Ghana and South Africa both suffered embarrassing defeats in World Cup qualification on Tuesday while top contenders Cameroon, Guinea, Senegal and Zambia also found it tough...
Argentina captain Lionel Messi accused the Brazilian police of brutality as the start of their World Cup qualifier against Brazil was delayed by half an hour after clashes...
Nicolas Otamendi scored with a towering header to give Argentina a 1-0 away win over Brazil in a bad-tempered World Cup qualifier that was delayed by...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. Nigeria’s major rivals in the Group C of the World Cup qualifiers, South Africa, have been unexpectedly dealt a severe blow by...
While the Super Eagles are yet to find their wings in the qualifying series for the 2025 World Cup, all their Group A rivals in the...
Goalkeeper Andre Onana has pulled out of Cameroon’s World Cup qualifier against Libya on Tuesday after leaving the field injured when they beat Mauritius in their...
For making Nigerian national team a global laughing stock After missing trophies in playing and coaching career, he is scamming Nigeria by proclaiming that AFCON 2023...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. While some other contending teams are asserting their status and having goal feast and harvest of points, the Nigerian national team, the Super...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. Former sports minister, Solomon Dalung is worried that the current slide of the Super Eagles as shown in the games against Lesotho and...
The Super Eagles, again, had to settle for a 1-1 draw on Day 2 of the FIFA World Cup qualifying African series after a tame performance...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. Super Eagles’ prospects of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup finals continue on a shaky ground as they again failed to win a...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. After the initial turmoil in the camp of Zimbabwe ahead of their World Cup qualifying match against Nigeria, fans are being rallied round...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. There will be a change in the line-up of Zimbabwe as they file out this afternoon to face the Super Eagles of...
Nigeria’s main rivals in the Group C of the World Cup qualifiers, South Africa, have taken the lead after MatchDay 1. The Bafana Bafana this Saturday...
One of the newest and fast growing airlines, ValueJet has landed the Super Eagles in Kigali, Rwanda ahead of their MatchDay 2 World Cup qualifiers against...
Cote d’ivoire enjoyed a goal rout at the start of their World Cup qualifying campaign but fellow African heavyweights Cameroon, Ghana and Tunisia made heavy work...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. After last Thursday’s misadventure at home, the Super Eagles must have learnt a bitter lesson that no team should be underrated, no matter...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. Officials of the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) had to run around on Friday to source for money to pay the allowances of the...
The Super Eagles’ delegation to Sunday’s 2026 FIFA World Cup African qualification series Day 2 encounter against the Warriors of Zimbabwe will arrive in Rwanda –...
Nigeria Super Eagels were not the only big name stunned in as flurry of upsets characterise the week’s World Cup qualifying series. Argentina will also be...
Brazil lost their second consecutive World Cup qualifier match as Colombia fought back to win 2-1 against the five-times champions, who dropped to fifth place in...
Mohamed Salah scored four times and took his goal tally for Egypt past 50 as they began their World Cup qualifying campaign with an expected victory...
Crocodiles are used to land and water. That manifested on a wet evening in Uyo as the Lukeina, “Crocodiles” of Lesotho held a fancied Super Eagles...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA, Uyo What a sloppy way to open a World Cup qualifying campaign! The Super Eagles had to struggle to hold Lesotho to a...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. Nigeria’s Super Eagles begin their marathon race to the 2026 World Cup this Thursday as they host Likuena of Lesotho at the Godswill...
Lionel Messi will be fit for Argentina’s World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil despite his lack of game time, coach Lionel Scaloni said on Wednesday....
No player in Brazil should feel pressure to take over the role of Neymar, sidelined with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus, coach Fernando Diniz...
Yoane Wissa netted the opening goal to set the Democratic Republic of Congo up for a 2-0 home win over Mauritania on the opening day of...
Defender, Kenneth Omeruo has promised a good outing for the Super Eagles as they begin their World Cup qualifying campaign this Thursday. He said that the...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. The no-win streak that Rwanda has been having since they defeated Mozambique 1-0 in March 24, 2021 has not abated. They played a...
African qualifiers for the 26 World Cup start on 13 November Discover all the key dates Nine African teams will participate in the final phase of...
Africa’s marathon 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign kicks off on Wednesday, 15th November with 40 nations vying for the continent’s nine automatic finals spots in North...
Having taken Australia to new heights at last year’s World Cup in Qatar, coach Graham Arnold will scale a peak of his own when the Socceroos...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. Wednesday NOV 15 Group C: Rwanda v Zimbabwe – 2pm Group H: Equatorial Guinea v Namibia – 2pm Group B: Congo DR v Mauritania –...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. As the long journey to the 2026 World Cup begins in Africa this Wednesday, Nigeria’s Super Eagles central defender, Kenneth Omeruo, has promised...
More places for Africa at the next World Cup finals has not lessened the intensity of the qualifying process, often described as the toughest in world...
Bayer Leverkusen winger and new invitee to the Super Eagles, Nathan Tella has told BBC that it would be “a dream come true” to make his debut...
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