Nigeria’s international friendly game against Senegal billed for the Ismailia Stadium on Sunday will be played behind closed doors. This is because both coaches of Nigeria and Senegal have unanimously agreed on this as they hope to use the practice game to run through some last-minute tactical experiments on their respective teams. According to the […]Read More
Out-of favour Stoke City striker, Saido Berahino has been named as captain of Burundi when the East African nation takes on Nigeria’s Super Eagles in Group B of the 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) holding in Egypt this month. However, Berahino has described the forthcoming AFCON as the biggest tournament he would be playing […]Read More
Super Eagles Coach Genort Rohr says the team will commence training on Monday, ahead of its friendly with Zimbabwe on June 8 at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba. Rohr, who spoke in an interview with newsmen on his arrival at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Asaba, said that 18 players had arrived for the match. […]Read More
Super Eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze has been listed among the top 12 attacking targets for Liverpool this summer according to a report on Daily Mail. Chukwueze is one of the most coveted young players playing in Europe and he is valued at £30m by the CIES Football Observatory. The 19-year-old alongside Bertrand Traore, Maxwell Cornet, […]Read More
Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr on Tuesday listed midfielder Mikel John Obi in a 25-man squad to prepare for the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations finals in Egypt. Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at the Nigeria Football Federation, in a statement, said Rohr also placed six other players on standby. Mikel, who captained the […]Read More
Super Eagles’ Captain, John Mikel Obi is set to return to the fold after more than a year absence from the squad. Rohr is in England to meet with Mikel Obi, his captain ahead of next month’s Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON. “The coach will begin to have a closer relationship with his captain and […]Read More
Nigeria Football Federation is set to release the list of Super Eagles players to be invited to camp ahead of the 2019 African Nations Cup coming up in Egypt, BSNSports.com.ng reports. www.bsnsports.com.ng scooped that Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has the 50-man list to the Nigeria Football Federation but will not be made public until […]Read More
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr will travel to the United Kingdom to hold talks with Nigeria captain John Obi Mikel ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. For one reason or another, the Chelsea legend has not featured for the national team since his last appearance against Argentina on June 26 at the 2018 […]Read More
It is understood that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is yet to set any target for Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, his and his team ahead of the Summer’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations holding in the ancient country of Egypt. The Super Eagles returned to the African Cup of Nations for the first time […]Read More
The organiser of Nigeria Pitch Awards, Shina Phillips has joined other optimists, tipping the Super Eagles to lift the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt. Phillips gave the hope in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) while speaking on the chances of the Gernot Rohr-tutored team in Africa’s biggest football event. […]Read More
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