South Africa must beat Nigeria on Sunday to progress to the last eight of the tournament and Igesund has said that he will send his side out to win the game
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Having spent about a decade in Indian football, Martins is positive that the football in the country is moving in the right direction
The AFCON 2013 winning defender, who has been a regular starter for the Super Eagles, returns to France, where he first played for Rennes, following a three-and-a-half year spell in Portugal
Nigeria is now sixth on the continent, with Africa’s minnow and Nations Cup debutant, Cape Verde, taking over the fifth spot
The Stephen Keshi boys did not take a break as the team trained on Thursday evening with the aim of correcting the lapses that were noticed in the previous games in the tournament
Bafana forfeited their half-time lead as Ibourahima Sidibe brought the teams level after the interval, cancelling Bernard Parker’s penalty kick, which sent South Africa ahead on 25 minutes
The NFF President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, and Nigeria’s Ambassador to South Africa, Ambassador Sunday.S Yusuf, stated their positions while addressing the players at their Garden Court De Waal hotel, which also houses the Mambas of Mozambique, the next opponents of the Nigerian side
Speaking at the post match conference on Saturday, Keshi admitted that the players were desperate not only to convince himself and the technical crew of their potentials but majority of Nigerians and the world that they could be part of the World Cup party
Super Eagles and the Mexican National Team, known as ‘Tricolor’. The match will be organized in the United States of America by Soccer
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He was signed from Belgian club, Standard Liege, in January 2012 and immediately went on loan to Dutch top-flight side, ADO Den Haag
The change in camp site was based on the recommendation of the Technical Committee of the federation
A competent source very close to the team disclosed that Belarus is among the three countries Nigeria is discussing with to play friendly before the World Cup
A competent source very close to the team disclosed that Belarus is among the three countries Nigeria is discussing with to play friendly before the World Cup
The 1st Assistant Referee is Moustapha Toure, who was born in 1980 and has been an international assistant referee since 2007
Adedeji, who spoke first, said he has missed several important engagements due to sudden injuries but that will never deter him from aspiring to be one of the best left backs in the world
It was learnt that Ethiopia, who are also CHAN-bound, requested for the friendly, which was granted by the Nigeria Football Federation
A cross section of holidaying Ghanaians that came to the Labadi Beach on Sunday unanimously agreed that both Ghana and Nigeria have the pedigree to win all their matches and move to the final to face each other for the CHAN Trophy at stake
The Eagles took the lead through towering Egwuekwe off a header, before lively Bello Kofarmata drew Pillars level from the penalty spot soon after
“It is a sad development that we are in this situation because these are the players we have been working with to form a solid side at the competition
At the last count, four players have had knocks – two serious, two very negligible – to the extent that the medics have said if the technical crew picks from among them, there will be no medical issue at CHAN