Elegbeleye harped on good preparations as well as selection of best legs for the Eagles to achieve success in the World Cup
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Nigeria, who will open the training camp on May 25, have reached the World Cup round of 16 twice – in 1994 and 1998
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
The new home kit has a dark green/blue colour application added to the sides of the shirt, while the collar of the kit comes in small V shape and in two colours
Minister of Youth and Sports Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, Ghana Football Association (GFA) president Kwesi Nyantakyi, Ghana’s football legend Abedi Ayew and other key football and sports personalities had earlier welcomed the FIFA delegation accompanying the trophy
Nigeria will now head into their fifth World Cup campaign looking to better their best previous finish, having twice made the round of 16, in 1994 and again in 1998, while their outings in 2002 and 2010 ended at the group stage
There have been pockets of doubts about the goal scoring ability of the Golden Eaglets since Success’ unceremonious exit but speaking for the first time, the lanky striker said the team remains focused
Chidiebere Nwakali hit the woodwork after only two minutes, and it was a hint of things to come as the Eaglets roared into incredible form
A former professional player at Valenciennes, Lille, Nice and Beauvais, he shot to global prominence 11 years ago when his Senegal side defeated his native country, France, who were also reigning European champions at the time
A camp source told The Eagle Online that the Stephen Keshi-led team went straight into business by observing their first and final training section under scotching sun at the Addis Ababa Stadium
Chief Coach Stephen Keshi and his coaching crew are also expected to arrive Abuja on Monday to prepare the ground for the players, who will be jetting in as from tonight to start camping for the Ethiopia’s match
Iran defeated the US 2-1 at the 1998 World Cup in France and both sides played to a 1-1 draw in a match in Pasadena, California, US, two years later
The decision to hold the World Cup in Qatar has been a subject of controversy with concerns raised over the high temperature in the Arabian country in summer
But they will face much tougher opponents in Nigeria, who beat Ethiopia 2-0 enroute to winning the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa last February
But Italy know a win over the Czechs in Turin will be enough in Group B, where Bulgaria are at Malta, and Armenia play Denmark in battles for a potential play-off place
According to FIFA, the 2013 edition of the competition saw a 66 per cent growth compared to the 2009 edition in South Africa, with 433 million page views on fifa.com, partly due to the increasing mobile audience
An impeccable source close to the Glass House told The Eagle Online over the weekend that the federation hinged the possibility of dumping the Calabar stadium on the gradual return of peace in Kaduna and the near completion of the Abuja stadium, adding that it is considering either Abuja or Kaduna for the encounter
The Eagle Online gathered that FIFA’s September ranking will be used to determine the seeded teams for the final round of the Africa 2014 World Cup qualifiers
Nigeria still sit on top of the Group with nine points from five games, Malawi are trailing seven points while Namibia and Kenya have five and three points respectively
Since coming into the saddle 20 months ago, Keshi has only lost two games to Egypt, 2-3 in Dubai, and a 0-1 loss to Peru in an international friendly in Lima, the following month.