Mikel says Olympic bronze equals Champions League, AFCON trophies

By Akeem Lawal

SUPER Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi has rated his Rio 2016 Olympic Games bronze medal equal with his UEFA Champions League and Africa Cup of Nations trophy achievements.

Moses pleased with current form at Chelsea

.Proud of Dream Team

By Akeem Lawal

CHELSEA winger, Victor Moses is delighted with his current form at the club so far this season.  

Mikel keen on Tokyo 2020

.Hits Chelsea Wednesday

.Ready to fight for Blues’ shirt

By Akeem Lawal

NIGERIA Under-23 national team captain, Mikel Obi is keen to participate at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after helping the Dream Team VI to win a bronze medal at the just concluded 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil.

Dream Team hammer Denmark 2-0, to face Germany in semis

GOALS from John Obi Mikel and Aminu Umar ensured the Nigeria Under-23  team, Dream Team VI defeated Denmark 2-0 in the quarter final match of the Men's Olympic Football Tournament at the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador on Saturday.

Ezekiel tips Dream Team for Olympic glory

NIGERIAN Under-23 and Anderlecht of Belgium forward, Imoh Ezekiel is optimistic the Dream Team VI will excel at the football event of the Rio Olympic Games in Brazil.

In a chat with Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com, the former Standard Liege striker who featured in the Olympic team’s 1-1 draw against Brazil in an international friendly in March said the Coach Samson Siasia-led side are capable of going far in the tourney.

OLYMPICS: Iwobi will make Dream Team stronger, says Rufai

FORMER Nigeria international, Peter Rufai has called on the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to intensify efforts at ensuring that Arsenal striker Alex Iwobi is available to play for the country’s U-23 team at the Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil.

Having chosen to play for Nigeria rather than the English national team, Iwobi qualifies to represent the Dream Team at the Olympics this year but his Premier League club is looking to block him from taking part in the tournament in Brazil.

We learnt a lot from Suwon Tournament – Siasia

HEAD Coach of the Nigeria U-23 team, Samson Siasia has said his team learnt a lot from the 4 -Nation Suwon Invitational Tournament in Korea Republic, after his boys ended the invitational with a 3-1 defeat of Honduras on Monday.

SUWON TOURNEY: Siasia to ring changes against Denmark

 As the Nigeria U-23 team gets set to take on Denmark in its second game at the on –going 4 –Nation Suwon Invitational Tournament, Coach Samson Siasia has disclosed that he will make some changes to the starting line up on Saturday.

SUWON TOURNEY: Siasia blames fatigue for Dreat Team’s loss

NIGERIA Under-23 Coach, Samson Siasia has attributed his team's defeat in the opening game of the 4 –Nation Suwon Invitational Tournament in South Korea to fatigue. 

Siasia said so at the post match press conference following Dream Team’s 0-1 defeat by the host nation at the Suwon World Cup Stadium.