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Adepoju Says Osimhen Not Yet Ready to Captain Nigeria

Adepoju Says Osimhen Not Yet Ready to Captain Nigeria

Nigeria’s biggest goal threat in a generation isn’t the right man to wear the armband, according to a 1998 World Cup veteran who watched a sideline flare up at AFCON and didn’t like what he saw. Former Super Eagles midfielder Mutiu Adepoju has weighed in on the debate around Victor Osimhen’s suitability to captain Nigeria,

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Iheanacho's Celtic Future Clouded by Failed Vasco da Gama Bid

Iheanacho’s Celtic Future Clouded by Failed Vasco da Gama Bid

A title and a cup double should be answering the question of where Kelechi Iheanacho plays his football next season. Instead, the silence from Celtic and a rejected approach from Brazil have only deepened the uncertainty. Kelechi Iheanacho’s future at Celtic is edging closer to an exit, just nine months after the Super Eagles striker

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Etim Returns to FC Midtjylland Five Months After Exit

Etim Returns to FC Midtjylland Five Months After Exit

Five months ago, FC Midtjylland decided Friday Etim needed games elsewhere to grow. He found them, scored goals, and earned the kind of recall that doesn’t happen by accident. Nigerian striker Friday Etim has completed a return to Danish Superliga champions FC Midtjylland, signing a contract that runs until the summer of 2029 after just

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Messi's Algeria Hat-Trick Strips Super Eagles of Unwanted Record

Messi’s Algeria Hat-Trick Strips Super Eagles of Unwanted Record

Lionel Messi scored his first ever World Cup hat trick at 38 years old, drew level with Miroslav Klose as the tournament’s all time leading scorer, surpassed Pelé’s record for total World Cup goal contributions, and in the process ended Nigeria’s long standing status as the African nation he has punished most. It was that

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Leverkusen Lead Race for Super Eagles Defender Fernandez

Leverkusen Lead Race for Super Eagles Defender Fernandez

Emmanuel Fernandez joined Rangers from Peterborough for €2.9 million last summer. Twelve months later, nine clubs are fighting to sign him for nearly ten times that amount. Bayer Leverkusen are currently in front, but Rangers are digging in. Emmanuel Fernandez has done what very few defenders manage in a single season at a club where

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Done Deal: Toyosi Olusanya Signs Permanent Deal With Aberdeen

Done Deal: Toyosi Olusanya Signs Permanent Deal With Aberdeen

Toyosi Olusanya spent the second half of last season convincing Aberdeen he was worth a permanent deal. On Monday, that deal arrived a two year contract at Pittodrie that makes the London-born Nigerian striker the fifth summer addition to Stephen Robinson’s rebuilt squad. Aberdeen have made Toyosi Olusanya’s move to Pittodrie permanent. The 28 year

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Benin Republic Open Camp as Azonsou Names 30 for Flamingos Qualifier

Benin Republic Open Camp as Azonsou Names 30 for Flamingos Qualifier

While Nigeria’s Flamingos reassemble at the Remo Stars Sports Institute under Akeem Busari, their opponents in the final qualifying round are doing the same just across the border. Benin Republic’s Young Amazons have opened camp at the Missérété Excellence Centre with 30 players and a coach who knows exactly what is at stake. The countdown

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