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Wilfred Ndidi will return to action after nearly two months on the sideline with a hamstring injury, and will feature for Nigeria against Czech Republic.

Nigeria must seek to win and win well against Czech Republic to restore their confidence, former captain and Coach Augustine Eguavoen has offered.

Gambia’s, The Scorpion will face the full fury of a hurting Super Falcons when the sides meet on Wednesday in the first-leg of the 2018 African Women’s Cup of Nations qualifier.

Nigeria midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi has paid Argentina maestro, Lionel Messi, glowing praise and remarks the five-time Ballon d’Or winner is “unstoppable”.

Super Eagles captain, Mikel Obi believes Nigeria can progress from their World Cup group and go on to achieve something great, but insists it rests on the entire team giving 100 percent.

Chelsea and Super Eagles defender Olaoluwa Aina has broken his silence over his exclusion from the Super Eagles squad travelling to Russia for the 2018 World Cup. Aina was dropped to the standby list from the Russia-bound squad on Sunday morning along with on-loan Porto midfielder Mikel Agu. Aina found himself vying for two different roles with four other fullbacks Abdullahi Shehu, Tyronne Ebuehi, Elderson Echiejile and Brian idowu on the right back and left back positions respectively. The Chelsea youngster eventually lost out of both roles and was left out of the squad. Aina took to twitter to break…

Former Super Eagles skipper and Nigeria football icon Kanu Nwankwo has recovered the N4m ($11,000) that was stolen from him at a Russian airport. The former Inter Milan and Arsenal star was robbed off the money on Monday has confirmed the return of his stolen money. The robbery which was reported by Russian News Agency, TASS also revealed that Kanu was travelling with his British passport. After a thorough investigation by the Russian police, the money was returned to Kanu which he confirmed according to a report by the Sun. Lt-Col Irina Volk, spokeswoman for the Russian Interior Ministry also confirmed the incident, said the money…

Here is a Video presentation of the 23-Super Eagles players who made Gernot Rohr’s final squad and are set to storm Russia anytime for the FIFA Mundial. https://youtu.be/TBLjU75B1xI

Brazilian footballer Fred has completed his £52million move to Manchester United as confirmed by his former Shakhtar Donetsk boss Mircea Lucescu. The Brazil international was given time off from his country’s World Cup preparations to have his medical at Carrington on Monday. Fred’s camp is completing the paperwork for the deal and the transfer should be announced imminently. Lucescu said: “I’m really pleased Fred has completed his transfer to Manchester United. I am proud of him, as reported by Mirror. “When I signed him at Shakhtar, Taison and Bernard were playing in his position. “I…

Croatia set to play in the World Cup for the 5th time and have been drawn alongside the Super Eagles and will also play against the Nigerian team in Group D’s opener. Coach Zlatko Dalic has named a 24-man preliminary squad but one player is expected to face a cut from the group. Dalic was appointed the caretaker manager in October 2017, Dalic, made his job permanent in November before delivering play-off passage. Over time, Dalic has opted to play the formation 4-3-3 in recent matches including the 2-0 defeat to the Samba boys of Brazil in a…