African champions Flying Eagles have stepped up their preparations for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. Thirty players trained Monday morning at the FIFA Goal Project in Abuja as the battle for places in the final 21-man squad for the World Cup intensified. Only Enyimba midfielder Kingsley Sokari was missing after he […]
Coach of the national U-23 team (Dream Team 6), Samson Siasia has assured teeming Nigerian football-loving fans of his team’s preparedness to pick the ticket for the male football event of the 11th All Africa Games when they clash with the Zambian opponents this weekend. The Dream Team 6 side which drew goal less with […]
Flying Eagles coach Manu Garba says he is unfazed with the prospect of facing Brazil at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. Nigeria will play in Group E of the U-20 World Cup against heavyweights Brazil, Hungary and North Korea after emerging as winners at the just ended Africa Youth Championship (AYC) […]
Sports Minister and Chairman, National Sports Commission, Dr. Tammy Danagogo has congratulated the national U-20 team, the Flying Eagles for qualifying for the final of the Africa Youth Championship (AYC) holding in Dakar, Senegal after their 2-0 victory over Ghana’s Black Satellites. The minister however, cautioned the Manu Garba-led side not to rest on their […]
Nigeria’s U-20 team, the Flying Eagles, on Monday, received boost, following the return of first-choice goalkeeper Joshua Enahoro, who has served out his one-match ban after his dismissal against Congo. Also, midfielder Ifeanyi Matthew, who was rested against Cote d’Ivoire, as well as defender Izu Omego, who the coaches did not want to risk because […]