Newly-appointed coach Manu Garba is in a hectic race to assemble a team to do Nigeria proud at the U17 AFCON sub-regional qualifiers next month in Ghana.
SCORENigeria first reported that Manu Garba was heavily favoured to take over the country’s U17s.
Manu’s appointment back to his former post was only made official today, just a month to the kick-off of the WAFU B U17 AFCON qualifying tournament, which will again be hosted by Ghana.
Two years ago, Nduka Ugbade led the team to top the qualifying tournament also staged in Ghana.
However, officials warned that scouting the best players eligible for this age bracket as well as the getting them through the dreaded MRI age-test could be a mountain too high to climb even for an experienced coach like Manu because of time constraints.
Napoli striker Victor Osimhen muscle injury may be worse than first feared after he missed tonight’s Serie A game at Fiorentina. He did not train with the rest of the team leading up to the Fiorentina match as he went through recovery. He was subsequently not listed on the matchday squad against Fiorentina. This is …
Continue reading here ▶Niger are the new leaders of Group B of the WAFU B U17 AFCON qualifying tournament after they beat Togo 3-2 to set up an epic clash Sunday against the Golden Eaglets. The Niger vs Togo match was rescheduled till earlier today after it could not be played Thursday as a result of heavy downpour. …
Continue reading here ▶Golden Eaglets coach Manu Garba has lamented the poor preparation of his team after they scraped a goalless draw with Burkina Faso in their opening U17 AFCON qualifying match. “The match against Burkina Faso was only the first international game by the team,” lamented Manu. “Burkina Faso were better prepared than us. They went on …
Continue reading here ▶First of all, let me confess that Dan ‘The Bull’ Amokachi was one of the players who made me fall in love with the 1994 set of the Super Eagles. I was a big fan of Amokachi as a player both at the national team and his former club sides most especially at Everton, where …
Continue reading here ▶New Super Eagles coach Finidi George has been given a target to lead the team to at least the quarterfinal of the 2026 World Cup, according to NFF president Ibrahim Gusau. This will be of course after Finidi has qualified the country for the World Cup to be hosted by USA, Canada and Mexico. Gusau …
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