Super Falcons arrive in Vancouver for USA

The Super Falcons of Nigeria have arrived in Vancouver ahead of their must win last group game against the United States of America on Tuesday.

                               The Super Falcons on arrival in Vancouver
Having drawn 3-3 with Sweden and lost 0-2 to Australia, the Nigerian women need outright victory to stand any chance of progressing in the FIFA women's world cup, Canada 2015.

Nigeria beats Chad in Gabon 2017 qualifier

The Super Eagles of Nigeria opened their African Nations Cup qualifying campaign with a 2-0 victory away to Chad, who proved a tough opponent in Saturday's Group G clash.

Warri Wolves Striker, Gbolahan Salami finally put Nigeria ahead in the 63rd minute when he blasted a powerful shot into the roof of the net off a lose ball in the box.

Nigeria was awarded a penalty in the 79th minute after Odion Ighalo was brought down inside the vital area and Ighalo himself converted for Nigeria's second goal. 

The Super Eagles finished with ten men after Ogenyi Onazi was dismissed for a wild challenge on an opponent.

Friday 12 June 
Guinea 1-2 Swaziland (Group L)
Scorers: Kamano 68 / Tsabedze 12, 84
Morocco 1-0 Libya (Group F)
Scorers: Omar El Kaddouri 51
Tunisia 8-1 Djibouti (Group A)
Scorers: Chikhaoui 9pen, 22, 23, Sassi 37, Khalifa 63, Ben Youssef 68, Hannachi 79, Touzghar 80 / Liban 54pen

Saturday 13 June 
Malawi 1-2 Zimbabwe (Group L)
Scorers: Banda 24 / Malajila 23, Billiat 83

Zambia 0-0 Guinea-Bissau (Group E)
Uganda 2-0 Botswana (Group D)
Scorers: Geoffrey Massa 55, Brian Umony 66
Angola 4-0 Central African Republic (Group B)
Scorers: Gelson 36, 63, Menga 56pen, Gilberto 90pen

Cape Verde 7-1 Sao Tome And Principe (Group F)
Scorers: 11, 73, Rocha 17pen, Rodrigues 35, Fortes 42, Babanco 51pen, Tavares 75 / Leal 54

South Africa 0-0 Gambia (Group M)

Burkina Faso 2-0 Comoros (Group D)
Scorers: Aristide Bance 61, Jonathan Zongo 82
Mali 2-0 South Sudan (Group C)
Scorers: Modibo Maiga 17, Salif Coulibaly 29

Senegal 3-1 Burundi (Group K)
Scorers: Moussa Konate 15pen, Mame Biram Diouf 63, Sadio Mane 90 / Fiston 59

Algeria 4-0 Seychelles (Group J)
Scorers: Islam Slimani 22, El-Arbi Hilal Soudani 34, 47, Nabil Bentaleb 90

Sunday 14 June
14:00 Cameroon vs. Mauritius (Group H)
14:00 Mozambique vs. Rwanda (Group H)
14:30 DR Congo vs. Madagascar (Group B)
14:30 Congo vs. Kenya (Group E)
14:30 Togo vs. Liberia (Group A)

15:00 Niger vs. Namibia (Group K)

15:00 Equatorial Guinea vs. Benin (Group C)
17:00 Gabon vs. Ivory Coast (Group I)
17:00 Egypt vs. Tanzania (Group G)
19:00 Sudan vs. Sierra Leone (Group I)

Nigerian Defender collapses and dies in Malaysia

Nigerian defender David Faramola Oniya died on Saturday after collapsing on the pitch during a friendly match between his Malaysian club T-Team and Kelantan. He was 30.

                                            Late David Oniya 
Local media said the T-Team skipper collapsed three minutes into the match in Kota Bharu and was taken to hospital.

T-Team CEO Syahrizan Mohd Zain said Oniya did not receive medical treatment quick enough.

"He suffered a heart attack but it could have been a different story had the ambulance driver was alert," he told the New Straits Times.

"The driver was at the stands watching the game when Oniya suddenly collapsed and our defender was deprived of oxygen for several minutes."

Syahrizan said the match was called off after 60 minutes after they were informed by the hospital Oniya had died.

"He was pronounced dead at the hospital about 30 minutes later," he told the Star newspaper.

Oniya had only just joined the Malaysian club this season after spells in Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan.

Reuters , Saturday 13 Jun 2015