Super Eagles Striker Victor Osimhen has been ruled out of Nigeria’s upcoming friendlies against Black Stars of Ghana and Eagles of Mali. Osimhen was an unused substitute in Napoli’s 1-1 draw against Serie A leaders Inter Milan on Sunday. The African Best player barely trained in the days before the game. Caretaker manager, Francesco Calzona said after the game that it was due to an inflammation of the scar from […]
Before Nigeria’s two ill-fated 2026 World Cup qualifying matches against Lesotho and Zimbabwe, it was reported that striker Victor Osimhen, Samuel Chukwueze and Wilfred Ndidi would not be available for the games due to injuries. There were also reports that Nigeria’s opponents were sort of relieved to know those players would be missing, but their absence was nothing to worry Nigerians against teams ranked 135th and 125th in the world respectively. […]
A major Lesotho newspaper, the Lesotho Times, is teasing their country’s national team to take advantage of the Super Eagles growing injury list and cause an upset when both countries meet in Uyo on November 16 in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In a story titled ‘Relief as key Nigerian players are ruled out of Likuena tie’, the newspaper reported that some key players of the Super Eagles will […]
Despite recording a win and a draw in their last friendly games during the international break, their only games since the last FIFA world rankings in September, Nigeria remained unmoved in the latest FIFA men’s rankings for October. Though the Super Eagles gained 1.62 points in the month under review to take their total point to 1490.48, they, however, maintained their position at 40th place. The Eagles played a 2-2 […]
Nigeria on Monday laboured to a hard-fought 3-2 win against Mozambique at the Estadio Municipal De Albufeira Portimao in Portugal to end their 16 games without a win in a friendly game. Jose Peseiro made nine changes to the squad that played 2-2 with Saudi Arabia on Friday, with only Francis Uzoho and Bruno Onyemaechi the two players retained by the Portuguese tactician, while Jordan Torunarigha and Fisayo Dele-Bashiru were […]
