16 Mar 2015
FLYING Eagles skipper, Musa Muhammed, has revealed that Cote d’Ivoire players begged him to throw away his second-half penalty in Saturday’s final AYC Group A match in Mbour, writes AFricanfootball.com.
The penalty goal, the third by the right fullback at Senegal 2015, drew the Flying Eagles level at 2-2 and eventually eliminated the Ivoirians from the tournament.
19 Mar 2015
Nigeria’s under-20 team, Flying Eagles, yesterday defeated perennial rivals, Ghana 2-0, to qualify for a record ninth African Youth Championship. Yesterday’s victory in Dakar, Senegal, however, was not unexpected, as the young Nigerians had beaten the Ghanaians two months ago in a friendly in Accra.
23 Mar 2015
Flying Eagles played in their first final since 2011 when they defeated Cameroun 3-2 after extra time. It was a very tense atmosphere at the Leopold Sedar Senghor Stadium in Dakar.
6 Oct 2015
Chairman of Nigeria Women Football League, Dilichukwu Onyedinma, has exonerated the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) from any wrongdoing in the injury woes of Rivers Angels and Super Falcons full back, Gloria Ofoegbu. Onyedimma, who spoke in Abuja yesterday, admitted the federation knew that Ofoegbu was injured, adding, “but we never knew she had not gotten…
7 Apr 2016
With 19 points from 10 matches, FC IfeanyiUbah are the new leaders of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). The Nnewi-based team defeated visiting Plateau United 2-0 to overtake Enugu Rangers at the top of the log.
25 Apr 2016
It is hard to imagine what winning a league title was like three decades ago. Were medals dolled out to the winners? Was there a guard of honour?
