nigeria Archives • Sahara Football https://www.saharafootball.net News on the Ghana Premier League and Ghana Football Sat, 16 Jan 2021 06:54:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/www.saharafootball.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-ZULU.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 nigeria Archives • Sahara Football https://www.saharafootball.net 32 32 122876147 Watch Highlights: Nigeria 1-0 Burkina Faso | WAFU U17 https://www.saharafootball.net/watch-highlights-nigeria-1-0-burkina-faso-wafu-u17/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=watch-highlights-nigeria-1-0-burkina-faso-wafu-u17 Sat, 16 Jan 2021 06:54:05 +0000 http://www.saharafootball.net/?p=28272 Nigeria’s U17 are through to the finals of the WAFU U17 tournament after securing a 1-0 win against Burkina Faso on Friday, they will face Ivory Coast in the final game of the competition.

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]]> Nigeria’s U17 are through to the finals of the WAFU U17 tournament after securing a 1-0 win against Burkina Faso on Friday, they will face Ivory Coast in the final game of the competition.




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]]> 28272 Ghana U-20 coach Karim Zito ready for WAFU Championship opener against Nigeria https://www.saharafootball.net/ghana-u-20-coach-karim-zito-ready-wafu-championship-opener-nigeria/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ghana-u-20-coach-karim-zito-ready-wafu-championship-opener-nigeria https://www.saharafootball.net/ghana-u-20-coach-karim-zito-ready-wafu-championship-opener-nigeria/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:28:24 +0000 http://www.saharafootball.net/?p=27772 Ghana U-20 coach Karim Zito ready for WAFU Championship opener against Nigeria Black Satellites coach Karim Zito has reiterated his team’s readiness for the WAFU U-20 Championship opener against Nigeria on Wednesday.  The Ghana U-20 team had to wait till Wednesday to open their campaign with a showdown against Nigeria, who were held to a [...]

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Black Satellites coach Karim Zito has reiterated his team’s readiness for the WAFU U-20 Championship opener against Nigeria on Wednesday. 




The Ghana U-20 team had to wait till Wednesday to open their campaign with a showdown against Nigeria, who were held to a 1-1 draw by Ivory Coast on Monday.

Group B is made up of three teams with the top two sides progressing to the semis, where they stand a chance to pick one of the tickets for the Africa Youth Championship in Mauritania next year.

Zito and his team watched Nigeria’s game against Ivory, and he insists they will map a strategy for the Super Falcons.

“Nigeria and Cote D’Ivoire are not countries that we will look down upon,” Coach Karim Zito told footballmadeinghana.com. “We are going to watch them play, myself and all the players we will sit in one place and after the match, we’ll come together to discuss what we saw, what we feel we should do,” he continued.

“At the end of the day we will watch their weaknesses, and their strategy and where they start their buildup from…both teams [Nigeria and Cote D’Ivoire]. I will divide the team into two, some will watch Nigeria and the other will watch Cote D’Ivoire and I will watch both. And then we will put our heads together and strategize for our match against Nigeria,” he concluded.


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]]> https://www.saharafootball.net/ghana-u-20-coach-karim-zito-ready-wafu-championship-opener-nigeria/feed/ 2 27772 Highlights: Nigeria 4-4 Sierra Leone : Super Eagles squander four goal lead https://www.saharafootball.net/highights-nigeria-4-4-sierra-leone-super-eagles-squander-four-goa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=highights-nigeria-4-4-sierra-leone-super-eagles-squander-four-goa https://www.saharafootball.net/highights-nigeria-4-4-sierra-leone-super-eagles-squander-four-goa/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2020 19:09:22 +0000 http://www.saharafootball.net/?p=27476 Nigeria’s Super Eagles blew a four-goal lead as they share points with Sierra Leone in Benin City, Nigeria in their AFCON Qualifiers game. Full highlights below:

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]]> Nigeria’s Super Eagles blew a four-goal lead as they share points with Sierra Leone in Benin City, Nigeria in their AFCON Qualifiers game.




Full highlights below:



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]]> https://www.saharafootball.net/highights-nigeria-4-4-sierra-leone-super-eagles-squander-four-goa/feed/ 9 27476 Black Satellites drawn against Nigeria & Cote D’Ivoire in WAFU ‘B’ Qualifying Tournament https://www.saharafootball.net/black-satellites-drawn-nigeria-cote-divoire-wafu-b-qualifying-tournament/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-satellites-drawn-nigeria-cote-divoire-wafu-b-qualifying-tournament https://www.saharafootball.net/black-satellites-drawn-nigeria-cote-divoire-wafu-b-qualifying-tournament/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:33:22 +0000 http://www.saharafootball.net/?p=27285 Black Satellites drawn against Nigeria & Cote D’Ivoire in WAFU ‘B’ Qualifying Tournament The National U20 Male team, Black Satellites have been drawn alongside Nigeria and Cote D’Ivoire in Group B of the WAFU Qualifying tournament to be staged in Togo. This was confirmed after a virtual draw which was held in Abidjan on Tuesday, [...]

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The National U20 Male team, Black Satellites have been drawn alongside Nigeria and Cote D’Ivoire in Group B of the WAFU Qualifying tournament to be staged in Togo.




This was confirmed after a virtual draw which was held in Abidjan on Tuesday, October 20.

Host Nation Togo and Nigeria, who placed 3rd in the last U20 AFCON were drawn bye in Group A and Group B respectively.

In Group A, Togo have been drawn alongside Niger, Benin, and Burkina Faso.

The tournament is scheduled to be staged between November 14 -29, 2020.



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]]> https://www.saharafootball.net/black-satellites-drawn-nigeria-cote-divoire-wafu-b-qualifying-tournament/feed/ 16 27285 Black Starlets in Group B of WAFU U-17 Qualifying tournament alongside Nigeria, Côte D’Ivoire https://www.saharafootball.net/black-starlets-group-b-wafu-u-17-qualifying-tournament-alongside-nigeria-cote-divoire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-starlets-group-b-wafu-u-17-qualifying-tournament-alongside-nigeria-cote-divoire https://www.saharafootball.net/black-starlets-group-b-wafu-u-17-qualifying-tournament-alongside-nigeria-cote-divoire/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:29:14 +0000 http://www.saharafootball.net/?p=27279 Black Starlets in Group B of WAFU U-17 Qualifying tournament alongside Nigeria, Côte D’Ivoire Ghana will face winners of the last WAFU U17 Qualifying tournament Nigeria and Cote D’Ivoire in the Group stage of this year’s competition. At a virtual Draw held in Abidjan on Tuesday morning, the Black Starlets were placed in Group B [...]

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Ghana will face winners of the last WAFU U17 Qualifying tournament Nigeria and Cote D’Ivoire in the Group stage of this year’s competition.




At a virtual Draw held in Abidjan on Tuesday morning, the Black Starlets were placed in Group B alongside their familiar foes.

Nigeria, who went on after winning the zonal competition to place fourth at the 2019  U-17 AFCON, were drawn bye for Tuesday’s live draw.

Tournament hosts Benin who were also drawn bye will face Niger, Burkina Faso, and Togo.

The tournament which was earlier scheduled for November will now be staged between  December 5-20, 2020.



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]]> https://www.saharafootball.net/black-starlets-group-b-wafu-u-17-qualifying-tournament-alongside-nigeria-cote-divoire/feed/ 12 27279 Breaking: FIFA bans Nigerian coach Samson Siasia for life https://www.saharafootball.net/breaking-fifa-bans-nigerian-coach-samson-siasia-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breaking-fifa-bans-nigerian-coach-samson-siasia-life https://www.saharafootball.net/breaking-fifa-bans-nigerian-coach-samson-siasia-life/#comments Fri, 16 Aug 2019 18:26:09 +0000 http://www.saharafootball.net/?p=22543 Breaking: FIFA bans Nigerian coach Samson Siasia for life Former Nigeria’s Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia has been banned for life from all football activities by FIFA for collecting bribes. The official statement from the FIFA Ethics committee stated that Siasia attempted to manipulate matches for betting purposes. The decision to ban the Nigerian coach came after conducting [...]

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Former Nigeria’s Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia has been banned for life from all football activities by FIFA for collecting bribes.




The official statement from the FIFA Ethics committee stated that Siasia attempted to manipulate matches for betting purposes. The decision to ban the Nigerian coach came after conducting a “large scale” investigation.

Following the news, Samson Siasia has denied all the allegations leveled against him.

“I don’t know anything about this. I did nothing wrong and I have not received any letter from FIFA.” he told a Nigerian journalist Colin Udoh

Samson Siasia added that he was never given the opportunity to defend himself and will do all he can to clear his name.

Samson Siasia will address a press conference at 12 noon Nigeria time (7AM EST) at the National Stadium in Abuja, Nigeria.


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]]> https://www.saharafootball.net/breaking-fifa-bans-nigerian-coach-samson-siasia-life/feed/ 85 22543 Kano FA suspends matches at Kano Pillars Sani Abacha stadium weeks before Kotoko clash https://www.saharafootball.net/kano-fa-suspends-matches-kano-pillars-sani-abacha-stadium-weeks-kotoko-clash/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kano-fa-suspends-matches-kano-pillars-sani-abacha-stadium-weeks-kotoko-clash https://www.saharafootball.net/kano-fa-suspends-matches-kano-pillars-sani-abacha-stadium-weeks-kotoko-clash/#comments Fri, 26 Jul 2019 10:31:25 +0000 http://www.saharafootball.net/?p=22353 Kano FA suspends matches at Kano Pillars Sani Abacha stadium weeks before Kotoko clash The Kano State Football Association says it has suspended all local competition matches at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano, just two weeks before Kano Pillars home match against Asante Kotoko. Shehu Buhari, the association’s Secretary, disclosed in a statement on [...]

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]]> Kano FA suspends matches at Kano Pillars Sani Abacha stadium weeks before Kotoko clash

The Kano State Football Association says it has suspended all local competition matches at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano, just two weeks before Kano Pillars home match against Asante Kotoko.




Shehu Buhari, the association’s Secretary, disclosed in a statement on Friday in Kano that the decision was made during the association board’s meeting.‎

‎ He said the suspension was necessary considering that Kano Pillars Football Club would play their home matches in the 2019/2020 African Champions League at the stadium.

“The association, in this wise, wants to appeal to the Kano State Government to put more efforts into renovating the stadium to meet the CAF standard before the competition begins.”

Asante Kotoko are to fly to Nigeria to face Kano Pillars in the Champion League preliminary stages.



credit: Daily Trust, Nigeria

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]]> https://www.saharafootball.net/kano-fa-suspends-matches-kano-pillars-sani-abacha-stadium-weeks-kotoko-clash/feed/ 104 22353 Kano Pillars pitch is the main issue – Kotoko coach Kjetil Zachariassen https://www.saharafootball.net/kano-pillars-pitch-main-issue-kotoko-coach-kjetil-zachariassen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kano-pillars-pitch-main-issue-kotoko-coach-kjetil-zachariassen https://www.saharafootball.net/kano-pillars-pitch-main-issue-kotoko-coach-kjetil-zachariassen/#comments Tue, 23 Jul 2019 09:44:53 +0000 http://www.saharafootball.net/?p=22252 Kano Pillars pitch is the main issue – Kotoko coach Kjetil Zachariassen Asante Kotoko coach Kjetil Zacahariassen has expressed his concerns of the nature of the football pitches in Nigeria, the Norwegian believes the Astro-turf pitch will be an issue for his side. Kotoko will travel to Kano in Nigeria to face Kano Pillars in the [...]

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]]> Kano Pillars pitch is the main issue – Kotoko coach Kjetil Zachariassen

Asante Kotoko coach Kjetil Zacahariassen has expressed his concerns of the nature of the football pitches in Nigeria, the Norwegian believes the Astro-turf pitch will be an issue for his side.




Kotoko will travel to Kano in Nigeria to face Kano Pillars in the preliminary round of the CAF Champions League at the Sani Abacha Stadium and the coach talked about the pitch ahead of the game.

”Nigeria we know quite well but it’s the ground, the AstroTurf they play on, so we will be digging deep into that, what type of field we gonna play, so that will be the main issue so we are preparing for it,” Zachariassen told Oyerepa FM.

Asante Kotoko played their first pre-season game on Sunday against Rahimo FC where the Porcupines came out 2-1 winners. They will travel to Nigeria next week to face Kano Pillars, the second leg will take place in Kumasi two weeks later.


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]]> https://www.saharafootball.net/kano-pillars-pitch-main-issue-kotoko-coach-kjetil-zachariassen/feed/ 25 22252 WATCH: Algeria 2-1 Nigeria | Goals and Highlights https://www.saharafootball.net/watch-algeria-2-1-nigeria-goals-highlights/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=watch-algeria-2-1-nigeria-goals-highlights Sun, 14 Jul 2019 22:11:45 +0000 http://www.saharafootball.net/?p=22014 WATCH: Algeria 2-1 Nigeria | Goals and Highlights Riyad Mahrez scored a late free-kick to give Algeria a 2-1 victory over Nigeria and to put them in the finals of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Algeria took the lead in the first half after Riyad Mahrez cross deflected on William Troost-Ekong before entering the [...]

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]]> WATCH: Algeria 2-1 Nigeria | Goals and Highlights

Riyad Mahrez scored a late free-kick to give Algeria a 2-1 victory over Nigeria and to put them in the finals of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.



Algeria took the lead in the first half after Riyad Mahrez cross deflected on William Troost-Ekong before entering the back of the net.

Nigeria restored parity through Odion Ighalo’s penalty after Etebo’s shot hit the hand of an Algerian defender. Algeria had a late free-kick which was taken and scored by Riyad Mahrez to send his team to the finals.




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]]> 22014 AFCON 2019: Algeria vs Nigeria | Watch Along Live https://www.saharafootball.net/afcon-2019-algeria-vs-nigeria-watch-along-live/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=afcon-2019-algeria-vs-nigeria-watch-along-live https://www.saharafootball.net/afcon-2019-algeria-vs-nigeria-watch-along-live/#comments Sun, 14 Jul 2019 18:53:56 +0000 http://www.saharafootball.net/?p=22010 AFCON 2019: Algeria vs Nigeria | Watch Along Live Algeria will face Nigeria in the semifinals of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, watch along as we give you updates and commentary on the game.

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Algeria will face Nigeria in the semifinals of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, watch along as we give you updates and commentary on the game.













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