Nigeria’s women’s football team, the Super Falcons beat Cape Verde 5-0 in the Women’s AFCON Qualifier on Thursday, November 30 at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja on Thursday. Uchenna Kanu and Esther Okoronkwo scored two goals each while Monday Gift got a goal in the emphatic win while Monday Gift got a goal as the Super Falcons recorded an emphatic win over the minnows. It did not take time before Kanu opened the scoring as she …
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Blessing Onu, the Chairperson of the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on the financial dispute between the Falcons and the Nigeria Football Federation, has ordered the football body to produce payment slips for players and officials of the women’s national team at the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France. She gave the order while quizzing the NFF president Ibrahim Gusau, who appeared before the committee on Thursday, August 24 in Abuja. Onu said documents of how the …
Rangers have completed the signing of Nigeria international Cyriel Dessers from Italian side Cremonese for an undisclosed fee. The striker, who scored 10 goals last season, including six in Serie A, had been a key target for manager Michael Beale and becomes Rangers’ sixth arrival of the summer, signing a four-year deal at Ibrox. Dessers is the club’s latest signing after the arrival of Abdallah Sima, Sam Lammers, Jack Butland, Dujon Sterling, and Kieran Dowell. …
Italy-born Nigerian defender, Destiny Udogie has agreed in principle to join Tottenham from Udinese for £21million including add-ons this summer. Udogie, who has been tipped for a call-up to the senior Italy squad having already played for the U21s, is regarded as a long-term investment for Spurs. The 19-year-old will become a Tottenham player in a matter of days as a €20m agreement with his club has been reached. But the Premier League giants will send him back to Serie …
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will take on star player Cristiano Ronaldo’s captained Portugal in an international friendly in September, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Secretary General, Muhammad Sanusi has revealed. Nigeria and Portugal have never clashed at senior level but both countries met three times at the U-20 World Cup with Portugal winning all three meetings (twice in 1989 and 2013). According to Sanusi, the game is expected to hold in September, as the NFF want to take …
Premier League club, Southampton have completed the signing of Super Eagles midfeilder, Joe Aribo from Rangers in a deal that could rise to £10m. The Nigerian international, 25, has joined on a four-year deal. Southampton will pay an initial £6m for Aribo with further add-ons included in the deal. He follows goalkeepers Gavin Bazunu and Mateusz Lis, defender Armel Bella-Kotchap and fellow midfielder Romeo Lavia to St Mary’s in this window. Southampton have added a …