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NIGERIA 🇳🇬On 31st July 1996 Nigeria defeated Brazil after a sensational turnaround from 3-1 down with 12 minutes left to...
02/07/2023

NIGERIA 🇳🇬

On 31st July 1996
Nigeria defeated Brazil after a sensational turnaround from 3-1 down with 12 minutes left to play! The Super Eagles went on and won the Olympics Semi Finals 4-3

Nwankwo Kanu scored the 93rd minute winner and they memorably went on to win Africa's first Gold Medal in the final.

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Antonio Rüdiger has decided to donate all the money he touches at the World Cup to fund the operation of 11 children in ...
01/07/2023

Antonio Rüdiger has decided to donate all the money he touches at the World Cup to fund the operation of 11 children in his mother's home country Sierra Leone

Angels still exist in human form

During active play, he was the best and after then, he began to make impact.This is why I believe he's truly the greates...
30/12/2022

During active play, he was the best and after then, he began to make impact.

This is why I believe he's truly the greatest Footballer

Pele dies @ 82

Rest in Power

Ex- Nigerian player, Sunday Oliseh arrive Qatar, Ahead of the official FIFA Special Assignment🇳🇬🦅"Meet the 6 Technical E...
20/11/2022

Ex- Nigerian player, Sunday Oliseh arrive Qatar, Ahead of the official FIFA Special Assignment🇳🇬🦅

"Meet the 6 Technical Experts in Qatar, assembled by FIFA worldwide to bring you Enhanced Football Intelligence (EFI'S) of every game under the leadership of "sir" Arsene Wenger; Klinsman, Zaccheroni, Cha, Oliseh, Mondragon and Zubi.

You can get live podcasts after each game from FIFA," he wrote on his Social Media platform.

Super Eagles not present, but Nigeria is heavily represented

Sadio Mane is the very first winner of the Socrates award 🏆The award is given to a player to recognise their humanitaria...
19/10/2022

Sadio Mane is the very first winner of the Socrates award 🏆

The award is given to a player to recognise their humanitarian achievements ❤️

Sado Mane was earning per week £ 100,000 euros per week at Liverpool .Salah £220.000per week .Mahrez at Manchester city...
25/06/2022

Sado Mane was earning per week £ 100,000 euros per week at Liverpool .
Salah £220.000per week .

Mahrez at Manchester city £200,000 per week
With the little Mane was earning he was a generous giver because of the rate of poverty in his country and they love me for that now at Bayern Munich he's the highest payed African Footballer earning £250,000 per week .

NFF confirms Salisu Yusuf as new Super Eagles CoachThe Nigeria Football Federation, NFF have confirmed that former Enugu...
14/05/2022

NFF confirms Salisu Yusuf as new Super Eagles Coach

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF have confirmed that former Enugu Rangers and current Kano Pillars coach, Salisu Yusuf will take charge of the Super Eagles upcoming matches.

The Super Eagles are due to play four matches in May and early June and with the unexpected delay in appointment of a substantive Technical Adviser for the Super Eagles, Mr Yusuf who was banned three years ago for accepting bribe while in Charge of the home-based CHAN (Africa Nations Championship) Eagles have been handed the responsibility to take charge of the team in the friendly matches against Mexico and Ecuador.

With two 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON qualifiers also to hold within the period.

Yusuf will be the 3rd coach to charge of the Super Eagles since December last year after Gernot Rohr and Augustine Eguavoen were sacked for poor performances.

Consequently, Salisu Yusuf on Tuesday released a list of 30 players, including Captain Ahmed Musa and forward Moses Simon, ahead of the international friendly matches against the ‘A’ Men National Teams of Mexico and Ecuador in the United States of America.

The three –time African champions will clash with CONCACAF powerhouse Mexico at the AT & T Stadium in Dallas, State of Texas on Saturday, 28th May, before flying to New Jersey to tackle Ecuador at the Red Bull Arena in Harrison on Thursday, 2nd June.

Yusuf, who is also Head Coach of the CHAN and the U23 teams, has included eight home–based professional players, including goalkeepers Adewale Adeyinka and Ojo Olorunleke, defender Ibrahim Buhari, and forwards Victor Mbaoma and Ishaq Rafiu.

Only 25 players will make the final list for the tour, which is preparatory to next month’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Sierra Leone in Abuja (9th June) and São Tomé & Príncipe in Marrakech, Morocco (13th June).

Goalkeepers: Maduka Okoye (Sparta Rotterdam, The Netherlands); Adewale Adeyinka (Akwa United); Ojo Olorunleke (Enyimba FC)

Defenders: Olaoluwa Aina (Torino FC, Italy); Abdullahi Shehu (AC Omonia, Cyprus); Zaidu Sanusi (FC Porto, Portugal); William Ekong (Watford FC, England); Leon Balogun (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland); Isa Ali (Remo Stars); Chidozie Awaziem (Alanyaspor FC, Turkey); Oluwasemilogo Ajayi (West Bromwich Albion, England); Calvin Bassey (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland); Ibrahim Buhari (Plateau United)

Midfielders: Joseph Ayodele-Aribo (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland); Alex Iwobi (Everton FC, England); Oghenekaro Etebo (Watford FC, England); Chiamaka Madu (Rivers United); Babatunde Afeez Nosiru (Kwara United); Azubuike Okechukwu (Yeni Malatyaspor, Turkey); Samson Tijani (Red Bull Salzburg, Austria); Alhassan Yusuf (Royal Antwerp FC, Belgium)

Forwards: Ahmed Musa (Fatih Karagumruk, Turkey); Moses Simon (FC Nantes, France); Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal FC, Spain); Ademola Lookman (Leicester City, England); Sadiq Umar (UD Almeria, Spain); Emmanuel Dennis (Watford FC, England); Cyriel Dessers (Feyenoord FC, The Netherlands); Victor Mbaoma (Enyimba FC); Ishaq Rafiu (Rivers United)

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Gérard Pique: “The first time I met Shakira was in Madrid when we were fliming the video for 'Waka Waka' before the 201...
27/01/2022

Gérard Pique: “The first time I met Shakira was in Madrid when we were fliming the video for 'Waka Waka' before the 2010 World Cup and I asked for her number. She arrived in South Africa before us as she was singing at the opening ceremony. I sent her a text asking how the weather was because we were arriving in few days. This is a typical stupid question you write and normally get a response like 'It's cold, bring a coat'. But then she writes a long text, detailing the change in temperature throughout the day.

I thought 'Jesus, this isnt normal'. It was in those details that I could tell there was an affection. We started messaging throughout the tournament.

However, the only chance I would have of seeing her would be at the final as she was performing in the closing ceremony. I told her that if I had to reach the final to see her, I would do so.

The final was the best thing I had experienced since Spain won the World Cup and I met the love of my life. I left South Africa as a different person.”

*WOMEN FOOTBALL GOING DOWN_ AISHA FALODE SHOULD BE IN GOOD POSITION TO EXPLAIN THIS SETBACK...*Significantly , with chun...
07/11/2021

*WOMEN FOOTBALL GOING DOWN_ AISHA FALODE SHOULD BE IN GOOD POSITION TO EXPLAIN THIS SETBACK...*

Significantly , with chunk of funds coming in yearly to develop female football it's still a mystery how grassroot female football in Nigeria is still dormant.

FIFA member associations in which Nigeria is a key member can access up to USD 5 million per four-year cycle; USD 750,000 per year for projects such as pitches, competitions and women's football- with a grant of USD 500,000 per year for administrative costs.

Tentatively the funds that NFF consistently receive, USD 500,000 is normally disbursed in July, provided that the member association fulfil up to ten specific activities during that particular season...Even without the completion of these projects, the NFF finds a way to key in on the these funds .

* How does Nigeria use it's Football allocations ?

* What percentage goes to grassroot women football development..?

These questions need begging answers looking at the fallen standard of female football in Nigeria.

Women’s football is becoming increasingly popular in Africa, with the Confederation for African Football recently introducing a continent-wide competition for women at club level. And Nigeria’s National Women’s Football team – The Falcons – have long maintained domination of national team football in Africa. They’ve won 11 of 13 championships including the inaugural one in 1991 and the latest edition in 2018. But this dominance is dwindling...

Unfortunately, they are not treated as equal to the men’s team that has not dominated its African opponents.

Historically, Football was introduced to Nigeria by the colonists in the late 1800s. Women were recorded playing the sport by the early 1930s. However, British administrators frowned on women’s adoption of the sport. In 1950, the Nigerian Dailytimes reported that the colonists threatened to forbid any playing ground that allowed women to play.

Nigerian women resisted this edict and continued to play football, on grounds outside the control of the national football association. This meant playing on school grounds or wherever there was space. It was a decision that grew the game, increasingly allowing more women to participate.

In the 1970s, Women Football Clubs began to emerge in Nigeria and, by the 1980s, the Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria organised a National Cup competition for female Footballers.

Eventually, the Nigeria Football Association (now the Nigeria Football Federation) recognised women’s football by organising its first national competition for women in order to raise a national team for the inaugural FIFA Women’s World Cup in 1991.

After all the struggle, Nigeria remains the most successful female team in Africa, yet we have the largest disparities between men’s and women’s pay.

Consistently, players have failed to publicly protest against other poor treatments for fear of isolation.

Proactively- Nigerian women’s plight and down turn can be traced to a lengthy period of resistance in the country’s women’s Football Sector.

What's your own opinion about Women's Football in Nigeria?

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