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Nigeria at the World Cup

The Interim Management Committee of the Nigeria Premier Football League has banned Shooting Stars Sports Club official for a year as he had been caught urinating on the pitch of Ibadan, the Lekan Salami stadium.

Auwal Mohammed, the camp commandant of the club was seen urinating on the pitch before the home game against Akwa United and has been suspended from activities related to NPFL for a year his actions are now taken as something that can bring disrepute to the game.

But the said match ended 2-2, eventually at Adamasingba’s Lekan Salami Stadium.
The unfortunate incident went viral on social media and the NPFL supporters took a swipe at the league management and organizers of the Oluyole Warriors.

Not too long ago, Real Madrid were being linked with an audacious double swoop for Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe this summer. As it turns out, neither transpired. The Norwegian ended up moving to Manchester City, a club that his father had played for during his playing days. On the other hand, the Frenchman signed a new contract with Paris Saint-Germain. While Mbappe’s decision to stay at PSG did leave a bad taste in the mouths of a lot of Real Madrid fans, there was no such feeling towards Haaland and it feels like they would welcome the Norwegian with open arms if he ever decided to make the move to the Santiago Bernabeu.

The Belgian champions are close to beating Serie A giants AC Milan to the signature of one of Nigeria’s most recognised young midfielders in Europe. Nigerian midfielder Raphael Onyedika is on the verge of joining Club Brugge from Danish top division side FC Midtjylland if reports coming out of Belgium are anything to go by. According to the authoritative HBVL, Club Brugge have submitted a nine million euros bid to Midtjylland for the transfer of Onyedika.

Dutch champions Ajax Amsterdam have secured the signing of Nigeria international Calvin Bassey in a €23m (£19.6m) deal. The transfer of the Nigerian defender was confirmed earlier on Wednesday. The transfer fee for Basseycould rise to €26.5m (£22.7m) with add-ons. A 10% sell-on fee was also inserted into the transfer that took the Nigerian from Rangers to Ajax. He has signed a five-year deal at Ajax Amsterdam until June 2027.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria produced a superb performance during their African Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023 qualifier against hosts Sao Tome and Principe. Sao Tome and Principe are one of the lowest ranked African teams and they qualified for the group stage section of the AFCON 2023 qualifiers by seeing off Mauritius in the preliminary round.

Super Eagles of Nigeria midfielder Alex Iwobi was a starter as Everton and Watford played out a goalless draw in the Premier League. In the rescheduled league game, Everton dominated proceedings but they were unable to turn it into a much-needed victory.

Ladan Bosso, Head Coach of Nigeria’s U20 Boys (Flying Eagles) has called up a total of 40 players for next month’s WAFU B U20 Championship taking place in Niamey, capital of Niger Republic. The list has four goalkeepers, 12 midfielders, 17 midfielders and seven forwards.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have a lot of work to do if they are to secure their place at the upcoming World Cup tournament. The tournament is scheduled to take place in Qatar from November 21 to December 18, 2022.

The Premier League duo of Arsenal and Newcastle United have been linked with a move for Napoli striker Victor Osimhen between this week and the end of the January transfer window at the start of next week. A lot of news outlet especially in Italy have reported the interest of the two Premier League sides in the striker who missed the Super Eagles of Nigeria squad to the ongoing AFCON tournament due to a facial injury.

Osimhen was not part of the squad under Austin ‘Cerezo’ Eguaveon. Nigeria didn’t do well at the AFCON tournament after they were eliminated by the Tunisians at the round of 16 stage. Nigeria won all their three Group D games only to lose 1-0 to the Tunisians who advanced into the quarterfinals where they will face Burkina Faso.

Super Eagles of Nigeria player Emmanuel Dennis was named the best player after he scored once and assisted two goals for Watford on the way to the 4-1 demolition of sleeping English football giants Manchester United when the two teams met at Vicarage Road on Saturday.

Nigeria international Dennis was the catalyst for the big home win over the Red Devils and the product of the defeat was significant for Manchester United after the club sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as their manager.

Watford were the better team against Manchester United and they could have scored more than the two first half goals recorded if not for the combination of poor finishing and smart goalkeeping from Spanish international David De Gea in the Manchester United goal.