Wrexham goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo was denied a chance of teaming up with the senior national team of Nigeria by the English FA. Okonkwo was an English FA clearance away, from participating in the four nations tournament in Turkey with Nigeria Nigeria will take part in a four team tournament in Turkey, Involving Iran, Jordan and Costa Rica. It was originally billed to take place in Jordan but was moved due to the escalation of violence in the Middle East. Super Eagles won’t be

Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle included Al-Ittihad January signing George Ilenikhena in his list of players for the upcoming four team invitational tournament in Turkey. Ilenikhena is still yet to commit his future to France or Nigeria Nigeria will take part in a four team tournament in Turkey, Involving Iran, Jordan and Costa Rica. It was originally billed to take place in Jordan but was moved due to the escalation of violence in the Middle Eas

Emmanuel Fernandez who got his maiden invitation to the senior national team of Nigeria has opened up on his excitement ahead of teaming up with the team for the four team tournament in Turkey. Nigeria will take part in a four team tournament in Turkey, Involving Iran, Jordan and Costa Rica. It was originally billed to take place in Jordan but was moved due to the escalation of violence in the Middle East. Fernandez was among the new players handed a first time call up to the

Head coach of the senior team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has picked 23 players that will represent Nigeria in the upcoming FIFA international window. Nigeria will take part in a four team tournament in Turkey, Involving Iran, Jordan and Costa Rica. It was originally billled to take place in Jordan but was moved due to the escalation of violence in the Middle East. Super Eagles won’t be at the world cup, but will use the tournament to begin the second phase of the rebuild of the

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) says it’s not true that head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has been offered a whopping $100,000 monthly salary to remain as coach of the Super Eagles. Reports in recent days say the NFF have offered the coach fresh terms to keep him at his job for a further two years, with one year left to run on his present deal. Chelle is demanding $150,000 a month, and reports went viral during the week that the NFF through t

Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle didn’t include any player from the Nigeria domestic league in his squad for the upcoming four team friendly tournament in Turkey. Nigeria will take part in a four team tournament in Turkey, Involving Iran, Jordan and Costa Rica. It was originally billed to take place in Jordan but was moved due to the escalation of violence in the Middle East. Super Eagles won’t be at the world cup, but will use the tournament to b

Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has handed a first time invitation to a relatively unknown winger playing in the German Bundesliga ahead of their upcoming friendly games. Nigeria will take part in a four team tournament in Turkey, Involving Iran, Jordan and Costa Rica. It was originally billed to take place in Jordan but was moved due to the escalation of violence in the Middle East. Super Eagles won’t be at the world cup, but will use the tourna

Yesterday news broke out that the Appeal Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has awarded the title of the recently concluded AFCON to the host Morocco. Morocco were beaten 1-0 by Senegal in the final of the tournament, which was marred by a walk out by Senegal after Morocco were awarded a dubious penalty at the end of the game. The game restarted after almost twenty minutes. Brahim Diaz took the resultant spot kick, but his attempt to score what is called

Senegal’s football authorities have formally rejected a recent decision by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), describing it as “unfair, unprecedented and unacceptable,” and warning that it risks damaging the credibility of African football governance. CAF awarded a 3-0 victory to Morocco, following Senegal's conduct in the Final of AFCON 2025 In an official response issued shortly after the ruling, Senegal confirmed it will escalate the matter to the Court of Arbitr

Morocco have been declared the winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations after the Confederation of African Football (Caf) overturned the result of the final following Senegal's controversial walk-off. Senegal's initial victory over Morocco was their second Afcon title after winning the trophy in 2021 Senegal beat Morocco 1-0 in the final on 18 January in a match which was overshadowed when the Senegalese players refused to play after the hosts were awarded a stoppage-time pe

Nigeria’s hopes of returning to the FIFA World Cup have finally collapsed after it emerged that the country’s protest against the eligibility of some players used by the Democratic Republic of Congo in last year’s African play-off was dismissed on procedural grounds. Sports The protest followed Nigeria’s defeat to the DR Congo national football team in the decisive African play-off match for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, played on November 16, 2025, at the Crown Prince Moulay El H

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) say they will appeal the decision by FIFA disciplinary committee rejecting their petition against DR Congo for fielding ineligible players in the World Cup qualifiers playoff. FIFA rejected Nigeria's protest, regarding Congo's alleged fielding of ineligible players Nigeria protested that several players in the team of DR Congo were ineligible for the game, which they won 4-3 on penalties to pick the sole ticket to represent Africa at the

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) say they will appeal the decision by FIFA disciplinary committee rejecting their petition against DR Congo for fielding ineligible players in the World Cup qualifiers playoff. Nigeria Football Federation is expected to appeal the decision Nigeria protested that several players in the team of DR Congo were ineligible for the game, which they won 4-3 on penalties to pick the sole ticket to represent Africa at the intercontinental playoff i

Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has included two new wingers in the squad that will prosecute the four nation invitational tournament in Turkey. Two new wingers, a defender and a goalkeeper are in contention to make Super Eagles' Squad list The initial was for the tournament to take place in Jordan but it has been moved to Turkey due to the escalating violence in the Middle East in the war between Israel and Iran. Nigeria who won’t be at the worl

The planned four team friendly tournament that has been scheduled for the Super Eagles of Nigeria in Jordan has been moved to Turkey. The tournament has been moved to Turkey, due to Crisis in the Middle East There were doubts if the tournament will hold due to the escalation of the war in the Middle East, an announcement from the Jordan FA confirmed that it will still go ahead but in Turkey rather than the city of Amman in Jordan “The Jordan Football Association has decided t

The Finalissima between Argentina and Spain has been cancelled because of the war in the Middle East. Argentina beat Italy at Wembley to win the previous edition in 2022 European champions Spain were set to play Copa America champions Argentina in Qatar on 26 March. Uefa said proposals to hold the match at Real Madrid's Bernabeu, or play a two-legged game in Madrid and Buenos Aires, were rejected by Argentina. Uefa said: "Due to the current political situation in the region,

Just under a year ago, Myles Lewis-Skelly was starring for Arsenal in a Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid and looked set to be England's starting left-back at the World Cup. Myles Lewis-Skelly has started 12 games in all competitions for Arsenal this season Now he finds himself fighting for game time with the Gunners.The 19-year-old's breakout season came in 2024-25, taking his chance for Arsenal during their injury-hit campaign and then signing a five-ye

Former coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has lifted the lid on how close Bayern Munich star Michel Olise came to playing for the senior national team of Nigeria five years ago. Micheal Olise has recorded a remarkable 41 goal contributions in 37 games for Bayern Munich this season In March 2021 , Rohr was then the coach of the senior national team of Nigeria called Olise who was then playing for Reading in the English Championship to the team in his list

Chelsea defender Tosin Adarabioyo has finally decided to pledge his international future to Nigeria. FIFA Club World Cup and Uefa Conference winner, commits his international future to Nigeria, after 8 years of asking Tosin has been on the radar of the Super Eagles since 2018 but has constantly refused to commit to the team, hoping for a chance to the senior national team of England where he was a youth international. However after failing to catch the attention of head coach

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is waiting for the English FA to ratify the switch of nationality of goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo from England to Nigeria. Okonkwo has been instrumental to Wrexham's Premier League aspirations, recording 11 shutouts along the way The letter from the English FA is the final step required to free him to play for Nigeria, after representing England from U-15 to U-18 levels with 12 games under his belt. Okonkwo who picked his 10th clean sheet ye