Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa says Nigeria have enough quality to bring home the 2023 AFCON title. Musa believes Jose Peseiro’s side can go all the way in Côte d’Ivoire and win the competition for the fourth time. “Everybody is excited, waiting for us to travel to Abidjan for the competition,”Musa told NFF TV. “Since the last game in Uyo, we have been talking, telling each other that it is time for us to go there and shine. We have the quality to win it, if you see the players in the 25-man squad, you can’t say we are not…
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Nigerian Table Tennis star, Aruna Quadri hopes to qualify for the forthcoming Paris 2024 Olympic games through the International Table Tennis ranking. The Nigeria’s highest-ranked table tennis player is aiming to qualify for the Olympics for a fourth time, gained a total of 265 points after a quarter-final finish at the recent World Table Tennis men’s finals in Doha, Qatar to move up two spots from 16th position to 14th, which improved his world rating points to 1425 points in the month under review. Quadri caused one of the biggest upsets at the tourney in Doha, coming from 2-0 down…
Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold has been ruled out for “a few weeks” with a knee injury. The England international suffered the injury during Liverpool’s 2-0 FA Cup third round win against Arsenal at the Emirates stadium on Sunday. Pep Lijnders, the assistant manager of Liverpool, made the announcement prior to the team’s Carabao Cup semifinal first-leg match against Fulham on Wednesday. “He has a little tear in the lateral ligament of his knee and he will need time to recover,” said Liverpool assistant Pep Lijnders. “He had a scan and he will be out for a few weeks, so let’s…
Chelsea full-back Ian Maatsen has agreed to join German side Borussia Dortmund on loan until the end of the season. In order to finalise the arrangement until the summer, which does not involve an option or obligation to buy, Maatsen is expected to have his medical in the coming days. Dortmund are expected to cover Maatsen’s full salary, and it’s believed that if Maatsen does well on loan in Germany, it might help raise his market value in the summer. After making significant signings during the last three transfer windows, the Blues are probably willing to sell the 21-year-old in…
Nice striker Terem Moffi has been called up to replace Bayer Leverkusen striker Victor Boniface in Super Eagles’ squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Côte d’Ivoire. Boniface picked up a groin injury in training and has been ruled out of the tournament. The 23-year-old striker is expected to be side-lined for up to six weeks, and will now fly back to Germany to begin treatment on the injury. Boniface has scored 16 goals with eight assists in all competition for the Bundesliga leaders this season. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will now await the approval of the…
Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro has revealed that Leicester City’s forward Kelechi Iheanacho is now ready to join the rest of the Super Eagles squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire. Iheanacho has completed treatment at Leicester, following a muscular injury. “Kelechi will arrive Cote d’Ivoire. He has finished the treatment at Leicester City,” Peseiro told NFF media on Monday. The 27-year-old is expected to join his teammates in Lagos later today when they will be hosted to a send forth dinner by Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. However, his Leicester City teammate, Wilfred Ndidi has…
Holders, Manchester City have been drawn away to Tottenham in the fourth round of the FA Cup, while Maidstone United – the lowest-ranked side left in the competition – travel to Championship high-flyers Ipswich.City swept past Huddersfield 5-0 on Sunday, when Kevin De Bruyne made a return to action during the second half from a hamstring injury which had kept the Belgian out since August. Spurs, meanwhile, had booked their place in the fourth round with a 1-0 win over Burnley on Friday night with a fine late goal from Pedro Porro. Chelsea have also been drawn against Aston Villa in another all-Premier…
Bayer Leverkusen forward, Victor Boniface could miss the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Côte d’Ivoire due to injury. According to camp sources, Boniface sustained a muscle injury in training, but the extent is not known yet. The 23-year-old missed the Super Eagles friendlies against Al Gharib and Guinea due to the injury. Napoli star Victor Osimhen and Real Sociedad’s Umar Sadiq are the only fit strikers in the squad at the moment. The other striker in the team, Kelechi Iheanacho is also struggling to be fit for the AFCON. Boniface made his debut for the Super Eagles against Sao Tome and…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria suffered a 2-0 loss to the Syli National of Guinea in a friendly game played in Abu Dhabi on Monday. Stanley Nwabali, Raphael Onyedika, Kenneth Omeruo, William Troost-Ekong, Zaidu Sanusi, Bright Osayi-Samuel, and Chidozie Awaziem were among the starting eleven for the game. Alhassan Yusuf, Samuel Chukwueze, Moses Simon, and Umar Sadiq were also included. The Eagles had their first chance on goal in the 9th minute but Samuel Chukwueze failed to connect with a pass. Despite edging the early part of the game it was Guinea who took the lead on 14th minute through…
24 countries are vying for the largest prize in African football as the 34th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations gets underway in Ivory Coast on January 13. After hosting the competition in 1984, Ivory Coast will host the Africa Cup of Nations for the second time. However, twenty-four countries will compete in six stadiums located in five Ivorian cities at this year’s edition. The host country, Ivory Coast will play the competition’s opening match on January 13 when the Elephants take on Guinea-Bissau in Abidjan. Current champions Senegal, Cameroon, Egypt, Nigeria, and Morocco are the tournament favourites at…