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Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman has been nominated alongside 29 other male football stars for the 2024 men’s Ballon d’Or award. The list was announced on the Ballon d’Or X account on Wednesday. The Atalanta forward, who scored three goals in last season’s Europa League final, is the only African to make the shortlist for this year’s award. He will …

Nigerian striker Ademola Lookman has been nominated for the 2024 Men’s Ballon d’Or. Lookman is also the only African national team player among this year’s nominees. Ademola Lookman has been nominated for the 2024 Ballon d’Or. Photo | X The 26-year-old winger enjoyed an impressive 2023-24 season, capping it off with a place in the Africa Cup of Nations final. …

– Continue reading after the announcement – Nigeria senior national team head coach Austine Eguavoen says Super Eagles first-choice striker Victor Osimhen will thrive in the system he has in mind for the team when they take on Benin Republic and Rwanda on September 7 and 10 respectively in the AFCON qualifiers, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports. Osimhen did not have the best …

Since breaking through in 2023 as the youngest player to play in the Nigeria National League, NLO, at the age of 13, Raheem Salaudeen’s growth and development in the game has been phenomenal. Read also: EXCLUSIVE: Awoniyi confident of Super Eagles’ lead over Benin ahead of Africa Cup of Nations qualifier Buruj FC’s youth football talent was never in doubt, …

  Feisty Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka reached her fourth consecutive US Open semifinal on Tuesday, defeating China’s Zheng Qinwen 6-1, 6-2. Tennis – US Open – Flushing Meadows, New York, United States – September 3, 2024 Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka reacts during her quarter-final match against China’s Qinwen Zheng REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Earlier this year, Sabalenka beat Zheng to claim her second Australian …

Super Eagles interim coach Augustine Eguavoen recently spoke about his appointment, making it clear that he did not seek the position. In an interview with the official Super Eagles channel, Eguavoen stressed that his selection was not a result of any lobbying on his part but rather a decision made by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). “I am a member …

– Continue reading after the announcement – Samson Akinyoola has not been included in Benin Republic’s squad for their upcoming AFCON qualifier against Nigeria’s Super Eagles due to the complexities of his Nigerian roots, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports. Akinyoola, 24, was born in the Nigerian city of Lagos, where he began his football career playing for 36 Lions, before taking his business …

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Aliyu Zubairu as the head coach of Nigeria’s U-20 men’s football team, Flying Eagles. The appointment of Zubairu, who led Maiduguri’s El-Kanemi Warriors to victory in the President’s Federation Cup against Abia Warriors FC in Lagos in June, is effective immediately. He also masterminded the promotion of the Maiduguri club to the Nigeria …

– Continue reading after the announcement – The delay in the arrival of Kelechi Iheanacho to the Super Eagles camp for the AFCON 2025 qualifiers against Benin Republic and Rwanda on the 7th and 10th respectively, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal. Iheanacho missed the team’s first full training session under interim coach Austine Eguavoen this evening, which was attended by up …

Welcome to our match prediction for today, we will be playing in the upcoming premier league as the first international break of the 2024 season begins and keeps the leagues in break mode. I have carefully created a combination of five games in which two goals will be scored regardless of who wins the match or by how many margins. …