Super Eagles
18 Mar
Ghana has revealed that the trio of Thomas Partey, Joseph Painstil and Inaki Williams will miss the Black Stars' international friendly match against Nigeria scheduled for Friday, March 22. Black Stars head coach, Otto Addo, named his 26-man squad for this month's international friendlies against Nigeria and Uganda but Partey, Williams, and Painstil were missing.…
17 Mar
Samson Siasia has denied applying for the vacant Super Eagles Head Coach job even as he rues his suspension by FIFA.
15 Mar
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has re-appointed Otto Addo as head coach of the Black Stars. Addo's re-appointment was confirmed by Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and GFA on Friday. "Borussia Dortmund and talent coach Otto Addo will part ways in the summer as he embarks on his new role as coach for the Ghanaian national…
14 Mar
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is back in the rancorous round of shopping for a suitable manager for the Super Eagles, following the exit of Coach Jose Peseiro.
12 Mar
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has through its marketing outfit, Pamodzi Sports Marketing Company, warned some firms to desist from ambushing the rights it granted its partners and sponsors or face legal action.
10 Mar
Africa vice champions, Nigeria, will take on Ghana’s Black Stars and Les Aigles of Mali in two top-grade friendly matches in the Moroccan city of Marrakech later this month.
9 Mar
The quintet of Taiwo Awoniyi, Cyril Dessers, Tyronne Ebuehi, Sadiq Umar, and Wilfred Ndidi will return to national duties as the Super Eagles of Nigeria face Ghana and Mali in friendly matches. The five men have been included in the list of 26 players called up by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) to prosecute the…
9 Mar
I do not like to bring up the issue of coaches, because we forget easily. Let us talk about a few foreign coaches since Clemens Westerhof, my friend, the acclaimed best coach in Nigeria’s history
8 Mar
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has declared the Super Eagles coaching job vacant. The NFF made this known following the exit of Portuguese coach Jose Peseiro. Peseiro led the Eagles to a second place finish at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Côte d'Ivoire. There were reports that Peseiro, who was on $50,000 a…
3 Mar
English Championship club Queens Park Rangers (QPR) have made enquiries about Nigerian goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali. According to Italian journalist and transfer guru, Fabrizio Romano, Saudi Arabia side Al Ettifaq, have also been linked with the AFCON 2023 silver medal winner. "Nigeria GK Stanley Nwabali, on the list of different clubs as Al Ettifaq in Saudi…
2 Mar
When the story of Nigeria’s national football team, the Super Eagles, through history will be told, it will never be complete without the mention of a certain Jose Paseiro.
2 Mar
As the debate whether or not to renew the contract of former Super Eagles coach, Jose Peseiro, ranges on, former player and member of the gold winning Tunisia ’94 squad, Edema Fuludu, has said it will be suicidal to bring back the Portuguese to the national team.
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