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Super Falcons coach, Randy Waldrum has resigned. Waldrum was appointed Head Coach of the Nigerian senior female team in October. The 67-year-old American in a letter dated 12 September revealed his resignation was a result of his wife’s health issues. “It’s been a very difficult few weeks following the Olympics, with my wife’s […]
President of Super Eagles Supporters Club of Nigeria, Vincent Okumagba, on Thursday urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to consider appointing an indigenous coach to lead the Super Eagles. Okumagba said as much in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, adding it should be the next line of […]
Nigeria’s Under-18 Men’s Basketball team, the J’Tigers are out of the 2024 Afrobasket U-18 Championship, following their 81-70 loss to Mali in the quarterfinals on Thursday night. The Malians, who took the fight to their Nigerian counterparts from the onset of the game, won the first quarter 23-19 and led through the break at […]
The Nigeria Football Federation has acquired a new coach in the person of Bruno Labbadia, to head the senior men’s team of the Super Eagles. The announcement for the German tactician to head the team was announced in the early hours of today, Tuesday, by NFF General Secretary Dr. Mohammed Sanusi. Following the NFF […]
Newly appointed 53-year-old George Finidi coach to the Nigerian Super Eagles team has resigned from his position and given reasons for his decision. According to Finidi, his resignation was moved by the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, to acquire a technical adviser for the team. On Saturday, Finidi tendered his resignation after he did not […]
It was a night of celebration as the Super Falcons of Nigeria broke the 16-year delay at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in South Africa to qualify for the 2024 Olympics game in Paris. In the 1-0 defeat to South Africa Bayana Bayana, Rasheedat Ajibade at 43 minutes penalty booked a place for the Falcons […]
The Bafana Bafana stars of South Africa on Tuesday shocked the Atlas Lions of Morroco with a 2-0 win in the ongoing African cup of Nations. The goals scored by Evidence Makgopa in the 57th minute and Teboho Mokoena in a free kick at the 96th minute gave the South African side a […]
Continental broadcast giants Multichoice has said the African Cup of Nations games which will begin this weekend in Cote d’Ivoire will be broadcast on DStv. At first, Multichoice was at loggerheads with CAF after a disagreement over the broadcast right of the tournament which was sold to a Francophone media powerhouse ‘Next World. The […]
Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen has been crowned the 2023 CAF African Player of the Year. The 24-year-old who also is a Napoli striker, got the highest vote, defeating Egypt’s player, Mohammed Salah and Achraf Hakimi of Morocco to wear the crown. Osimhen made a difference as the first Nigerian to win the […]
Nigerian football Victor Osimhen has threatened to sue Napoli, an Italian professional football club over a video posted on TikTok on Tuesday. The video clip shared on the club’ TikTok handle but later deleted appeared to be mocking Victor for missing a penalty during their 0-0 draw with Bologna in Serie A last weekend. […]
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