Nigerian international, Kelechi Iheanacho has returned to the national football team after he was axed from the Super Eagles squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. Iheanacho made the 24-man list released by the Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, on Wednesday, ahead of the quick-double 2021 […]
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2019 AFCON top scorer Odion Ighalo of Shanghai Shenhua, in-form Super Eagles and Lille striker, Victor Osimhen and Leicester’s Wilfred Ndidi have been listed by Confederation of African football (CAF) in its preliminary lists of nominees for the 2019 Africa men’s Players of the Year awards. In the Africa Women’s […]
Cup holders, Nigeria have crashed out of the ongoing U23 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt following a dire 0-0 draw with South Africa on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the draw on the night was not enough to see the Eagles through to the semi-finals. […]
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 […]
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 […]
