Friday, November 15, 2024

Nigeria Football

NPFL no show bothers Eguma

Rivers United technical manager, Stanley Eguma says the failure of the League Management Company (LMC) to announce a kickoff date for this season's Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) is detrimentally affecting his side in the CAF Confederation Cup.United scraped...

Pillars attacker blames “French speaking” refs for failure

Kano Pillars attacker Nyima Nwagua believes 'poor officiating' was largely responsible for the club's elimination in this season's CAF Confederation Cup. Pillars lost 3-1 on aggregate to Senegalese club, ASC Diaraf with the Nigerian club firing blanks at home after...

Eguma wants improvements ahead of Celtic test

Rivers United technical manager, Stanley Eguma says his charges will need to display remarkable improvements if they are to reach the playoff round of the 2020-21 CAF Confederation Cup.The Nigerian club required penalties to squeeze past Equatoguinean club, Futuro...

Osho explains CAFCL draw against Rahimo FC

Enyimba head coach, Fatai Osho has alluded that his side faced in recent time one of the meanest and hard as nail opponents, Rahimo FC of Burkina Faso in the CAF Champions League competition. Both champions clashed in the Africa’s...

Ospino the hero as Rivers United squeeze past Futuro Kings

Penalty shootouts are nobody's game goes a popular football maxim but whoever coined that phrase probably never reckoned with the Rivers United goalkeeper, Ospino Egbe.The maverick shotstopper, in his second season with United, saved three spot kicks in a...

Plateau allege foul over CAFCL loss to Simba

Nigerian club Plateau United have alleged foul play following  their CAF Champions League defeat to Simba.The Nigerian side suffered a 1-0 defeat on aggregate to the Tanzanian club following a 0-0 draw at the National Stadium, Dar es Salaam...

Osimhen absolves Nigerian doctors of blame over injury

SSC Napoli striker Victor Osimhen has absolved Nigerian doctors of blame following reports to the contrary in some sections of the Nigerian media. Italian media outlet Tuttosport reported on Saturday that Napoli medics had claimed that Nigerian doctors did more...

Club glory the priority as Nigeria’s Enyimba face Rahimo FC of Burkina Faso –...

Enyimba striker, Victor Mbaoma has said that he is placing his side's victory against visiting Burkina Faso champions, Rahimo FC, as a priority - above any personal glory. The Nigerian champions will confront Rahimo in Sunday’s Caf Champions League second...

Top Nigerian women’s teams demoted as league’s top official enforces order.

The Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) chairperson, Aisha Falode has announced the demotion of two Premiership sides, Adamawa Queens and Heartland Queens to the NWFL second tier league, Championship. The duo failed to heed a Tuesday, December 1, second deadline...

Plateau Utd still in CAF Champions League race, says Henlong

Plateau United central midfielder, Charles Henlong has said his side are still very much in the race for a place in the next round of the CAF Champions League, despite a matchday 1 home loss to challengers, Simba Sports...
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