Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has described the retirement of both Captain Mikel Obi and striker Odion Ighalo from international football at the close of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) as a bitter pill to swallow, even as he commended both players for their meritorious services to the Supe... Read more...
Former Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo has vowed to bounce back from injury he suffered at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Ighalo who won the 2019 AFCON Golden Boot Award in Egypt after netting five times in the tournament, suffered a hamstring injury in Wednesday's AFCON 2019 third place matc... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo Super Eagles striker and the highest goal scorer at the just concluded 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) In Egypt, Jude Odion Ighalo have been in the news recently pertaining his future with the national team which finished 3rd in Egypt. Ighalo who plays for Chinese club, Sh... Read more...
Odion Ighalo’s second minute goal, his fifth of the tournament, handed Nigeria’s Super Eagles the bronze medal in the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) with a 1-0 victory over Tunisia in Cairo tonight. This was the eighth time Nigeria were playing a third and fourth AFCON playoff and they kept ... Read more...
Nigeria soared into the semi-finals of the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations finals after an unlikely William Ekong winner two minutes to full time at the Cairo International Stadium on Wednesday night. Bongani Zungu scored in the 70th minute as the ball hit the back of Super Eagles’ forward and tour... Read more...