Flying Eagles coach Manu Garba has said he hopes for a convincing win
over hosts Senegal in Sunday’s opening match at the 2015 AYC in Dakar.
“We want to win convincingly because in any tournament your opening
match is very crucial. It will boost your confidence,” said Manu.
“With the U17s (2013 CAF U17 Championship), we started very well by
beating
The 2014/2015 Lagos FA Cup in collaboration with Winners Golden Bet
kicks off today at the Agege Stadium, Lagos with the Rookie matches. New
entrant, Freetan Sports Football Club will play other new comers, Odic
Wire and Cable Football Club in the first match of the day at 8:00AM.
Dominion Hotsports Football Club will slug it out against Ascenders
Football Club for the
The Supersand Eagles put up a spirited performance but lost 5-6 to
Senegal in the first semi final of the ongoing Power Horse Invitational
Beach Soccer Tournament in Durban, South Africa on Saturday.It was a keenly-contested affair as the Senegalese, who edged
Mozambique 4-2 on Friday, challenged the Nigerians every inch of the
beach, and the
As Oduduru, Peka through to 200m final
Holland-based Ituah Enahoro has won his first medal for Nigeria after
his silver medal finish in the Pole Vault event at the ongoing African
Junior Athletics Championship in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Competing for the first time for the country, Enahoro jumped
4.10metres which was his Personal Best to place second behind Tunisia’s
Mejri Seifeddine who won the gold with a
Sunday Olapade has expressed his delight at winning his first Nigeria
PGA Tour title after emerging victorious last Sunday at the Francis Olo
Pro-Am Championship on the first playoff hole at the Otukpo Golf Club,
in Benue State. Olapade had tied Ghana’s Emos Korblah after 72 holes to
force the game into a playoff before going on to claim his first title
since turning professional in 2011. “I thank God for this victory” he
said, adding that it
Nigeria-born youth soccer star, Chukwudi Chukwuma, who plays for FK
Teplice Football Club in the Gambrinus Liga, in the Czech Republic just
20 years old is full of maturity as he dazzles older players and has
sent a very strong signal to the national team selectors in Nigeria.
Chukwuma is the first youth graduate of an Indian football academy, Sesa
Football Club to sign a deal with a foreign club.
He has signed a four-year contract with Czech Republic top flight
team FK Teplice. The
Super Eagles attacker, Gbolahan Salami has revealed that the Serbian side, Red Star Belgrade have issues playing their players.
Salami, who left the Super Eagles camp in Dubai in January to seek fresh
challenge at the Serbian league returned to his former club, Warri
Wolves because the club could not meet his wage demands
Assistant coach of Nigeria’s U20 team, Nduka Ugbade has revealed that
the Flying Eagles head coach, Manu Garba left out Manchester City
youngster, Kelechi Iheanacho despite his pleas to be included in
Nigeria’s delegation for the 2015 Africa U20 championship in Senegal.
The 18-year old player has been out injured according to his club, which
he
Captain of Super Falcons, Evelyn Nwabuoku has revealed that the women's
national team will do their best to win the All Africa Games gold medal
in Congo billed for September.
The Edwin Okon team won the 7th African Women Championship title late
last year, and the
Nigeria U23 team, Dream Team VI, defeated their Gabon counterparts 2-0 to advance to the next round of the All Africa Games qualifier on a 6-1 aggregate.
Nigeria will now battle Zambia, who enjoyed a walkover against Mozambique in this round of the qualifiers.
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