English Premier League giants Manchester City and Liverpool have joined the race to sign Super Eagles and Villarreal winger Samuel Chukwueze.
Chieftains of the Nigeria Football Federation are trying to douse the tension in the camp of the Golden Eaglets as the players are agitating over the NFF’s decision to ask them to go to their various homes with N40,000 each as transport fares upon their return from the CAF U-17 African Cup of Nations which ended at the weekend in Tanzania.
Super Eagles left-back Elderson Echiejile has expressed confidence that he and his HJK Helsinki teammates will work hard to return to winning ways after their 4-1 loss away to FC Inter Turku in a league game at the Veritas Stadium, Turku on Monday Night.
The NFF has appointed former Super Eagles’ captains Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha and Nwankwo Kanu, as well as former star winger Tijani Babangida as scouts and motivational figures for Nigeria’s campaign at the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations taking place in Egypt this summer.
Coach of NPFL side MFM FC Fidelis Ilechukwu has lamented his side’s Lagos FA cup exit which translates to failure to qualify for the 2019 Federation’s cup after losing out to non-league side Box to Box FC of Lagos in the Lagos FA cup.
Nigerian sprint queen Blessing Okagbare and Commonwealth 110 hurdles champion Tobiloba Amusan are set to battle other athletes in the 2019 IAAF Diamond League 14-leg journey in Doha, Qatar on Friday.
Caster Semenya has lost a landmark case against athletics’ governing body meaning it will be allowed to restrict testosterone levels in female runners.
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will square up with Zimbabwe and Senegal in pre-AFCON 2019 friendly matches in the month of June.
The last 12 months have been sensational for Lobi Stars left back Ebube Duru, winning the NPFL title, playing continental football and getting a call up to the Nigeria senior team, but the defender is not about to stop and his next conquest is Europe.
Unified Heavyweight Champion Anthony Joshua’s United States debut will go on as planned, just with a different opponent.
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