A mildly entertaining friendly in a sparsely attended Singapore National stadium ended in stalemate as Brazil and Senegal played out a 1-1 draw. The game marked 100 caps for Neymar Jr. and the PSG player had a relatively discreet evening with his best efforts coming from deal ball efforts. Both goals came in the first half with Liverpool striker Firmino chipping home Read More
Super Eagles B are primed to face the Sparrow Hawks of Togo on Sunday in both teams’ first match at the WAFU Cup of Nations in Thies, Senegal and Nigeria’s Head Coach is upbeat about the opportunity provided by a second meet within one week. Coach Imama Amapakabo, who spoke at the team’s Le Saly Hotel base in Saly-Mbour, said Read More
Victor Osimhen scored his fifth goal and second assist of the season as well as a consecutive man-of the-match performance in Lille’s 2-0 win over Strasbourg in a midweek Ligue Un match at the Stade Pierre Mauroy. Osimhen scored in the 43rd minute to give Les Dogues the lead; taking his goals contribution to seven in all competitions this season. Read More
Former Super Eagles Winger Victor Ikpeba has tipped Nigeria to record an impressive outing when it meets Brazil in the much touted international friendly game in Singapore in October despite the South American’s array of stars. Ikpeba gave the optimism at the conclusion of the 33rd Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) organised financial institution’s football competition, held at the Pa Ngele Read More
Red-hot Super Eagles’ striker, Samuel Chukwueze, has purchased a brand-new Ferrari car worth N98, 000, 000. The Villarreal CF of Spain wonder kid flaunted the car on his Instagram page during the week, few days after his team defeated host, Leganes, 0-3 in the La Liga Match day 4 encounter. According to various online car dealing website, the latest Ferrari Read More
Big Brother Naija, BBNaija, housemate Mercy, on Friday night made a revelation about her love life before the reality show. Mercy, while discussing with fellow housemate, Elozonam, revealed that she was dating former Super Eagles striker, Emmanuel Emenike before he got married to ex-beauty Queen Iheoma Nnadi. She disclosed that she found out about his marriage to ex-beauty queen on Read More
Nigeria international Victor Osimhen has staked a claim to achieve one of the best Ligue 1 starts an African player has ever managed. His goal against Angers in Lille’s 2-1 triumph on Friday means he becomes the first player to score at least five goals in his first five French top-flight outings. The 20-year-old, who got his first senior international Read More
Super Eagles Manager, Gernot Rohr will hand out four debuts in an experimental Nigeria line-up to take on Ukraine. Fortuna Düsseldorf II goalkeeper Maduka Okoye, Rangers’ Joe Aribo and Bordeaux forward Josh Maja are likely to start Tuesday’s friendly in Dnipro, with Club Brugge forward Emmanuel Dennis ready to come on at half-time for his own senior bow. The Super Read More
Former Super Eagles captain, Mikel Obi, has been tricked into posting a fake comment by Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder, Ruben Neves. The fake post had Neves making a reference to how young midfielders at FC Porto were all tasked to make Mikel their reference point as midfielders. The post quoted Neves saying, “At Porto, all midfielders were given DVDs of Mikel to Read More
Italy –based defender William Ekong and England –based midfielder Oghenekaro Etebo are expected to lead the delegation of Super Eagles’ playing body into Dnipro, Ukraine on Saturday, ahead of Tuesday’s international friendly match with the host country’s senior team. It is the first outing for the three –time African champions since they finished third at the first –ever 24 –team Read More
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has called up @PAOK_FC of Greece Midfielder Anderson Esiti as replacement for injured Wilfred Ndidi @Ndidi25 ahead Ukraine friendly encounter. According to a tweet on official twitter handle of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), a while ago, the German/Franco tactician has recalled defender Bryan Idowu as addition to the list to make it 24 players Read More
Victor Osimhen came off the bench to outshine Saint-Etienne duo Denis Bouanga and Ryad Boudebouz as his brace ensured Lille earned a 3-0 victory in Wednesday’s Ligue 1 encounter. The Nigerian delivered a goal in each half to help the Great Danes forget memories of their defeat at Amiens SC. Manager Christophe Galtier started Loic Remy ahead of Osimhen but an injury to the former France international saw the 20-year-old Read More
Nigerian striker, Alloy Ihenacho, has signed for German club Hertha Walheim. The Landesliga Mittelrhein 2 side have announced that he is one of the 11 new players, that will bolster their depleted squad in the 2019/2020 season, after 13 players left. Ihenacho was born in Nigeria, but also has German citizenship and was on the books of Ingolstadt three years Read More
Former Super Eagles head coach Berti Vogts has questioned Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho’s move to Bayern Munich, saying that he may not be the world star that he used to be. Coutinho linked up with the Bavarian on a one-year loan deal from Barcelona on Monday. Bayern Munich also have the option to buy him permanently for €120 million (£110m/$133m). Read More
Former Super Eagles of Nigeria striker Samson Siasia has been banned for life by FIFA’s Ethics Committee after being found guilty of violating FIFA Code of Ethics. In a media release from FIFA, the judgment was passed after a thorough investigation which revealed that the former national men’s football team Head Coach had “accepted that he would receive bribes in relation to manipulation of matches”. Siasia had Read More
Super Eagles and Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi is now being targeted by Atletico Madrid. The 22-year-old who won bronze medal with Nigeria at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations championship has had an impressive back-to-back seasons in the Premier League. He was crowned the best tackler in the league for the second straight time last campaign having beaten Everton’s Read More
Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr has called up 23 players for the Super Eagles’ international friendly with the Senior National Team of Ukraine scheduled for Dnipro Arena on Tuesday, September, 10, 2019, with Saudi Arabia-based Skipper Ahmed Musa at the head of the roster. Tyronne Ebuehi, who missed the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals where Nigeria won bronze due to Read More
Super Eagles midfielders, Oghenekaro Etebo and John Ogu, on Friday night paid a visit to housemates of Big Brother Naija PepperDem House. Both footballers were part of the Nigerian squad at the just concluded 2019 African Cup of Nation staged in Egypt. Details loading…
Blueprint understands that Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen is now a Lille players after completing signing a five-deal with the French football outfit. Osimhen, former junior international moved from Belgium. The former Wolfsburg of Germany player completed his medicals upon arrival in france on Wednesday night before sealing the deal few a hours ago with Charleroi set to have received Read More
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr says he knows why the Nigeria Football Federation president, Amaju Pinnick, snubbed him during the bronze medal presentation ceremony at the just-concluded 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. A video of the incidence showing Pinnick avoiding Rohr’s handshake went viral online, with close football followers in the country suggesting there was a rift between the Read More
Nigeria’s Super Eagles will receive a $2m (N715m) reward from Confederation of African Football, CAF, for their third place finish at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations that ended on Friday , July 19 in Cairo, Egypt. Winners, Desert Foxes of Algeria, will receive $4.5m while Teranga Lions of Senegal who emerged first runners-up, will collect $2.5m. CAF unveiled all Read More
Retired Super Eagles players Mikel Obi and Odion Ighalo were no where to be found when Super Eagles returned from Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. The country’s senior men National team won bronze at the 2019 continental soccer contest after beating Tunisia in the third-place encounter.
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