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20 Mar
Flying Eagles’ early exit notwithstanding, Nigeria still has a chance to celebrate a football gold medal at the ongoing 13th African Games in Ghana, if the women’s U-20 team can conquer their Ghanaian counterparts in the final tomorrow.
17 Mar
As predicted, Coach Ladan Bosso has again led the National U-20 team, the Flying Eagles, to another disastrous outing, losing 2-3 to Senegal in their last group match to exit the ongoing 13th African Games in Ghana.
16 Mar
The Flying Eagles of Nigeria have been knocked out of the men’s football event of the 2023 African Games in Ghana after a 3-2 defeat by Senegal.
9 Mar
Nigeria’s male football team last won the gold medal of the African Games far back in 1973, when Nigeria hosted the Games in Lagos. That was 51 years ago. Not even the COJA 2003 Games held in Abuja could change the situation.
8 Mar
Nigeria’s U-20 national team, Flying Eagles, will take on their Ugandan counterpart in the football event of the ongoing African Games, which begins officially today.
6 Oct
Former Flying Eagles defender Igoh Ogbu has been included in the Europa League Team of the Week.
23 Jun 2023
Coach Ladan Bosso, who led Nigeria’s U-20 national team to the just-concluded 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup hosted by Argentina, has denied the allegation that he demanded money from players before including them in his team to the competition.
8 Jun 2023
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles arrived Abuja on Thursday afternoon June 8 after crashing out in the quarter-finals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.
6 Jun 2023
The Flying Eagles have missed a golden opportunity of owning a plot of land in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, following their quarterfinal exit at the ongoing FIFA U-20 World Cup.
5 Jun 2023
They say football matches are not won by superior possession, but by the number of goals scored and conceded. That was what South Korea proved yesterday when they capitalised on a one minute lack of concentration to beat Nigeria...
3 Jun 2023
Players and officials of Nigeria’s U-20 team, the Flying Eagles, arrived in Santiago Del Estero, yesterday, ahead their quarterfinal clash against Korea Republic, with a promise not to let Nigerians down. The match will hold tomorrow.
2 Jun 2023
Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mohammed Sanusi, admitted that Flying Eagles’ 2-0 victory against host nation, Argentina, on Wednesday night at the ongoing FIFA U-20 World Cup was full of tension.

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