The Flying Eagles have secured two friendly matches with Côte d’Ivoire following the cancellation of their planned games against Egypt. The matches are scheduled to be held on Wednesday 26 and Friday 28 in Abidjan. Flying Eagles team administrator, Aliyu Ibrahim, confirmed that the team would depart Abuja for Abidjan, the Ivorien capital, on Monday. The seven-time African champions have …

Nigeria will face Ivory Coast in the semi-finals of the ongoing WAFU B U-17 Championship in Ghana on Saturday after sailing out of the group stage on top of the table with a 3-0 win over Togo in their last group game on Thursday. In the rescheduled last Group B game, which was played at the Rugby Pitch of the …

Goals from Seko Fofana and Jean-Philippe Krasso gave the host nation, Ivory Coast a deserved victory over the African wild dogs of Guinea Bissau late Saturday night at the Olympic Stadium Ebimpe in Abidjan. 28-year-old Fofana who plies his trade with Al-Nassr FC in Saudi Arabia opened the AFCON 2023 scoring chart in the fourth minute. He hit the woodwork …