The sudden retirement of Troost-Ekong from Nigeria’s national team, the Super Eagles, has created the chance for Wilfred Ndidi to become the captain of the team. Ekong announced his voluntary retirement from the national team, stating that he had spent his time in the national team with 83 caps, and five medals. Ndidi, who captained [&he...
•Nigeria’s Super Eagles Nigeria’s captain, William Troost-Ekong, has admitted that the Democratic Republic of Congo will be a mountain to climb in Sunday’s final of the FIFA World Cup Africa Playoff Tournament, but assured that the Super Eagles have the ammunition to prevail at the Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay El Hassan. Both countries...
•Nigeria’s Super Eagles The Super Eagles have announced their starting line-up for today’s crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Lesotho, with captain William Troost-Ekong leading a side determined to keep their qualification hopes alive. With two games remaining, Nigeria sit third on 11 points, three behind leaders Benin Republi...
•Nigeria’s forward, Ademola Lookman The Confederation of African Football yesterday officially unveiled the top five nominees in each of the Men’s Categories of the upcoming CAF Awards 2024. While Nigerian forward Ademola Lookman made it into the top five, his national team captain, William Troost-Ekong could not make it out of the initi...
•William Troost Ekong and Ademola Lookman Super Eagles captain William Troost Ekong and forward Ademola Lookman have been nominated for the 2024 Confederation of African Football (CAF) men’s player of the year award. They will slug it out with Achraf Hakimi of Morocco, Simon Adingra of Cote d’Ivoire, and Serhou Guirassy of Guinea for the [&hel...
Super Eagles captain, William Troost-Ekong has criticised the shoddy treatment of the Super Eagles by the Libyan authorities after they were ignored for over 12 hours at Al Abaq Airport yesterday. The senior football men’s team who was originally scheduled to land in Benghazi ahead of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, was redirected ...
•William Troost-Ekong Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong, Atalanta forward Ademola Lookman, and England-based quartet Ola Aina, Semi Ajayi, Taiwo Awoniyi, and Wilfred Ndidi are among the early arrivals in the camp for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin Republic and Rwanda. The players reported at their Uyo camp yest...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have taken the lead in the Group A battle with fellow West African heavyweights Ivory Coast. Troost-Ekong gave the Nigerian team a 1-0 lead from the penalty spot in the 55th minute after striker Victor Osimhen was bundled by Ivorian defenders in the penalty box. … developing storyÂ
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