Author: Adebanjo Ogunseye
Yakubu “The Yak” Aiyegbeni was a fearsome striker in his heyday both at club levels and and for the national team and hoped to leave the young players of the Flying Eagles with some inspiration, when he dropped in to see them in their World Cup camp in Germany.
The NFF has announced that the Flying Eagles will test their readiness for teh World Cup in Poland later this month with a friendly against Saudi Arabia.
Nigeria’s world cup campaign over the years have been characterized by heartbreaks and successive teams not living up to their potentials, something Swede tactician Thomas Dennerby is convinced he has managed to tame.
Former African 100m sprint champion and Nigerian Athletics Legend Chidi Imo has appealed to new sensation Divine Oduduru to commit his allegiance to Nigeria and hopefully ignore the lure of representing any other Country.
Would you hit your mom? If she got in the ring with to spar, would you dare throw a punch?
Since Chierika Ukogu represented Nigeria in the Rowing event at the 2016 Olympic Games the Country’s profile in the sport has continued to soar as have the sport in the World’s most populous black nation.
Mfon Udoh set the NPFL alight with Enyimba in the 2013/14 season, noting a personal best and league record 23 goals that season, the feat has defined his career ever since, but the forward says he’s hungry to achieve bigger.
Juwon Oshaniwa is a man on a mission, 7 years since he last played in the NPFL, the left-back returned and says he’s eyeing his first ever league career title.
Super Falcons can surpass their best performance at the FIFA Women’s World Cup (1999) by advancing beyond the quarter-final rounds of the tournament later this year in France according to midfielder Osarenoma Igbinovia.
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.
