AFCON 2025: Iwobi closes in on Super Eagles milestone

Cyriel Dessers has expressed disappointment with his injury-induced exit from the ongoing 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, DAILY POST reports.

Dessers was forced to return to his Greek club, Panathinaikos last week after picking up a thigh injury in training with the Super Eagles.

The striker failed to make an appearance for the Super Eagles in Morocco before leaving camp.

The 31-year-old is expected to be sidelined for around three months.

Dessers took to the social media to express his frustration.

“Unfortunately I sustained an injury at AFCON. It’s extremely difficult to accept that I will miss the remainder of the tournament and an important period at Panathinaikos,” the striker wrote.

The former Rangers star will be rooting for the Super Eagles to get a win in their Round of 16 encounter against Algeria on Saturday.

He is expected to get a medal should the Super Eagles emerge champions in Morocco.

AFCON 2025: Dessers laments injury-induced exit 

The Nationwide League One, NLO, has announced players registration guidelines ahead of the upcoming season.

The league body has urged clubs to remit a registration fee of ₦600,000 (six hundred thousand Naira) to its account in other to gain access to the NLO’s database.

The modalities is for clubs in the NLO Division One and the U-19 Youth League.

For the youth league clubs, submission of players’ primary school certificates is required.

The deadline for Division One club registration is set for Friday, 27 February, 2026.

The NLO board in collaboration with its Secretariat stated this on Tuesday.

According to the statement, the proactive move highlights the league body’s commitment to ensuring that preparations for the 2026 league are moving forward seamlessly.

The new season is set to kick-start on Friday, 10 April.

NLO sets guidelines for new season registration

Everton head coach David Moyes says the Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, must be respected by European clubs.

The scheduling of the tournament has constantly caused friction between European clubs and participating countries.

The two parties are always at loggerheads over the release of players for the biennial competition.

FIFA recently ruled that clubs should release players just one week before the upcoming 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

The directive was contrary to the earlier mandatory two weeks release date for players.

Moyes, who will be without two key players, Idrissa Gueye and Iliman Ndiaye, during the tournament, however said players must not be stopped from participating.

“We have to respect completely the Africa Cup of Nations,” Moyes told a press conference on Friday.

“The players will go to play in the tournament for their countries, and rightly so. It’s a great thing they get selected for their countries, and we hope they do well.”

We have to respect AFCON — Everton boss Moyes