Category Archives: National Teams

NRFF Opens Camp Ahead Of World Cup Qualifier

June 28 National Teams 1 comment

The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation has announced a 23 man list for a 2 weeks intensive camping exercise ahead of the pre-qualifiers for the 2019 Rugby World cup. The two weeks exercise under the supervision of South A...

Nigeria Minister Reconstitutes Hospitality Committee For Rio Olympics

January 25 National Teams 5 comments

The Nigeria ‘Hospitality’ House Project Committee for the 2016 Olympic Games in RIO has been re- constituted. The 15-man committee earlier inaugurated by the Director General of the National Sports Commission...

Siasia Wants U-23 Eagles To Demolish Congo

July 17 Football, National Teams 23 comments

Head Coach of the U-23 National Team, Samson Siasia has expressed confidence that his team will overcome their Congolese counterparts in Sunday’s African U-23 Championship final round, first leg qualifier at the Ad...

Eagles In Training For AFCON Qualifier Against Chad

May 23 Football, National Teams, Uncategorized 34 comments

The Super Eagles on Friday morning in Abuja began preparations for the 2017 AFCON qualifiers against Chad. A good number of the invited home-based players arrived at the Bolton White Hotels and Apartments in Abuja on Thu...

Awoniyi Nets Hat-Trick As F/Eagles Drub Nurnberg

May 16 Football, National Teams 23 comments

The Flying Eagles won their second straight test game in Germany convincingly when they trounced Nurnberg U-19 team 5-0 with Taiwo Awoniyi grabbing another hat-trick. Awoniyi scored thrice in Tuesday’s first test game wi...

Garba Names Awoniyi, Iheanacho, 19 Others For U-20 World Cup

May 15 Football, National Teams 25 comments

Flying Eagles’ Head Coach Manu Garba (OON) has released a list of 21 players who will wear the nation’s colours at this year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup finals in New Zealand. Skipper Musa Muhammed, who led the U-17 squad that...

Keshi Lists 26 Home Eagles For Chad

May 15 Football, National Teams 11 comments

Head Coach of the Senior National Team, Stephen Keshi has released a list of 26 home-based professionals who will kick-start the team’s camping programme ahead of next month’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against...

Flying Eagles’ Progress Excites Coach Garba

May 13 Football, National Teams 9 comments

Coach Manu Garba has praised the Flying Eagles on their winning start on a training tour of Germany ahead of the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. The African champions brushed past Hoffenheim U-23 5-2 on Tuesday ...

Awoniyi Hits Hat-Trick As F/Eagles Trounce Hoffenheim Lads

May 13 Football, National Teams 7 comments

Taiwo Awoniyi scored a second-half hat-trick as the Flying Eagles dumped Hoffenheim U-23 team 5-2 in a test match on Tuesday. The African champions created the more chances and could even have won by a wider margin but f...

Dike, Oshoala Storm Falcons Camp

May 13 Female Football, Football, National Teams 5 comments

Super Falcons invitee, Courtney Dike and Liverpool striker, Asisat Oshoala, have both arrived camp of the Super Falcons ahead of the World Cup in Canada. Dike arrived 4:am Tuesday morning, while Oshoala landed Monday nig...

Garba Tests Flying Eagles Against Hoffenheim

May 12 Football, National Teams 14 comments

Several hopefuls will be given a chance by Coach Manu Garba to stake a claim for a place in his final 21-man squad for the U-20 World Cup in Tuesday’s test game against the Hoffenheim U-23 team. The match will be played ...

Iheanacho Ready To Play In U-20 World Cup

May 10 Football, National Teams, Nigerian Players Abroad, Players Profiles 2 comments

Nigerian youngster Kelechi Iheanacho has erased all doubts about his readiness for this year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup after scoring the winner as Manchester City’s U-21 won the inaugural International Premier League Cup on ...

NFF To Sign MOU With English FA

May 7 Football, National Teams, Sports Personality 3 comments

Following the fruitful meeting between the President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Amaju Pinnick and his counterpart in England, Greg Dyke, it has been revealed that a formal document cementing and formalizing the...

Nigeria Pitch Awards Moved To 13 June

May 7 Football, National Teams, Players Profiles, Sports Personality 4 comments

Organisers of the Nigeria Pitch Awards have announced a new date and venue for the 2014 Award Ceremony earlier scheduled to hold on Wednesday, 6 May, 2015 in Lagos. Shina Philips, CEO of Matchmakers Consult International...

Flying Eagles Begin Training In Germany

May 4 Football, National Teams 7 comments

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will begin training sessions in Nuremberg on Monday afternoon ahead of the FIFA U-20 World Cup finals. NFF’s Assistant Director (Technical), Abdulrafiu Yusuf told thenff.com on Monday that a pitch...

Falcons Lose To Dikko Boys

May 2 Football, National Teams 34 comments

Super Falcons lost 2-0 to an U-23 side, Dikko Football Club in a tune up game played at the FIFA Goal Project Pitch, Abuja Friday. Falcons began the game brightly piling pressure on the physically advantaged Dikko FC but...

Flying Eagles Off To Germany

May 1 Football, National Teams 38 comments

Nigeria’s U-20 Team, the Flying Eagles, will begin the journey of participation at this year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup finals by flying to Germany on Saturday for a three-week final camping programme. NFF General Secre...

BBC Player Of The Year Award Nomination Excites Oshoala

April 27 Football, National Teams, Players Profiles 34 comments

Super Falcons and Liverpool Ladies FC dashing forward Asisat Oshoala has expressed joy at being one of the five players nominated for the BBC Woman Footballer of the Year award. Asisat was named along with Brazil’s...

Nike Partners With Nigeria Federation

April 23 Corporate Briefs, Football, National Teams 20 comments

Nike is the new technical sponsor to the Nigeria Football Federation, supporting all national team levels and grassroots development. Nike and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) announce a new partnership in which Nik...

Keshi Returns As Nigeria Coach

April 21 Football, National Teams, Sports Personality 19 comments

Coach Stephen Keshi finally inked a new 2-year contract to continue as Super Eagles Manager. The deal was sealed in Abuja Tuesday afternoon. The 53-year old signed a fresh two-year contract at a simple ceremony inside th...

Nkwocha Wants Competition In Falcons’ Camp

April 18 Football, National Teams, Players Profiles 46 comments

Super Falcons striker Pepertua Nkwocha has urged her team mates to be very competitive thereby making selection of players difficult for the coaches. Nkwocha gave this charge when she joined her teammates in camp on Frid...

Nigeria Edge Cote d’Ivoire In Beach Soccer Tourney

April 16 Beach Soccer, Football, National Teams 22 comments

Nigeria’s Supersand Eagles fought bravely, despite being a man down for all of the last two periods and overtime, to edge Cote d’Ivoire 7-6 in Victoria on Thursday and finish comfortably at the top of Group A of the 2015...

Nigeria’s U-23 Eagles Go On Break

April 16 Football, National Teams 15 comments

Report from the camp of Nigeria’s U-23 team, known as Dream Team, says the players will go on break on Friday, 17 April. Timi Ebikagboro, the Media Officer of the team hinted that the Samson Siasia’s wards, w...