Super Eagles
1 Mar
Super Eagles manager, Jose Peseiro has confirmed that he has left his position with the Nigerian men's senior national team. Peseiro whose contract as the Super Eagles coach expired on Thursday, February 29, 2024, confirmed his departure on Friday through a post on his X handle. "Yesterday, we concluded our contract with the Nigerian Football…
29 Feb
Super Eagles Coach, Jose Peseiro, may not renew his contract with Nigeria when his current deal ends today.
28 Feb
Super Eagles and PAOK defender William Troost-Ekong has undergone a successful surgery after suffering a ruptured biceps femoris in his right leg. The surgery took place in Finland on Tuesday, 27 February, 2024. He is now a huge doubt when the qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup resume in June. Troost-Ekong suffered the injury…
27 Feb
The international friendly game between world champions Argentina and Nigeria's Super Eagles billed for March 26 in Los Angeles, USA, has been called off. According to BBC sports journalist, Oluwashina Okeleji, the game was called off due to the short time to process visas for the Nigerian delegation. Okeleji said the US promoters for the…
26 Feb
Super Eagles vice captain William Troost-Ekong is set to miss the rest of the season after rupturing his biceps femoris in his right leg. According to Italian transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Troost-Ekong will undergo a minor surgery in Finland on Tuesday, 27 February, 2024. Troost-Ekong sustained the injury in the Super Eagles second group game…
24 Feb
Argentina Football Association has confirmed that the Lionel Messi inspired World Cup winning team will face the Super Eagles of Nigeria at the Coliseum in Los Angeles on March 26.
23 Feb
Nigeria has snatched Arsenal's Arthur Okonkwo from England with the goalkeeper now eligible to play for the Super Eagles following the approval of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA). Okonkwo who was born in the United Kingdom represented England at the under-16 and under-17 levels after which he made his debute for the European…
23 Feb
Nigeria's Super Eagles will take on world champions Argentina in Los Angeles, United States of America in an international friendly game. The game is scheduled for Tuesday, 26 March, 2024, inside the 77,500-capacity Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The game was initially billed to be held in Hangzhou, China also in March. But Chinese sporting authorities…
23 Feb
When the news that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria would be at the AFCON final drew toward me in the midnight of my meditation relating to the destiny of our country with respect to its current destitute, I was peculiarly and particularly happy.
21 Feb
Chinese sporting authorities have cancelled next month's international friendly between Argentina and Nigeria's Super Eagles over a row involving eight-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi. World champions Argentina were billed to play Nigeria in the Chinese city of Hangzhou in March before facing AFCON 2023 winners Elephants of Côte d'Ivoire in Beijing But Messi's failure…
17 Feb
For some altruistic reason, far from how the generality of Nigerians felt, I believed, even before the championship started, that Nigeria’s chances of winning it were very bright. I said so severally at many fora.
17 Feb
The last few days have been quite exciting for members of the Super Eagles. The team, which was not reckoned with by many pundits before the just-concluded Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire, returned to heroes’ welcome after beating all odds to finish as the second best team at the championship.