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Super Falcons To Face Canada In Double-Header Friendly

17Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Sports

Super Falcons To Face Canada In Double-Header Friendly

Reigning African champions Super Falcons of Nigeria will face Canada in a double-header international friendly in April. The friendly is organised to celebrate Canada’s triumph at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The first match will take place at BC Place, Vancouver on Friday, April 8. The second friendly is billed for the Langford’s Stadium, Vancouver Island on Monday, April 11. “We look forward to reconnecting with our Canadian fans on the west coast for these two home matches,” Bev Priestman, the Women’s National Team Head Coach told Canadasoccer.com. “These two matches against Nigeria in Vancouver and Langford will also provide us with great experience as we continue to prepare for this summer’s qualifiers to both the FIFA World Cup and Olympic Games.” The ...

2022 W/C Playoff: FIFA Tweaks Match Officials For Nigeria Vs Ghana

15Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Sports

2022 W/C Playoff: FIFA Tweaks Match Officials For Nigeria Vs Ghana

World football –ruling body, FIFA has effected minor changes in the list of match officials for this month’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 playoff showdown between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Black Stars of Ghana. Both accomplished arch-rivals tango in a two-leg fixture that will determine who picks one of Africa’s five slots at this year’s FIFA World Cup finals, first in Cape Coast on Friday, 25th March and then in Abuja on Tuesday, 29th March. In a fresh appointment sheet sent to the Nigeria Football Federation, Moroccans Rédouane Jiyed (referee), Lahsen Azgaou (assistant referee 1), Mostafa Akarkad (assistant referee 2) and Samir Guezzaz (fourth official) are retained for the first leg duel in Cape Coast, but Mandu Humphrey of Uganda has now replaced South African David J...

OFFICIAL: Oshoala Extends Barcelona Contract

10Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Sports

OFFICIAL: Oshoala Extends Barcelona Contract

Nigeria captain Asisat Oshoala has signed a new two-year contract with Barcelona Ladies. Oshoala’s previous contract was due to expire this summer. The 27-year-old, who joined the European champions in January 2019 has scored 80 goals in 101 appearances for the club. Asisat Oshoala The forward is the sixth-highest goal scorer in the history of the club. Oshoala was also the first Barcelona player to score in a Champions League final. She is currently the top scorer in the Primera Iberdrola, with 19 goals in 16 games. Read Also: Eguavoen Hopes for Victor Moses’ Return to Super Eagles “Asisat Oshoala renewed his contract with FC Barcelona until June 30, 2024. The striker, who ended her association with the Club at the end of the season, has sealed her continuity for ...

Eguavoen Hopes for Victor Moses’ Return to Super Eagles

8Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Sports

Eguavoen Hopes for Victor Moses’ Return to Super Eagles

Super Eagles interim technical adviser Augustine Eguavoen wants Victor Moses to return to the team. Moses retired from international football following the Super Eagles ouster from the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Augustine Eguavoen There have been several efforts to make the winger rescind his decision, but he has remained adamant on his decision not to play for the three-time African champions. Read Also: 2022 W’Cup Playoff: Ghana Will Be Difficult Game For Eagles –Ndidi “Even Victor Moses. I will break the news. We want the best for the country. Victor Moses is someone I also adore and I’ve been looking for ways to get him into the team,” Eguavoen told journalists on Monday. “We have spoken but he’s not part of this game but hopefully as time goes on because we want...

Osimhen Fires Blank As Napoli Slip Up In Title Race After Loss To Milan

7Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Sports

Osimhen Fires Blank As Napoli Slip Up In Title Race After Loss To Milan

Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen failed to score as Napoli fell 1-0 at home to AC Milan in Sunday’s Serie A top of the table clash. Osimhen has now failed to score in his last three games for Napoli. He has found the back of the net seven times after 18 league games in the Serie A. Victor Osimhen Former Arsenal and Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud netted the only goal on 49 minutes, after redirecting a wayward Davide Calabria effort to give Milan a huge victory away to Napoli in the Scudetto race. Read Also: 2022 W/C Playoff: Eguavoen Lists Ighalo, Dennis, Lookman, 29 Others In Provisional Squad For Ghana Clash Osimhen went close to getting on the score sheet but fired straight at Mike Maignan after a give-and-go with Giovanni Di Lorenzo. The Super Eagles striker had...

2022 W’Cup Playoff: Ghana Will Be Difficult Game For Eagles –Ndidi

5Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Sports, World Cup

2022 W’Cup Playoff: Ghana Will Be Difficult Game For Eagles –Ndidi

Super Eagles midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi has warned the team to be careful with the way they handle the Black Stars of Ghana in the fast-approaching 2022 FIFA World Cup playoff.The Leicester City star made this known in an interview with ESPN, where he said that the players are determined and hungry to play at the world football showpiece in Qatar. Ndidi was among the players invited by the Interim coach of the Super Eagles, Austine Eguavoen on Friday. “It will mean a lot for us to go back to the World Cup,” Ndidi told ESPN. Read ALso: 2022 W/C Playoff: Eguavoen Lists Ighalo, Dennis, Lookman, 29 Others In Provisional Squad For Ghana Clash “But Ghana will not be easy. To be honest, we have to be careful about their whole team and not just any specific players. It will be two ...

Nigeria Vs Ghana: Why Black Stars Will Defeat Super Eagles – Bortey

5Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Ghana, News, Nigeria, Sports, World Cup, Youths

Nigeria Vs Ghana: Why Black Stars Will Defeat Super Eagles – Bortey

Former Ghana attacker, Bernard Don Bortey has said the Black Stars have enough quality to beat Nigeria to the 2022 World Cup ticket. Both West African rivals face off for a place at the global showpiece later this month. Ghana will host the first leg in Cape Coast on March 25. Four days later, the reverse fixture will be played in Abuja. See Also: 2022 W/C Playoff: Eguavoen Lists Ighalo, Dennis, Lookman, 29 Others In Provisional Squad For Ghana Clash “Ghana, Nigeria is a different ball game all together considering the rivalry between us. “At first, it was not about names but this time around the players will count. “I believe in Ghana; I believe in the players and I believe Ghana will qualify,” Bortey told Bryt FM. Source: Daily Post

2022 W/C Playoff: Eguavoen Lists Ighalo, Dennis, Lookman, 29 Others In Provisional Squad For Ghana Clash

4Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Sports, World Cup

2022 W/C Playoff: Eguavoen Lists Ighalo, Dennis, Lookman, 29 Others In Provisional Squad For Ghana Clash

Technical Adviser Augustine Eguavoen has called up Captain Ahmed Musa, deputy captain William Ekong, midfielder Wifred Ndidi and forwards Moses Simon and Kelechi Iheanacho in a Super Eagles’ provisional list of 32 for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 play-off round against the Black Stars of Ghana. Also called up are goalkeepers Maduka Okoye and Daniel Akpeyi, defenders Kenneth Omeruo, Oluwasemilogo Ajayi and Abdullahi Shehu, midfielders Oghenekaro Etebo and Joseph Ayodele-Aribo, and forwards Victor Osimhen, Odion Ighalo and Samuel Chukwueze. Read Also: Super Eagles Team Sneaks Into Nigeria In Midnight Flight After AFCON Failure Leicester City FC of England forward Ademola Lookman, recently cleared by FIFA to switch international allegiance and former U17 World Cup star Akinkunmi Am...

AFCON: Senegal Edge Equatorial Guinea, Clinch Semi-Finals Place

30Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

AFCON, News, Nigeria, Sports

AFCON: Senegal Edge Equatorial Guinea, Clinch Semi-Finals Place

Senegal overcame Equatorial Guinea to set up an Africa Cup of Nations semi-final against Burkina Faso. Ex-Bristol City forward Famara Diedhiou put Senegal ahead with a first-time strike following Sadio Mane’s pass. Read Also: Super Eagles Team Sneaks Into Nigeria In Midnight Flight After AFCON Failure Equatorial Guinea were awarded a penalty before the decision was overturned, but then equalised soon after through Jannick Buyla’s low shot. But substitute Cheikhou Kouyate volleyed Senegal ahead, with Watford’s Ismaila Sarr side-footing a late third. Senegal, who never have won the tournament, face Burkina Faso on Wednesday, before Egypt play Cameroon in the second semi-final on Thursday, with the final taking place on Sunday, 6 February. Source: CompleteSports

Losing Is Part Of The Game By Femi Adesina

28Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

AFCON, News, Nigeria, Sports

Losing Is Part Of The Game By Femi Adesina

Soccer-loving Nigerians were heartbroken last Sunday when the Super Eagles of Nigeria could not fly higher than the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in the second round match of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament holding in Cameroon. Nigerians were full of expectations. The Super Eagles players were confident. President Muhammadu Buhari had done what the father of the nation should do, engaging in a video conference earlier in the day to ginger the players. Alas, Nigeria lost the game by a lone goal, and exited the tournament. Nobody likes to lose in a keen contest, whether political, economic, domestic, professional, or in sports. Winning is exhilarating, gives a feel-good sensation, and generally sends the adrenaline pumping. But you know what? Losing is part of the gam...