Morocco on Sunday battered the Super Eagles of Nigeria 4-0 in the final of the 2018 African Nations Championship at the Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca. Two goals from Hadraf and one each from El Karti and tournament top scorer Ayoub El Kaabi gave the hosts their first title of the competition exclusively for players plying […]
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Sudan edged out Libya 4-2 via penalties to claim bronze in the third-place play-off match at the 2018 CAF African Nations Championship at Stade de Marrakech on Saturday. Although the clash finished at 1-1 in regular time, penalties from Mohamed Tahir, Mohamed Babikir, Mahmoud Ahmed and Maaz Gesalla ensured Sudan were victorious. On the other […]
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Nigeria’s home based Super Eagles have qualified for their first ever finals of the African Nations Championship (CHAN), after edging Sudan 1-0 in the semi-final played in Marrakech. The Nigerians will on Sunday meet hosts Morocco, who earlier spanked Libya 3-1. Gabriel Okechukwu scored Nigeria’s winning goal in the 16th minute. As early as the […]
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The Super Eagles of Nigeria have qualified for the semi final of the CHAN tournament in Morocco. After going behind in the 55th minute, the Eagles rallied to overpower the Angolan side 2-1 to extend their stay in Morocco. A defensive miscalculation helped Angola take the lead after what was supposed to be a clearance […]
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The home-based Super Eagles on Tuesday whipped Equatorial Guinea 3-1 after coming from behind in Agadir, to advance into the quarter-finals of the 5th African Nations Championship (CHAN) holding in Morocco. The Nigerian side dominated the game with many goal scoring chances being wasted as they had earlier done in each of their first two […]
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Libya slumped to a 0-1 defeat against Nigeria and were brought back down to earth at the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN). The home-based Eagles edged out Libya by a lone goal through Sunday Faleye in their CHAN Group C match at the Stade Ibn Batouta in Tangier, Morocco on Friday. The victory takes the […]
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Home-based Super Eagles team have qualified for the Africa Nations Championship, CHAN 2018, set to be staged in Kenya. The B team secured a 2-0 win over the Benin Republic team at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano on Saturday. The nervy win means the Nigerians scale through 2-1 on aggregate, after losing the first […]
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Benin Republic secured a 1-0 win over Nigeria in the first leg CHAN qualifier played in Cotonou on Sunday evening. CHAN Eagles’ Afeez Aremu committed a foul in the 89th minute. That gifted Benin Republic a late penalty which they converted to beat Nigeria by a lone goal in the first leg clash. The Beninoise […]
Continue ReadingSuper Eagles Coach Sunday Oliseh has gone berserk, labelling his critics insane. “Now it’s the time to attack,” he said on a new YouTube clip. “The usual critics have brought out their fangs again. “I’m addressing this constant insanity, this is madness that has befallen some of our critics. You must be insane to ask […]
Continue ReadingNigeria crashed out of the group stage of the ongoing African Nations Championship, CHAN, after a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Guinea on Tuesday. The National team coach, Sunday Oliseh, has expressed remorse and has offered an apology to Nigerians for the early exit. The Eagles were seen as firm favourites for a slot in […]
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