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'I said no' - Fanny Amun reveals he rejected advice from Wenger and Westerhof to play Kanu in midfield
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'I said no' - Fanny Amun reveals he rejected advice from Wenger and Westerhof to play Kanu in midfield

1993 Fifa U17 World Cup-winning coach Fanny Amun has opened up on how he stood his ground against the legendary Arsene Wenger and former Super Eagles coach Clemens Westerhof, refusing their advice to deploy Nwankwo Kanu in midfield.Kanu first rose to prominence at the U17 World Cup in Japan, where he scored five goals, including a hat-trick against Canada, to inspire the Golden Eaglets to a second world title. The former Progress Bank starlet was initially spotted by Amun during the Bankers Cup and was subsequently invited to strengthen the Golden Eaglets squad ahead of the tournament in ...

February 25, 2026
Huddersfield Town Star Billing Pitches Tent With Nigeria For The World Cup
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Huddersfield Town Star Billing Pitches Tent With Nigeria For The World Cup

Highly-rated Huddersfield Town midfielder, Philip Billing is pitching his tent with Nigeria at the 2018 World Cup.The 22-year-old central midfielder who is eligible to represent the Super Eagles by hi...

Jun 14, 2018
Norwegian Media Hails Eagles Stars : Ekong The Boss, Ighalo Fantastic Player, Mikel Experienced
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Norwegian Media Hails Eagles Stars : Ekong The Boss, Ighalo Fantastic Player, Mikel Experienced

The largest commercial television broadcaster in Norway, TV 2, has previewed Group D of the World Cup, which contains Nigeria, Argentina, Croatia and Iceland, ahead of the opening matches on Saturday,...

Jun 14, 2018
Super Eagles Training Session: Mikel, Ndidi, Ighalo Help Team Win Mini-Tournament
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Super Eagles Training Session: Mikel, Ndidi, Ighalo Help Team Win Mini-Tournament

The Super Eagles held their final training session on Thursday morning, before flying out to Kaliningrad, venue of their World Cup opener against Croatia. According to the Nigeria Football Federat...

Jun 14, 2018
Rakitić Fears Super Eagles Dangerous Players, Croatia Plan To Play With Four Strikers
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Rakitić Fears Super Eagles Dangerous Players, Croatia Plan To Play With Four Strikers

One of Croatia's top stars, Barcelona's Ivan Rakitić, is wary of the Nigeria team ahead of their World Cup opener in Kaliningrad on Saturday evening. For comparison sake, Croatia are in the sam...

Jun 14, 2018
Finidi Reveals The Best Position For Moses, Mikel Vs Croatia; Advises Rohr To Use Chelsea Formation
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Finidi Reveals The Best Position For Moses, Mikel Vs Croatia; Advises Rohr To Use Chelsea Formation

1994 and 1998 World Cup star Finidi George has revealed the best positions for captain Obi Mikel and Victor Moses in Nigeria's World Cup opener against Croatia on Saturday, June 16. As things are n...

Jun 14, 2018
Victor Moses Warns Super Eagles Teammates : We Must Not Lose This First Game Vs Croatia
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Victor Moses Warns Super Eagles Teammates : We Must Not Lose This First Game Vs Croatia

Chelsea star Victor Moses has warned his Super Eagles teammates that they cannot afford to lose their World Cup opener against Croatia on Saturday, as the game might be their most defining one in the ...

Jun 14, 2018
Croatia Star Ivan Perisic Reveals The Reason Why He Respects Super Eagles
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Croatia Star Ivan Perisic Reveals The Reason Why He Respects Super Eagles

Croatia's Inter Milan winger Ivan Perišić has presented his thoughts ahead of their World Cup opener against the Super Eagles. Perišić has revealed that Nigeria are a side to ...

Jun 14, 2018
Nigeria Fans Request To Carry Live Chicken To Kaliningrad Stadium Rejected
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Nigeria Fans Request To Carry Live Chicken To Kaliningrad Stadium Rejected

Super Eagles supporters have not been granted permission to carry live chickens to the Kaliningrad Stadium, venue of  the national team's World Cup opener against Croatia on Saturday. It would...

Jun 13, 2018
Feyenoord Striker At The Double As Nigeria U15s Thrash World Cup-Bound Falconets
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Feyenoord Striker At The Double As Nigeria U15s Thrash World Cup-Bound Falconets

Feyenoord wonderkid Lateef Omidiji Jnr enhanced his growing reputation with a brace for the Nigeria U15s in their 6-2 rout of Nigeria Women's U20 national team in a friendly on Wednesday. Nigeria U...

Jun 13, 2018
Russia Coach : Argentina Depend On Messi, They Lost To Nigeria & Spain Without Barca Star
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Russia Coach : Argentina Depend On Messi, They Lost To Nigeria & Spain Without Barca Star

Russian National Team boss Stanislav Cherchesov has opined that the Argentina squad depend so much on Lionel Messi, adding that they lost to Nigeria and Spain in pre-World Cup friendlies because of th...

Jun 13, 2018
Super Eagles Captain Obi Mikel : We Need To Continue To Work Hard
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Super Eagles Captain Obi Mikel : We Need To Continue To Work Hard

Captain of the Nigeria National Team, Obi Mikel, has noted that they have stepped up their preparations for their World Cup opener against Croatia on Saturday evening under their guidance of Gerno...

Jun 13, 2018
Ex-Guinea, DRC Coach, Neveu : Rohr Will Learn Lessons From Losses To England & Czech
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Ex-Guinea, DRC Coach, Neveu : Rohr Will Learn Lessons From Losses To England & Czech

Former Democratic Republic of Congo, Niger and Guinea coach, Patrice Neveu says Gernot Rohr will learn from the defeats suffered by the Super Eagles in their pre-World Cup friendlies and apply the les...

Jun 13, 2018