AYC 2015: Flying Eagles off to a flying start

Flying Eagles on Sunday thumped hosts Senegal 3-1 in its opening Africa Youth Championship
(AYC) played at the Stade Léopold
Sédar Senghor, Dakar on Sunday.

Nigeria get Bafana Bafana test

The South Africa Football Association (SAFA)

through official channels have confirmed aninternational friendly between Nigeria and

South Africa.
The game between the Bafana Bafana and the

Super Eagles will be held at the Mbombela

Stadium in South Africa on March 29.
Nigeria were initially scheduled to take on the Black Stars of

Ghana in London on the same date but Fifa's new

regulations regarding playing games within continents inside

three days put paid to that.
SAFA, who have been trying to tie down a team for the

Bafana Bafana on the Fifa free window have eventually

settled for Nigeria in what promises to be an interesting
game.
The last time the two teams met was in an Africa Cup of

Nations qualifier in Uyo in 2014. Nigeria held South Africa to

a 2-2 draw which effectively ended Nigeria's qualification

hopes for the bienneial Africa football showpiece event.

Tragedy: Kano Pillars FC vs Highway robbers

Tragedy Struck yesterday when Kano Pillars Football Club was on their way to Owerri for a week one Glo NPFL Fixture against Heartland FC. We gathered that the injured players are currently receiving treatment at the federal medical centre lokoja.

Akwa united, a good breeding ground for future greats

In Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital, the
club Akwa United FC may have always
welded into one massive vociferous force
the different political tendencies that lean
on the proverbial regional tripod on which
the state’s politics stand.

 It breaks the
language dichotomy represented by the
three major ethnic groups of the state
namely; the Ibibios, Annangs and Oro into
a strong fan base for the leading football
club funded by the state.

Wooooh a Nigerian is best striker in Belgium

Nigerian striker, Moses Simon continues to do impressive things at Belgian Jupiler Pro League this season.
He joined KAA Gent from Slovakian Trencín on January 7
and has hit the ground running, scoring six
goals in his first seven league matches for the
club.

Simon’s feat means he is the most lethal goal
scorer in the league as regards ratio of goals to
games played.

Stern SiaSia, Orders players back to camp

 Head
Coach of the U-23 side, Samson
Siasia , has ordered players who featured for their clubs in the last weekend African club competitions to
report to camp by Monday ( today ) .

Samson Siasia

The coach, was in the stands to watch Warri Wolves
defeat Racing Club Bobo - Dioulasso of
Burkina Faso 3 - 0 and reach the first
round of the CAF Confederation Cup
competition on 4 - 0 aggregate, expressed
his happiness that his players did well for
their clubs.

“ I ’m happy to be here to see my players
do well and also score goals for Warri
Wolves ,” said Siasia, referring to the
duo of Freedom Omofonma and
Oghenekaro Etebo who got on the score
sheet alongside Joseph Osadiaye to turn
back the Burkinabes .

While commending Warri Wolves for its
excellent performance, Siasia promised
that he would continue to watch matches
on the local scene to monitor his players
and also to see others who could fit into
his squad .

The Monday deadline also applies to
Kano Pillars’ duo of Yusuf Mohammed
and Christian Obiozor, as well as
Enyimba FC’ s Kingsley Sokari and Peter
Onyekachi, as the team intensifies
preparations for the return leg of its 11 th
All - Africa Games qualifying fixture
against Gabon , in Abuja on Saturday ,
March 7 .

Sokari and Onyekachi scored for Enyimba
FC in their 3 - 0 first leg win over Buffles
du Borgu of Benin Republic in the CAF
Champions League and were also
featured against the opponents in the
return leg in Benin Republic on Sunday.

Obiozor and Mohammed were part of the
Pillars ’ squad that defeated Al Malakia of
South Sudan 3 - 0 in Kano on Saturday to
reach the second round of the CAF
Champions League on 5 - 0 aggregate.

Enyimba shines in the Continent as Nigerian clubs scale first huddle

It was all smiles for the Nigerian clubs in the continent,  

Andrew Abalogu’s second-half strike on Sunday in Cotonou ensured Enyimba beat Buffles du Borgu home and away in a CAF Champions League preliminary round clash. 

 Substitute Abalogu scored for the two-time African champions after 59 minutes in Cotonou.  A fortnight ago, Enyimba smashed Three goals past the Benin champions in Aba to go through on a 4-0 aggregate.

Nigerian Chelsea loanee performs woefully as Boro fans react on twitter

Derby County lost to Fulham on Saturday,
giving Middlesbrough the chance to take the
lead in the race for Premier League title.

Unfortunately, they also fluffed their lines.
Goals from Atde Nuhiu and Will Keane did the
trick for Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough,
as Boro's blip continues.

Iheanacho, Musa Yayaha miss the trip to Senegal

Coach of the Nigeria Under-20 team, Manu Garba, has named a 21-man squad for the 19th African Youth Championship (AYC) in Senegal. 

Unbelievable stats about Victor Moses

Nigerian star Victor Moses

boost one of the most interesting and fascinating stats in the Barclays Premier League.

England Plots to snatch Jordan Ibe under the nose of Nigeria

England are set to fast-track Liverpool starlet Jordon Ibe in to the senior set-up to keep him from Nigeria's clutches.
The 19-year-old has burst onto scene in recent weeks following a string of impressive displays for the
Merseysiders since returning from a loan spell at Derby.

CAF U-17: South-Africa cage Nigeria Golden Eaglets

Coach Amuneke's lad will now battle for the bronze medal of the ongoing African U17 Championship in Niger Republic after bowing to coach Molefi Ntseki's side on Wednesday

Nigeria U17 lost 1-0 to their South Africa U17 opponents in the semi final of the 11th African U17 Championship in Niger Republic on Wednesday evening.

AAG Qualfiers: Dream team hammer Gabon

The U-23 national team began their final qualifying round for the Men’s Football Tournament of the 11th All-Africa Games on a bright note after hammering Gabon 4-1 in Libreville on Saturday.

Junior Ajayi scored in the very first minute before Warri Wolves FC striker Etebo Oghenekaro increased the tally from the penalty spot two minutes before half time.

Niger 2015: Eaglets fly pass Zambia, book World Cup place

Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets have qualified for the Fifa World Cup in Chile next September after a 3-1 spanking of the Young Chipolopolo of Zambia at the Stade Municipal in Niamey on Saturday.

Leading the group going into match day three, the Eaglets came off the block quite early troubling the Zambia defence in the opening exchanges with Kelechi Nwakali’s

Moses scores dramatic winner for Stoke

Nigeria winger, Victor Moses, was the hero for Stoke City in the club’s 2-1 win over Stoke City at Villa Park as the Barclays English Premier League entered match day 26.

Moses netted a 90th minute penalty as the Potters came back from a goal down to defeat the Villans on Saturday.

Moses was cynically fouled by Villa’s Dutch defender, Ron Vlaar and the 22-year-old Nigerian picked up the ball and decided to take responsibility.

He showed nerves of steel to calmly send his penalty into the bottom left hand corner of Brad Guzan’s net, sending the American the wrong way in the process.

The goal, which was Moses’ second in the league this season was his second in almost four months.

It also represents the first time in three seasons that Moses will be scoring more than one league goal in a single season.

Saturday’s win takes Stoke up to 10th in the Premier League standings with 36 points from 26 matches.