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Super Eagles striker ruled out for rest of the season, undergoes surgery after Afcon injury
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Super Eagles striker ruled out for rest of the season, undergoes surgery after Afcon injury

Super Eagles striker Cyriel Dessers will miss the remainder of the season after opting to undergo surgery following an injury sustained during the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), according to Sportal Greece.The Nigeria international, who joined Panathinaikos last summer window, suffered a rupture involving a tendon linked to the rectus femoris in his right leg ahead of Nigeria’s third group game against Uganda.Following the setback, Dessers and club's medical team pursued a conservative rehabilitation approach, aiming to allow natural healing and potentially facilitate a return before the end...

April 10, 2026
Croatian Coach With Links To FCIU: Super Eagles Defense Weakest Link, Attack Very Dangerous
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Croatian Coach With Links To FCIU: Super Eagles Defense Weakest Link, Attack Very Dangerous

Croatian coach Zdravko Logarušić has provided the lowdown on the Nigerian national team ahead of their very important 2018 World Cup opener against Nigeria, and has written off the Super Ea...

Dec 6, 2017
Nigerian-Brazilian Striker To Eagles: Concentrate For The Whole 90 Minutes Vs Messi & Argentina
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Nigerian-Brazilian Striker To Eagles: Concentrate For The Whole 90 Minutes Vs Messi & Argentina

Nigerian-Brazilian striker Dominic Vinícius Eberechukwu Uzoukwu has advised the Super Eagles not to lose concentration at all when they face two-time world champions Argentina at next summer's ...

Dec 6, 2017
Nigerian GK Warns Croatia: Super Eagles Have Young Players Ready To Shine At World Cup
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Nigerian GK Warns Croatia: Super Eagles Have Young Players Ready To Shine At World Cup

Croatian-based Nigerian goalkeeper David Nwolokor has agreed with one of the coaches at Football College Abuja, Boris Pučić, that there are no world class players on the Nigeria team.But he rec...

Dec 6, 2017
Chelsea 1 Atletico Madrid 1: Victor Moses Sparkles Again, Through To The Last 16
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Chelsea 1 Atletico Madrid 1: Victor Moses Sparkles Again, Through To The Last 16

Chelsea and Atletico Madrid played out a pulsating 1-1 draw in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday evening, a result which confirmed Antonio Conte's side qualification for the last sixteen as Group C...

Dec 5, 2017
Aguero Breaks Silence On Why Argentina Lost To Nigeria: They Were Scared I Was In Hospital
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Aguero Breaks Silence On Why Argentina Lost To Nigeria: They Were Scared I Was In Hospital

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has broken his silence on why Argentina surprisingly lost 4-2 to Nigeria in an international friendly in Krasnodar on November 14, 2017.It would be recalled that ...

Dec 5, 2017
Rijeka's Nigerian GK Nwolokor Tells Croatia: Pay Special Attention To Ndidi & Iwobi
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Rijeka's Nigerian GK Nwolokor Tells Croatia: Pay Special Attention To Ndidi & Iwobi

Croatian-based Nigerian goalkeeper David Nwolokor has notified Croatia that they should be wary of Premier League stars, Arsenal's Alex Iwobi and Leicester City's Wilfred Ndidi, when they clash with N...

Dec 5, 2017
Burnley's Iceland Star : Nigeria One Of The Toughest Opponents But Anything Can Happen
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Burnley's Iceland Star : Nigeria One Of The Toughest Opponents But Anything Can Happen

Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson, winger of the Icelandic national team and Burnley, in an interview with the Lancashire Telegraph, has described Nigeria as one of the toughest opponents in Group D ...

Dec 5, 2017
Super Eagles A Threat To Any Side But Must Stamp Out Inconsistency, Says Newson
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Super Eagles A Threat To Any Side But Must Stamp Out Inconsistency, Says Newson

Reviewing the 2018 World Cup draw that pitted Nigeria in Group D along with one of the pre-tournament favorites Argentina as well as Croatia and Iceland, Adam Newson of Football Whispers says the Supe...

Dec 5, 2017
Nigeria Could Face France Exactly Four Years After Battle Of Brasília, Deschamps Reacts
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Nigeria Could Face France Exactly Four Years After Battle Of Brasília, Deschamps Reacts

1998 world champions France are expected to top Group C of the 2018 World Cup based on permutation and current form and there is a possibility that the European powerhouse could face Nigeria in the la...

Dec 5, 2017
Babayaro Attacks Rohr, Agu: Uzoho, Ezenwa & Akpeyi Are Not The Best Nigerian GKs
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Babayaro Attacks Rohr, Agu: Uzoho, Ezenwa & Akpeyi Are Not The Best Nigerian GKs

Retired Nigeria U23 international Emmanuel Babayaro is at it again after criticizing the Super Eagles coaching staff led by Gernot Rohr for not doing a good job as regards to the goalkeeping departmen...

Dec 5, 2017
Argentine World Cup-Winning Striker : Argentina Recently Lost To Nigeria, Not A Comfortable Group
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Argentine World Cup-Winning Striker : Argentina Recently Lost To Nigeria, Not A Comfortable Group

Argentine World Cup-winning striker Jorge Valdano has admitted that he is not comfortable with Argentina's group at the World Cup which consists of Nigeria, Iceland and Croatia.The former Real Madrid ...

Dec 5, 2017
Victor Moses Underlines Importance To Chelsea, Top Player In Key Stat
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Victor Moses Underlines Importance To Chelsea, Top Player In Key Stat

Victor Moses continues to underline his importance to Premier League champions Chelsea, with the Nigeria Player of the Year rated the joint-top player in a key stat in Saturday's clash vs Newcastle Un...

Dec 5, 2017