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Chelsea goalkeeper, Djordje Petrovic has expressed the pain he and his teammates are feeling in the aftermath of the side’s Carabao Cup final defeat to Liverpool. A late extra-time header from Virgil van Dijk condemned the Blues to a narrow defeat – and that came after several good opportunities were wasted by Mauricio Pochettino’s […]
Nigeria’s senior male basketball team, D’Tigers, has withdrawn from the 2025 AfroBasket qualifiers due to a lack of funds. The team confirmed its withdrawal was on its X (formerly Twitter) handle on Wednesday night. Despite several 2020 Olympians committing, D’Tigers will forfeit this AfroBasket Qualifiers window due to lack of funds from government,” it said. […]
The Super Eagles have moved up 14 places in the latest FIFA men’s ranking on Thursday positioned to the 28th position in the world. The new ranking by the World Football governing body also showed that the Super Eagles have moved from sixth position to third in Africa. This new position on the global list […]
President Bola Tinubu has conferred the national honour of Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) on every member of the Super Eagles that participated at the just concluded AFCON. President Bola Tinubu is presently hosting Nigeria’s national football team, the Super Eagles, at the Council Chambers of the State House. The meeting follows […]
President Tinubu made the pronouncement when he received the players and officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The delegation is led by the Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh. The Super Eagles finished as runners-up in the just concluded Africa Cup of Nations (), hosted […]
Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Enoh, has urged Super Eagles midfielder, Alex Iwobi to keep his head up after facing heavy criticism from fans in the wake of Nigeria’s loss to Ivory Coast in the final of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday. Nigeria lost 2-1 to the hosts, handing the Ivorians […]
The Africa Nations Cup 2023 silver medallists, Super Eagles of Nigeria, will arrive in Abuja today from Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. According to the itinerary of the team released Monday morning by the Team’s Media Officer, Babafemi Raji, the entire team with players and officials will leave their Pullman Hotel base to the airport at 1 […]
The Super Eagles of Nigeria beat Bafana Bafana of South Africa 4-2 in penalties to reach the African Cup of Nations finals. The Super Eagles secured a penalty after African Player of the Year Victor Osimhen was brought down in the box by Mothobi Mvala (South Africa) at the Stade de la Paix in Bouake, Ivory Coast. […]
The clash between South Africa’s Bafana and Cape Verde’s Blue Sharks in the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals on Saturday extended into extra time and penalties before a decisive winner emerged. Cape Verde faced a setback as they lost their first three penalties, with former Manchester United player Bebe missing the opening shot. South […]
Nigerian football heroes Olusegun Odegbami and Garba Lawal have issued a resounding call to arms for the Super Eagles, urging them to approach their Africa Cup of Nations Round of 16 clash against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon with a potent mix of caution, focus, discipline, and self-belief. The stage is set for a titanic […]
