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Rafiu Durosinmi has described his maiden Super Eagles call up as a dream becoming reality, with the Pisa striker set to make his international debut against Zimbabwe at the 2026 Unity Cup in London. Pisa striker Rafiu Durosinmi has spoken publicly for the first time about his inclusion in Nigeria’s squad for the 2026 Unity […]

Eric Chelle’s Unity Cup squad in London is taking shape, with New England Revolution midfielder Alhassan Yusuf and Strasbourg centre back Igoh Ogbuh checking into camp on Monday morning to bring the number of players available to 19 ahead of Tuesday’s title defence opener against Zimbabwe. The duo arrived at the team’s base just hours

Former Shooting Stars Sports Club head coach Fatai Amoo has delivered a blunt assessment of Nigerian football’s decline, pointing the finger at the NFF for a series of unresolved failures and urging Eric Chelle to prioritise AFCON 2027 qualification above all else in his rebuild of the Super Eagles. Speaking in a wide ranging interview

Wrexham and Super Eagles goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo has revealed his all time Nigeria XI, a team that rewards modern era stars and largely reflects the football he grew up watching, with some choices that Nigerian fans of an older generation will find very difficult to accept. Okonkwo, 24, only recently committed his international future to

Former Nigeria international Friday Ekpo has backed the Super Eagles to produce their best football when they face Poland in Warsaw and Portugal in Leiria next month, arguing that the calibre of opposition Eric Chelle has arranged will pull maximum effort and quality from the players in camp. Ekpo, who earned multiple senior Nigeria caps

Owen Oseni has opened up on the moment he discovered he had been called up to the Super Eagles squad for the 2026 Unity Cup, admitting the news left him completely stunned and that he never imagined playing international football at this level of his career. The 23 year old Plymouth Argyle striker was named

Zimbabwe head coach Kaitano Tembo has made clear that his Warriors squad has no intention of turning up at the Unity Cup simply to make up the numbers, declaring after their opening training session in London that winning against the Super Eagles on Tuesday is very much the plan. Zimbabwe face Nigeria in the first

Swedish club AIK have confirmed that 18 year old Nigerian winger Zadok Yohanna will not be available for the Super Eagles’ Unity Cup squad after head coach José Riveiro revealed the teenager remains sidelined and will not return until after the spring break. Yohanna had been named in Eric Chelle’s 27 man Super Eagles squad

With Desire Oparanozie retired and Ifeoma Onumonu having called time on her international career in October 2025, the Super Falcons are entering a new era without a settled centre forward, and the leading candidate to fill that void is Pachuca striker Chinwendu Ihezuo. Ihezuo was handed the starting berth as first-choice centre forward at the

Eric Chelle has handed debut Super Eagles call ups to Millwall’s Femi Azeez and AIK Solna’s Zadok Yohanna for the 2026 Unity Cup, while leaving Samuel Chukwueze out of the squad entirely and the message could not be clearer. Samuel Chukwueze has been part of the Super Eagles furniture for eight years. He has made