Both countries, with stellar talents in the women’s game, are arguably among the best in the world at the moment
Author: Bunmi Ogunyale
Osimhen was on the bench for Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Inter at San Siro and barely trained in the days before the match
The Reds obliterated Sparta Prague 11-2 over two legs in the last 16, prevailing 5-1 at the epet Arena during last week’s first leg
The Portuguese tactician and former forward disclosed this in a post on his X handle, formerly Twitter, on Friday
Nigeria’s midfield is led by Frank Onyeka, Alex Iwobi and Ademola Lookman, while Chukwueze and Osimhen hunt for the goals
Nigeria’s Super Eagles will battle South Africa’s Bayana Bayana in the semi finals at 5pm Nigeria time on Wednesday
The Super Eagles had the better of the Palancas Negras of Angola in their quarter final clash on Frida
The Chippas United of South Africa safe pair of hands, was forced out injured in Nigeria’s 2-0 win over Cameroon
They did this in style on Saturday when they beat eternal rivals Cameroon in Abidjan, the capital of Cote d’Ivoire
The coaches of the two teams released their lists ahead of the match, which kicks off at 9pm on Saturday
The Jose Peseiro lads stand the chance of battling the defending champions, Senegal, Guinea or their eternal rivals, Cameroon
This tallied to a 2-0 aggregate victory for Nigeria’s Falconets in the final round of the qualifying race in Africa
The Elephants celebrated a 2-0 win over Guinea Bissau’s Wild Dogs on the opening day of the tournament
The Nigerian side are ranked 42nd in the world with 1474.44 points based on the ranking released on Thursday by FIFA.
The move by Peseiro is in line with the regulations for the CAF Africa Cup of Nations Cote d’Ivoire 2023.
Though the East Africans carried the day, Nigerian athletes represented the sub-region meritoriously.
The registration of the four additional players on the final list of is only an option and not an obligation
A wild, error-strewn continental group stage left the Red Devils’ last-16 hopes hanging by a thread
The Napoli forward emerged the Best Player ahead of close rivals Achraf Hakimi and Mohamed Salah
This made it a 7-1 aggregate win in the final round of the qualification series for the Super Falcons of Nigeria