Iheanacho on target but Leicester City's top-four hopes dented by defeat to Chelsea
Published: May 19, 2021
The race for the two final Champions League spots will go down to the wire following Chelsea's 2-1 win over Leicester City at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night. Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi were in action for the Foxes, with the in-form striker coming off the bench an hour into the game and the holding midfielde...
Three youngsters of Nigerian descent train with Arsenal first team pre-Crystal Palace
Published: May 18, 2021
On Monday, Arsenal held their penultimate training session before their Premier League clash against Crystal Palace, with three youngsters of Nigerian descent in attendance at London Colney. Manager Mikel Arteta continues to run the rule over Folarin Balogun with a view to handing the 19-year-old a Premier League de...
West Ham's Odubeko named Premier League 2 Player of the Month for April 2021
Published: May 17, 2021
West Ham striker Mipo Odubeko has been named Premier League 2 Player of the Month for April 2021. Odubeko saw off competition from Danny Cashman (Brighton & Hove Albion), Josh Hawkes (Sunderland), Dilan Markanday (Spurs), Cole Palmer (Manchester City) and Crysencio Summerville (Leeds United) to win the monthly accol...
Super Eagles striker Dessers has doubts about his future at Racing Genk
Published: May 17, 2021
Nigeria international Cyriel Dessers has doubts about his future at Belgian First Division A club Racing Genk. The former Heracles Almelo attacker saw himself fall down the pecking order after the opening four matches in the division following the brilliant form of international teammate Paul Onuachu, who continues ...
Memorable Manchester Derbies of all time
Published: May 17, 2021
Manchester United and Manchester City are two of the biggest football clubs in the world. Whenever these two sides come up against each other, soccer enthusiasts get to watch a great sporting spectacle. The exciting matches between these two great rivals also provide a very good betting opportunity for punters ...
Confirmed: Promising midfielder James Olayinka returns to parent club Arsenal
Published: May 17, 2021
Through their official website, relegated League Two club Southend United have announced their retained and released list following the conclusion of the 2020-2021 season. The Seasiders have confirmed that Nigeria-eligible midfielder James Olayinka has returned to his parent club Arsenal. The Hale End Academy pr...
Former Super Eagles invitee named in Turkish Super Lig Team of the Season
Published: May 17, 2021
Former Super Eagles invitee Anthony Nwakaeme has been named to the Turkish Super Lig Team of the Season by football statistics website Whoscored.com. In the recently concluded season, Nwakaeme appeared in 34 matches in the top-flight, scoring seven goals and setting up seven others while logging 2,970 minutes. H...
Newcastle United face competition from Portuguese giants Benfica in race to sign Nigerian defender
Published: May 17, 2021
Newcastle United are interested in signing Italian-born Nigerian center back Udoka Chima but face competition from Portuguese Primeira Liga clubs, allnigeriasoccer.com can exclusively report. The Magpies have firmed up their interest in the former Burnley defender by inviting him to train with their youth team duri...
Hodgson says Crystal Palace need Eze more than Manchester United and Manchester City
Published: May 17, 2021
Crystal Palace came from behind to register a 3-2 win against Aston Villa in their antepenultimate match of the season on Sunday, with Nigerian Federation target Eberechi Eze impressing for the Eagles. The England U21 international caused problems for the Aston Villa defence throughout the game and set up Wilfried ...
Racing Genk in advanced talks to sign youngest Nigerian player to feature in La Liga
Published: May 17, 2021
Belgian club Racing Genk are in advanced talks to sign Nigeria-eligible center back Mujaid Sadick, according to matching press reports in Spain and Belgium. Spanish newspaper La Opinion A Coruna says Segunda División B club Deportivo de La Coruña have agreed to transfer the defender to Genk in exchange for 1.7 mi...
Lazio target Simy receives attractive offer from English Championship club
Published: May 16, 2021
Following the relegation of Crotone to the second-tier of Italian football, the future of one of the top scorers in the Serie A, Simeon Tochukwu Nwankwo is set to dominate the back pages in the coming weeks. There is no shortage of clubs interested in signing the Nigeria international in the summer. According t...
Oshoala enters game as sub as Barca thrash Chelsea in UWCL final with Abramovich in attendance
Published: May 16, 2021
Barcelona have won their first UEFA Women's Champions League title after thrashing Chelsea 4-0 in Sunday night's showpiece at the Gamla Ullevi in Göteborg. The Blaugranes eliminated PSV Eindhoven , Fortuna Hjörring , Manchester City and PSG before defeating the Blues in the showpiece, and banished memories of thei...
Chelsea loanee Moses reacts after his goal sends Spartak to Champions League third qualifying round
Published: May 16, 2021
Spartak Moscow will be participating in the third qualifying round of next season's UEFA Champions League by virtue of finishing second in the Russian Premier League. The Red-Whites came back from two goals down to draw 2-2 with FK Akhmat at the Akhmat-Arena on Sunday. Trailing 2-0 after half an hour gone, Quin...
Racing Genk demanding 30m euros if two-time Italian champions want to sign Onuachu
Published: May 16, 2021
Racing Genk are driving a hard bargain with two-time Italian champions Lazio over a deal for their top scorer Paul Onuachu. According to Voetbal Primeur citing Eleven Sports Dave Peters, Racing Genk is demanding at least thirty million euros for the free-scoring striker. It is claimed that Lazio are willing to ...
What Iheanacho and Ndidi said after Leicester City's FA Cup win against Chelsea
Published: May 16, 2021
Nigeria internationals Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi have taken to social media to react to Leicester City's 1-0 win against Chelsea in the final of the Emirates FA Cup on Saturday evening. The Foxes became the 44th different team to win the oldest football competition in the world thanks to Youri Tielemans' ma...