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22Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

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Super Eagles Open Camp With Six Players

The three-time African champions are getting ready to face the Black Stars in a crucial fixture that will take place in Kumasi on Friday. Nigeria have opened their camp for the crucial 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifying match against Ghana with six players on Monday. Assistant captain and Watford's William Troost-Ekong leads the early arrivals alongside Rangers centre-back Leon Balogun, West Bromwich Albion's Semi Ajayi, Torino right-back Ola Aina, Brentford's Frank Onyeka and Al Hilal striker Odion Ighalo. With six players in camp, Austin Eguavoen will wait for the remaining 19 players to join the team's base in Abuja at the earliest possible time. Nigeria and Ghana will rekindle their rivalry with the first-leg fixture billed for Baba Yara Sports Stadium on March 25, before ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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

4Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

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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...

FIFA Makes Changes To Ghana Vs Nigeria World Cup Qualifiers

23Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

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FIFA Makes Changes To Ghana Vs Nigeria World Cup Qualifiers

The Black Stars are set to face the Super Eagles on new dates in their bid to secure a place at the showpiece event. World football governing body Fifa has changed the dates for next month’s 2022 World Cup qualifying two-legged showdown between Nigeria and Ghana, the latter’s Football Association has announced. The West African sides are billed to rekindle their rivalry in the final round of qualifiers for the global showpiece set for Qatar later this year, with the winners joining four other teams from the continent for the final tournament. The matches had been originally set for March 24 and 27 in Accra and Abuja respectively. “Fifa has revised the dates for next month’s World Cup Qatar 2022 play-off matches between Ghana and Nigeria,” the GFA published on its offic...

Focus On World Cup Qualifier Against Ghana – Eguavoen Urges Eagles

1Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

AFCON, Nigeria, Sports, Youths

Focus On World Cup Qualifier Against Ghana – Eguavoen Urges Eagles

Austin Eguavoen has urged the Super Eagles players to put the disappointment of the AFCON 2021 behind them and focus on the 2022 World Cup qualifier against Ghana in March. After a brilliant start to the ongoing AFCON in Cameroon, the Eagles were shocked 1-0 by Tunisia in the round of 16. The Eagles had a perfect record in the group stage after winning all their three games and went into the knockout tie against the North Africans as favourites. However, a Youssef Msakni’s second half goal was enough to seal victory for the Carthage Eagles. And speaking to the players and backroom staff before the team left departed Cameroon, Eguavoen thanked everybody for their contributions and urged them to put the disappointment aside and focus on the challenges ahead. “It is a bitter pill to swal...

What I Told Super Eagles Before First AFCON Game -Eguavoen

20Jan

By Obiajulu Joel Nwolu1 Comment

AFCON, News, Nigeria, Sports

What I Told Super Eagles Before First AFCON Game -Eguavoen

Coach Augustine Eguavoen says people are once again beginning to respect the Super Eagles following their performance at the group stage of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. Eguavoen told newsmen during his post-match conference that a lot of people felt that Nigeria was not good enough to win the tournament because of the team’s performance in the last few months. Nigeria’s Super Eagles on Wednesday in Garoua advanced in style to the knockout phase of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. They beat Guinea-Bissau 2-0 at the Stade Roumde Adjia to become the only side at this 33rd edition of the competition to win all their three group games. Winners of groups A, B and C who had advanced earlier failed to win all their three games. “But again it is the same set...

AFCON: Buhari Urges Super Eagles To Maintain Their Terrific Form

20Jan

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AFCON: Buhari Urges Super Eagles To Maintain Their Terrific Form

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the Super Eagles of Nigeria for keeping hope alive in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon by winning all their group matches and advancing to the second round of the tournament in grand style. The President in a statement by Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity urges the Austin Eguavoen-led team to maintain and even surpass the terrific form that made them leaders in the group stage, as Nigeria hopefully looks forward to a total of seven emphatic wins in this competition. President Buhari trusts that the positive reputation of good sportsmanship the travelling fans, sportswriters and the football team have demonstrated in Cameroon will continue to enliven the importance of sports, particularly football, as...

Musa: Super Eagles Ready To Face Any Team

17Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

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Musa: Super Eagles Ready To Face Any Team

Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa insists the team is ready to face any opponent at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. The three-time champions progressed to the second round of the competition after a 3-1 win against Sudan on Saturday. Austine Eguavoen’s led side still have to wait for the conclusion of the group stage games to know their opponent in the Round of 16. Read Also: Onuachu Wins 2021 Belgian Golden Boot Award Musa, who made his first appearance in the game against Sudan is adamant the Super Eagles can beat any team in the competition. “I’m happy with what we have achieved in this competition, two wins from two games is a perfect way to start for us, "Musa said after the team’s training on Sunday. “We want to maintain the momentum by winning our nex...