The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has insisted it will not back down on its decision to slash bonuses paid to the players in the national team. The NFF’s decision to reduce performance money from $10,000 for a win and $5,000 for a draw to $5,000 and $2,500 respectively led to the national team almost boycotting […]
Ethiopia’s crucial World Cup qualifier away to Central African Republic in September has been moved to neutral Republic of Congo, the Ethiopian Football Federation said on Wednesday. Football’s world governing body Fifa took the decision because of security reasons after after CAR’s president was overthrown this year. The final Group A game match has been […]
Mikel Obi has returned to Chelsea as part of the squad for the inaugural Guinness International Champions Cup in Miami. The Nigeria international, who has been subject of transfer away from Chelsea this summer, returned to the Stamford Bridge team after he was given an extended holiday following his participation at the FIFA Confederations Cup […]
BY JACOB AJOM The senior national team, the Super Eagles will jet out this morning to Ivory Coast economic and commercial city of Abidjan to keep a date with the Ivory Coast national team, the Elephants in the reverse leg of the African Nations Championship coming up this weekend. The Nigerians are carrying a 4-1 […]
Super Eagles opponents in the Mandela Challenged billed for August 14, Bafana Bafana, continued their shape up for the tie with an impressive result against Lesotho on Saturday in the COSOFA cup at the Ndola Stadium. Although the side merely ended up as third place finishers claiming, Bronze in the regional championship, coming from behind […]
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has recalled Emmanuel Emenike, Obinna Nsofor and Shola Ameobi to the team. The attackers were part of a 20-man team list released on Wednesday ahead of an international friendly match against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa in Durban on August 14. The game which is based on the annual […]
By ROMANUS UGWU, Abuja Nigerian former junior international, Emmanuel Babayaro, has told Super Eagles midfielder, John Mikel Obi to leave Stamford Bridge Premiership outfit, Chelsea and grab one of the torrents of offers coming his way. The goalkeeper argued that now is the best opportunity for Mikel to secure his future with one of the […]
Malawi captain Joseph Kamwendo has hit out at a US$10,000 win bonus being offered to new coach Tom Saintfiet. The Belgian coach is not being paid a salary and will only get the bonus if the Flames beat Nigeria in September’s winner-takes all World Cup qualifier. With Malawi players getting just US$85 for a win […]
The Nigeria Football Federation has placed indefinite suspensions on four clubs after two scandalous results of 79-0 and 67-0 in a promotion play-off. In promotion play-offs into the Nigeria Nationwide League, the lowest tier of Nigeria’s domestic league, on Monday, Plateau United Feeders beat Akurba FC 79-0, while Police Machine FC demolished Babayaro FC 67-0. […]
By Jacob Ajom, Kaduna Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi is not taking it lightly with his critics, particularly, those with the opinion that he was depending too much on the home-based players. The coach who took eight local stars to the recently concluded FIFA Confederations Cup descended on his former national team mate, Sunday Oliseh […]
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