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Bazuaye confident of stronger Katsina United in second round Line-up of Katsina United before a league match in the first round of the 2021 NPFL season at the Muhammadu Dikko stadium in Katsina By Thu Apr 29 2021 The Technical Adviser of Katsina United, Baldwin Bazuaye has expressed confidence that his struggling side will put up better performance in the second round of the 2021 Nigeria Professional Football League. At the end of the first stanza of the league, the ‘Chanji boys’ as Katsina...

Vanguard News Nigerian teen goalie sensation Emmanuel James trains with Super Lig side On Emmanuel James A promising Nigerian teenage goalkeeper, Emmanuel James, has had his maiden training with the first team of Turkish Super Lig side Gaziantep. Emmanuel James, a former Golden Eaglets pre-camp member, whose odyssey to Turkey started after featuring in a talents hunt competition in Keffi, Nasarawa State in 2020, was a sight to behold during the training session with the big boys of Gaziantep. ...

CAF cancels U-17 tournament Published 9 March 2021 The Confederation of African Football has cancelled the 2021 U-17 African Cup Of Nations billed to kick-off on Friday in Rabat, Morocco. There was no official reason given by CAF for the cancellation, but reports claimed that the tournament was cancelled as a result of the closure of the Moroccan airspace until March 21, due to COVID-19. Algeria’s U-17 national team was expected to arrive in Morocco on Saturday but they are yet to be granted ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Johnny Edward Eight new players in the Golden Eaglets team missed a chance to be part of the team after they failed the Magnetic Resonance Imaging tests ahead of this month’s U-17 Africa Nations Cup in Morocco, The PUNCH has learnt. Our correspondent learnt the players underwent the age tests February 23 in Abuja, but failed to make the required grade for the team. A team official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said agents and top ministry officials had be...

Injured Super Eagles forward, Victor Osimhen returned to full training at Napoli on Saturday. The 2015 FIFA Under-17 World Cup winner with the Golden Eaglets suffering a head collision injury with an Atalanta defender in Napoli’s 4-2 away defeat last Sunday, Osimhen was knocked unconscious during the final minutes of the Italian Serie A clash following the collision with Atalanta defender Cristian Romero. The 22-year-old was stretchered off the pitch and rushed to the hospital after the incid...

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Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr, has alleviated fears over the fitness of Victor Osimhen after the Napoli striker was knocked unconscious during the final minutes of Sunday’s Italian serie A match at Atalanta. The 22-year-old was stretchered off the pitch and rushed to hospital in northern Italy after he fell awkwardly and hit his head on the ground, following a collision with Atalanta defender Cristian Romero. After spending the night under observation and undergone multiple tests, Osim...

Eaglets know U-17 AFCON foes today ’Tosin Oluwalowo The Golden Eaglets will know their opponents in the group stage of the CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations today, when the draw ceremony holds at 2pm Nigerian time at the Monotel Dar El Barka Hotel in Nouakchott, Mauritania. The Fatai Amoo-led side, two-time champions of the competition, qualified for the U-17 AFCON after placing second at the WAFU B U-17 Tournament in Togo January, where they lost 3-2 to Ivory Coast in the final match. The U-17 ...

ON THE GO Kashimawo Laloko, ex-NFF director, dies at 76 Kashimawo Laloko, former technical director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), is dead.Advertisement The 76-year-old was said to have died at Sacred Hearts catholic hospital in Abeokuta on Sunday, after... Resident doctors threaten fresh strike over unpaid salaries The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike on April 1, if members owed salaries and allowances...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 13 February 2021 In this report, ’TANA AIYEJINA takes a look at the illustrious career of late ex-Super Eagles defender Yisa Sofoluwe, who was buried on Wednesday in Lagos The big wigs of Nigerian football or top government officials were not there, neither was the fanfare and ceremony usually associated with the burial of a national hero, during Yisa Sofoluwe’s burial on Wednesday at Atan Cemetery, Yaba, Lagos. Yet, this was a man who toiled for close to...