Author: Brila

Head Coach Christopher Danjuma has unveiled his list of 18 players to represent Nigeria at the Women’s Football Tournament of the 12th All-Africa Games scheduled for Rabat, Morocco 17th – 29th August, with Super Falcons’ number one choice, Chiamaka Nnadozie top of the list.

Coach Imama Amapakabo has extended invitations to a total of 35 players ahead of Nigeria’s home-and-away AFCON U23 qualifying matches against Sudan next month.

Ahead of the first round of the African qualifying race for the Women’s Football Tournament of next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, Super Falcons’ Head Coach, Thomas Dennerby has invited 30 players to start a camping programme in Abuja as from Thursday, 8th August.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has assured officials of world football –governing body, FIFA that the Centre of Excellence has the will and the capacity to ensure it meets the requirements for hosting the 10th FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals next year.

Super Eagles defender, William Troost-Ekong, has revealed how serious he takes his spiritual life alongside football, saying he engages in a weekly bible study with some other footballers.

Technical director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria AFN Sunday Adeleye has stated that the athletes in the camp of the AFN in Kaduna are good to go and can’t wait for the commencement of the fast-approaching All Africa games in Morocco. 

Coach of Nigeria’s women national basketball team Otis Hughley has called on Nigerians to pray and support the team in all always possible as they get nearer to defending the FIBA Afrobasket women cup of nations title which they won two year ago in Mali. 

Nigeria’s 2020 FIFA U20 women world cup bid Coordinator Mainasara Illoh has stated that Nigeria will wait but anticipates a favourable response from world football governing body FIFA to officially award Nigeria the hosting right of the 2020 FIFA U20 women world cup.

National Table Tennis coach Nosir Bello has stated that the dominance of Egyptian trio of Omar Assad, Ahmed Saleh and women champion Dina Meshref is no threat to Nigeria’s medal chances at the table tennis event of the fast-approaching All Africa games in Morocco stating clearly that Nigeria have always gotten the upper hand against the Egyptians at the Africa games.

Super Eagles forward TAIWO Awoniyi has joined German club FSV Mainz 05 on a season-long loan deal from Liverpool.  The striker will remain with Jürgen Klopp’s former club for the duration of the 2019-20 campaign after the transfer was agreed on Tuesday. Awoniyi initially joined the Reds in August 2015 having starred for Nigeria in the U17 World Cup two years earlier. The striker has since enjoyed loan stints with FSV Frankfurt, NEC Nijmegen, Royal Excel Mouscron (twice) and KAA Gent. The 21-year-old scored a total of 14 goals in all competitions in 2018-19, during spells…