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Randy Waldrum is unlocking Super Falcons, Africa’s foremost women’s football team to compete on the world stage. Different coaches and methods have seen Nigeria dominate Africa but wobble on the world stage with the glory years far and few in between. A surprise Showing in 99, and a second-round performance in 2019 with no distinct …
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Sixteen Years later, The Super Falcons qualified for the Olympics football event after holding South Africa to a goalless draw to secure a 1-0 aggregate win. The game played at the Lotes Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria didn’t produce a winner at the end of 90 minutes. Nigeria’s first leg 1-0 win in Abuja was enough …
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Favour Ashe’s season opener is sending all the right signals after running a sub-10s in the 100m at the Pepsi Florida Relays. His time of 9.99s makes him the first to break the 10s barrier in 2024. Favour beat the field at the Florida relays by a mile with Jamaica’s Stubb in second with 10.18s. …
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Super Eagles Interim coach Finidi George took crucial steps towards staking a claim for the permanent role by masterminding a win and a loss in two friendly games. A hard-fought 2-1 friendly win over Ghana in Marrakech and a 2-0 loss to Mali offers the scorecard for results. The former Ajax and Real Betis winger …
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Olayinka Olajide won three medals, the highest by any Nigerian at the athletics event of the 2023 African Games to announce herself as the latest speedster in Nigeria and Africa. Bronze in the 100m women, Silver in the 200m women, and gold in the women’s 4X100m relay gave her the honour of three medals at …
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Alex Iwobi’s role in the Nigerian team has drawn the ire of the fans for lack of adventure in attack. In the absence of an attacking midfielder, Alex has been the go-to player for the Eagles’ attack, but that is missing at the AFCON. Despite his explanations at a pre-match conference, Alex Iwobi’s role still …
An Ademola Lookman’s goal in the first half earns Nigeria a win over Angola and a semi-final spot at the 2023 AFCON. Man of the match, Simon Moses beat Kialondar Gaspar on the left wing before squaring a pass to Lookman to blast home for the only goal of the game. Sportsintel provides five key …
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The Super Eagles duo of Alhassan Yusuf and Troost Ekong is back in full training according to clips of training released by the Super Eagles media. Before the latest training videos and pictures, Yusuf has been training alone, while Troost Ekong has an ice pack on his leg. Meanwhile, the news of Alhassan Yusuf returning …
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Nigeria recorded a clean sheet against AFCON host, Cote d’Ivoire for the first time in five matches and it was down to to Jose Peseiro’s new system. In an all-important second game, pragmatic football, good defensive shape, and some attacking complacency characterized the win. Jose Peseiro’s New System: A Background Super Eagles coach Jose Peseiro’s …
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Nigeria has Gift Orban, Chuba Akpom, Dessers, Akor, and Onuachu fit as a fiddle but now has just one fit striker for the AFCON Opener. Despite having a striker glut, the Super Eagles coach will be lacking fit strikers at the 2023 AFCON. Sadiq Umar becomes the second striker to pull out of the AFCON …
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