Bonuses and allowances of players and officials representing Nigeria at the 2019 U-23 Africa Cup of Nation have not been paid. This is as the tournament holding in Cairo began on Friday (today) with Egypt locking horns with Mali at the Cairo International Stadium in the Egyptian capital. Nigeria’s players […]
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Retired Super Eagles striker OdionIghalo was the saving grace in Egypt as he rescued broke members of the national team, who were unable to reach their families while competing at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, Gernot Rohr told Sports Extra in an exclusive interview. Rohr, while lamenting Ighalo’s decision to quit the […]
Business mogul, Femi Otedola, has fulfilled his pledge of $25,000 to the Super Eagles for their lone goal win against Algeria in AFCON 2019 semi-final. The lone goal fetched the Eagles a third place in the decisive game. Otedola made good his promise on Tuesday, as revealed by the Nigeria […]
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have moved up 12 spots in the July FIFA ranking, to place 33rd in the world after winning bronze at the just-concluded Africa Cup of Nations tournament. In the ranking table released by the world football governing body on Thursday, Nigeria garnered 1, 481 points as against […]
Super Eagles striker and the winner of the AFCON 2019 golden boot, OdionIghalo was on Friday named in the team of the tournament selected by CAF after his five goals at the mundial helped Nigeria to a third-place finish in Egypt. Algeria, winners of the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup […]
