Super Eagles defender Calvin Bassey says the team is not under any pressure despite sitting in fifth place ahead of Friday's FIFA World Cup qualifying fixture against South Africa in Uyo. Nigeria are second from bottom after Benin defeated Rwanda on Thursday and Lesotho got the better of Zimbabwe earlier on Friday. Bassey, who played a pivotal role as the Super Eagles finished second at the...
Fulham midfielder Alex Iwobi and Atalanta forward Ademola Lookman arrived at the Super Eagles camp in Uyo on Wednesday, ahead of Nigeria’s upcoming matches in the African qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Following the difficulties surrounding players arrival, the two stars' arrival took the number of players in the Nigerian camp to 22, with only Udinese goalkeeper Maduka Okoye yet to touchdown. Camp update:...
Remo Stars defender Sodiq Ismail, who recently received his first national team call-up, is confident the Super Eagles will come out victorious in their upcoming African qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Nigeria will be up against South Africa and Benin Republic in this month’s qualifiers, and Ismail, who is one of the three home-based players called up to the squad, says the team isn’t...
Super Eagles head coach, Finidi George, on Friday, announced his 23-man star-studded list for Nigeria's upcoming matches against South Africa and Benin Republic in Group C of the African qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The 53-year-old former Nigeria international has called upon Eagles' leading marksman Victor Osimhen, Atalanta’s UEFA Europa League final hat-trick hero Ademola Lookman, newly-crowned German Bundesliga champion Victor Boniface, as well...
Ahead of next month’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers between Benin Republic and Nigeria, the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has substituted the officials initially selected to oversee the tie. Ethiopian official Bamlak Tessema Weyesa, who was initially selected as the referee for the match, has been replaced by Pierre Ghislain Atcho of Gabon. Weyesa’s countrymen, Temesgin Samuel Atango and Tigle Gizaw Belachew, retained their...
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