Paul Onuachu made his senior team debut for Nigeria, playing 25 minutes in the 3-1 win over Seychelles on Friday, but how did the FC Midtjylland marksman fare?
Odion Ighalo scored his 10th international goal on Friday against Seychelles in Nigeria’s final 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match, but where does his goal tally rank among the team’s record goalscorers?
Senegalese defender Kalidou Koulibaly is not only considered to be one of the best defenders in Serie A but also one of the best in the world.
Super Eagles goalkeeper Francis Uzoho is among the three players Coach Gernot Rohr could be sending to help the Dream Team VII achieve their AFCON qualification goal.
The Dream Team VII have a mountain to climb in their quest to overturn a two-goal deficit against Libya and may not find things easy, with first-choice goalkeeper Abubakar Adamu sent off just before half-time for handling the ball outside the area in the first leg on March 20.
It is looking likely that Francis Uzoho will be drafted into the Olympic squad and Rohr believes it will afford the goalkeeper the opportunity to get some minutes after his well-documented problems with his Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta.
The coach, however, admitted that his goalkeeper made a costly blunder against Seychelles.
”Everybody can make a mistake, even you the journalist can make a mistake, so let’s understand it can happen. We won the game, it is not an important mistake.
”This Seychelles team also deserve to score a goal for their good defensive organization”.
Henry Onyekuru (Galatasaray), Chidozie Awaziem (Porto), Valentine Ozornwafor, Ikouwem Udo (both Enyimba), Victor Osimhen (Charleroi) and Ndifreke Effiong (Akwa United) are the other players eligible to represent the Dream Team.
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the two factions of Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) led by Musa Kida and Tijani Umar to stay clear of the activities of the Nigeria Basketball pending the determination of the substantive case.
On Wednesday, 20th March 2019 , The Lead Counsel to the management of Kwese Premier League Barrister Josiah Daniel Ebune revealed that the court had stopped both Administrators from parading themselves as the head of the federation and should not organize any league in the country until the case is properly resolved.
However, Barrister Ebune pleaded that the game of basketball and its lovers cannot continue to suffer because of the leadership crisis and want an order that allows for a smooth running league and other affairs without interference from the two factions.
The Order made reads
- THAT AN ORDER OF INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION is hereby made restraining the defendants by themselves, agents, pribiies and/or servants whosoever and however defined from going ahead with conducting any fresh Premier Basketball League for the purposes of selecting mem’s representatives of the 2018/2019 African Continental Basketball Championship pursuant to the letter of invitation to 2018 NBBF Premier Basketball League contained in the letter to that effect ahead of October, 2018, pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.
- THAT AN ORDER OF INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION is hereby made restraining the defendants by themselves, agents or servants from enforcing or further enforcing or giving effect or further effect to the documents titled: RE: INVITATION TO 2018 NBBF PREMIER BASKETBALL LEAGUE and/ or from imposing or further imposing any guidelines, eligibility or conditions for the purposes of selection and/or conducting any league for purpose of selecting Nigerian male Basketball Representative for African Continental Competition, any condition to that effect, pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.
Captain of the Nigeria U-23 male team Azubuike Okechukwu has expressed his disappointment after the 2-0 defeat suffered in the hand the Libyans in the first round, first leg of the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.
Super Eagles technical adviser Gernot Rohr has revealed that players from his squad who are still eligible to play for the U-23 might be drafted into the Imama Amakapabo led Dream Team VII.
Super Eagles defender Semi Ajayi says that playing international football with Nigeria has made him a better player for his club.
Antoine Griezmann turned 28 on the 21st of March, 2019, and he is living a dream, ‘a dream based on effort’ the celebration of his new age was even bigger as an Original documentary on his journey from overcoming his small stature to becoming one of the world’s top soccer players and a World Cup champion, titled “Antoine Griezmann: The Making of a Legend” was released on Netflix.
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