No fewer than 23 Super Eagles players have arrived at the team’s camp in Abuja. This comes ahead of the team’s departure to Cameroon tomorrow for the African Cup of Nations tournament. Five more players are still being awaited, while Odion Ighalo is yet to get clearance from his club, Al Shabab to join the team.
The Nigeria Football Federation has announced that Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen will not be a part of the Super Eagles team to play at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. Watford attacker, Emmanuel Dennis, Cyprus-based Abdullahi Shehu, and center-back Leon Balogun will also not be part of the squad. The NFF in a statement, gave reasons why…
Chinese authorities have asked their national footballers to remove any existing tattoos and to avoid getting any new ones. The China Sports Administration announced in a statement that in case of special circumstances, players must cover their tattoos during training and competition.
Arsenal has stripped Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of captaincy duties due to disciplinary issues. The Gabonese international was left out for Saturday’s three-nil win over Southampton and will also not feature for West Ham’s visit to the Emirates on Wednesday. The club, however, declined to give details into Aubameyang’s disciplinary issues.
Tottenham manager Antonio Conte says that eight players and five members of staff have tested positive for Covid-19 at the club. Spurs are scheduled to play Rennes in the Europa Conference League today and UEFA is insisting the match will go on as scheduled Last season, Newcastle United’s game at Aston Villa in the Premier League was…
The Nigerian Football Federation has asked Super Eagles coach, Rohr to resign. The Franco-German coach confirmed that the NFF wants him to go, but said he was yet to be sacked, as some online media had claimed. The move to remove Rohr follows the Eagles poor performance in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier, which the team…