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Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr, has paid glowing tribute to his 97-year-old mother, Elizabeth Rohr who died on Thursday.

Following recent struggles for Super Eagles boss, Gernot Rohr to pick a first-choice goalkeeper for the team, former national team hero, Peter Rufai, has blamed it on lack of proper football development rather than on the German.

Ministry of Youth and Sports has warned state directors/commissioners of sports not to bring over aged athletes to the National Youth Games (NYG) which commences this weekend in Ilorin Kwara State.

World Boxing Council (WBC) International Super-flyweight champion, Aliu Lasisi says plans are in top gear to defend his title in Nigeria.

Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr has tipped 19-year-old Fortuna Düsseldorf II stopper Maduka Okoye to be Eagles top goalkeeper in no distant future because of his outstanding qualities and attributes.

Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr is elated with the scoring form of Eagles strikers Victor Osimhen and Samuel Chukwueze who scored for Lille of France and Villarreal of Spain respectfully at the weekend.

Super Eagles defender Shehu Abdullahi had declared himself 100 percent fit after returning to training with his TFF First League side, Bursaspor.

Rave of the moment in Greece, Chuba Akpom has become a subject of bidding war among West Ham, Eintracht Frankfurt and Mainz in the current transfer window as they seek to prize him away from PAOK Thessaloniki.

Super Eagles defender Leon Balogun has disclosed that keeping the current crop of the Nigerian team technical crew will be good for the national team in the long run.

Ezenwa told newsmen that he is aware of the calls from his fans that he should take his trade abroad but that he would only leave fora club he knows will keep him relevant with the national team and not just travel abroad to join the foreign legion.

Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr has resolved to lead the Eagles to win the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations if discussions of contract extension goes well between him and his employers, the Nigeria Football Federation, this week.

Super Eagles defender Kenneth Omeruo said that the intentions of the team is to reach the final of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

Super Eagles right-back Chidozie Awaziem has promised Nigerians that the players will give their best against South Africa in the quarter final of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations at the Cairo International Stadium in Egypt on Wednesday.

Nigeria and Arsenal legend Nwankwo Kanu has urged Gernot Rohr’s Super Eagles not to make costly mistakes if they want to beat South Africa in Wednesday’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, quarter-final fixture.

What would have been a massive payday for the Super Eagles was bungled following the team’s shocking loss to Madagascar in a final Group B game of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations played yesterday.

Super Eagles’ technical adviser Gernot Rohr came to the rescue of the nation when he pleaded with the protesting Super Eagles’ players who refused to attend morning training session as a result of unpaid allowances and match bonus.

Twenty three Super Eagles players embarked on different training regime at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport in the port city, Alexandria, Tuesday, ahead of Nigeria’s opening game against Burundi on June 22.

More than six top Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) clubs are ready to battle themselves and MFM FC of Lagos management for the services of coach Fidelis Ilechukwu.