Frankfurt sign Super Eagles midfielder Raphael Onyedika
German Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt have completed the signing of Nigeria international Raphael Onyedika from Belgian champions Club Brugge, with the midfielder putting pen to paper on a contract that runs until June 2031.
Glo-CAF Award: Keshi, Ethiopian coach tip Mikel
Super Eagles boss, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi and his Ethiopian counterpart, Sewnet Bishaw believe that it’s about time Nigeria returned to the summit of African football with one of their players winning the coveted African Player of the Year Award. The awards are scheduled for Lagos, Nigeria next week.
Commonwealth Games: Queen’s Baton arrives Monday
The Queens Baton for the 2014 Commonwealth Games is scheduled to arrive Abuja tomorrow and would be received by officials of the Nigerian Olympic Committee and members of the 2014 Commonwealth Games Queens Baton Relay Committee.
SportsGuard: ‘Mikel Obi was Africa’s best in 2013’
May I continue from where we left it in 2013 and convey my sincere wishes of a happy New Year to all readers of Sports Unite Nigeria. I really wasn’t in the mood to write until the morning after New Year’s day when I turned on my TV set to watch a popular daily sports program, only to be thoroughly disappointed by what I was hearing.
Eagles’ll do Nigerians proud at CHAN – Mohammed
Nigeria Football Federation director of competitions, Sanusi Mohammed has declared that the NFF has full confidence on the home-based Eagles to win the CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN), beginning on January 11 in South Africa.
Keshi’s home-based Eagles shut Ethiopia up
Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi yesterday at the Abuja National Stadium had the last laugh over his Ethiopian counterpart, Bishaw Sewnet when the second string Nigerian team defeated their Ethiopian counterparts 2-1 in an international friendly used as a tune up game to prepare both sides for the African Nations Championships, CHAN which begins in South Africa next week.
