Mane To Lead Senegal As Mahrez Captains Algeria To Cup Defense EKO HOT BLOG reports that Senegal and Algeria national team managers have selected their players for the African Cup of Nations Senegal national team manager, Aliou Cissé, announced his 27-man squad competing in Cameroon. The squad parades world-class players such as Liverpool’s Sadio Mane, … Read more
World Leagues Forum Unwilling To Release Players For AFCON Tournament Until Jan 3 Writes To FIFA And CAF For Approval EKO HOT BLOG reports that The 2022 edition of Afrcan Cup of Nation (AFCON), might suffer a major setback as the World Leagues Forum is refusing to release players for the competition earlier than Jan … Read more
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) wants Roma Manager, Jose Mourinho, to consider taking the job of sacked Gernot Rohr. EKO HOT BLOG reports that President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick has revealed that they are trying to get the Roma Manager, Jose Mourinho to consider handling Nigeria’s Super Eagles. Pinnickmade this known during a … Read more
CAF Dismiss Reports Of Africa Cup of Nation’s Cancellation EKO HOT BLOG reports that Confederation of African Football (CAF), has debunked viral reports in the media that the upcoming 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations is on the brink of being cancelled. CAF, Head of Media Relations and Operations, Lux September, clearing the … Read more
This development is coming 27 years after the Super Eagles squad won the African Cup of Nations. President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the allocation of 3-bedroom houses to the 1994 Super Eagles squad that won the African Cup of Nations in Tunis, Tunisia. This development is coming 27 years after the Super Eagles squad won … Read more
The referee of the AFCON qualifier between Cote d’Ivoire and Ethiopia fell ill in the 80th minute. No referee could replace him As the 4th referee was an Ivorian, he couldn’t officiate a match involving his country. Ghanaian Referee Charles Bulu collapsed as he was taking charge of the AFCON qualifying match between Cote d’Ivoire and Ethiopia in Abidjan. … Read more
19 countries have booked their place in the 2022 AFCON in Cameroon early next year There are 10 more games to go on Wednesday, the final day of the qualifying series. 5 tickets are still up for grabs to complete the 24- nation roaster needed for the competition. EKO HOT BLOG takes a look at … Read more
The kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has extended his congratulations to the Super Eagles of Nigeria after they qualified for the 33rd AFCON tournament following their hard-fought 1 – 0 victory over fellow top spot contenders, the Squirrels of Benin Republic. The Governor’s congratulations on Saturday was contained in a Press Statement issued to pressmen … Read more
After all Matchday five fixtures of the African cup of nations were played, check out how the AFCON Qualification table looks like. The group L African Cup of Nations Qualifier games were the only matches played yesterday, Lesotho hosted Sierra Leone while Nigeria travelled to Benin Republic for their 5th game of the qualifier. In … Read more
Matches went down in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Qualification yesterday as teams played their Matchday five fixtures, EKO HOT BLOG gathered. (1) Guinea won Mali 1-0 as they topped the Group A table, initially Mali was at the top of the group but after Guinea won them in yesterday’s fixture they dropped to second place. Seydouba Soumah … Read more
Players of the Nigerian National Team were seen taking part in training sessions ahead of Saturday’s game against Benin Republic. The match is scheduled to be played at the Charles De Gaulle Stadium, Porto Novo. The kick off time is 5:00 WAT. Gernot Rohr’s men defeated the Squirrels 2-1 in the first leg staged at … Read more
Top African stars return to their national teams to play in the Africa Cup Of Nations Qualification. Ahead of Match week five which will resume on Wednesday, As gathered by EKO HOT BLOG , see the table, fixtures, top scorers and Clean sheets. These are the current standings of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Qualification table … Read more
The Super Eagles camp came alive in Lagos on Sunday as it’s Europe-based stars began to arrive for their all-important, double-header African Cup of Nations qualifiers against the Squirrels of Benin and Lesotho this weekend. The last set of matches were being prosecuted in Europe before the international break last weekend. The Nigerian camp was … Read more
Dates and time has been confirmed for the last two fixtures in the qualifying series Gernot Rohr tutored team will want to leave the disappointments of the double header with the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone last November. As they prepare for their upcoming fixtures The Super Eagles will honour the first month of international … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 12TH NOVEMBER, 2020 Nigeria’s international football team, the Super Eagles have started training to get ready for their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier clash against Sierra Leone in Benin, Edo State. Players who have arrived in camp include: Ahmed Musa, William Troost-Ekong, Alex Iwobi, Ola Aina Joe Aribo, Leon Balogun Kevin Akpoguma Sebastin … Read more
Journalists have been barred from the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone. The Nigeria Football Federation’s spokesperson, Ademola Olajire, made this known in a press statement on Monday. The statement was titled, ‘AFCON Qualifier: CAF bars media, journalists from Nigeria, Sierra … Read more
Super Eagles of Nigeria will resume their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying campaign with a double header against Sierra Leone in November. Also, their campaign to qualify for the 2022 World Cup qualifying will begin in May 2021. The AFCON qualifiers were suspended in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic but the Confederation … Read more
Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has not erred by making a donation to encourage the Super Eagles in the ongoing AFCON in Egypt. APC Publicity Secretary, Mr Joe Igbokwe in a statement on Tuesday, said that Sanwo-Olu had been known for charitable works even before joining the … Read more
The Super Eagles duo of Kenneth Omeruo and Chidozie Awaziem, were selected by officials of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), after the game against Cameroon on Saturday for a random dope test, reports says Both players did not return to their hotel in Alexandria with their team-mates. Omeruo and Awaziem were picked randomly, as … Read more
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State was present live at the Alexandria Stadium as Nigeria beat Cameroon today. The Super Eagles, who flew past the Indomitable Lions into the quarter-final of the ongoing continental football fiesta, did it in style with the number one citizen of Lagos watching. Also, live at the venue was Rt. … Read more