NFF Congratulates Former Chelsea Star, Nigeria Captain Mikel On 31st Birthday
Published: April 22, 2018
The Nigeria Football Federation on Sunday felicitated with Super Eagles captain John Mikel Obi who marks his 31st birthday today.Born to the family of Mr. Michael Obi in 1987, Mikel began his career in Jos, Plateau State albeit his father hails from Neni in Anambra State.The NFF on its twitter handle, @thenff wrote: "H...
Lewandowski Breaks Record: Top Ten Nigerian Goalscorers In Bundesliga History
Published: April 22, 2018
Bayern Munich's Poland captain Robert Lewandowski was on target against Hannover 96 in the 31st round of matches in the German Bundesliga.In doing so, the prolific striker became the highest non-German goalscorer of all time in the top flight for one club with 105 goals, breaking the record he jointly held with Claudio...
Details Of Chelsea Final Workout: Moses Excused From 5-A-Side, Extra Drills For Argentina GK
Published: April 21, 2018
Victor Moses was part of Chelsea's first-team players that reported for training on Saturday ahead of tomorrow's Emirates FA Cup semifinal showdown against Southampton at the National Stadium in London.The Nigeria international did not participate in the full workout as manager Antonio Conte did not want to over-task t...
World Cup-Bound GK Uzoho Concedes Three Goals For The First Time In Career
Published: April 21, 2018
Francis Uzoho was in goal as Real Club Deportivo Fabril were thrashed 3-1 at home by Celta de Vigo II in a Segunda B Group 1 game staged at Ciudad Deportiva de Abegondo - Campo 2 on Saturday evening.The Super Eagles goalkeeper will remember this game for the rest of his career as this is the first time he has conceded ...
Chelsea Loanee Fikayo Tomori Scores First Professional Goal But.....
Published: April 21, 2018
Chelsea loanee Fikayo Tomori faces an anxious wait to find out if he scored his first professional goal in Hull City's 5-5 draw with Bristol City in an EFL Championship clash at Ashton Gate on Saturday afternoon.A minute before the interval, the Tigers were trailing 2-1 and the coach made a tactical change, bringing on...
EPL Wrap: NFF Targets With Senior Games For England, Italy Make Liverpool, Watford 18
Published: April 21, 2018
In the lunch-time kick off, West Brom battled back from two goals down to claim a 2-2 draw against Liverpool in their Premier League clash at the Hawthorns on Saturday afternoon.Jurgen Klopp's side led earlier through Danny Ings 4th minute opener before Mohamed Salah struck his 31st league goal of the season to equal a...
Rohr's Favorite Player Troost-Ekong Is Demoted At Bursaspor Ahead Of World Cup
Published: April 21, 2018
Danger may be looming for the Super Eagles less than two months before their first game at the 2018 World Cup after one of the central defenders certain to be named in the starting line-up was demoted by his Turkish club.The player in question is none other than Bursaspor's William Troost-Ekong, who was named in the ma...
Super Eagles Top Striker Ighalo Scores Four Goals In Chinese Super League
Published: April 21, 2018
Odion Ighalo scored four well-taken goals for Changchun Yatai in their 5-2 win over Guizhou Hengfeng in a CSL encounter at the Guiyang Olympics Sports Center on Saturday afternoon.Prior to his latest class act, the former Watford striker has failed to find the back of the net for both club and country across five games...
Nigerian Holding Midfielder Maja Still On Trial At Manchester City
Published: April 21, 2018
Promising Nigerian holding midfielder Emmanuel Maja, 17, is still on trial at Manchester City with a view to a transfer in the summer transfer window.The official team sheet sighted by allnigeriasoccer.com can confirm that Maja was named in Manchester City's 16-man squad for their U18 Premier League clash against Derby...
I6-Year-Old Nigerian Goalkeeper Trains With Arsenal First Team Pre-West Ham
Published: April 21, 2018
Promising Nigerian goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo will fancy his chances of breaking into the first team of Premier League club Arsenal in the not too distant future.According to Arsenal youth-team expert, Jeorge Bird, schoolboy goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo trained with the first-team on Saturday morning ahead of the Premier L...
Chelsea To Pay 2.5M Pounds For Ampadu : Nigeria's Top Ten Costliest U19 Transfers
Published: April 21, 2018
The Professional Football Compensation Committee on Friday, April 20 revealed the compensation fee Chelsea will pay to Exeter City for Wales international of Ghanaian descent Ethan Ampadu.The League Two club have published on their official website that Exeter’s total compensation is up to £2.5m: comprising a guaran...
Official: Nigeria Will Be Worried As Torino Provide Update On Condition Of Joel Obi
Published: April 21, 2018
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr and fans of the national team will be worried after Torino provided an update on the condition of midfielder Joel Obi. The 26-year-old had to go off 28 minutes after coming off the bench against AC Milan on April 18 after picking up an injury, few days after he was involved in a serious c...
Tosin Kehinde Demoted To Manchester United Bench After Pledging Future To Nigeria
Published: April 21, 2018
It is now crystal clear that Lagos-born midfielder Tosin Kehinde has been demoted to the Manchester United U23 bench and this comes after he pledged his international future to Nigeria over England.Sources close to United's U23 team earlier informed allnigeriasoccer.com that the Nigerian starlet is behind in the peckin...
Argentina Coach Visits Barcelona, Chelsea, Man Utd Stars Before Naming World Cup Roster
Published: April 21, 2018
Argentina national team coach Jorge Sampaoli jetted out to Barcelona, Spain on Friday to hold talks with the players he is planning to name on his 2018 World Cup roster.According to reports in the Argentina media, including sports newspaper Ole, Sampaoli will travel to six countries, with his first port of call Barcelo...
Nigerian Left-Back Bags Two Assists As Arsenal Win Premier League 2 Title
Published: April 20, 2018
On a day a verdict was made regarding the future of the club's first-team manager, Arsenal were crowned Premier League 2 Division One champions after seeing off West Ham 3-1 in their last league game of the season at the London Stadium on Friday evening.The game had its Nigerian flair in abundance as Steve Gatting's bo...