Flying Eagles head coach, Aliyu Zubairu hopes his side will get the chance to confront a North African opposition in a friendly ahead of the 2025 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. The seven-time champions will face North African giants Egypt and Morocco in Group B at the biennial competition. The Amajita of South Africa are … Read more
Algerian-born Adel Amrouche has been appointed as the new head coach of the Rwanda senior men’s national team. The Rwanda Football Association (RFA) confirmed the appointment of Amrouche on their X handle on Sunday. The 56-year-old takes over from German coach Torsten Spittler. His first assignment would be against the Super Eagles of Nigeria in … Read more
Sunshine Stars assistant coach, Bobola Akinfolarin says the Owena Waves will keep fighting to escape relegation this season. The Akure club boosted their survival hopes with a hard-fought 4-2 victory over Kwara United in Ikenne on Saturday. Sunshine Stars moved to 16th position on the table following the hard-earned victory. Read Also:Flying Eagles Will Cruise … Read more
Nigerian striker Victor Olatunji delivered another match-winning performance for Sparta Prague, coming off the bench to score the decisive goal in their 2-1 victory over Sigma Olomouc in a Chance Liga clash on Saturday. Olatunji’s performance earned him a rating of 7.5 from Flashscore and he was named the Player of the Match for his … Read more
Former Nigeria striker, Benedict Akwuegbu, has confidently stated that South Africa, Egypt, and Morocco do not pose enough of a threat to derail the Flying Eagles’ 2025 CAF U-20 AFCON campaign, Completesports.com reports. Akwuegbu believes Nigeria has the talent and pedigree to navigate the group stage despite the presence of North African heavyweights Morocco and … Read more
Manchester City have been hit with another injury setback to a key player as Nathan Ake faces a lengthy spell out. Ake was forced off at half time against Plymouth in City’s FA Cup fifth round encounter at the Etihad on Saturday. It is another injury blow in a season of knocks and issues both … Read more
Real Betis coach Manuel Pellegrini has disclosed that the team deserved their victory against Real Madrid in Saturday’s La Liga game. Betis won 2-1 as Brahim Diaz’s opener for Real Madrid was canceled out by Johnny Cardoso and Isco’s winning penalty. Speaking after the game, Pellegrini stated that Real Betis were more aggressive and eager … Read more
Nathan Tella got a very good rating while Victor Boniface had an average score in Bayer Leverkusen’s 4-1 win at Eintracht Frankfurt in Saturday’s Bundesliga game. In the rating that was some by Get German Football, Tella got seven out of 10 and Boniface had five. Tella was on target for Leverkusen in the big … Read more
Blackburn head coach, Valerien Ismael, has disclosed that he won’t blame Super Eagles striker Emmanuel Dennis for the red card he received against Norwich in Saturday’s Championship game. Recall that the Nigerian international received his marching orders in the 30th minute of the game after a double foul on Benjamin Chrisene. Reacting after the game, … Read more
Nathan Tella says Bayer Leverkusen won’t give up in their fight to win a second consecutive Bundesliga title. Xabi Alonso’s side thrashed Eintracht Frankfurt 4-1 at the Deutsche Bank Park on Saturday night. Tella opened scoring for Die Werkself in the 26th minute of the thrilling encounter. It was the Nigeria international’s second league goal … Read more