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...
The Super Eagles camp has been given a huge boost after five players landed in Uyo on Tuesday following the suspension of the national labour strike across Nigeria. Eight players were stranded on Monday due to inactivity at airports however however five of those players in defenders Semi Ajayi, Bright Osayi-Samuel and Calvin Bassey, midfielder Frank Onyeka and forward Paul Onuachu all landed at the Victor...
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...
Seven Nigeria players featured in the 2023-24 Premier League season for four clubs. Taiwo Awoniyi and Ola Aina played for Nottingham Forest, Gabriel Osho and Femi Onyedinma are in the books of Luton Town, Calvin Bassey and Alex Iwobi featured for Fulham and Frank Onyeka impressed at Brentford. Afrosport ranks the performances of each player ahead of their final league games of the campaign. 1. Alex...
Chippa United goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali, England-based midfielder Alex Iwobi, and eight other players arrived at the Super Eagles camp in Marrakech, Morocco, which opened on Tuesday. Iwobi’s Fulham teammate Calvin Bassey, Semi Ajayi, Nantes midfielder Moses Simon, and fullbacks Jamilu Collins and Bruno Onyemaechi have all touched down in the Eagles camp. Other players in camp are Rangers’ forward Cyriel Dessers, Hatayspor’s midfielder Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, and...
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