Cristiano Ronaldo opens door for Portugal return, apologises for walk-out
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the door for a return to the Portuguese national team on Tuesday and apologised for his walkout, while also accusing coach Jorge Jesus of twice breaking his word.
Lulu arrives in Durban
NFF President Sani Lulu Abdullahi arrived in the Super Eagles’ African Cup of Nations final training camp in Durban, South African, on Wednesday morning and immediately set about giving words of encouragement to the players.
Oliseh faults semi-final target set for Amodu
Former Eagles’ captain, Sunday Oliseh, has disagreed with the Nigeria Football Federation over the charge to coach Shaibu Amodu to achieve a semi-final placing at the Nations Cup or forget taking the Super Eagles to the 2010 World Cup billed for June in South Africa.
Utaka eyes World Cup slot, moves to France
Out of favour Eagles attacker, John Utaka, said that he is anxious to move to France and play regular football in order to win a place in Nigeria’s team to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Playing for the national team is a risk, Mikel
The debate has been on for long and it does appear the end to it is still far. The tussle between club and country, and players’ loyalty to club over country reverberated Tuesday, January 5, when Chelsea and Nigeria mid-fielder, John Obi Mikel, said on Chelsea TV that playing for one’s country was a risk.
Zambia kick Eagles hard, end match goalless
Nigeria’s Super Eagles, yesterday in Durban, failed to fly against Zambia’s Chipolopolo, who held their West Africans foes to a barren draw in a warm-up match for the African Cup of Nations, kicking off this weekend in Angola.
