Author: Brila

For 24 years Nigerians had pointed their fingers at Augustine Eguavoen as the major culprit for Nigeria’s ouster from the 1994 World Cup after the 2-1 defeat to eventual finalists, Italy, but the problem with the Super Eagles was even deeper.

You may think you’ve heard everything about Nigeria football, but, nothing prepares you for the bombshell former Super Eagles and 1996 Olympic gold medal winning Coach, Jo Bonfrere dropped.

John Ogu is confident the Super Eagles have a “fighting team” going to the World Cup and no opponent will write them off.

English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers have sent birthday wishes to their Nigerian goalkeeper Carl Ikeme who turned 32 on Friday. The newly promoted EPL side sent the good wishes via their Social Media handle to celebrate Ikeme who is still undergoing treatment for acute leukemia. All at Wolves would like to wish the big man, @Carl_Ikeme, a very happy birthday. We hope you enjoy your day and can’t wait to see you again soon 👊🎁🐺 #TeamKemes pic.twitter.com/XKbiaefRks — Wolves (@Wolves) June 8, 2018 Ikeme was in goal for the Super Eagles in three of their 2018 World Cup qualifiers…

Former Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Johannes Bonfrere has predicted confidently that Argentina will overcome Nigeria in the summer FIFA World Cup holding in Russia. Speaking in a Lagos-based radio station, Bonfrere Jo said the Super Eagles should work towards winning their opening game against Croatia. “The first game is always the most important in every tournament” “If the Super Eagles can work on beating the Croatians, and moving on to defeat Iceland, then it will be an easy walk into the second round,” “I think Nigeria should forget about beating Argentina in the World Cup,” Jo stated confidently The former…

Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr wants his players to respond to the team’s poor showing in the pre-world cup friendlies with “Positive Anger” at the World Cup proper.

Chelsea’s talisman Eden Hazard had Mohammed Salah in his thoughts after inspiring Belgium to a convincing Pre-world Cup friendly victory over Egypt. The Chelsea star scored Belgium’s second goal as they eased to a 3-0 victory over the Egyptians in their World Cup warm-up match in Brussels. And Hazard certainly hopes that his ex-Chelsea teammate will be able to make it. “I wish Salah the best and hope he returns,” Hazard told ON Sport. “I will support Egypt in the World Cup for him. “Egypt is so different without Salah but they still performed well with compact lines. Their playing style…

Fights between rival gangs of fans at the World Cup should be allowed and regulated by the authorities, says a top Russian politician.

Nigeria dropped a place in the latest FIFA ranking published on Thursday by the world governing body.

Today marks the second year since the death of former Super Eagles captain and Coach Stephen Keshi, who became the first Nigerian [ex player] to qualify the Country for the World Cup and also lead the team to the tournament as Coach.