Tag: SAMSON SIASIA
Olympic football: Siasia backs players’ boycott of quarter-final
Nigeria Dream Team VI coach, Samson Siasia, says he is totally in support of his team’s resolve to boycott Saturday’s quarter-final clash against Denmark.
The...
Rio Olympics: Dream Team beat Sweden to qualify for quarter-finals
Nigeria's Dream Team VI continued their impressive performance at the men's football event of the Rio Olympic Games by beating Sweden 1-0 on Sunday...
Dream Team: 5 highlights from the thriller in Manaus
Nigeria's Dream Team VI stunned the universe on Friday morning when they outclassed Japan 5-4 despite arriving Brazil less than five hours before the...
Olympic football: Dream Team defeat Japan in nine-goal thriller
Oghenekaro Etebo was the star man as Nigeria's Dream Team VI brushed off Japan 5-4 in the male football event of the 2016 Rio...
Rio 2016: Nigerian footballers stranded in Atlanta over unpaid air fare
Nigeria’s Olympic football team are stuck in Atlanta, USA as the charter airline hired to fly them to Brazil has refused to leave until...
Siasia appoints ‘natural’ Mikel Dream Team captain
Chelsea midfielder, John Obi Mikel, has been named captain of Nigeria national U23 team by Coach Samson Siasia.
Mikel, 29, heads to this summer's Rio...
Mikel denies donating to Dream Team
Super Eagles skipper, John Obi Mikel, has denied rendering any form of financial assistance to the national U23 team currently in Atlanta, United States...
Pinnick blames sponsors for financial crisis
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president, Amaju Pinnick, has revealed why the body is struggling to meet up with its financial needs.
Dream Team coach, Samson...
Mikel donates N9m to cash-strapped Dream Team
Chelsea midfielder, John Obi Mikel, evidently began his role as Team Nigeria captain by donating the sum of $30,000 (N9.4m) to the cash-strapped national...
South African club proud of Akpeyi going to Olympics
South African club, Chippa United, is "proud" to see their goalkeeper, Daniel Akpeyi, represent Nigeria at this summer's Rio Olympic football event.
Akpeyi, 29, joined...