Boniface Jimoh Oni, Nigeria’s First FIFA–Graded Referee (Complete Football, October ’91, page 29) FIRST achievers are never forgotten in history. Chief Boniface Jimoh Oni (a.k.a ‘Bee Jay Ooh) can never be forgotten in the history of Nigerian football. And the reason is simple: this was a man with the enviable record as the First FIFA-Graded …
GERNOT ROHR and his Super Eagles couldn’t have wished for a kinder and more amenable opposition in their first game, post AFCON 2019 than Ukraine. The jury was out on the Franco-German to see how his team would fare immediately after the international retirements by captain John Obi Mikel and top goal scorer Odion Ighalo. …
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FAST-GROWING Nigerian online sports forum NaijaSuperFans .com has appointed coordinators for the top foreign club sides with the largest fan base in Nigeria. The clubs are Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Liverpool in the English Premiership; as well as Barcelona and Real Madrid in the Spanish League. The coordinators were appointed at the first “Hangout …
By Ayo Matthew The Super Eagles of Nigeria played out a 2-2 draw against Ukraine in an international friendly at the Dnipro Stadium on Tuesday. It was the first time the team returned to action after they finished third at the African Cup of Nations in Egypt. It was indeed a good game despite …
Goalkeeper IKE SHORUNMU remmbers the pain of losing the AFCON final to Cameroon in a penalty shootout in Lagos, despite a classic equalizing goal by Austin Jay-Jay Okocha.
Captain AUSTIN “JAY-JAY” OKOCHA narrates how he returned to Tunisia as captain of the Super Eagles and emerged as highest goal scorer and Player of the Tournament. But Nigeria had to settle for a bronze medal after losing another penalty shootout to the hosts in the semi-final.
by Olawale Agbede – Chief Sports Writer Rafael Benítez is not the sort of coach who has ever seen a team he did not think he could outwit. If he has ever encountered an opponent too illustrious to overcome, or a gulf in resources too wide to bridge with some bright thinking, some grand idea, …
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