Super Eagles trains in Niamey ahead of tomorrow's friendly.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria arrived in Niamey on Monday afternoon ahead of Wednesday's international friendly match that will be played at the 40000 seater stadium in the Nigerien capital. The 'mena' of Niger Republic will use the match to get prepared for their African Nations qualifier next month. The Super Eagles of Nigeria are made up of players in the Nigerian Premier League. Uche Henry of Enyimba International FC and Sibi Gwa are among the players in Niger. Chigozie Agbim and Daniel Apieye are the two goal keepers that trained under the tutelage of Ike Shorumu who is the goal keeper trainer. The match will serve as an opportunity for Stephen Keshi to assess the strength of his home-based team ahead of the Nigeria-Liberia Nations Cup qualifiers that will be played in September and October this year.

A section of Super Eagles players in Abuja in 2010

Ronaldo lifts Portugal into Euro 2012 semi finals.

Cristiano Ronaldo was the cynosure of all eyes as he led his team to the last four of the on going European Championship currently going on in Ukraine and Poland. The Real Madrid star hit the upright in each half of the match against Czech Republic on Thursday night. The National Stadium in Warsaw was filled to capacity as soccer fans enjoyed an entertaining match between the two sides. Czech Republic were the better of the two sides within the first 20 minutes of the match. After a goalless first half, the second half was largely dominated by the Portuguese side as Nani's first half frustrations came to an end after getting the better of Czech's left back player. Ronaldo eventually scored the winning goal with about ten minutes to the end of the match. Portugal will meet the winner of Saturday's clash between Spain and Italy.
The last encounter between Spain and Portugal ended in a 1-0 win for the defending World and European Champions while the Blues defeated them in the semi final stage of Euro 2000.