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Of late, numerous Super Eagles players have been hit by one form of injury or the other. The unsavory trend tail dived into penultimate week as combative midfielder Wilfried Ndidi played for less than … read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2IiEKAI --------------- Get More Nigeria...

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has assured they would do all that is within their power, to ensure FIFA does not ban the Super Eagles from playing at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2rbYAHf --------------- Get More Nigeria Sports News

Sergio Aguero will struggle to recover from knee surgery in time for the World Cup, according to Argentina Football Association doctor Homero D’Agostino. Manchester City striker Aguero underwent an arthroscopy after aggravating a knee problem during their derby defeat to rivals Manchester...

Ex-Nigeria national team coach Augustine Eguavoen is happy with the quality of defenders in the Super Eagles team. He also feels that the current coach, Gernot Rohr, will have a selection headache because of this. Click here to read more

As the countdown to the most anticipated sporting event in the world commences, leading pay-TV provider, StarTimes Nigeria says it has concluded plans to ensure that Nigerians enjoy all the 64 matches of the World Cup live, and in HD at a subsidized rate. Speaking on this development, the...

Super Eagles participation at the World Cup got a boost as Innoson Motors have agreed to support the “Fly me to Russia” committee set up by the Ministry of Sport. Owner of Innoson Motors, Chief Innocent Chukwuma (OFR) assured the committee that he would make cash donations after the Easter...

Super Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi has reacted to the team’s 2-0 loss to Serbia in a international friendly yesterday. Mikel backed the team to bounce back from Tuesday’s 2-0 loss to Serbia and hopes to take part in the side’s remaining tune-up games ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia...

British Foreign secretary, Boris Johnson raised alarm bells in the House of Commons yesterday when he appeared to suggest that the England team could boycott this summer’s World Cup in Russia. Speaking following the collapse of former spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, Johnson told MPs that it...

Claudio Tapia , Argentina’s national football association (AFA) president, says he has spoken to national captain Lionel Messi about playing fewer games for La Liga side FC Barcelona before June. Messi He said this was in order to enable the Argentine striker stay fresh for his read more...

Gernot Rohr1 Former Super Eagles Goalkeepers’ Trainer, Joe Erico has attributed the CHAN Eagles’ woeful performance against the Atlas Lions of Morocco in Sunday’s final match of the Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) to the inability of the coaches and players to adopt read more via The...

Gernot Rohr has described Dele Ajiboye as “wonderful”, but it has been discovered that the Plateau United championship-winning goalkeeper is not in his plans for the World Cup. Dele Ajiboye Ajiboye kept Nigeria alive in Wednesday night’s semi-final against Sudan with several top-class saves when...

Super Eagles technical adviser, Gernot Rohr is targeting wins against Croatia and Iceland to reach the second round of the 2018 World Cup, saying the last Group D match against Argentina will not be straightforward as the South Americans will be seeking revenge after losing 4-2 to the Super …...

The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, revealed yesterday that the Super Eagles of Nigeria will play four friendly matches ahead of the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup. “The World Cup is the big one next year and I believe we are going to be very ready … via Daily Post...

Football legend, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, popularly known as Pelé has predicted that Nigeria and other African teams can win the World Cup before the end of the 20th century. Pele believes it is possibility for the Super Eagles and other African representatives to claim the World biggest...

Croatian manager, Tomislav Obradovic, has predicted that Croatia will overcome Nigeria when both teams face-off in the World Cup at the Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad on June 16, 2018. He has equally stressed that there are several players in the team with the same characteristics in the Super...

Ahead of the Russia 2018 World Cup, arrangements are said to have been concluded to have the Super Eagles play a high profile friendly against the Polish national team. The Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, revealed that the Nigeria national team will be involved in a pre-World Cup...

Argentina and Manchester City striker, Sergio Aguero, has spoken for the first time after he reportedly fainted during Nigeria Vs Argentina match which Argentina surprisingly lost 4-2 to Nigeria in an international friendly in Krasnodar on November 14, 2017. Aguero did not come out for the...

Nigerian super eagles to play Argentina, Croatia, and Iceland in Group D for the 2018 FIFA world Cup. See FULL LIST: Group H: Poland - Colombia - Senegal - Japan Group G: Belgium - England - Tunisia - Panama Group F: Germany - Mexico - Sweden - Korean Group E: Brazil - Switzerland -...

Algeria’s new coach, Rabah Madjer has described the Super Eagles as a team of benchwarmers, which has only one regular player in its squad. Speaking ahead of tomorrow’s 2018 World Cup qualifier against Nigeria, Madjer, who was one of the stars of the great Algerian side of the 1980s, said the...

The president of Panama has declared Wednesday to be a national holiday after the country qualified for the World Cup for the first time ever. SEE LIST OF COUNTRIES ALREADY QUALIFIED FOR WORLD CUP Juan Carlos Varela‏ said on Twitter: "The voice of the people has been heard... Tomorrow will be...