SUNDAY, December 12, 2021 marked Gernot Rohr’s final day as coach of Nigeria’s senior male national football team, the Super Eagles, after five years on the saddle. Rohr’s sack was announced by the General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, after a virtual meeting of the Executive Committee. “The relationship between […]

The Super Eagles may well have problems securing the release of their top stars for the forthcoming AFCON after top European clubs are piling pressure on FIFA for them to hold on to their players. The European Club Association (ECA) have told FIFA it is deeply concerned with the well being of players amid “worsening […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Nigeria’s Super Eagles will face the Pharaohs of Egypt in the first match of Group D on January 11th 2022 when both teams open their campaign in the postponed AFCON 2021. Both teams are not strangers to this competition as Egypt holds the record of being the most successful side having won […]

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will play Egypt, Sudan and Guinea Bissau in Group D of next year’s Africa Cup of Nations. The competition will commence on January 9th with a clash between Cameroon and Burkina Faso. See full groups below Group A: Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Cape Verde Group B: Senegal, Zimbabwe, Guinea, Malawi […]

The Emergency Committee of Confederation of African Football (CAF) has approved resumption dates for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and the Africa qualifying group stage of 2022 FIFA World Cup. This means a busy schedule awaits the participating teams, with double-headers from November 2020 through to November 2021 in the battle for spots […]