Rivers United have revealed plans to prosecute their five outstanding Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) fixtures and assume a vantage position in the standings for a continental ticket by season’s end. Their head coach, Stanley Eguma, agrees their work is cut out but believes the team will claim pride of place on the log, being the main focus of the …

The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), has announced dates for the backlog of fixtures involving Rivers United. It also announced that the league would embark on a temporary break to allow the one-time NPFL champions to complete all their outstanding fixtures. The league will be paused after this weekend’s Matchday 32 games. It will resume with Matchday 33 games on …

Rangers’ title quest experienced a hiccup in Port Harcourt where they got spanked 0-2 by Rivers United in a Matchday 31 fixture on Sunday. A goal in either half of the highly entertaining fixture saw the Pride of Rivers claim all three points from an Alex Oyowah nodded goal on 34 minutes and Deputy Echeta’s 79th minute strike after a …

Rivers United, Nigeria’s only surviving team in this season’s continental competitions, will face CAF Confederation Cup holders, USM Alger of Algeria in the quarterfinals of the tournament. According to the draw made in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, on Tuesday, Rivers United will host the first leg on 31st March, while the reverse fixture will take place on 7th April. The …

Rivers United has been applauded for reaching the quarter-finals of the 2023/24 CAF Confederation Cup following a 2-1 defeat of Dreams FC of Ghana in the last group fixture in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, on Sunday. Rivers United finished second behind the Ghanaian side on same points but on inferior goals deficit with Club Africain of Tunisia dropping …

Rivers United midfielder, Joseph Onoja said the aim of the team is to improve their position on the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) table. The Pride of Rivers have recorded two wins, three draws and two defeats in seven games this season. Onoja said the team is aware of its weaknesses and is working tirelessly to improve. He, however, expressed …

Nigeria’s last team in CAF club competitions this season, Rivers United scaled through to the group stage of the Confederation Cup on Sunday evening. The Pride of Rivers beat Burkinabe side Etoile Filante 2-0 (2-0 aggregate) in the second round of CAF Confederation Cup to progress to the group phase. Nigeria’s two teams in the elite CAF Champions League – …

Wildcard entrants, Akwa United are through to the semi-finals of the Naija Super 8 tournament, thanks to a 1-0 win over Rivers United at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena on Monday. Uche Collins grabbed the only goal of the game in the 57th minute to guide the Promise Keepers, now led by former Rivers United coach, Fatai Oso, to their second …

Bendel Insurance became the first team to be eliminated from the title race of this season’s Nigeria Premier League after losing 1-2 to Rivers United 0-2 on Matchday 4 of the championship playoff involving six teams. Insurance were considered one of the favourites to challenge for the title after going through the 18-match group phase without losing a match. But …

Two games to end the championship playoff of this year’s Nigeria Premier League (NPL), any of the six teams in the contest can still end up either as champions or among the elite top 3 that will represent the country in next year’s continental football competitions. But on the strength of their character so far, the odds favour record title …