Nigeria Federation Insists Official Team Bus MUST Be Changed After Accident
Published: June 13, 2014
A reckless driver has damaged one of the side mirrors of the team bus allocated to the Super Eagles by the World Cup organizers. Even though there was no significant damage to the bus, the Nigeria Football Federation has insisted that the luxury coach must be changed.It should be noted that no member of the Nigeria del...
Ejike Uzoenyi Happy To Rejoin Super Eagles
Published: June 12, 2014
Enugu Rangers winger, Ejike Uzoenyi, has broken his silence regarding the circumstances surrounding his recall to the Super Eagles following the unfortunate injury suffered by Monaco defender Elderson Echiejile.The 26 - year - old took his omission in good faith, and returned to the Flying Antelopes to resume training ...
Rizespor Defender, Godfrey Oboabona Does Not Want History To Repeat Itself Against Iran
Published: June 12, 2014
Nigeria’s opening games at the last four editions of the World Cup have been more like a mix bag, winning matches against Bulgaria and Spain while suffering defeats to Argentina on two different occasions.In the same vein, the Super Eagles have not tasted victory in their last eight games at the mundial, since th...
Ahmed Musa Glad To Recover From Injury
Published: June 12, 2014
CSKA Moscow attacker Ahmed Musa has expressed delight over his recovery from the injury he suffered towards the end of the season. It was earlier thought the Nigeria international would not recover on time for the World Cup , but his rehabilitation went according to plan, and he is one of the 23 players that flew to Br...
Kenneth Omeruo Resumes Full Training With Super Eagles
Published: June 12, 2014
As previously revealed by this portal, Kenneth Omeruo, the youngest player in the Super Eagles squad, only suffered a slight knock and is available for selection against Iran next week.Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that the 20 - year - old trained without any discomfort on Wednesday afternoon, finally putting to res...
Chigozie Udoji On Target As Dinamo Minsk Beat Dnepr Mogilev
Published: June 12, 2014
Belarusian side Dinamo Minsk defeated their opponents Dnepr Mogilev 3 - 0 in the 12th round of matches in the Premier League decided on Wednesday, with Nigerian attacking midfielder Chigozie Udoji netting one of the goals. The 27 - year - old, a winter arrival from Aris in Greece, registered his name on the score - she...
Super Eagles Train For Two And A Half Hours In First Practice Session
Published: June 12, 2014
The Super Eagles first training session held at Estádio Brinco de Ouro on Wednesday afternoon lasted for two and a half hours, beginning at exactly 1600 hours local time and ended in the evening at about 1830 hours.What is remarkable is that no Nigerian journalist attended the training session (even thou...
Stephen Keshi : I Never Spoke To Anyone About Echiejile
Published: June 11, 2014
Nigeria manager Stephen Keshi has denied quotes credited to him by a local daily on Tuesday regarding injured Elderson Echiejile.The newspaper had reported that he put his foot down, insisting that the Monaco defender should remain in the squad as he would be available for selection starting from the second group game ...
Ijebu-Ode Agog As Ogun Unity Cup Begins
Published: June 11, 2014
Almost 30 teams across all six geo-political zone of Nigeria and West African countries jostling for honour in an Under-16 and Under-13 International Soccer Competition tagged ‘Ogun Unity Cup’ going-on at Dipo Dina International Stadium Ijebu-Ode, the event that was organized by A Square Sports Internationa...
Nosa igiebor Demands 525,000 Euros Annual Wage From Maccabi Tel Aviv
Published: June 11, 2014
Despite failing to make Nigeria’s 23 - man World Cup roster, Real Betis’s Nosa Igibeor is not damaged commodity as he is still wanted by clubs in Europe.According to sport5.co.il, Maccabi Tel Aviv are in advanced talks with their Spanish counterparts regarding the purchase of the central midfielder.The Isra...
Fulham, Queens Park Rangers On Alert As Taye Taiwo Hands In Transfer Request
Published: June 11, 2014
Bursaspor left back Taye Taiwo has handed in a transfer request, according to reports in the Turkish press.The Nigeria international still has a valid contract with the Turkish club until the summer of 2016, but his camp is engineering a move away from the Bursa Atatürk Stadium.It is understood that the free-kick ...
Valencia Mulling Over Bid For Obi Mikel
Published: June 11, 2014
Valencia’s hopes of acquiring Anderlecht’s Senegalese defender Cheikhou Kouyate have come up against a brick wall, according to superdeporte.es. And the Spanish side have now turned their attention to another African - Nigeria international John Obi Mikel - who is also on the radar of Inter Milan plus clubs...
Agent Of Odion Ighalo Confirms Interest From England And Spain
Published: June 11, 2014
Watford are amongst a number of clubs thought to be in Spain and England interested in snapping up Odion Ighalo from Udinese. With his contract at the Little Zebras set to expire at the end of next season, Udinese chiefs will not stop his departure in order for the club to recoup some of their previous investments on t...
Chelsea Loanee, Kenneth Omeruo Laughs Off Talk He Will Miss Iran Clash
Published: June 11, 2014
Chelsea loanee Kenneth Omeruo has laughed off talk that he will not be fit for the clash against Iran on Monday, June 16.Having missed the Super Eagles last exhibition match against Team USA, there were concerns back home that he would not be available for the start of the World Cup, with some mischief makers even ruli...
Stephen Keshi Not Thinking About Lionel Messi Now
Published: June 11, 2014
Speaking to reporters shortly after the Nigeria delegation arrived Sao Paulo, Super Eagles manager, Stephen Keshi says his mind is not focused on Barcelona and Argentina striker Lionel Messi.Should the Eagles win their first two matches against Iran and Bosnia Herzegovina, the game with Argentina on June 25 might becom...