By Our Correspondent The Confederation of African Football has appointed Sudanese referee Mahmood Ali Ismail as the referee for Sunday’s encounter between the Lone Stars of Sierra Leone and the Super Eagles of Nigeria Mahmood Aki Ismail officiated the Champions League quarterfinal first le... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo A total of Seven players have reported to the camp of the Super Eagles in Lagos as they prepare for the penultimate Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON 2023 qualifier against the Lone Stars of Sierra Leone Among the seven players already in camp are deputy captain, William Troost-Ek... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo Sierra Leone are back to Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON after 26 years of absence following their victory over Benin Republic on Tuesday, Bestchoiceaports.com.ng can report. The Leone Stars became the 24th and last team to qualify for the AFCON slated for Cameroon in January nex... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo Five Benin Republic players who reportedly tested “positive" for the coronavirus on Tuesday have returned negative result, Bestchoicesports.com.ng understands. Benin refused to play a key Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Sierra Leone Tuesday after challenging positive COV... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo Confederation of Africa Football, CAF has announced that the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations will start on January 9 and end on February 6, 2022. The Africa’s football ruling body disclosed this on Tuesday after executive meeting in which the draw date for the biennial competiti... Read more...
The players of Benin Republic have been promised the sum of $30, 000 each to pick the remaining ticket in Group L of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON. The Squirrels, as the team are nicknamed, have qualified on four different occasions - 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2019. In 2019, they reached ... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo Nigeria’s Super Eagles have lost 4 places in FIFA’s end-year ranking after the three-time Africa champions ended the year 2020 as the 35th best football nation in the world. This, however, is in contradiction to the 31st best football nation in the world the country recorded ... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo Nigeria's qualification to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations holding in Cameroon in 2022 was Tuesday delayed after the Super Eagles were held to a scoreless draw in the Matchday 4 in Freetown, against Sierra Leone, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report. Nigeria needed a win to quali... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo Following the shambolic historical result recorded Friday at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin by the Super Eagles after they went four goals up and allowed the Leone Stars level terms, this shows the inefficiency in the technical ability of Coach Gernot Rohr. With w... Read more...
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has confirmed that Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen will play no part when his side take on Sierra Leone in the reverse fixture of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on Tuesday, November 17. Nigeria's leading scorer in the qualifiers had to make way for Ra... Read more...