Nigerian midfielder and PAOK of Greece midfielder, Anderson Esiti has revealed that he wants his playing style to give his new club confidence while on the field of play.
FIFA has appointed Nigerian officials led by Nigeria’s youngest FIFA badged referee Quadri Adebimpe to superintend over the 2022 FIFA World Cup preliminary qualifying match between Gambia and Angola scheduled for Baku on Friday, 6th September 2019.
Nigeria and D’Tigers player Vincent Nnamdi has stated players of the national team are not under pressure although fully aware not all will feature for Nigeria at the fast approaching FIBA world cup which starts this weekend in China.
Women’s Table Tennis doubles Gold medalist Cecilia Akpan has revealed that the semi final win over Egypt enroute to winning Gold was one she couldn’t really forget so easily because they had to hold their nerves to win 3-2.
Nigeria women number one Table tennis player Edem Offiong has expressed her delight and relishing the moment after landing a Gold medal at the women table tennis doubles alongside compatriot Cecilia Akpan.
Former Nigeria international Julius Aghahowa has tasked the Nigeria U20 national team to give their all and work even harder ahead of today’s semi final clash with Mali in the football event at the ongoing Africa games in Morocco.
Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets will be battling for the gold medal of the 12th African Games women’s football tournament, after a commanding 3-0 defeat of their Algerian counterparts in Rabat on Monday.
Cynthia Aku put daylight between Nigeria and Algeria with two goals in the first 25 minutes, scoring the first in the 16th minute of play.
Zainab Olapade made sure of a miserable afternoon for the North Africans with a third on the dot of the referee’s final whistle.
The Falconets will now play the winner of the second semi final between host nation Morocco and Cameroon for the gold medal.
Nigeria’s U20 boys, Flying Eagles will on Tuesday take on their Malian counterparts in the semi finals of the men’s tournament.
The Flying Eagles drew with Burkina Faso (1-1) and Morocco (2-2) and defeated South Africa (2-1) to reach the last four at this tournament.
To the seven-time African champions, the Malians are kind of familiar customers, after both teams also clashed in the semi finals of this year’s Africa U20 Cup of Nations in Niger Republic.
The encounter ended 1-1 in regulation and extra time but the Malians triumphed after penalty shoot-out.
Nigeria weightlifters won 6 gold and 3 silver on day two of the weightlifting event at the ongoing African Games in Rabat,Morocco.
Emmanuel Appah won 3 gold in the men’s -61kg , Adijat Olarinoye won 2 gold and 1 silver while Chika Amalaho won 1 gold and 2 silver in the women’s -55kg respectively.
On Monday, Nigeria lifters won 1 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze, This brings the medals of the weightlifting event to 7 gold, 7 silver and 4 bronze.
Nigeria sprint queen Blessing Okagbare said she is disappointed not to be competing for medal in the women’s 100 meter dash at the ongoing 12th African games in Rabat, Morocco.
Okagbare who has never won the 100m gold at this level was disqualified following a false start in the second semi-final of the day on Monday.
Speaking after the disqualification, the 30 year old Delta State born athlete said she is disappointed things didn’t go her way, but she is graceful to God for everything.
“Sometimes the blessing is not always about what’s given but what He takes away.“
“I know my fans are disappointed and if you know me, you know i don’t just show up. I show up and i am also there. Today didn’t go as planned but, lesson learned and gratitude given to God for my journey so far”.
Okagbare still has the chance to win medal for Nigeria in the 200 meters and 4×100 metres relay race.
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