The senior national team of Nigeria fell to a 1-2 defeat in the hands of Portugal, a game meant to prepare the host for their forthcoming challenge at the world cup in the USA. Super Eagles lost to Portugal meant Eric Chelle loses his face game in 90 minutes since taking charge Akor Adams got Nigeria’s lone goal of the game, cancelling out Pedro Nero’s opener before Francisco Conceição scored what ended as the winner for the Portuguese. We rate the players who featured for Ni

Portugal rounded up their preparation for the World Cup with a hard fought 2-1 win over Nigeria. They took the lead in the 23rd minute when Pedro Neto took advantage of some slack defending from Nigeria to fire a low effort past Maduka Okoye. Nigeria drew level in the 37th minute when Akor Adams showed good strength to get on to a long ball from Okoye, and raced on to a lay off by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru to draw Nigeria level. Upon assumption for the second half, Portugal made se

Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has gone with his strongest starting lineup for today’s high profile friendly game against Portugal. Super Eagles have been involved in a series of friendlies in the summer starting with the Unity Cup tournament in London, which they won after a 2-0 win over Zimbabwe in the semi final, and a 3-0 win over Jamaica in the final. Chelle rejigged the team for their next friendly which ended 2-2 against Poland in Warsaw,

The senior national team of Nigeria were forced to a 2-2 draw by Poland in an international friendly game in Warsaw. Nigeria was held to a late draw by Poland, despite dominant display They conceded too late goals in both halves after going ahead twice in the game courtesy of the duo of Terem Moffi and Paul Onuachu who scored from the spot. We noticed five things during the game, which preserved the unbeaten run of head coach Eric Chelle in regulation time, since taking over

The senior national team of Nigeria were forced to a 2-2 draw by Poland in an international friendly game in Warsaw. They conceded two late goals in both halves after going ahead twice in the game courtesy of the duo of Terem Moffi and Paul Onuachu who scored from the spot. We rate the players on display for Nigeria in the game. Maduka Okoye – Calm, assured and decisive on the ball. Make a miraculous double save to deny Poland a way back at 2-1. Maybe he should have done bett

Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle says the attacking duo of Ademola Lookman and Victor Osimhen won’t be available for their upcoming high profile friendly games against Poland and Portugal respectively. Super Eagles will be without talismanic figures, Osimhen and Lookman for friendly games against Portugal and Poland Nigeria yesterday successfully defended the Unity Cup title with a 3-0 win over Jamaica, and will now regroup with an almost differen

The senior national team of Nigeria defeated Jamaica to win their 4th Unity Cup tournament, in as many appearances, to extend the record they set a year ago. Nigeria defeated Jamaica again in the Unity Cup Final A brace from Alhassan Yusuf and another strike from Terem Moffi was enough for Nigeria to defend the Unity Cup title with a comprehensive 3-0 win over Jamaica in the final of the Unity Cup. Yusuf opened scoring as early as the second minute of play taking advantage of

The senior national team of Nigeria got off to a flying start in their first game at the Unity Cup friendly tournament in London. Femi Azeez's debut brace was enough to put Nigeria past Zimbabwe in the first Semi Final of the Unity Cup Debutant Femi Azeez scored both goals for Nigeria to help them book a spot in the final, where they will be defending their title against either of Jamaica or India who will play in the other semi final. We pick five players who were impressiv

Nigeria will take on Zimbabwe in the first semi final game of the Unity Cup friendly tournament in London with head coach Eric Chelle without most of his regular players for the game. Chelle trained with 20 players yesterday with seven of the invited players yet to join the team as at the time of this report. It’s still uncertain if they will be available before the second game. Despite their absence Chelle is keen on the team defending the title they won last year, and has p

Emmanuel Fernandez says he can play a lot better than he did for the senior national team of Nigeria in their 2-2 draw against Jordan at the recently concluded four team invitational tournament in Turkey. Emmanuel Fernandez scored on his first start for the Super Eagles Fernandez made his debut in the first game of the tournament against Iran coming on as a substitute in the 2-1 win. Yesterday he capped his first start with a goal in the 2-2 draw against Jordan. He finished w

The senior team of Nigeria ended their participation at the four team invitational tournament with a 2-2 draw against Jordan. Super Eagles of Nigeria Finished the Four team tournament unbeaten Moses Simon and newboy Emmanuel Fernandez got the goal for the Super Eagles and we rate the performance of the Nigerian players during the course of the game. Francis Uzoho – Could do nothing about the goal he conceded as he was left badly exposed by the collapsed wall. Made three big s

The senior team of Nigeria ended their participation at the four team invitational tournament with a 2-2 draw against Jordan. Nigeria fell behind early in the game when Jordan struck from a well hit free kick that left goalkeeper Francis Uzoho with no chance. Captain Moses Simon made it two goals in as many matches with the leveler before the half time break. Emmanuel Fernandez on his first start found the back of the net to give Nigeria the lead for the first time in the gam

Eric Chelle makes six changes to the team that defeated Iran on Friday, while five players retain their starting position, as he aims to go strong against Jordan. As expected, many of the players who started or featured against Iran were given a rest, including Super Eagles Captain, Wilfred Ndidi, with Raphael Onyedika coming in for him. Bruno Onyeameachi (Paternity reason) Maduka Okoye and Semi Ajayi (knocks) have been replaced by Zaidu Sanusi, Francis Uzoho and debutant Emm

Trabzonspor defender Chibuike Nwaiwu will make his first start for Nigeria tomorrow after making his debut as a substitute in the 2-1 win over Iran at the ongoing four team invitational tournament in Turkey. Nwaiwu will be handed his full debut against Jordan later today Nwaiwu played for over twenty minutes on Thursday and made a good impression on head coach Eric Chelle, who drafted him in as a replacement for the injured Calvin Bassey. He is now set to start against Jordan

Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has made changes to the starting lineup of the team for tomorrow’s game against Jordan at the ongoing Four team invitational tournament in Turkey. Eric Chelle is expected to make wholesale changes to the team that defeated Iran Nigeria started their campaign on a sound note with a 2-1 win over Iran, and will be aiming to finish as tournament winners when they take on Jordan who drew 2-2 with Costa Rica in their fi

The senior national team of Nigeria yesterday started their campaign on a sound footing in the ongoing Four team tournament in Turkey with a 2-1 win over Iran. Super Eagles claimed a dominant 2-1 win over Iran Moses Simon and Jerome Akor got the goals that secured the win for Nigeria, which puts them in good stead ahead of their game on Tuesday against Jordan. Assessing the players performances; Maduka Okoye – Really impressed with his ball distribution. Not at fault for t

Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle will stick to most of the players who represented the team at the AFCON in January for today’s friendly game against Iran. Chelle keeps faith in players at AFCON Although the coach could hand debut to some newly invited players in Emmanuel Fernandez, Yira Sor and Philip Otele, he is however aiming for a good start to the tournament, hence will stick with most of his trusted players. Nigeria will play the first of t

Tom Edozie (left), scored on his debut, reducing Arsenal's lead at the top of the Premier league to only 5 points A teenager of Nigerian descent has unexpectedly inserted himself into the heart of England’s Premier League title drama, and in the process sent shockwaves through Arsenal’s championship ambitions. Tom Edozie, 19, born in England to a Nigerian father and English mother, scored a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser on his Premier League debut for Wolverhampton Wandere

Nigeria international forward Victor Osimhen was a thorn in the flesh of the defence of Italian Serie A side Juventus with two assists for Galatasaray in a shocking 5-2 win in the first round of their round of 32 playoff in the UEFA Champions League. Victor Osimhen has provided 4 goals in two games for Galatasaray Fresh from picking a double assist against Eyuspor in a 5-1 win, he followed it up today with another one as his proved to be too strong for the Italian side, who h

Senegal beat Morocco to win the Africa Cup of Nations for a second time - but only after the final was overshadowed when they temporarily refused to play after the hosts were awarded a stoppage-time penalty with the match goalless. Senegal defeated hosts Morocco 1-0 after Extra time, to claim their second AFCON title, after lifting their first in 2021 Referee Jean Jacques Ndala gave the spot-kick in the 98th minute after being advised by the video assistant referee (VAR) to c