By Oluwashina Okeleji BBC Sport, Lagos Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi and keeper Vincent Enyeama have defended themselves following Tuesday’s football federation (NFF) disciplinary hearings. Keshi said an un-named agent submitted his name without his knowledge for a job as Ivory Coast coach. For his part Enyeama says he thought his case closed after apologising for […]
Qatar paid the Confederation of African Football $1.8m to present its bid for the 2022 World Cup at a congress, the continent’s top football official told a French magazine. CAF president and FIFA vice president Issa Hayatou said he saw nothing wrong with the payment made before the confederation held a congress in the […]
Written by Staff Reporter, New Nigerian Politics Nigerians across the globe have reacted angrily through several social media platforms at what they deemed as racism and poor officiating from 33 year old Ukrainian referee, Kateryna Monzul, in the final group play against the United States in the ongoing 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada. […]
Kyah Simon of Australia (right) beats Super Falcons’ Precious Dede to score one of Australia’s goals in their 2-0 defeat of Nigeria…on Friday. PHOTO: FIFA Despite going down 2-0 in their second group D game against Australia here on Friday, Super Falcons coach, Edwin Okon is still sure of progressing to the next stage […]
Oniya Nigerian defender David Oniya collapsed on the pitch and died after playing just a few minutes of a local friendly in Malaysia on Saturday, reports said. Oniya, 30, went down about three minutes into the game for T-Team and was pronounced dead at hospital around half-an-hour later, the club’s chief executive told The […]
Lagos – Football stakeholders have described the Super Falcons 0-2 defeat to Australia as a great blow to the team’s chances of getting to the next stage of the ongoing FIFA Women World Cup. The competition had been ongoing in Canada. Some of the stakeholders who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on […]
Plenty of goals but few upsets are likely outcomes when the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying competition kicks off Friday. All the first and second seeds in the 12 four-team groups enjoy home advantage, giving them a distinct early edge as they compete for 15 places at the tournament in Gabon. Recently appointed […]
U-20: Germany eliminates Nigeria Levin Oztunali’s first half goal was enough to take Germany through to the last eight of the FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 at the expense of Nigeria. Ultimately, Frank Wormuth’s side were deserved winners against the Group E runners-up and while the Africans could not be faulted for effort, […]
Nigeria captain Vincent Enyeama has admitted he was unhappy with the choice of venue for Saturday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at home against Chad due to violent unrest in the state. The two sides are scheduled to square off at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna this weekend, but Super Eagles goalkeeper Enyeama feels […]
Falcons coach, Edwin Okon | credits: supersport.com Super Falcons coach, Edwin Okon, and his players believe Nigeria could have beaten Sweden in their opening Group D game on Monday at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada. The Europeans, pre-match favourites, were two goals up in the first half, the Nigerian ladies […]
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