President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau has assured Nigerians that the Super Eagles will take the match against Sao Tome and Principe seriously, in spite already securing 2024 AFCON qualification. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Super Eagles will on Sunday lock horns with...
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Football fans in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) say they are confident that the Super Eagles would qualify for the 2026 FIFA world cup from the African zone. The fans who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, said that the team has...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will battle South Africa, Benin Republic, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Lesotho in the Preliminary Round of Africa’s World Cup 2026 qualifiers. The three-time African champions were drawn in group C at the draws held on Thursday in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The 2026 FIFA World Cup is billed...
Nigeria has moved from 40th to 39th position in the latest FIFA/Coca Cola Men’s world rankings. The world football governing body released the rankings on Thursday via its official website. In Africa, the Super Eagles currently occupy sixth position behind Morocco (1st), Senegal (2nd), Tunisia (3rd), Algeria (4th) and...
Two goals from Victor Osimhen has helped the Super Eagles defeat Sierra Leone 3-2 to qualify for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with one game to spare. The third goal for Nigeria in the game played at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Stadium in Monrovia, Liberia, on...
A former Super Eagles Captain, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, on Thursday urged the Super Eagles to be more consistent and stable in their quest to maintain the team’s status as Africa’s number one. The mercurial midfielder gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – A 26-team format football tournament, tagged “Never Stop Dreaming Cup 2023”, will kick off on Saturday, April 22 at the pitch of the Sheik Abdulkadiri College, Ilorin. The football tournament, which is sponsored by Super Eagles of Nigeria and Nothingham Forest of England striker,...
Sani Fema, a former board member of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said the Super Eagles are a group of talented players without good coordination and head coach. Fema, who is now a Special Assistant on Sports to Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, made this known on Monday in Abuja,...
The Super Eagles on Monday in Bissau beat hosts Guinea Bissau 1-0 to reclaim leadership of Group A in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. Moses Simon’s penalty kick after 29 minutes gave the Nigerian senior men’s football team the needed win to move to nine points...
President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, on Saturday in Abuja read the riot act to national team players in view of dwindling performances in recent times. Gusau told Super Eagles players that visible total commitment would now be a key factor, apart from competence and current form,...
Midfielder Alex Iwobi says the Super Eagles are eager to redeem their image in their reverse fixture against the Wild Dogs of Guinea Bissau on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Super Eagles on Friday lost 0-1 to Guinea Bissau in a 2023 Africa Cup...
A member of the 94 set of the Super Eagles, Mutiu Adepoju, has described the Super Eagles 0-1 loss to the Wild Dogs of Guinea Bissau as unbelievable. A shell shocked Adepoju, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), queried what went wrong with the senior...
The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Datti Baba-Ahmed, says if he and Peter Obi are elected into office in February, their administration will take sports, especially football, seriously. Nigeria’s national team, the Super Eagles, were knocked out of the African Cup of Nations in Cameroon in...
The Nigerian Breweries Plc., has announced Goldberg Premium Lager Beer and Life Continental Lager Beer, as “The Official Beer of the Super Eagles.” The company made this announcement at the launching of Life Beer and Goldberg as Official Brand of National Football Teams, in Lagos on Thursday evening. With...
Portugal striker, Cristiano Ronaldo is suffering a stomach bug and will be left out of the team’s World Cup warm-up friendly against Nigeria on Thursday, according to his coach Fernando Santos. Ronaldo gave an explosive interview to Piers Morgan’s show on TalkTV this week in which he criticised Manchester...
By TARGBA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Nigeria’s Portuguese manager, José Santos Peseiro has called on the three-time African champions to show guts, grit and gumption by aiming for victory over hosts Portugal in Thursday’s prestige international friendly in Lisbon. Both countries’ A squads go for each other’s jugular at the...
By TARGBA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Super Eagles Head Coach, José Santos Peseiro has the full compliment of invited players as three-time African champions Nigeria get set for what could be a fiery international friendly with Portugal in Lisbon on Thursday. In camp are goalkeepers Francis Uzoho, Maduka Okoye and...
On Nov. 20 the world’s biggest football competition, the FIFA World Cup, will kick off in the tiny but oil-rich Middle East country of Qatar. Between that day and Dec. 18, 2022, 32 countries from six FIFA-affiliated confederations will slug it out at eight venues to decide who lifts...
By TARGBA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has praised Rivers United FC for standing strong to emerge as the only Nigeria team left in continental club competitions after a midweek of action across Africa. The Nigerian representative, Wednesday dug their feet into the...
By TARGBA SHAAGEE, Abuja – President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has told the Super Eagles to go for victory as the team is set to take on World Cup-bound Costa Rica in a friendly game in San Jose in the early hours of Thursday. The...