African Cup

Tunisia put power cuts and flooding behind them to seize the Group B initiative Thursday at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea. The Carthage Eagles went two points clear with one mini-league round left after a smash-and-grab 2-1 victory over wasteful Zambia at Nuevo Estadio de Ebebiyin. Captain Yassine Chikhaoui nodded the […]

Super Eagles arrived the Congolese city of Point Noire 2:30am yesterday and after passing through immigration proceedings were checked into Atlantic Palace Hotel in the heart of the city. The team made up of 25 players, the technical crew led by Big Boss Stephen Keshi, NFF President Amaju Pinnick who led the delegation, Senate Committee […]

Super Eagles only  training session on Thursday evening at the UJ Esuene Stadium, was one that stood some players out, though all the stars, 22 of them are fit to start according to Head Coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi. Hotshot, Emmanuel Emenike’s rising profile in front of goalkeepers was obvious as his powerful runs, crosses and […]

John Otu and Sarah Adebisi have emerged men and women singles champions of the 1st Ekiti Governor All Nigeria Open Tennis Championship. Playing before a large crowd which include the former Governor of Ekiti State,  Segun Oni, Otu defeated Edward Christopher 7-6 (2), 6-2 while Adebisi confirmed her new status as Nigeria's top-ranked female player […]

Former Abia State Governor Orji Uzor Kalu is fervently praying for the Indomitable Lions of Cameroun to be paired with the Super Eagles in the decisive Brazil 2014 play-offs. "Bring on Cameroun it’s time for pound of flesh. These new Eagles are giant killers. They have what it takes to nail teams that tormented Nigeria […]

African champions Nigeria earned themselves a place in the draw on 16 September for the final round of African World Cup play-offs with a win over Malawi. Nigeria finished top of Group F thanks to a 2-0 triumph over 10-man Malawi. Here is BBC Sport's preview of all that match and all the games in […]

The Super Eagles were on Sunday morning paid a bonus of $25,000-a-man for beating Burkina Faso to win the AFCON in South Africa. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) could not come up with the cash to pay the team after they won the continental tournament on February 10 in Johannesburg courtesy of a Sunday Mba […]

John Obi Mikel has said that winning the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Cup and the crowd that met the team on arrival in Nigeria is a feeling he will never forget. The Chelsea midfielder played a big part in the Super Eagles’ run to their third continental title where he became a leader on […]

President of world football-governing body, FIFA, Joseph Blatter has eulogised the Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi who led the Nigerian team to the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations triumph in South Africa recently. In a letter dated 14th February and addressed directly to the Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Blatter stated, “Please convey my warmest […]

Nigeria star Mikel Obi has said he wishes for more success with club and country as that would make him a more matured player and person. “Every big tournament you win seems to take you to another level, both as a player and a person,’ Mikel told Chelsea official website. “You mature by winning major […]