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AFCON Opener: Super Eagles defeat Egypt
Super Eagles lead 1-0 as the Group D of the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations ( AFCON)kicked off with a fierce battle between Nigeria and Egypt on Tuesday in Garoua.
Kelechi Iheanacho’s goal put Nigeria ahead in the 30th minute of the game with…
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NFF appoints foreign coach for Super Eagles
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday announced the appointment of Jose Peseiro as the new Head Coach of the Super Eagles.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Peseiro’s appointment was announced in a statement by…
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Eguavoen lists Osimhen, Ighalo, Musa in 28-man final list for AFCON 2021
Head Coach Augustine Eguavoen has released his final list of Super Eagles players for the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), with recuperating striker Victor Osimhen making the cut.
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FIFA considers Arabic as fifth official language
FIFA has proposed to make Arabic its fifth official language, after the four current languages of English, German, Spanish and French.
The football governing body disclosed this in a statement on its website Saturday, marking “the UN’s…
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Kano Pillars emerge champions of Presidential Pre-season Cup
Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) giants, Kano Pillars, on Sunday emerged champions of the maiden Presidential Pre-season Cup in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tournament, which held at the renovated…
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NFF sacks Rohr, appoints interim Super Eagles boss
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Augustine Eguavoen, currently its Technical Director, as the Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles on an interim basis.
A statement by Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Communications…
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Messi wins record seventh Ballon d’Or
Argentina’s Lionel Messi won the Ballon d’Or award for the best player in the world for a record-stretching seventh time on Monday, beating Robert Lewandowski and Jorginho to lift soccer’s most prestigious trophy.
The forward added to…
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JUST IN: Man Utd sack manager, Solskjaer
Manchester United have sacked manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer following Saturday's 4-1 defeat at Watford.
The club have won just one of their past seven Premier League matches and are seventh in the table, 12 points behind leaders Chelsea.…
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UGS Consultant , Ibrahim Galadima table-tennis tournament gets date
The third edition of UGS Consultant and Ibrahim Galadima table-tennis championship has been slated to commence on Wednesday 3rd and Friday 5th, November, 2021 in Kano.
A statement signed by Coach Salaudeen Mushafi'u on Thursday said that…
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Three years after bribery scandal, NFF reinstates Salisu Yusuf as Eagles assistant coach
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has reinstated Salisu Yusuf as the assistant coach of the Super Eagles.
NFF announced the development in a statement shared issued on Thursday.
According to the statement, Yusuf has also been…
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