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“In the last 20 years of Nigeria’s football, the success recorded by Super Eagles or the age-grade teams in any international competition has a product of FC Ebedei.” The verdict from the president of FC Ebedei, Barrister Churchill Oliseh, on having three products of his academy in the Super Eagles. FC Ebedei has once again …
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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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AFCON GROUP D: Algeria (30), Angola (117), Burkina Faso (57), Mauritania (105) FIFA ranking in bracket. If there is ever a group I believe will not produce a third-best-placed team, it has to be this group because of the gap between the two top teams and the other two teams. Algeria might have failed to …
AFCON GROUP C: Cameroun (46), Gambia (126), Guinea (80), Senegal (20) FIFA ranking in bracket Group C looks like an entertaining one because this group contains two of the last three winners of this competition (Cameroun in 2017 and Senegal in 2022), coupled with the addition of reawakening dark horses Guinea and one of the …
Guide To GROUP B: Egypt (33), Cape Verde (73), Ghana (61), Mozambique (111) FIFA ranking in bracket Egypt are the most successful nation in the history of the AFCON with seven wins to their name and will hope to go one step better than the second-place finish they had last time in Cameroun. Ghana failed …
AFCON 2023 GROUP A: AFCON 2023 group A features Cote D’Ivoire (49), Equatorial Guinea (88), Guinea-Bissau (103), Nigeria (42) FIFA ranking in bracket On paper, group A looks like a mere formality for the top two teams (Nigeria and Host, Cote D’Ivoire), and barring any disaster, these two teams should navigate their way out of …
The Confederation of African Football has unveiled the jersey numbers of participating teams at the 2023 AFCON in Cote d’Ivoire. SportsIntel provides insights into which player will adorn what is now known as Iconic Super Eagles numbers. Iconic Super Eagles Numbers: Number 10, The Magic Is Missing Austin JJ Okocha, Etim Esin, the super brat, …
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“I want to sincerely appeal to President Bola Tinubu to increase the budgetary provision for sports development even though the 2024 sports budget has been signed into law, particularly now that 2024 has a lot of local and international sporting events across the globe.” President of Nigeria Volleyball Federation, Engineer Musa Nimrod, makes a yearly …
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Additional Analysis: Atumu Voke The jury is out on the Eagles’ Playmaker role after Jose Peseiro released the 25-man roster for the 2023 AFCON In Cote d’Ivoire. The evolution of football tactics means a team can play without a natural playmaker. What can Jose Peseiro do to make it obvious your playmaker role is covered? …
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.What a year 2023 has been for an average Nigerian, the country’s masses started the year looking for where to get cash because of the scarcity of the currency due to a brouhaha between the former CBN governor and the court over the change of new naira notes. So, when an average Nigerian tells you …
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