Nigeria's interim manager explains why ex-England U20 star was called up for World Cup playoff
Published: March 15, 2022
Augustine Eguavoen has revealed that he took the decision to hand a maiden call-up to Ademola Lookman for the Super Eagles' upcoming World Cup playoff versus Ghana only after a conversation with the Leicester City winger during his recent trip to the United Kingdom. The 2017 Fifa U20 World Cup winner with England is...
'He has that quality I want' - Eguavoen says he will call up Royal Antwerp midfielder in future
Published: March 15, 2022
Nigeria's caretaker coach Augustine Eguavoen has assured that he will hand a national team call-up to Royal Antwerp midfielder Alhassan Yusuf in the near future. The 2019 Allsvenskan Newcomer of the Year is knocking on the Super Eagles door after his impressive start to life in Belgium with Royal Antwerp, for whom he...
Eguavoen reveals he attempted to lure Aston Villa icon Agbonlahor to play for Nigeria but was snubbed
Published: March 15, 2022
Augustine Eguavoen has revealed that he attempted to lure Gabriel Agbonlahor to play for the Super Eagles but was snubbed by the Aston Villa legend in 2006, his first stint as interim boss of the national team. Born in Birmingham, Agbonlahor, who is now retired and is a pundit, qualified to play for three countries ...
Former Crystal Palace star offers his view on incident involving 'big' Arsenal CB and Iheanacho
Published: March 15, 2022
Former Crystal Palace striker Clinton Morrison has offered his view on the incident involving Arsenal's Brazilian central defender Gabriel Magalhães and Leicester City star Kelechi Iheanacho during the first half of the Premier League meeting between both teams at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday evening. Around the ...
Poland U18 call-ups for Manchester United, Polonia Warsaw starlets of Nigerian descent
Published: March 15, 2022
The Polish Football Association have set the wheels in motion to beat their Nigerian counterparts to the services of two promising teenagers in the shape of Manchester United midfielder Maximillian Oyedele and Polonia Warsaw fullback Jakub Okusami. Oyedele and Okusami have both been named in Poland U18s 24-player ro...
Red Star Belgrade striker Ohi gets new role ahead of visit of Rangers
Published: March 14, 2022
Red Star Belgrade coach Dejan Stankovic has revealed that Norwegian-Nigerian attacker  Ohi Omoijuanfo is now the club's penalty taker ahead of the Europa League round of 16 clash against Glasgow Rangers on Thursday. Penalty duties have been reassigned after Aleksandar Katai missed from the spot against the Light Blue...
Ghana-eligible forward beats Manchester United starlet Shoretire to win PL2 Player of the Month
Published: March 14, 2022
Crystal Palace's Ghana-eligible striker Jesurun Rak-Sakyi has won February 2022's Premier League 2 Player of the Month award, the official website of the Premier League informed on Monday. The England U20 international won the award thanks to an outstanding month that saw him score three goals in three appearances i...
Most headed goals in 2022 : Napoli striker Osimhen ranks second behind Barcelona star
Published: March 14, 2022
According to Italian sports daily Corriere dello Sport, Napoli striker Victor Osimhen ranks second for headed goals in the  European Leagues since the start of 2022. When the Nigeria international opened the scoring in Napoli's 2-0 win over Hellas Verona on Sunday, it was his third headed goal in the space of five ...
On-loan Chelsea striker of Nigerian descent named in latest Norway U19 squad
Published: March 14, 2022
On-loan Chelsea striker Bryan Fiabema has been named in the latest Norway U19 squad, according to the official website of the Norway Football Federation. Born to a Norwegian mother and Nigerian father, the 2003-born player sealed a loan move to Eliteserien giants Rosenborg earlier this month and has gone on to make ...
Crystal Palace boss promotes 2003-born Irish-Nigerian LB to first team training pre-Man City
Published: March 14, 2022
Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira promoted 2003-born Irish-Nigerian left-back Tayo Adaramola to first team training ahead of his side's Premier League clash against Manchester City on Monday night. Palace have published their latest training images on their official website, and added that Adaramola trained wit...
Aston Villa legend reckons Chelsea, Arsenal target Olise is now worth N43.4b
Published: March 14, 2022
Aston Villa legend Dion Dublin reckons that Michael Olise is now worth an exaggerated £80 million (approximately N43.4 billion in Nigerian currency) based on his current form for Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace paid Reading eight million pounds to land the versatile winger during the summer transfer window and it's a...
Nigeria V Ghana Head to Head
Published: March 14, 2022
      After delays, postponements and rescheduling, the dates for the World Cup play-off qualifiers between the Super Eagles and Ghana have at long last been finalised. The first leg takes place at the Cape Coast Stadium at 8.30 pm West African Standard Time on the 25th March, with the return fixture fo...
Eguavoen's search box-to-box midfielders : NFF send chief scout to watch Reading star
Published: March 14, 2022
Nigeria's caretaker manager Augustine Eguavoen is keeping tabs on Reading midfielder Tom Dele-Bashiru with a view to handing him a call-up to the Nigeria squad for future games. Eguavoen admitted last week that he was scouring Europe and the Nigeria Professional Football League for box-to-box midfielders in the moul...
Report : Nigeria reignite interest in Hamburg's ex-Germany U20 center-back
Published: March 14, 2022
The Nigeria Football Federation have reportedly reignited their interest in talented Hamburg central defender Jonas David. The 22-year-old is provisionally cap-tied to his country of birth, Germany, having played competitive matches for their U19 national team during the 2019 U19 Euro qualifiers, and has also represen...
'That's his space' - Pundit insists Partey scored against Leicester because Ndidi wasn't on the pitch
Published: March 14, 2022
BBC Leicester Sport summariser Matt Piper has pointed out that Ghana international Thomas Partey managed to score in Arsenal's 2-0 win over Leicester City in a Premier League clash on Sunday evening because Wilfred Ndidi wasn't on the pitch. With an eye on the upcoming Europa Conference League tie against Rennes on ...