Tag: AFCON

The team has finally been rewarded two years after they beat Tunisia 1-0 in the third-place match of Africa's biggest sporting competition Nigeria's squad to the 2019 Africa Cup of ...

The Super Eagles are three-time African champions, but they've not won the competition since beating Burkina Fason in the 2013 final Victor Osimhen believes the current Nigerian team are well-equipped ...

Five months ago, Gernot Rohr came under heavy criticism after Nigeria failed to beat Sierra Leone in their doubleheader 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. The Super Eagles had blown ...

The three-time African champions are one of the favourites to win the biennial competition next year, but the ex-international believes it's too early to start making predictions Former Nigerian international ...

The three-time African champions have already sealed the top spot in the Group L of the 2021 African Cup of Nations qualifiers, but they still have one game to go ...

The 23-year-old limped off in Bordeaux's win at Dijon and has now been replaced in the Super Eagles squad for the two Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers later this month ...

With the Benin Republic picking up a point in Lesotho with a 0-0 draw earlier in the day, the Super Eagles knew a win in Freetown would guarantee passage to ...

Nigeria had gone four goals ahead inside the opening 30 minutes of their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sierra Leone, but the Leone Stars pulled off a miraculous comeback ...

After a barren period following the premature retirement of former Wolverhampton man Carl Ikeme, the Nigerian national team suddenly have a clutch of young and experienced goalkeepers jostling for the ...

Nigeria and Sierra Leone face-off twice in the next nine days in back-to-back Afcon 2022 qualifying games, and the team's German tactician expects nothing but victories in both matches Super ...