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Saturday, May 29th, 2021
Latest FIFA Rankings for African countries The following are the latest FIFA rankings for African countries, published in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday. World ranking African ranking Countries 22 1 Senegal 26 2 Tunisia 32 3 Nigeria 33 4 Algeria 34 5 Morocco 46 6 Egypt 49 7 Ghana 55 8 Cameroon 57 9 Mali 59 10 C d’Ivoire 60 11 Burkina Faso 61 12 DR Congo 72 13 Guinea 73 14 Cabo Verde 75 15 South Africa 82 16 Benin 84 17 Uganda 87 18 Zambia 88 19 Gabon 94 20 Congo 100 21 Madagascar 101 22 Mauritania 102 23 Kenya 107 24 Zimbabwe 108 25 Guinea-Bissau […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
NFF congratulates Okala, Oshoala, Balogun, Aribo The Nigeria Football Federation has sent a message of congratulations to much-respected former Nigeria goalkeeper Emmanuel Okala, who attained the platinum age of 70 on Monday, May 17, 2021. NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi praised the towering goaltender for his glorious service to fatherland in the round leather […]
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
Nwakali Mr Allwell Nwakali, elder brother and agent to 2015 U17 World Cup winner, Kelechi Nwakali, says his brother and client may consider switching allegiance to a foreign country. Nwakali made the assertion while interacting with newsmen in Owerri on Monday. He said that the attacking midfielder had not been capped for Nigeria after he […]
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Friday, May 7th, 2021
Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has picked Al Shabab forward, Odion Ighalo among the forwards who will prosecute the group stages of the World Cup qualifiers for Nigeria. Owngoalnigeria.com gathered from sources close to the coach that Ighalo, who quit the team in 2019, after finishing as top scorer at the Africa Cup of Nations, […]
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2021
Ahmed Musa is close to signing a short-term deal with Nigeria’s Kano Pillars By Oluwashina Okeleji Football Writer, Nigeria 12 April 2021 Image caption, Ahmed Musa captained Nigeria to third place at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt National captain Ahmed Musa is considering a proposition to play some matches for his former […]
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Monday, April 5th, 2021
BY JOE APU NIGERIA remains in the same 67th position in the latest FIFA rankings and outside the top 10 among African countries according to the May 5 release from the world soccer ruling body. Not a single position changed at the top 50, with Argentina still in the lead ahead of Belgium, Chile, Colombia and Germany. The Super Eagles are now the 14th best African side behind […]
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Monday, April 5th, 2021
Forward player for Premier League club Leicester City Kelechi Iheanacho. In-form Nigeria striker Kelechi Iheanacho has signed a new contract with Leicester that will keep him at the Premier League club until 2024. Iheanacho has scored nine times in his last nine appearances in all competitions as Leicester cemented their grip on third place in […]
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Saturday, March 27th, 2021
(NNP) A last minute goal by Paul Onuachu against the Squirrels of neighbouring Benin Republic gave the Super Eagles the points it needed to qualify for the upcoming 2021 AFCON championship. The match played at the Charles de Gaulle stadium in Porto Nova, saw the Eagles struggling against the lowly rated Squirrels. The Eagles only needed […]
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Thursday, March 18th, 2021
Emma Ibru explains why AS Racine FC opted out of 2021 NLO zonal elimination Another Nigerian coach, Remmy Amadi, has been handed a two-year ban and his team, Cofine FC of Rivers State, thrown out of the ongoing 2021 National League One (NLO) in Calabar zone of the competition over alleged match-fixing. Following allegations of […]
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Sunday, March 7th, 2021
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets head coach, Fatai Amoo, has said that he is not promising Nigerians of winning the 2021 U17 African Nations Cup title in Morocco, BSNSports.com.ng can report. The former Shooting Stars coach said that it is only God who is sure of what tomorrow holds. Amoo while speaking exclusively to BSN Sports said; […]
