{"id":156138,"date":"2025-03-22T14:55:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T13:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2026-wcq-super-eagles-depart-rwanda-for-uyo"},"modified":"2025-04-04T12:13:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T11:13:49","slug":"2026-wcq-super-eagles-depart-rwanda-for-uyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/2026-wcq-super-eagles-depart-rwanda-for-uyo","title":{"rendered":"2026 WCQ: Super Eagles depart Rwanda for Uyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Players and coaches of the Super Eagles have departed Kigali, Rwanda back to Nigeria on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>They are expected to arrive in Uyo, Akwa Ibom where they will take on Zimbabwe on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Their flight is expected to land around 4pm local time.<\/p>\n<p>The three-time African champions revived their hopes of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup with a 2-0 win over the Amavubis on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Victor Osimhen scored a brace in the first half, to ensure Eric Chelle got off to a winning start as the new head coach.<\/p>\n<p>The result takes the Eagles up to fourth place in Group C of the CAF qualifying series.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Players and coaches of the Super Eagles have departed Kigali, Rwanda back to Nigeria on Saturday morning. They are expected to arrive in Uyo, Akwa Ibom where they will take on Zimbabwe on Tuesday evening. Their flight is expected to land around 4pm local time. The three-time African champions revived their hopes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":156137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[254,758,453],"class_list":["post-156138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-nigeria","tag-rwanda","tag-super-eagles"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2026 WCQ: Super Eagles depart Rwanda for Uyo - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Players and coaches of the Super Eagles have departed Kigali, Rwanda back to Nigeria on Saturday morning. 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