AFCON 2019: Zimbabwe’s Warriors storm Nigeria on Thursday
A 26 –man delegation of the senior national team of Zimbabwe, known as Warriors, will land in Nigeria on Thursday night aboard a South African Airways flight, ahead of Saturday’s pre-AFCON send-forth international friendly with the Super Eagles. Thenff.com learnt the Zimbabwe delegation will spend Thursday night in Lagos, and fly to Asaba on Friday morning. On Friday evening, the...
Boxing: Efe Ajagba to face unbeaten Demirezen on July 20
2016 Nigerian Olympian Efe Ajagba will fight 2016 Turkish Olympian Ali Eren Demirezen on Saturday, July 20 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Both Olympians will put their unbeaten records on the line to face off in the 10-round heavyweight contest. Nigeria's Ajagba (10-0, 9 KOs) gained notoriety last August when his opponent, Curtis Harper, walked out of...
2019 AFCON: Musa, Shehu to join Eagles Camp after Ramadan
Super Eagles assistant captain Ahmed Musa and defender Shehu Abdullahi will join up with the rest of team in Asaba, Delta State on Wednesday. Musa and Abdullahi were given extra days off the camp to observe the Muslim celebration after fasting. Both players are already in the country spending time with their family - with the pair paying a courtesy visit...
NPFL Golden Boot: Mfon Udoh loses award to Sunusi Ibrahim
The League Management Company have announced that newly wedded Akwa United striker, Mfon Udoh has lost the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Golden Boot award to Nasarawa United striker, Sunusi Ibrahim. Both Udoh and Sunusi were tied on 10 goals after the completion of the 2018/2019 regular season and LMC have declared the latter the winner of the award after...
U20 World Cup: Senegal send Flying Eagles crashing out with 2-1 win
The Flying Eagles’ World Cup campaign came to an end on Monday after they were defeated 2-1 by an Amadou Sagna inspired Senegal side - who booked the quarter-final ticket. Goals from Sagna and Ibrahima Niane in the first half set the Young Lions of Teranga flying, with Aniekeme Okon’s effort for the Flying Eagles serving only as a mere...
Flying Eagles confident of reaching World Cup quarter finals
Two –time silver medalists Nigeria believe they can overpower fellow African representatives Senegal on Monday night and reach the FIFA U20 World Cup quarter-finals in Poland. Senegal, second at Africa’s continental tournament in the Niger Republic earlier in the year, where Nigeria finished fourth, topped Group A in Poland to reach the Round of 16, with Nigeria just squeezing through...
NFF partners Solaja on landmark book on Nigerian Football
The Nigeria Football Federation is the principal sponsor of a landmark book on Nigerian Football titled ‘Super Eagles At 70: Soaring On The Wings’ which was written by foremost football writer and analyst, Kunle Solaja. Described by the author as “a compendium on the Super Eagles written in lucid and infographic grammar”, the book contains about every information that a...
Falcons depart Avita Resort, fly to France on Tuesday
African champions Nigeria have departed the Avita Resort in Bad Tatzmannsdorf in Austria, where they were on two-week residential camping, and will spend Monday night in Vienna before flying to Paris on Tuesday for the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals. Spirit is high in the team’s camp after handsome wins in two friendly matches against top clubs in eastern...
2019 AFCON: Rohr challenged by Super Eagles strikers
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr says it won't be an easy task to drop at least one of the strikers in the final 23-man list for the Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt as the team has a lot of in-form attackers. Rohr had earlier listed 10 exciting strikers in his initial list for the Nations Cup, including...
FIFA U-20 World Cup: Flying Eagles camp boosted by the return of injured duo ahead of Senegal’s clash.
The Nigeria national U-20 team have been boosted by the return of the injured duo of Valentine Ozornwafor and midfielder, Tom-Dele Bashiru ahead of Monday's encounter against Senegal. Both players were missing when the Flying Eagles played a 1-1 draw against Ukraine in the final group game. Ozonwarfor and Dele-Bashiru would be in contention for a place in the line-up when...
