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The Angola national football team, the Palancas Negras, has always been awkward customers for the Super Eagles. Samuel Okwaraji died on the day we played Angola in 1989, and they famously denied the Eagles a 2006 World Cup slot due to the infamous head-to-head rule. via Premium Times...

Nigeria’s Minister of Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Sports, Chief Obinna Ogba and NFF President Amaju Pinnick have pumped up the spirit of the Super Eagles ahead of Sunday’s 2018 African Nations Championship clash with Angola in Tangier. Dalung, Ogba and...

The home-based Super Eagles will take on Angola in the quarter-final of the ongoing Championship of African Nations (CHAN). This follows the completion of the final fixtures in Group D. It ended goalless between Angola and Congo Republic, but Congo finished top following their earlier two wins...

Home-based Super Eagles A brilliant second-half display has earned the home-based Super Eagles team a place in the quarterfinals of the ongoing African Nations Championships, CHAN taking place in Morocco. Nigeria started on the backfoot but rallied early enough in the second half to secure a 3-1...

Each player of the home-based Super Eagles will earn about $20,000, if they go all the way and win the ongoing Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) in Morocco. According to Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) officials, the money is the total payment that has been budgeted to cover the players’...

The Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Barrister Solomon Dalung, provided the big impetus that steered the Super Eagles to a 1-0 victory over Libya on Friday at the 5th African Nations Championship, which has now taken the team close to a place in the quarter –finals. NFF …...

The Knights of Libya know that a point leads them closer to the round of 16 – but a point will make Nigeria’s Super Eagles desperate in their last group match against Equatorial Guinea. The equation is thus very simple – they need to beat Libya on … via Premium Times Nigeria –...

Nigeria’s Super Eagles team B’s performance against Rwanda in their opening game of the CAF African Championship in Morocco, has attracted comments from the Argentine media. Nigeria’s Stepehen Eze and Rwanda’s Justin Mico contest for the ball in a CHAN 2018 Group C match The Super Eagles had a...

IFIONU EBUKA STEPHEN Ardent desire to gain places in Nigeria’s 23 –man squad for the 21st FIFA World Cup finals in Russia will be the key incentive for Nigeria’s home –based professionals, who begin campaign for glory in the 5th African Nations Championship in Morocco on Monday. Mr. Gernot Rohr...

Head Coach Salisu Yusuf on Tuesday released his final squad of the Super Eagles B for the 5th African Nations Championship starting in Morocco next week, with goalkeeper and skipper Ikechukwu Ezenwa, midfield Trojan Rabiu Ali and marksman Anthony Okpotu listed. Ezenwa is joined for the...

With about a fortnight to the kick-off of the 2018 African Nations Championship, CHAN, Super Eagles Assistant coach in-charge of the CHAN team, Salisu Yusuf has admitted his team is not ready for the competition. CHAN Eagles The Tournament kicks off January 12 but the Eagles won’t play until...