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Rohr keeps door open for Enyeama

Ihesiulo Grace 12 December 2017 0

Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr still wants to have Vincent Enyeama in his 2018 FIFA World Cup squad and has opened the doors for the experienced goalkeeper. Media reports suggest that the former Super Eagles skipper, who announced his retirement from international football in October 2015, had ruled

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Russia 2018 – FG to support Eagles with N3b, arrange England friendly

Ihesiulo Grace 7 December 2017 0

The Federal Government will spend about N3 billion on Super Eagles for the FIFA World Cup tournament holding in Russia next year, Sports Minister Solomon Dalung disclosed this yesterday. Addressing State House correspondents after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari, the minister said the budget for the competition had been sent to the president for a special […]

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Nigeria to host FIFA Executive Football Summit

Ihesiulo Grace 30 November 2017 0

The FIFA Executive Football Summit meeting is expected to hold between November 2017 and March 2018. Nigeria is expected to host the summit on the 20th February 2018 and the NFF have picked Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island as venue and hotel accommodation for the big event. The summit is a gathering of representatives […]

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FIFA Confirms Super Eagles As Youngest Squad During 2018 W/cup Qualifiers

Ihesiulo Grace 28 November 2017 0

The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) says Nigeria paraded the youngest players during the qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. This was announced on FIFA’s official website on Tuesday by a Switzerland-based independent study Centre International d’Étude du Sport (CIES) in it’s issue number 30 of Observatory Monthly Report. The CIES Football

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Nigeria drop 9 places in latest FIFA Ranking, now 50th in world

Ihesiulo Grace 23 November 2017 0

In what will come as a surprise to many, despite putting up a fine performance by going through the World Cup qualifiers unbeaten and easing past perennial rivals Argentina, the Super Eagles dropped 9 places in the latest FIFA ranking released Thursday to become 50th in the world and 8th in Africa. Nigerians will have […]

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Nigeria to pay players, officials $2.4m World Cup bonus

Ihesiulo Grace 22 November 2017 0

The Nigeria Football Federation will pay players and officials a total of $2.4 million as a bonus for securing qualification for the World Cup in Russia, a spokesman said Wednesday. “The NFF have agreed to give the team $2.4 million out of the $8 million we are expecting from FIFA,” said Ademola Olajire. The NFF […]

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FIFA Confirm Date Of World Cup Arrival In Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2017 0

Nigeria is among the countries where the iconic trophy would be visiting before next year’s major showpiece. The World Cup is coming to Nigeria. Do you want to take a selfie with it? The iconic FIFA senior World Cup trophy will be in the country on March 3, 2018 it has been announced. The NFF’s […]

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Russia 2018: FIFA increases prize money for participating teams to $400m

Ihesiulo Grace 28 October 2017 0

.Approves other key organisational elements of World Cup The FIFA Council on Friday approved an increase in the prize money for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia to a total amount of USD 400 million — 12 per cent up from the USD 358 million awarded at the 2014 edition. The decision was taken […]

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Zidane collects #TheBest #FIFA Men’s Coach of the Year award

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2017 0

Zinedine Zidane has won the Best FIFA football coach award for 2017 ahead of Antonio Conte and Massimiliano Allegri. France legend Zidane helped Real Madrid win the Champions League and a first La Liga title for five years last season, becoming the first manager to lead a club to consecutive European titles in the process. […]

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Eagles: Ahmad questions FIFA Rankings

Ihesiulo Grace 19 October 2017 0

Despite FIFA rankings suggesting that Tunisia is number one in Africa, the Confederation of African Football president Ahmad says Nigeria remain the best in the continent. The CAF boss has aimed a tiny veiled dig at the recently released FIFA rankings which placed the Super Eagles as the fifth best football nation in Africa. In […]

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Nigeria team is now formidable, says Amos Adamu

Ihesiulo Grace 16 October 2017 0

Amos Adamu, a former FIFA Executive Committee member Monday said Nigeria now has a worthy team that would perform well at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, according to NAN. Adamu made the remark against the backdrop of the remarkable outing of the Super Eagles during the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier, from a group […]

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FIFA invites AITEO to The Best Football Awards

Ihesiulo Grace 13 October 2017 0

In recognition of its groundbreaking partnership agreements with the Nigeria Football Federation that have energized the Nigerian game and set it on firm course to a brighter and better future, world football –governing body, FIFA has invited Nigeria’s leading energy solutions company, AITEO, to this year’s The Best Football Awards. The letter of invitation dated […]

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Pele congratulates Ronaldo on surpassing goals record

Ihesiulo Grace 2 September 2017 0

Pele has sent his congratulations to Cristiano Ronaldo after the Portugal forward surpassed his international goals record. Ronaldo struck a hat-trick, including opening the scoring with a brilliant scissor-kick volley, in his side’s 5-1 victory against the Faroe Islands on Thursday. And his latest Portugal treble means Ronaldo has now scored 78 times for the […]

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Neymar sues Barca over unpaid bonus

Ihesiulo Grace 24 August 2017 0

The business that looks after Neymar’s affairs has confirmed it has begun legal action against Barcelona over alleged unpaid bonuses for the forward. Barcelona declined to pay a €26 million bonus included in Neymar’s contract renewal signed in 2016 after completing his world-record transfer to Paris Saint-Germain this summer. Furthermore, the Brazilian faces

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Rwanda bid for 2019 Under-17 World Cup

Ihesiulo Grace 22 August 2017 0

Rwanda’s Football Association (Ferwafa) is preparing to finalise its bid to host the 2019 Under-17 World Cup. The Ferwafa president Vincent Nzamwita insists the country is capable of hosting a tournament of such a stature. “We have already submitted a formal request to Fifa to host the event and they have registered us and sent […]

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FIFA Award: Ebi hails Omagbemi’s nomination

Ihesiulo Grace 19 August 2017 0

A Super Falcons defender, Onome Ebi, has hailed the nomination of the former coach of the team, Florence Omagbemi, for the prestigious FIFA Women Coach of the Year. Omagbemi who coached Super Falcons to win the 2016 African Women Cup of Nations in Cameroon was among the 10 coaches shortlisted for the award. Those nominated […]

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DStv’s SuperSport signs FIFA broadcast deal

Ihesiulo Grace 5 April 2017 0

SuperSport has confirmed itself as Africa’s home of world football after completing a broadcast deal with FIFA for its major international rights for the 2017/18 season. DStv and GOtv customers’ football experience will be taken to a whole new level with the impending FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia and the FIFA World Cup, which also […]

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Football Is a Religion in Nigeria – Okocha

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

A legend of Nigerian football, former Paris Saint-Germain playmaker Augustine “Jay-Jay” Okocha was back in France for the 12th Match Against Poverty. Answering the call of Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo, the men behind this unique initiative, the 41-year-old lit up the star-studded event and showed he had lost none of his magical skills. Sitting down […]

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It’S World Cup or Nothing for Us­, Garba Boasts

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2015 0

Flying Eagles coach, Manu Garba, has stated categorically that is the FIFA U-20 World Cup title or nothing for them, ahead of the championship in New Zealand. The Nigerian U-20’s are African champions and one of Africa’s representatives at the competition and despite have had some relative success at this level, they are yet to […]

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Supersand Eagles Trounce Egypt 4-1

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2015 0

The Supersand Eagles continued their imperious run at the 2015 African Beach Soccer Championship with a 4-1 thrashing of Egypt on Wednesday. On the beach of Roche Caiman Sports Complex in Victoria, where they sliced host nation Seychelles 10-1 on Tuesday, Audu Adamu Ejo’s wards were somewhat stretched by the North Africans, as the first […]