AFCON

The Super Eagles returned to Nigeria from the ongoing 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the team of players and officials returned via a chartered flight from Garoua where they played four matches. They arrived at 1.10 a.m. at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International […]

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has commended the Super Eagles over the impressive win against Guinea-Bissau in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon. Super Eagles on Wednesday cruised to the knockout phase of the AFCON after a 2-0 win against Guinea Bissau to comfortably top Group D. In a […]

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been sent back to Arsenal by Gabon for medical examinations after he was diagnosed with heart lesions, according to Sky Sports. Aubameyang, who was banished from the Gunners first team by Manager, Mikel Arteta had left London earlier for the Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON in Cameroon. The former Borussia Dortmund striker […]

Nigerian international, Kelechi Iheanacho has returned to the national football team after he was axed from the Super Eagles squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. Iheanacho made the 24-man list released by the Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, on Wednesday, ahead of the quick-double 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying […]

Results of 2021 Africa Cup of Nations matchday one qualifiers on Wednesday: Group A At Windhoek Namibia 2 (Adoassou 66-og, Katjiukua 77) Chad 1 (N’Douassel 68) Group B At Blantyre, Malawi Malawi 1 (Mhango 68) South Sudan 0 At Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 0 Uganda 0 Group C At Khartoum Sudan 4 (Agab 7, Eltetsh 44, […]

  President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, appeared to ignore head coach of the national team, Gernot Rohr, during the presentation of bronze medals. The Super Eagles clinched third place at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, thanks to a 1-0 win over Tunisia on Wednesday night.   Odion Ighalo, who now […]