By John Egbokhan Super Eagles new jersey for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying round is set to be unveiled on February 5 in the United States of America. The new line of jersey it was learnt may also be used by the three-time African Cup of Nations winners in the AFCON 2021 qualifying campaign, […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Nigeria’s Super Eagles have been drawn in Group C of the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers alongside Cape Verde, Liberia and Central African Republic. The Draw for the Group Phase of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 took place on Tuesday in Cairo, Egypt, with 40 African countries discovering their fates for […]

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick has confirmed Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr will be required to reside in the country. The German tactician was appointed in 2016 on a three-year contract – which runs out this month – and will be offered a new deal following his satisfactory performance with the […]

By John Egbokhan, Benin City The Super Eagles will play their opening match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign at the newly refurbished Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City. Disclosing this Tuesday night here, President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick said the match would be played in March after the draw for […]

By John Egbokhan – Benin City The Super Eagles will play their opening match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign at the newly refurbished Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City. Disclosing this Tuesday night here, President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick said the match would be played in March after the draw […]

The Super Eagles can win the World Cup in the next 10 years, at the championships of 2026 or 2030. That should be Nigerians’ next target.

Coach Gernot Rohr has planned to invite more new players for Super Eagles’ next international friendly game. The 66-year-old German tactician has revealed that he won’t experiment with new players when the 2022 World Cup qualifiers begin next year March but would be open to give them the chance during the FIFA international windows of […]

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick believes Queen Park Rangers midfielder Eberechi Eze can help improve the Super Eagles. The NFF boss recently had a meeting with the youngster and his parents on the potential of the England U21 midfielder to switch his allegiance to the West Africans. ALSO READ: Iheanacho ‘happy’ at Leicester City […]

Nigeria has moved up by four spots to 31st position in the FIFA ranking for November released on Thursday. In the latest ranking published on the website of the world’s football governing body, Nigeria garnered 1493 points November as against 1481 recorded last month. However, the Super Eagles are still the third-best team in Africa […]

By Rasheed Sobowale Nigeria’s national football team head coach, Gernot Rohr ranked 19th among the top 20 world national coach. The ranking list which was released on 26th of November by the German(Bonn)-based organisation International Federation of Football History & Statistics ranked the Portuguese Head Coach, Fernando Santos the best in the world with 112 […]

Semi Ajayi delivered impressive performance to help West Bromwich Albion clinch a 4-1 victory against Bristol City in Wednesday’s Championship game. The Super Eagles star was handed his 18th league start and made the most of the opportunity, playing a key role to ensure the Baggies secure maximum points in front of their home fans. […]

Former Nigeria Football Federation board member John Fashanu has given a brutal assessment of Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr, saying the German has built a weak team “not good enough to dominate African football.” Without mincing his words, Fashanu said Rohr has underachieved as Nigeria coach who also has a low regard for home-based players. […]

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, said on Wednesday the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) would decide the contract situation of Super Eagles manager, Gernot Rohr. . The minister gave the clarification at a brief meeting with the Franco-German tactician before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the […]

Gernot Rohr is content with the Super Eagles conceding first as long as victory is ultimately achieved. The German handler expressed his point of view after Nigeria’s 4-2 defeat of Lesotho in Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. Like it happened against the Benin Republic, the Crocodiles drew first blood with Nkoto Masoabi heading past […]

Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr has praised the attitude of his side after coming from behind to claim a 2-1 victory against the Republic of Benin in Wednesday’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying game. Stephane Sessegnon gave the Squirrels the lead two minutes into the match before the Super Eagles rallied back with goals from […]