{"id":2162,"date":"2023-11-14T23:01:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T23:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/2026-wcq-super-eagles-hold-first-training-ahead-lesotho-clash\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T23:01:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T23:01:44","slug":"2026-wcq-super-eagles-hold-first-training-ahead-lesotho-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/2026-wcq-super-eagles-hold-first-training-ahead-lesotho-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 WCQ: Super Eagles hold first training ahead Lesotho clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Super Eagles started preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying fixture against Lesotho in Uyo on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>All 23 players took part in the session at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1056170\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG-20231114-WA0059.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG-20231114-WA0059.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG-20231114-WA0059-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG-20231114-WA0059-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\"><\/p>\n<p>Six players arrived at the team\u2019s camp on Monday while the remaining 17 players linked up with their teammates on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Bendel Insurance goalkeeper Amas Obasogie was the last player to arrive at the team\u2019s Four Points Hotel base.<\/p>\n<p>Obasogie was a late replacement for the injured Maduka Okoye.<\/p>\n<p>The team will have their last training session on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The encounter against the Likuena is billed for the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Jose Peseiro\u2019s side will also do battle with the Warriors of Zimbabwe at the Huye Stadium in Butare on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>2026 WCQ: Super Eagles hold first training ahead Lesotho clash<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by WPeMatico<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Super Eagles started preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying fixture against Lesotho in Uyo on Tuesday. All&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1556,15,160,869],"tags":[1026,317,319,873,1073,3477,1559,180,201,870,1764,1025],"class_list":["post-2162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lesotho","category-news","category-sport","category-super-eagles","tag-1026","tag-ahead","tag-clash","tag-eagles","tag-first","tag-hold","tag-lesotho","tag-news","tag-sport","tag-super","tag-training","tag-wcq"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}