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NFF Shortlist Laurent Blanc Others Foreign Coach For Super Eagles
Joel Ajayi
The World Cup winning coach of France for in 1998, Laurent Blanc, is top on the list of four coaches recommended to the board of the Nigeria Football Federation as the next manager of the Super Eagles.
According To information reaching AljazirahNigeria Sports table on Monday, is one of the foreign football coaches who applied for the Eagles job which has been vacant after the NFF fired the Austin Eguavoen-led technical crew that led Nigeria to the Qatar 2022 World Cup ouster in the playoff against Ghana.
The Eagles drew 0-0 in Kumasi only to also draw 1-1 in Abuja and so the away goal was enough for the Ghanaians to proceed to the Mundial scheduled to start in November.
Apart from being the Manager of France twice, Blanc also coached Bordeaux and Paris Saint Germain in the French top flight league and for now he is top on the list of those aspiring to take the Super Eagles to the next level. Ernesto Valverde, Philip Cocu and Jose Persseiro are the other coaches on the cards for the vacant Eagles job.
Ernesto Valverde was a former Barcelona coach who also managed Valencia, Olypiacos, Espanyol and Athletico Bilbao. Cocu, an assistant manager with Holland between 2008 and 2012 is also a former coach of PSV, Fernabache and Derby County.
Peseiro, a former coach of Saudi Arabia and Venezuela is also a former manager of Sporting CP, Braga, Al Ahly, Al Hital and an assistant coach in Real Madrid. After a meeting.
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CG Adeniyi Pledges More Support For Customs Team
Joel Ajayi
The Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service NCS Adewale Adeniyi, has pledged to continue to support the Customs Sports Teams to enable them to bring more glory to the service.
CG stated this on Tuesday when Nigeria Custom ladies secured the tickets to represent the Service and Nigeria at the forthcoming 2023 Africa Women’s Basketball League AWBL in Egypt.
Comptroller General who was represented at the event by the Deputy Comptroller General Enforcement Inspection and Investigation Abba Kura charged the team to go to Egypt and make Nigeria proud.
He said: “For this tournament, they have done well, the Service is going to encourage them to do more, I pray for them to succeed in Egypt, and to come back with the trophy to Nigeria.
“It has been a tradition of the Nigeria Customs Service to encourage officers who participate actively in sports, apart from that, we encourage all our teams in all sports and make sure that they succeed in any event they participate.”
However, at the end FIBA Africa Zone 3 Women Qualifiers tournament in Abuja, NSC topped the table with 6 points after winning two games, while the ASPAC of Benin Republic played two games won one, and lost one to secure 3 points, and the third participant Olukoya Ladies lost the two games with no points.
The Borders ladies defeated the Olukoya ladies by 55:49 to secure their second victory.
Also, the 2023 Africa Women’s Basketball League will take place in Cairo, Egypt from December 11th to 18th this year.
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