Fulham manager Marco Silva has drummed his support for Nigeria ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final on Sunday. Two Cottagers, Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey, have been ever-present in the Ivory Coast, playing every game, and will be gearing up once again as they prepare to face the tournament hosts whom they defeated in the group stage. Silva revealed he has monitoring the...
AC Milan winger Samuel Chukwueze and South Africa-based goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali are the two latest arrivals at the Super Eagles training camp in Abu Dhabi. Chukwueze, who was granted permission by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to partake in Milan's Coppa Italia round of 16 tie against Cagliari on Tuesday, along with Chippa United’s shotstopper Nwabali, joined up with the other 17 early arrivals in the...
Ahead of Nigeria’s participation in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, team captain Ahmed Musa, England-based midfielder Alex Iwobi, and 15 other stars touched down at the team’s training base in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday. Kasimpasa defender Kenneth Omeruo, who, like Musa, was a member of the Super Eagles side that last won the AFCON in 2013, Moses Simon, Joe Aribo, Chidozie Awaziem,...
Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey won the battle of the Super Eagles stars as Fulham thumped Ola Aina’s Nottingham Forest 5-0 at the Craven Cottage on Wednesday night. Iwobi scored twice to continue his newly found form in front of goal and make it three goals in as many games in the Premier League, while Bassey was a stalwart in defence, helping his side keep a...
Leicester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho’s stunning goal was cancelled out by Mohamed Kanno’s stoppage time free kick as the Super Eagles of Nigeria were held to a 2-2 draw by Saudi Arabia in their friendly encounter at the Estadio Municipal de Portimao in Portugal on Friday evening. Iheanacho, who came off the bench for the Eagles, hit a beauty of a left-footed strike from the edge...
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