Aiteo Group has, in the last couple of months, shown commitment to the development of sports in Nigeria, venturing into an arena many corporate organisations had feared to venture into.

Frank Ilaboya, Chairman of the Edo State Football Association has urged Nigerians not to be discouraged over the country’s defeat to England at a friendly match played at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.

Nigeria vs England: England kicked off their World Cup preparations with a 2-1 friendly win over Nigeria, but Raheem Sterling ended a troubled week on a low note as the Manchester City star was booked for diving.

As the world and indeed Africans look forward to this year’s World Cup tagged Russia 2018 which kicks off June 14. Nigeria is highly favoured to be the first African country to break the World Cup jinx by making an appreciable impact at the global soccer fiesta.

Since the announcement earlier in the year that Nigeria’s Super Eagles would be playing the English national team in a friendly match on June 2nd, football fans across the world have been waiting with bated breath, anticipating the tantalising fixture, which is to be played at the Wembley Stadium in London. The match offers both countries a Grade A contest to prepare their teams ahead of Russia.

Super Eagles captain, John Obi Mikel  said the revival of the national team was down to the disciplinary measures put down by coach Gernot Rohr.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday said Super Eagles’ winger, Moses Simon would undergo one more final scan in London ahead of Nigeria’s game against England on Saturday.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday charged the Super Eagles to play fair and clean and not to hurt the feelings of about 180 million Nigerians watching them at the forthcoming World Cup starting on the 14th June 2018 in Russia.

Victor Moses, Mikel John Obi and Odion Ighalo are likely to be in the Nigeria line-up to face England in a World Cup warm-up match this weekend, coach Gernot Rohr said.

Florent Ibenge, Head Coach of the visiting Democratic Republic of Congo national team says the friendly match his team played with the Super Eagles was not to win the Nigerian team.

Nigeria’s Super Eagles were forced to a 1-1 draw yesterday by visiting Congo DR in a pre-World Cup warm up match at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt. 

World Cup-bound Nigeria showed early promise but were held to a 1-1 friendly draw by DR Congo at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt Monday.

Aftermath of the stalemate 1-1 match between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and Congo DR, former Nigeria Coach, Tunde Disu has said that the Eagles played with caution to avoid injuries.

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Super Eagles captain, John Obi Mikel has urged his team-mates to treat today’s international friendly against Congo DR seriously, as a win will boost the team’s confidence at the Russia 2018 World Cup tournament.  “We do not expect the Congolese to be easy opposition.