Nigeria negotiating new contract with coach Peseiro

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2 years ago

August 16, 2023

The Nigeria Football Federation has opened negotiations with Jose Peseiro over a new contract as national coach.

“His contract ended in July and we’re now talking to him and his lawyers,” NFF president Ibrahim Gusau said on Wednesday.

Peseiro had been on a one-year contract. Gusau said talks were held up because of the delay in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, on which the contract was based.

The competition will be held in January and February. Peseiro has led Nigeria to qualification with a game to spare.

Sources said the NFF wants Peseiro to accept a huge cut on his monthly $70,000 salary in a new contract that will run at least until the end of the competition in Ivory Coast.

“We hope to conclude very soon and a decision will be made based on the recommendations of the technical committee,” said Gusau.

The Super Eagles round out their qualifying campaign on September 10 at home in Uyo against Sao Tome and Principe.

Gusau said the contract of Randy Waldrum, coach of the country’s women’s team, has also expired after he led them to the Round of 16 at the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

He said a decision on Waldrum would also have to be taken soon, as the team will begin their qualification campaign for the 2024 Paris Olympics next month.

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President Federation Cup: NFF unveils venues, dates for quater-finals

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2 days ago

April 19, 2025

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The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has announced venues and dates for the quater-final of the President Federation Cup.

Plateau United and Rangers will clash at the Area 3 Stadium in Abuja.

The encounter between Akwa United and Kwara United will be played at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu.

Abakaliki FC abd Nasarawa United will lock horns at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, while Wikki Tourists and Ikorodu City clash is billed for the Bwari Stadium in Abuja.

All the matches will kick-off at 4pm on Saturday, May 3rd, 2025.

The winner of the competition will represent Nigeria in the CAF Confederation Cup next year.

U-20 AFCON: Flying Eagles Coach Unveils 24- Man Squad

The team is scheduled to play a series of warm-up matches in Egypt before their group opener against Tunisia on May 1.

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3 days ago

April 18, 2025

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Head coach of the U-20 national team, Flying Eagles, Aliy Zubairu, has unveiled a 24-man squad for the upcoming U-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 2025 U-20 AFCON will take place from April 27 to May 18.

Zubairu named first-choice goalkeeper, Ifeanyi Harcourt, defender and captain, Daniel Bameyi, midfielder Sulaiman Alabi, and forward Kparobo Arierhi in the squad.

The squad is a blend of home-based and foreign players who have intensified training in Abuja ahead of the tournament.

Some of the top foreign-based players invited include: Emmanuel Chukwu, Precious Benjamin, all of German outfit TSG Hoffenheim and Kparobo Arierhi (Lillestrom SK, Norway).

The Flying Eagles, who are seven-time African champions and two-time FIFA Under-20 World Cup runners-up, will depart Nigeria on Sunday for Cairo in a bid to clinch an eighth continental title.

The team is scheduled to play a series of warm-up matches in Egypt before their group opener against Tunisia on May 1.

They will then face Morocco on May 4, followed by a clash against Kenya on May 7 to wrap up the group games.

Ex-Man Utd star Bastian Schweinsteiger ‘splits from wife’

It was reported that the two are frequently separated by thousands of kilometers, with Ivanovic staying in Serbia with her kids while Schweinsteiger travels the world, and while this situation persists, their relationship kept straining from all angles.

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5 days ago

April 16, 2025

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Ex-Manchester United and Bayern Munchen star, Bastien Schweinsteiger and wife Ana Ivanovic are now separated from their union.

German outlet, Blunte, reports that the couples, having married for nine years, have now being separated since two months ago.

The couple has three kids between them.

In addition, the reports says that while the couple’s last Instagram post together was in December 2024, they haven’t been spotted together for months despite getting married in Venice nine years ago.

It now remains to be seen whether both couples can eventually reconcile and work things out as the former midfielder is currently in Jakarta, Indonesia, leaving Ivanovic, a tennis ace who won the 2008 French Open, to rely on the support of her parents and brother who also live in Serbia.