Nigeria, Dec. 8 -- The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed a new date for the Super Eagles' pre-AFCON 2025 friendly against Egypt, following FIFA's latest directive on player-release timelines ahead of next month's Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.

The highly anticipated warm-up match, earlier fixed for Sunday, 14 December in Cairo, will now hold on Tuesday, 16 December.

The shift became necessary after FIFA ruled that clubs are not obliged to release players for AFCON duty until Monday, 15 December-a decision that affected several participating teams, including Nigeria and Egypt, who were banking on the previous regulation.

With the new directive, both federations agreed to move the fixture by 48 hours to ensure the availa...