Daniel Daga, a reliable midfielder for Nigeria's U-20 team, the Flying Eagles, is injured, and team officials are anxious to learn how serious it is.Daga was stretchered off in the first half of Nigeria’s 1-0 defeat to the Cubs of Senegal on Sunday.The youngster was replaced by Jonathan Nicholas.There are fears the Dakkada FC player may not feature again in the competition.Naijacrawl learnt that officials of the team are still working round the clock to ascertain th...

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles have arrived in Cairo, Egypt, for the 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.The players and their officials touched down at the Cairo International Airport on Thursday night after a 5-hour, 30-minute journey from Casablanca.The team is based at the Jewel Sports City and Aqua Resorts.Ladan Bosso’s side will observe their first training session later today.The 2023 U-20 AFCON will commence on Sunday, with hosts Egypt taking on Mozambique in the compe...

The Confederation Of African Football (CAF) has today confirmed Egypt will host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.It should be noted that Egypt beat South Africa, the only other country to bid for the tournament.Some weeks ago, CAF stripped Cameroon of  her hosting rights in November because of slow preparations.Tuesday's announcement took place in the Senegalese capital Dakar, which will also host Caf's annual awards ceremony later in the day.In the de...