Nigeria’s Super Eagles brought joy to the nation tonight after securing a 1-0 victory over Zambia on Saturday to become the first African team to qualify for the Russia 2018 World Cup. The Super Eagles, though, late, got a second-half goal by substitute Alex Iwobi which separated both sides in a hotly-contested encounter that was littered […]
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It is full time. Nigeria won Cameroon by 4-0 Kelechi Iheanacho scored the fourth goal in the 76th minute of the the World Cup qualifying match being played in Uyo. Victor Moses scored the third goal for the Super Eagles. He scored in the 55th minute. The Super Eagles started the second half with a […]
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2009, Remember that Bolton striker that Sam Allardyce gave Okocha’s Captaincy armband to? Kevin Nolan? He went two-footed against a young promising Everton striker Victor Anichebe, a boy just breaking into the Everton first team and Nigeria National team, after winning the Olympic soccer Silver Medal just a year before. He was to be injured […]
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A Japanese plastic surgeon, Dr Katsuya Takasu will be delivering $390,000 to Nigeria’s Dream Team VI, as reward for the team’s winning of bronze medal at the Rio Olympics. Nigeria’s U-23 team beat Honduras 3-2 for the bronze today. Raphael Kibe, Charge d’affaires of the Nigerian embassy in Tokyo broke the news of the donation […]
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The coach of Nigeria’s Olympic football squad, Samson Siasia, said on Friday that he will support players boycotting Saturday’s football quarter-final against Denmark over unpaid allowances, the Guardian newspaper reports “We have only been paid allowances for 11 days. There is no match bonus. What about all the months we have been training in Nigeria […]
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The son of the former Nigerian National team coach, Stephen Keshi who was laid to rest recently has accused the President, Muhammadu Buhari of neglecting his family adding that such action does not strengthen patriotism among citizens of the country. He wrote: “I sat in front of the federal government on national television a few […]
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When my wife, an American asked me who was Keshi, my heart skipped a beat as something told me a very sad thing had happened. OH MY GOD!!! This piece will celebrate the life and times of Stephen Okechukwu BIG BOSS Keshi, perhaps the singular most influential sports figure in Nigeria ever. My father is […]
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Nigerian football icon Stephen Okechukwu Keshi died suddenly in the early hours of today in Benin City, Edo state, TheCable reports. The former international football player and coach had lost his wife of 33 years, Kate, last year after a prolonged battle with cancer. TheCable confirmed his death from a member of his family as well as one of […]
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A Federal High Court in Jos, Plateau State, has nullified the election that brought NFF President, Amaju Pinnick and his board into office. Justice Musa Haruna Kurya delivered the ruling on Friday over the re-listed suit challenging the election process of Septemter 30, 2014 in Warri. Before the elections in Warri, Christopher Giwa, in controversial […]
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Former personal assistant to Sunday Oliseh, Tijani Babangida has backed his former boss, saying Oliseh decided to resign after he found out the NFF had already contacted former Ivory Coast coach Havre Renard to replace him. According to Babangida, Sunday Oliseh was incensed that NFF offered to pay Havre Renard $100,000 a month as salary […]
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