Kelechi Iheanacho to Bankroll Nigeria Supporters Club to Egypt - For AFCON 2019
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1 DAY AGO - Leicester City and Nigerian national team forward, Kelechi Iheanacho is sponsoring five members of the Authentic Nigeria Football Supporters Club (ANFSC) to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in EgyptAccording to the ANFSC president, Abayomi Ogunjimi, “the deal has already been sealed, signed and delivered” as they look forward to massively supporting the Super Eagles.Furthermore, Ogunjimi announces that as much as 250 members of the Supporters Club will be going to Egypt to cheer Nigeria to victory at the tournament billed for June 21 to July 19.The 2019 AFCON is the 32nd edition of the competition with Nigeria drawn in Group B alongside Guinea, Madagascar and Burundi. Collapse
Golden Eaglets Beat Angola, Pick World Cup Ticket, Qualify for Semi-Finals In the On-Going U17 AFCON 2019
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2 DAYS AGO - The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria on Wednesday defeated their Angolan counterpart 1-0 to qualify for the semi-finals in the ongoing U-17 AFCON in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.With the win, Nigeria has also qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup slated for Brazil later in the year.The Manu Garba-tutored Eaglets had earlier beaten host Tanzania 5-4 in a thrilling encounter in the Group A opener.In the pulsating game against Angola on Wednesday, Nigeria’s Olakunle Olusegun scored with a well taken penalty in the 21st minute, sending the Angolan Keeper Geovani Carvalho the wrong way.The Nigerian boys continued to heap pressure on the Angolan defence but were wasteful in front of goal with five attempts on goal out of the seven shots fired.In the second half, Angola’s drive to level up was dealt a blow after defender Cabingano saw red card for a second bookable offence, his dangerous lunge on Olusegun earned him a second yellow card.With a man advantage the Eaglets grew in confidence but could not Collapse
African Legends Vs Super Eagles Class of 94 - To Mark 25th Anniversary Celebration of Nigeria's Football Golden Era
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4 DAYS AGO - The Super Eagles attained their highest peak in football in 1994 when they won the Africa Cup of Nations and made their debut at the World Cup. The team was so phenomenal that FIFA ranked Nigeria fifth in the world – the highest position ever achieved by an African football team.Just in case you’d forgotten, the ’94 team bragged of legendary players like Rashidi Yekini, Emmanuel Amunike, Sunday Oliseh and Daniel Amokachi, as well as leading to the discovery of icons like Victor Ikpeba, Nwankwo Kanu and Jay-Jay Okocha.Many say the off shoot of the 94 team was the Dream team which also won gold medal at the 1996 Olympic games, a period now referred to as Nigeria's football golden era. A period between 1994 - 2002 where players like Rasheed Yekini, Emmanuel Amunike, Victor Ikpeba and Nwankwo Kanu were crowned African player of the year respectively.Come this April, it will be exactly 25 years since the '94 team achieved all that and, deservedly, there are plans to mark their silver Collapse
AFCON U-17: Nigeria Eaglets Out Scored Host Tanzania In 9 Goals Thriller
5 DAYS AGO - Nigeria's Golden Eaglets and host Tanzania's Serengeti Boys played a most thrilling game that kept Expand
5 DAYS AGO - Nigeria's Golden Eaglets and host Tanzania's Serengeti Boys played a most thrilling game that kept the whole fans on the edge of their seats for over 90 minutes in the Under - seventeen African cup of nations (U-17 AFCON) openning game at the National Stadium, Dar es Salaam on Sunday.The Nigerian cadets finally out scored their host in a 5-4 rampaging that left everyone grasping for breathe. Olatomi Olaniyan gave Nigeria the lead in the 20th minute, firing the ball past Tanzania goalkeeper Abdallah Yahya.The hosts however responded immediately grabbing the equaliser through John Edmund.The Golden Eaglets took the lead for the second time in the game in the 30th minute courtesy of a fine effort by Wisdom Ubani. He controlled the ball expertly, beat his Opponent and squeezed the ball beyond the goalkeeper.Akinkunmi Amoo made it three for Nigeria eight minutes before the break. Amoo dribbled the on rushing Yahya before slotting the ball into the net.The hosts came alive after the Collapse
Is Messi GOD? Read the Stunning Answer of Pope Francis
11/04/2019 - Truly Messi’s game looks so supernatural when you look at his stature and the kind of things he Expand
11/04/2019 - Truly Messi’s game looks so supernatural when you look at his stature and the kind of things he does in the field of play... You see in different dispensations God makes his elixir available to a human person to get results beyond what a natural man can do or achieve. Take the case of Samson in the bible, who was gifted with supernatural might. If Messi is not God, then God flows through him. Maybe we can reach a compromise there, Pope.The Pope was asked about Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi this week, and said that while Messi is a breathtaking soccer player, he is not “God.”OK, Pope.“You can’t say it and I don’t believe it. I think people say ‘he is God’ just as they say ‘I adore you,” Pope Francis said while appearing on Spanish TV La Sexta’s show “Salvados.” “You have to adore only God. It’s expressions that people use. This is a god with the ball on the pitch. It’s a popular way that people have of expressing themselves. Of course it is a joy [to watch Messi Collapse
Pay TV Market In Nigeria - The Battle for 200 Million Eyeballs
09/04/2019 - How European Football Is Driving Pay TV Market In NigeriaOur findings have shown that there is an Expand
09/04/2019 - How European Football Is Driving Pay TV Market In NigeriaOur findings have shown that there is an increase in the number of active subscribers during European Football seasons like the English Premiership, Spanish La Liga, Italian Seria A and Uefa Champions LeagueMore people even increase their subscriptions between March and July; when the competitions like uefa champions league get to the final stages and european leagues season are coming to an end, which heralds the battle for the trophy as well as the battle against relegation in these leaguesAs they say football never stops! By june, is either the world cup or olympic games or continental competitions like African cup of nations, Copa America, European cup... Nigerians follow top teams in Europe religiously and will do anything to watch their favorite teams play. Pay TV Market In Nigeria - The Battle for 200 Million EyeballsThere seems to be a looming ‘war’ among Operators of digital satellite service providers in Collapse
Nigeria's Football Legend Christian Chukwu is Down and Dying - Needs $50,000 for Urgent Medical Attention
08/04/2019 - Nigeria's football legend Christian Chukwu, is very sick and in dire need of support to enable him Expand
08/04/2019 - Nigeria's football legend Christian Chukwu, is very sick and in dire need of support to enable him to get urgent medical attention overseas, according to the Grand Patron of ex-Enugu Rangers Players Association, Benson Ejindu."Chukwu may have suffered several health complications and is dying slowly everyday before the watchful eyes of the people of Enugu and Nigeria. A state and country he served all his life and brought so much glory to."Ejindu said, Chukwu needs the sum of $50,000 for his round trip to the United States of America, surgery, medication and general after-surgery care. And we appeal to good spirited Nigerians to intervene.Meanwhile, Nigeria Football Federation President Amaju Melvin Pinnick has mandated the Chairman of Enugu State Football Association and Member of the NFF Executive Committee, Hon. Chidi Ofo Okenwa to pay Chukwu a visit and get the details of his challenges and what needs to be done to return him to good health.“I am not in Nigeria presently Collapse
Anthony Nwakaeme Set Turkey Topflight League on Fire, Hit 10th Goal this Season
06/04/2019 - Nigerian forward Anthony Nwakaeme has now scored 10 goals across all competitions, including nine Expand
06/04/2019 - Nigerian forward Anthony Nwakaeme has now scored 10 goals across all competitions, including nine in the Turkish top-flight this season for Trabzonspor.nwakaeme scored his ninth league goal of the season for Trabzonspor who thrashed Antalayaspor 4-1 in a Turkish Super Lig clash on Friday.The visitors took the lead after nine minutes through Souleymane Doukara but Nwakaeme restored parity for the hosts in the 21st minute. The strike took his tally to six goals in his last five league games.In the second half, goals from Caleb Ekuban, Olcay Sahan, assisted by Nwakaeme, and a late strike from Murat Cem Akpinar completed secured a comeback win for Unal Karaman’s side.Trabzonspor is now placed fourth in the log, will play Shehu Abdullahi Bursaspor next Friday Collapse
NFF Appoint More Foreign Technical Assistants for Super Falcons
04/04/2019 - The Nigeria Football Federation has approved the appointment of Per Harlsson, a conditioning coach Expand
04/04/2019 - The Nigeria Football Federation has approved the appointment of Per Harlsson, a conditioning coach and Matti Demegard as a video analyst for the Super Falcons, ahead of the 2019 Women’s World Cup finals in France Both were recommended by Head Coach Thomas Dennerby. According to a statement from the NFF’s Communications department will boost the preparations of the nine-time African champions and enable them to compete favorably for honors at the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in France.Meanwhile, Dennerby told thenff.com that it is important to have good camps as the France 2019 Women’s World Cup finals draw nearer.In an interview at the team’s hotel in San Pedro del Pinatar, Thalasia, Spain, Dennerby insisted that the team will get better with the different camps and tournaments ahead of the big showpiece in France.“It is extremely important to have good camps and have the team together. I think it is also important that most of the players are back in their various clubs and Collapse
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Football Help Me Cope: How I Survive the Hard Times In Nigeria
1 DAY AGO - Learn the Survival Strategies of a Fellow Football Fan In Nigeria - written by Justin Abiam, a Expand
1 DAY AGO - Learn the Survival Strategies of a Fellow Football Fan In Nigeria - written by Justin Abiam, a guest blogger from Lagos Nigeria.- The difficulty to survive each day in a country like Nigeria help me discover what it is to love football.- Football is the Opium of the masses. Where I cannot find anything to look forward to, but the next Premier league or champions league game will just occupy my mind all day. The only thing that gives me joy.- Living in Hell, Football makes me feel heaven. In one whole night I may be in cloud seven after a great match, until reality hits me once again the next morning.You see, the government has failed us! No job, no welfare package and the politicians in power are meddling with our lives. You hear these figures looted or allowances paid these senators for caricature sitting comedians, you just wonder at the level of injustice.The school system has failed us. They say we were taught subjects and courses that are no longer relevant to our day. So Collapse
Confirmed: Senegal Vs Nigeria Friendly Ahead AFCON 2019
3 DAYS AGO - Senegalese Football Association president, Augustin Senghor has confirmed that the Expand
3 DAYS AGO - Senegalese Football Association president, Augustin Senghor has confirmed that the Terangha Lions will face three-time African champions, the Super Eagles of Nigeria in a friendly game ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr revealed last Friday after the draw for the competition that his side will play two pre-tournament friendlies against Ghana and Senegal.“We have two friendlies against Ghana and Senegal, “Rohr stated.“Ghana in Nigeria and Senegal probably one week before the tournament here in Egypt.”“It would be a great showpiece of football, but it is important for our players to avoid injuries as the season heads towards the end.”According to a report in Afrik-foot.com Senghor and president of Nigeria Football Federation Amaju Melvin Pinnick met after the draw to discuss modalities concerning the friendly fixture and the former is keen for the game to go ahead.Head coach of the Terangha Lions Collapse
Everybody Want "Take" - The Japanese Wonderkid You May Never Heard Of
4 DAYS AGO - Every Club in Europe Want This Japanese Wonderkid. FC Tokyo’s 17-year-old Takefusa Kubo – Expand
4 DAYS AGO - Every Club in Europe Want This Japanese Wonderkid. FC Tokyo’s 17-year-old Takefusa Kubo – known as ‘Take’ – is a transfer target for major European clubs this summerTake is expected to leave club FC Tokyo – where he became J1 league’s youngest ever player when he made his debut aged 15 in 2016.Now a number of Europe’s top clubs hope to land the attacking midfielder, nicknamed ‘the Japanese Messi’, as he is about to turn 18 this summer.Barcelona and Real Madrid are engaged in a transfer battle to land this highly-rated Japanese teenager‘Take’ as he is otherwise known, was one of the youngster for whom Barcelona were sanctioned by FIFA for signing underage players.This coming June, he turns 18 and could leave FC Tokyo for a future in Europe at a big club.Barcelona are working on his return but they are not the only ones, with Real Madrid and PSG having made their interest known to the player’s agent.The teenager is on Los Blancos’ radar, but the club maintains that Collapse
2019 AFCON Draw: Nigeria Favorite to Progress In An Easy Group B
7 DAYS AGO - Without Letting any team down, we could say Nigeria have been drawn in what looks like an easy Expand
7 DAYS AGO - Without Letting any team down, we could say Nigeria have been drawn in what looks like an easy Group B of the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations tournament billed to hold from June 21 to July 19 2019, in Egypt.In a draw ceremony held next to the pyramids in Giza on Friday and anchored by the Confederations of African Football’s assistant General Secretary Anthony Baffoe, the three times winners were pooled in same group with debutants Burundi, Madagascar, and Guinea.Seven-time winners of the competition and host of the tournament, Egypt were drawn against Zimbabwe, Uganda and DR Congo in Group A.Tanzania that qualified for this edition after 38 years, are drawn in Group C with Kenya who are making a return to the tournament after 15 years, Algeria and Senegal in Group C.Namibia are in Group D alongside South Africa, Ivory Coast, and Morocco, while Group E houses Angola, debutants Mauritania, Mali and Tunisia.In Group F, five-time winners and current champions, Cameroon, now Collapse
Amateur or Professional? - Footballer Know Your Status and What Action to Take Now
11/04/2019 - Are you an Amateur or a Professional football player?Hello my friend, I guess you are a football Expand
11/04/2019 - Are you an Amateur or a Professional football player?Hello my friend, I guess you are a football player that's why this post cut your interest. Anyway, you've done well. I am one person who believe every footballer should have relevant knowledge of the career he or she is pursuing. As they say: "knowledge is power!"Yeah, with the right knowledge you are more likely to make better decisions. Knowing what do in line with your present status is the key to making progress... and that's what you can achieve by reading this article.My name is Benson Chukwueke, I am a football marketing and management consultant and CEO, GreenHunters Sports International. I am here to help you find your path to a successful football career. In case you have any further inquiry, call or WhatApp: +234(0)809 877 2556.According to FIFA there are over 300 million players in football across the world. Of course not all are professional players. Basically, there are two types of players playing the game in Collapse
All Teams Left in UEFA Champions League, Which is most likely to Win? - See Our Ranking Here
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William Troost-Ekong Told the Saddest and Most Motivating Story of His Career
07/04/2019 - The day Tottenham coach told me and my mum that I wasn’t good enough to play, that he didn’t think Expand
07/04/2019 - The day Tottenham coach told me and my mum that I wasn’t good enough to play, that he didn’t think I could make it as a football player.Super Eagles defender, William Troost-Ekong has opened up on one of the saddest things he has heard in his career as he ponders on the paths he has trodden to become a successful footballer.The 25-year Nigerian international, who has given fans joy whenever he steps onto the pitch, revealed how he was told by one of his Tottenham Hotspur coaches that he was not good enough to make it as a footballer, something he believes spurred him and keeps pushing him up till today to achieve more.The then 16-year-old started honing his trade at Spurs Academy where he spent three years but failed to make the grade before he moved on to FC Groningen for his first taste of senior football.“One of my last moments at Tottenham before I left was when I had a meeting with one of my coaches. He told me and my mum that I wasn’t good enough to play, that he didn’t think I Collapse
Courtney Dike Score Hat-trick id Super Falcons Friendly - Thrash Iceland Topflight club, UMF Selfoss
06/04/2019 - Nigeria’s Super Falcons thrashed Icelandic Women’s topflight side UMF Selfoss 6-1 in a friendly Expand
06/04/2019 - Nigeria’s Super Falcons thrashed Icelandic Women’s topflight side UMF Selfoss 6-1 in a friendly encounter on Friday, at the Pinatar Arena, Murcia.Courtney Dike (hat-trick), Ini Umotong (brace ) and Uchenna Kanu were on target for the Super Falcons in the game, while Reimus Magda scored Selfoss only goal of the encounter.The Super Falcons star'':ted the game brightly and nearly scored the game’s opening goal a minute before the half hour mark but Ngozi Okobi ‘ s effort from Kanu’s cross went wide.Reimus Magda put the Icelandic club in front in the 31st minute.Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie denied Selfoss from a promising attack their second of the game three minutes later.Josephine Chukwunonye came close to equalising for Nigeria in the 37th minute but his effort went inches wide.Kanu restored parity for Super Falcons three minutes before the break.Thomas Dennerby’s ladies took the lead for the first time in the game through Courtney Dike three minutes before the hour Collapse
Evolution of the Nigerian Football Fan: Why It’s Absolutely Fine to Support More Than One Team Nowadays
04/04/2019 - Benson Chukwueke addresses a crowd of football fans during "Popular Side Summit."Held at Abramovic Expand
04/04/2019 - Benson Chukwueke addresses a crowd of football fans during "Popular Side Summit."Held at Abramovic Sports Bar and Viewing Center Anthony Village –Lagos Nigeria.The way football is consumed nowadays shows that the age-old sniffiness about supporting only one team has become obsolete, Benson Chukwueke declaredFootball fans in Nigeria has evolved over the years based on socio-political, and technological disruptions resulting to globalization as well as rapid cultural changes.In the 70s, to choose the team to support was often as a result of your place of birth or your native tribe. That’s why supporting more than one team were anathema to so many people then. For instance, the rivalry between Enugu Rangers and IICC shooting stars of Ibadan was based on tribal sentiments, an aftermath of disaffections of the Nigerian civil war extended into the field of play. Gordon Ebile called it "The battle of the tribes."Indeed, it was seen as disloyalty of the highest order, if you being an Collapse
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How GreenHunters Help Clubs In Europe Find Best Talents in Africa
2 DAYS AGO - Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane are good examples of what African talents are made of...strong on the Expand
2 DAYS AGO - Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane are good examples of what African talents are made of...strong on the ball, speed, tenacious stamina, peculiar techinques that made them the fulcrum of Liverpool success today.Over five thousand African footballers are helping clubs across Europe and Asia fortify their teams Emerick Aubemyang, Alex Iwobi in Arsenal, Wilfred Ndidi in Leicester city, Henry Onyekuru in Galatasaray...to name a few, are lighting up top flight leagues in Europe.No doubt, Africa got talent! There are millions of such rare soccer gems like Salah and Mane yet to be discovered. Many of them not in organized football... playing sunday-sunday games, village or street rumbles in remote places where agents and scouts could hardly go to.Talents in Nigerian SchoolsFor instance in Nigeria, Channels Kids cup are discovering young talents from 6 - 12 years old, but are not doing much to groom them into real professional footballers. Scouts hardly attend Principal cup, Nuga or Nipoga Collapse
Nigeria Women National team and The Case of Equal Treatment
3 DAYS AGO - Super Falcons: The Case of Equal Payment and Better Condition of Service, What NFF President, Expand
3 DAYS AGO - Super Falcons: The Case of Equal Payment and Better Condition of Service, What NFF President, Amaju Pinnick Have to SayThe Nigerian women national team may not have the ''liver" to sue Nigeria football federation (NFF) for gender discrimination just the way US women National team did recently. But we have heard our ladies murmuring compliants on how NFF has dealt poorly with them in comparism with their men counterpart, largely playing down their achievements.The USA women’s soccer team is stepping up its battle with the US Soccer Federation for equal pay and working conditions by filing a gender discrimination lawsuit against the governing body.All 28 members of the current squad – including star players Carli Lloyd, Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan – have filed the lawsuit at the United States District Court in Los Angeles, citing “institutionalised gender discrimination”.Requesting back pay, damages and other relief – a bill that could reach millions of dollars – the players are also Collapse
Alex Iwobi's Story: A Perfect Eample Of How To Groom A Worldclass Star
5 DAYS AGO - Everything you need to know about Alex Iwobi (Story in text, photography and video). Enjoy this Expand
5 DAYS AGO - Everything you need to know about Alex Iwobi (Story in text, photography and video). Enjoy this piece which was first published by Lifebloggers, but modified by CheerOnNigeria, with more exclusive information and illustrations.Alex Iwobi's story isn't the usual "grass to grace" story of most African footballers. Everything was and is still going for him. He came from a rich family and has the full support of parents, being born into a lineage of footballl stars: Emmanuel and Austin Okocha... Alex had both the connections and mentor to help him succeed in his chosen football career.Alex Iwobi Childhood StoryAlexander Chuka Iwobi was born on the 3rd day of May 1996 in Lagos, Nigeria by Mr and Mrs Chuba Iwobi.At age 2, his family moved to Turkey to join his mother’s relation who is former Nigerian player Austin Jay Jay Okocha. At that time, Okocha was playing at Fenabache. In 2002, when he was 4, Iwobi was taken to London by his family after his uncle relocated there to play with Bolton Collapse
Samuel Chukwueze: Who Is This Nigerian Wonderkid that Took Laliga By Storm This Season?
12/04/2019 - After a move to the Emirates collapsed in 2016, the Gunners now face stiff competition for a Expand
12/04/2019 - After a move to the Emirates collapsed in 2016, the Gunners now face stiff competition for a 19-year-old who has taken La Liga by storm this seasonWhen Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez scored injury-time goals to save Barcelona from defeat at Villarreal last week, it seemed the headlines were reserved for them.When Spanish football fans turned over their morning papers, the Barcelona duo dominated, but a certain Samuel Chukwueze also made the news after starring in the exhilarating 4-4 draw.It was the 19-year-old’s goal and assist that drew the Yellow Submarine level from 2-0 down, and his sublime performance that proved the catalyst for an unlikely point. “I’m so happy to have scored against Barcelona, they’re one of the best clubs in the world and have great players,” Chukwueze told reporters after the game.“I want to specially dedicate this goal to my mentor Prince Victor Apugo, who has always been there for me and really helped me, especially when my move to Arsenal didn’t work Collapse
FIFA Women's World Cup Trophy Arrive Abuja Thursday - Catch A Glimpse At Transcorp Hilton Hotel
10/04/2019 - The Federal Capital Territory, Abuja is already agog in anticipation of the arrival of the FIFA Expand
10/04/2019 - The Federal Capital Territory, Abuja is already agog in anticipation of the arrival of the FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy which is expected on Nigerian soil on Thursday, April 11, 2019.The FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy’s stop-over is coming 13 months after the FIFA World Cup trophy (for men) also made a stop in Nigeria ahead of last year’s FIFA World Cup finals in Russia.World football–governing body, FIFA has informed the Nigeria Football Federation that former Nigerian international striker, Osaze Peter Odemwingie who is one of the FIFA Legends for this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in France will arrive Nigeria today with three other FIFA officials due in the country hours later.Nicole Fisch (lead for women’s football project), Sarai Bareman (chief women’s football officer) and Vanessa Marques (lead for marketing project) are the FIFA officials expected today.After a special welcome at the Office of the Minister of Youth and Sports on Thursday morning, the FIFA team Collapse
Man-U Fans In Nigeria Dare Barca - This Wednesday Night [Uefa Champions League Showdown]
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08/04/2019 - Man-U Vs Barcelona fixture in the Uefa champions league quarter finals fixture this Wednesday March 10, 2019, by 8pm, promise to be the most watch game on television here in Nigeria. Following the recent resurgence of Manchester United since Ole Gunnar Solskjær took over as manager of the team, winning 16 games and loosing only three. Man-U fans in Nigeria are alive once again and highly expectant of an upset at the Old traford this Wednesday night.This may be the right time for revenge, 10 years after Barcelona defeated Man-U in the Uefa champions league finals..For many analysts this could be a kind of delusion, a false optimism that may counterattack the demeanor of these die-hard Man-U fans here in NigeriaYou may recall in 2009, when a Manchester United fan in Nigeria killed four people when he drove his minibus into a crowd of Barcelona supporters celebrating in streets of Ogbo, after his team lost the Champions League final - The Telegraph reported.Such false Collapse
Nigeria Move Four Places Up in the Latest Fifa Rankings - April 2019
06/04/2019 - The Super Eagles of Nigeria have moved up four places to 42nd place in the new FIFA Expand
06/04/2019 - The Super Eagles of Nigeria have moved up four places to 42nd place in the new FIFA Ranking. In the new ranking released by FIFA on Thursday, April 4, the Super Eagles moved up after two months in the 46th position.With the new movement, Nigeria are now the third African country on the ranking with Senegal (23) and Tunisia (28) the only countries above the Super Eagles.Other African countries, Morocco is placed (45) and Congo DR (46) make complete the top five while Ghana (49), Cameroon (54), Egypt (57), Burkina Faso (58) and Mali (65) complete the top 10.The Super Eagles after the last ranking played two games which they won, the 3-1 win over Seychelles in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier and a friendly 1-0 win over Egypt both in Asaba in March. However, the results of the games played a little or no impact on this latest ranking. That means we hope Nigeria position to be better in the next ranking or so.In the World Ranking, Belgium continue to lead Collapse
Uefa Champions League Reform - Be the First to Know What's at Stake
05/04/2019 - The Premier League will today discuss new proposals for major Champions League reforms that could Expand
05/04/2019 - The Premier League will today discuss new proposals for major Champions League reforms that could see the introduction of relegation and promotion within Europe’s major cup competition.It's understood that these reforms would see the Champions League group stage change from eight groups with four teams each, to four groups of eight teams. This would mean the minimum number of matches each team plays rising from six to 14.There is also the potential for “access lists”, that would see major clubs qualify for the Champions League even if they underperform in their domestic leagues. This would mean that finishing in the Premier League’s top four, for instance, would not necessarily mean qualifying for the following season’s Champions League.These are proposals being pushed by major figures in the European Clubs’ Association – essentially a representative body for elite European clubs. The reforms are favoured by the likes of Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus (whose chairman Andrea Collapse
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