Speaking to reporters in the mixed zone shortly after Nigeria recorded their third successive win at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, Kelechi Iheanacho was delighted to finish the group phase with a hundred percent record. The Leicester City striker has insisted that the Super Eagles are not under pressure to win the tournament in…
Kelechi Iheanacho broke down and cried “so hard” when he was dropped from the final squad to the 2019 AFCON, according to Super Eagles ace John Ogu. Ogu revealed: “One person I’m most proud of is Kelechi Iheanacho.“I remember the last AFCON he was dropped. He was crying so hard and didn’t want to talk…
The jury is still out on whether Umar Sadiq can cut it at international level despite opening his account for the national team after only 81 minutes of action combined in three games. The Almeria star looked a shadow of himself in his first two games against Egypt and Sudan after coming off the bench,…
Former Nigerian midfielder Austin Okocha said the Super Eagles have the talents to reach the final of African Cup of Nations in Cameroon. The former Captain of the Nigerian side made the disclosure, after watching the team dispatched Guinea-Bissau in the final Group game on Wednesday. Coach Austin Eguavoen made eight changes to his starting…
nterim coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Austine Eguavoen says immediate past coach of the Super Eagles Gernot Rohr deserves credit for the success of the Super Eagles so far at AFCON 2021. He said 98% of the boys were assembled by the coach hence the need to give him credit. “There is…
Coach Augustine Eguavoen has pointed at the Super Eagles’ decent performance against Guinea-Bissau to indicate that Nigeria meant business at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.The Eagles’ disciplined and efficient display against the African Wild Dog was crowned by two second-half goals from Umar Sadiq and William Troost-Ekong. That win follows two equally…
Gento, who spent 18 years with Real from 1953-1971, is the only player to have won six European Cups. The left-winger made 600 appearances for the club and scored 182 goals as he also helped them to 12 league crowns, two Copa del Rey titles and one Intercontinental Cup. He won 43 caps for Spain…
Real Madrid won a 12th Super Cup title as goals from Luka Modric and Karim Benzema secured victory against Athletic Bilbao in Saudi Arabia. Modric curled in a brilliant strike to give Real a first-half lead at Riyadh’s King Fahd International Stadium. Benzema then made it 2-0 with a penalty after the video assistant referee…
The Indomitable Lions took the lead when captain Vincent Aboubakar drilled home his fifth goal of the tournament after 39 minutes. Cape Verde equalised eight minutes after the break as half-time substitute Garry Rodrigues stylishly flicked home. Aboubakar should have won it midway through the second half only to blaze over the bar with the…
