National Football Teams

The Super Eagles are sure to have one of the most exciting and comfortable experiences in their history ahead of Friday’s friendly against Iran, as the hotel they moved into on Tuesday is rated as a “natural comfort” abode. READ ALSO: Young Stars FC bag N400,000 reward in Igando Ramadan Cup Sports247’s checks revealed that three big delights that Nigerian …

World football’s governing body, FIFA, has introduced a new regulation requiring all women’s teams participating in its competitions to include at least one female coach in their technical team. READ ALSO: Rivers United boast £14m welfare campaign, say player care model delivers results According to the directive, teams must appoint a head coach or an assistant coach. In addition, during …

Sapphire Nigeria Women Football Supporters Club (SNWFSC) President, Mrs Jadesola Adelabu has disclosed that the club will be on the ground in Benin City to show maximum support to Delta Queens at the Wafu B Champions League. Read Also: 2024 Paris Olympics: ‘We Are Filing For Me To Leave The Australian Team So I Could Represent Nigeria’ – Liz Cambage …

The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed that the Super Eagles’ trip to Uyo for their crucial World Cup qualifier against Benin Republic took an unexpected turn after their chartered ValueJet plane suffered a broken windshield mid-air on Sunday. According to an official statement from the NFF, the team was on its way from Polokwane, South Africa, where it had …

Ademola Lookman and two key Benin Republic players will miss the must-win match between Nigeria and Benin Republic in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying clash on Tuesday in Uyo. The Atalanta striker received a yellow card in the 63rd minute of Nigeria’s 2-1 win over Lesotho in Polokwane after fouling Fusi Matlabe. Read also: Crisis or comeback? Samuel Jackson …

Rwanda coach Adel Amrouche’s Amavubi called Group C of the African qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup the most controversial in history; He then confessed that Nigeria, Benin Republic and his team want to capitalize on a mistake made by the current leader of the segment, South Africa. Sports247 reports that FIFA recently docked three points from South Africa …

Former Nigerian International Abiodun Obafemi has cautioned that the upcoming semifinal clash between Nigeria and South Africa at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament will not be an easy match. Obafemi, who shared his insights ahead of the crucial encounter, highlighted the improvement seen in the South African team since their loss in the first match of the …

Nigeria’s flying eagles have changed their attention to the mandatory shock on Thursday against Saudi Arabia after its 1-0 defeat against Norway in the opening match of the FIFA World Cup U20. The twice finalists dominated great spells against the Europeans, but they got rid of a controversial penalty in the 9th minute. Despite a flood of opportunities of the …

The General Assembly of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) accused all state governments in the country on Saturday to join the task of ensuring that several stages within their territories can organize the main international parties. Sports247 gathered that, in what Appears is a movement to ensure that Nigerian clubs play continental competition matches in their various bases, instead of …

The governor of the state of Oyo, Seyi Makinde, has asked that international football matches involving the Super Eagles will be organized in Ibadan, reports247 reports. He said that having the super matches in Ibadan will help his administration to increase the sports economy of the State. Read also: CAFCL: Emekayi, Finidi, confident before Rivers United second pastor against Aigles …