2017 U20 World Cup winner with England reacts to first Nigeria call-up
Published: March 05, 2022
2017 Fifa U20 World Cup-winning winger with England, Ademola Lookman has reacted to receiving his first ever call-up to the Nigeria national team. The Leicester City star has been named in a 25-man Super Eagles squad list for the 2022 World Cup playoff matches with regional rivals Ghana later this month. Last mo...
Super Eagles left-back scores his first goal in 888 days as Paderborn win seven-goal thriller
Published: March 05, 2022
Super Eagles left-back Jamilu Collins was impressive as SC Paderborn won a seven-goal thriller in a 2 Bundesliga clash at the Holstein-Stadion on Friday evening, beating Holstein Kiel 4-3.It was level at the interval as Fiete Arp cancelled out Ron Schallenberg's effort but the goals flowed in the second half.The home t...
18yo Adaramola trains with two former Super Eagles invitees ahead of Palace trip to Wolves
Published: March 05, 2022
Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira promoted promising left-back Tayo Adaramola to first team training on Friday before the Premier League clash against Wolverhampton Wanderers.The 18-year-old Irish-Nigeria and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi were among the academy stars that took part in the final workout before the trip to Molin...
PL2 : Ex-Gunner Omole scores OG as Spurs are beaten by Arsenal team captained by Olayinka
Published: March 05, 2022
Arsenal have moved to second place in the provisional Premier League 2 table after a 2-1 win over north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur at Meadow Park on Friday night. Several players of Nigerian descent were on show, with 2021 Super Eagles invitee Joshua Oluwayemi and central defender Tobi Omole starting for the visi...
Chelsea loanee Anjorin finally makes his debut for Huddersfield Town in win vs Peterborough
Published: March 04, 2022
Chelsea loanee Faustino Anjorin finally made his competitive debut for Huddersfield Town as they recorded a comprehensive 3-0 win over Peterborough United in a Championship clash staged at John Smith's Stadium on Friday night. Terriers' Spanish manager Carlos Corberan had hinted at the England U20 international of Ni...
Super Eagles invitee Amoo makes his debut off the bench for FC Copenhagen vs Randers
Published: March 04, 2022
In what was his first squad involvement in a competitive match for Danish Superliga giants FC Copenhagen, Akinkunmi Amoo made his debut off the bench in a 3-0 rout of Randers. Randers had in their starting lineup fringe Super Eagles striker Stephen Odey and ex-Nigeria U23 invitee Tosin Kehinde with the latter in ac...
Rangers ace Aribo admits he has not been at his best since returning from AFCON 2021
Published: March 04, 2022
Joe Aribo has admitted that he has not been at his best for Glasgow Rangers since returning to the club from the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. The central midfielder has managed just one goal in nine appearances across all competitions this calendar year and in terms of assists he has registered two during that perio...
Nigeria sweating on the fitness of key defender ahead of Ghana clash after Roy Hodgson reveal
Published: March 04, 2022
Nigeria's interim manager Augustine Eguavoen will be hoping key central defender William Troost-Ekong can return to full fitness ahead of the national team's 2022 World Cup playoff matches with regional rivals Ghana. Troost-Ekong is now rated as doubtful for the back-to-back matches against the Black Statrs with Wat...
Nigeria squad announcement : Eight things to note on Super Eagles' 25-man roster vs Ghana
Published: March 04, 2022
The Nigeria Football Federation announced the Super Eagles squad list for the upcoming 2022 World Cup playoff matches against the Black Stars of Ghana with three goalkeepers, eight defenders, five midfielders and nine strikers making the cut.  Allnigeriasoccer.com's editorial staff brings you eight things to note...
The real reason Everton winger Alex Iwobi was omitted from Nigeria squad to face Ghana
Published: March 04, 2022
Tongues have been wagging over the exclusion of Everton winger Alex Iwobi from the Super Eagles squad to take on Ghana in back-to-back matches later this month, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. The omission of the Hale End Academy product has nothing to do with his form considering the fact that he has forced his way int...
Nigeria squad announcement : Ex-Arsenal and Chelsea stars; Rangers, Watford & Leicester trios in
Published: March 04, 2022
The Nigeria Football Federation have announced the Super Eagles squad list for the 2022 World Cup playoff matches with regional rivals Ghana later this month. An analysis of the 25-man roster revealed that three goalkeepers, eight defenders, five midfielders and nine strikers have been selected by Nigeria's interim ...
England, Nigeria or USA? Arsenal loanee Balogun makes decision on international future
Published: March 04, 2022
Arsenal loanee Folarin Balogun is reportedly leaning towards committing his international future at senior level to the United States of America, where he was born. Football. London is reporting that the Hale End Academy product is expected to commit his long-term international future to the United States. Balog...
Rodgers challenges Lookman to score at least 4 more goals to earn permanent Leicester move
Published: March 04, 2022
Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers has challenged Ademola Lookman to reach double figures for goals before the end of the 2021-2022 campaign to brighten his chances of sealing a permanent transfer to the King Power Stadium. The Super Eagles hopeful returned to the Premier League for a second loan spell last summ...
Super Eagles striker Ighalo inspires Al Hilal to win over Al Nassr with goal and assist
Published: March 04, 2022
Odion Ighalo inspired Al Hilal to a comprehensive 4-0 win over Al Nassr in the Saudi Arabian Professional Football League on Thursday evening by scoring and providing an assist. The visitors were leading 3-0 at halftime courtesy of a goal from Matheus Pereira and a brace from Salem Al-Dawsari. Ighalo provided the...
'Get Iwobi on for Townsend' - Everton fans react to Lampard leaving Nigerian on bench FA Cup
Published: March 04, 2022
Everton are into the quarterfinals of the Emirates FA Cup after beating non-leaguers Boreham Wood 2-0 at Goodison Park on Thursday night. It was goalless at the break but the Toffees dominated possession and came close to scoring through Vitalii Mykolenko and Abdoulaye Doucoure.  Salomon Rondon opened h...