Adetunji resumes training after four months injury layoff

Sunday Adetunji has resumed training with his club, Abia Warriors of Umuahia after being sidelined by injury for four months, Sportinglens.blogspot.com understands.

Nigerian-born UK-based coach tips Dream Team VI for final

Nigerian-born United Kingdom, UK-based coach, Obinna Maduike, has tipped Dream Team VI for the final of the 2016 Rio Olympics Men’s Football event in Brazil. Maduike, who is on scholarship in the United States as part of the programme to prepare him  to  acquire the prestigious “UEFA B” football  coaching licence, is thrilled with the performance of Samson Siasia and his boys at the ongoing Rio Olympics where the Nigerian Dream Team VI  progressed to the semi finals of the soccer event.

Mikel declares: I want to win Olympic gold medal

John Obi Mikel’s list of professional honours reads like something we all responded with when we were asked, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” when we were in primary school: A Premier League champion, a UEFA Champions League winner, a four-time FA Cup winner and a CAF Africa Cup of Nations champion. However, the list is not complete yet.

At Rio 2016, Mikel is embarking on an entirely different challenge: to lead Nigeria’s ‘Dream Team VI’ to its second Olympic Men’s Football Tournament gold medal. And as he told FIFA.com in an exclusive interview, the quality of the Rio 2016 tournament has been “amazing” and akin to the Champions League.

Ahead of Nigeria’s semi-final clash with Germany, Mikel talks about their successful campaign so far, his leadership on the team and writing a new chapter in Nigeria’s history in the tournament.

Rio Olympics: Oduduru cruises to 200m semis

. Comes 2nd behind Usain Bolt  

Nigeria’s Divine Oduduru has qualified for the semi final of the 200m at the ongoing Rio Olympic after finishing in 2nd behind Usain Bolt in the heats.

Dream Team paid camp allowances

29 members of the U-23 National team have been paid their camp allowance for the first 11 days. The minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung disclosed this after his parley with the team following their 1-0 victory over Sweden on Monday.

Dream team to wear white jerseys against Colombia

 

Nigeria U-23 team, Dream Team VI, will for the first time in the tournament, don white jerseys in the game against Colombia on Wednesday. The players have already been handed two pairs of white jerseys each, as has been the practice since the commencement of the tournament.

Siasia to rest Stars against Colombia

Samson Siasia has disclosed that he intends to rest some of his starters in the Wednesday’s Group B final game against Colombia at the Arena dos Corinthians. Glory –chasing Nigeria U23 team has arrived in Sao Paulo ahead of Wednesday’s game against Colombia.

Gernot Rohr seal two –year deal as Eagles Technical Adviser

The Nigeria Football Federation and Mr. Gernot Rohr have signed a two –year contract that will see the former Gabon, Niger and Burkina Faso coach work as Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles. The simple ceremony at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja saw NFF President Amaju Pinnick and General Secretary Mohammed Sanusi signing on behalf of the Nigeria federation, in-between Mr. Rohr’s own signature.

Nigerian Sports Award hails Dream Team VI

. Salutes Aruna Quadri

Organizers of the Nigerian Sports Award have hailed the heroics of the national U-23 team (Dream Team VI) as they progressed to the quarter-finals at the Men’s Olympics Football Tournament Rio 2016 after a 1-0 victory over Sweden in Group B encounter last night at the Amazonia Arena in Manaus.

Men's Olympic Football: Umar heads Nigeria into last eight

Nigeria progressed to the quarter-finals at the Men's Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016 after a 1-0 victory over Sweden in Group B thanks to a Sadiq Umar header at the Amazonia Arena in Manaus.

Etebo eyes Olympic gold

Nigeria's hero in their 5-4 win over Japan in Thursday's football event for men at the Olympics, Oghenekaro Etebo, has spoken of his ambition to have a gold medal hung around his neck at the end of August. Etebo scored four goals in the game at the Arena de Amazonia in Manaus but said his goals will count for nothing if they fail to win the gold medal in the men's football event.

My boys are miracle workers, says Siasia

Nigeria U-23 team’s Head Coach, Samson Siasia, has described the Dream Team VI 5-4 victory in the Olympic opener against Japan as a miracle. The squad arrived Manaus from Atlanta, where they had gone for preparations, some five hours before the kickoff at the Amazonia Stadium.

REVEALED: Nigeria’s Schedule at the Olympics

Barely 20 Hours to the kick-off of the much expected 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, a full schedule of the sporting activities in which Team Nigeria will participate has been released.

NSA charges Olympic team to go for Gold

As the Rio 2016 Olympic Games gathers momentum with participating individuals from different countries intensifying training in preparation for the Games, organizers of the Nigerian Sports Award (NSA), have urged all athletes representing Nigeria to give their best and go for gold at the event by winning all available medals.

Olympics: FIFA assigns Oliseh to study Nigeria matches

Former Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh, who is on the FIFA technical study group for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has been assigned to analyse Nigeria matches against Japan and Colombia in the Games soccer event.

Siasia makes Mikel captain of Nigeria U23

. Team off to Brazil on Monday

Head Coach of the Nigeria Olympic team, Samson Siasia has appointed Chelsea midfield ace John Mikel Obi as captain of the team going into the men’s football tournament of the 31st Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Siasia  made the announcement while meeting with players and other officials.

Mikel denies donating $30,000 to Dream Team

Captain of Team Nigeria to the Rio Olympics, John Mikel Obi has denied media reports making the rounds in Nigeria that he gave $30,000 dollars to his teammates in the U23 football team. Speaking from the team’s camp at the Hyatt Place in Atlanta, USA, Mikel said, “I was first told of this unfortunate story by a friend who called me from Nigeria. I thought he was joking until he sent me the link."

Mikel named Team Nigeria Rio 2016 Captain

John Obi Mikel has been named the Team Nigeria captain for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The sports ministry in Nigeria stated that the Chelsea midfielder has been picked as he is regarded as "a role model to the upcoming athletes."

Dalung denies asking athletes to buy tickets to Rio

The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development says it did not direct foreign based athletes going to the Olympic Games in Rio to buy their own air tickets. The Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung said this in a statement following a purported mail asking athletes to buy their tickets to the Olympics and which was said to have originated from the Ministry.

Mikel to lead Nigerian U23 Olympics squad

Nigeria Under-23 head coach Samson Siasia has released his 18-man football squad for the Rio 2016 Olympics. Super Eagles captain John Obi Mikel is the most experienced of the lot and goes in as one of the over-aged players alongside goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi.