WAFU Cup of Nations disaster shows Nigerian football is in dire straits
Results and performances in Senegal suggest that NPFL players are nowhere near good enough to be playing international football for Nigeria.
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All times ETResults and performances in Senegal suggest that NPFL players are nowhere near good enough to be playing international football for Nigeria.
Promise Isaac, who captained Nigeria to the 2008 Olympic silver medal and scored 79 goals in 11 professional seasons in Turkey, has died.
Mfon Sunday Udoh must have thought Halloween had come early, given his nightmare performance in Nigeria's opening 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations match.
Nigeria have been to the final at each of the three WAFU Cup of Nations they have contested, winning once. Who was their best player?
Imama Amapakabo, who will coach Nigeria at the WAFU Cup of Nations in Senegal, tells ESPN that his objectives are broader than winning.
Nigeria must reset its entire football ecosystem in a manner that begins to develop talent deliberately and consistently, Colin Udoh writes.
RIO 2016 OLYMPIC MEN'S SOCCER - | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
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Brazil U23 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +4 | 5 |
Denmark U23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
Iraq U23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
South Africa U23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
RIO 2016 OLYMPIC MEN'S SOCCER - | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
Nigeria U23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Colombia U23 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 |
Japan U23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Sweden U23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
RIO 2016 OLYMPIC MEN'S SOCCER - | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
South Korea U23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +9 | 7 |
Germany U23 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +10 | 5 |
Mexico U23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
Fiji U23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -22 | 0 |
RIO 2016 OLYMPIC MEN'S SOCCER - | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
Portugal U23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +3 | 7 |
Honduras U23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Argentina U23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
Algeria U23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |