Super Eagles To Hold Final Training Session Ahead Of Ukraine Friendly At 1730 Hours
Published: September 09, 2019
The Super Eagles will hold their final training session on Monday evening ahead of tomorrow's historic friendly against the Ukrainian national team. Their last workout is scheduled to begin at approximately 1730 hours local time, thirty minutes after Gernot Rohr starts addressing the media at the pre-match press conf...
Chelsea-Owned Winger Moses Is Highest Paid Nigerian In Turkish Super Lig, Also Fenerbahce Top Earner
Published: September 09, 2019
Chelsea-owned winger Victor Moses is the highest paid footballer of Nigerian descent in the Turkish Super Lig. Futbol Arena has compiled a list of the top ten players receiving the highest salaries in the Turkish top-flight with the former Nigeria international winger named in the top five. Moses will earn 3.2 mi...
Manchester United Striker Of Nigerian Descent Withdraws From Netherlands Squad
Published: September 09, 2019
Netherlands U17 coach Mischa Visser has announced a final 21-player squad list for the upcoming friendlies against France with Manchester United striker Dillon Hoogewerf missing out on a spot. Of the 33 players named on the original preliminary roster, eleven players have been placed on standby and Hoogewerf was the ...
Ukraine Legend Shevchenko Reveals Why Super Eagles Were Selected For Friendly Game
Published: September 09, 2019
Manager Andriy Shevchenko has explained the rationale behind the decision to face an African country, Nigeria in a friendly despite the fact the Ukrainian team is preparing for the 2020 European Championship. One of the in-form teams in Europe at the moment, Ukraine put three goals past Lithuania in their latest fix...
Three Reasons Why Rohr Won't Miss Ndidi's Presence Against Ukraine
Published: September 09, 2019
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will battle Ukraine on Tuesday without the presence of their top defensive midfielder Wilfred Ndidi who pulled out of the game after suffering a minor hamstring injury.The midfielder is a regular figure in Gernot Rohr's team but the manager won't count on his obvious ability against Andriy S...
Semi Ajayi, Ola Aina & Awaziem Take Part In Super Eagles Training; Dennis Wears No 9 Kit
Published: September 08, 2019
Torino defender Ola Aina, Porto loanee Chidozie Awaziem and West Brom summer signing Semi Ajayi have reported for international duty ahead of Tuesday's historic match against Ukraine. The Nigeria Football Federation have uploaded a photo via the Super Eagles official Twitter account showing 21 players who were invo...
Chelsea Loanee Ugbo On Target As Roda Claim First Home Win In Five Months
Published: September 08, 2019
Dutch Eerste Divisie side Roda JC finally put an end to their winless home streak, thanks to a 2-1 victory over TOP Oss on Sunday afternoon. The Parkstad Limburg outfit had gone five months without a win in front of their home fans but the unwanted run of results eventually ended courtesy of  Chelsea loanee Ike Ugbo w...
Sevilla's Nigerian Striker Enters History Books With First Goal Scored In New Primera División Femenina Season
Published: September 08, 2019
Nigerian striker Toni Payne has entered into the history books after becoming the first player to score a goal in the new Primera División Femenina season. In the opening match of the weekend on Saturday morning, Sevilla demolished Granadilla Tenerife 4-0, with the number 11 getting on the scoresheet in the 23rd min...
Three Ukraine Players To Watch Out For Against Nigeria In Tuesday Friendly
Published: September 08, 2019
Ukraine and Nigeria will face off in an international friendly on Tuesday in DniproAside at the youth levels Nigeria have never faced the east Europeans but who are the players that the Nigerian team should watch out for.Izuchukwu Okosi attempts to answer the questions of what three of the Ukrainian stars can bring1. M...
Everton Playmaker Lauds Iwobi's Goalscoring Feat Ahead Of Ukraine Friendly
Published: September 08, 2019
Everton and Nigeria winger Alex Iwobi is currently with the Super Eagles in Dnipro, venue of their upcoming friendly game against Ukraine on Tuesday.  The 23-year-old wasted no time before hitting the ground running at Goodison Park and his new teammate can't stop praising him for the way he has quickly adapted to li...
FIFA 20 Top 10 Strongest Players : Two Nigerian Strikers Make List; Esiti Drops Out
Published: September 08, 2019
Ahead of the release date on September 27, the top ten strongest players in FIFA 20 have been leaked with two Nigerian strikers making the cut. Wycombe Wanderers star Adebayo Akinfenwa otherwise known at the Beast has reclaimed the title of the strongest footballer in the world after he was upstaged by West Ham's S...
Nigeria U23 Camp News : Nwakali Trains; Okonkwo, Okereke Missing; Etiboy On The Mend
Published: September 08, 2019
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that the Dream Team VII have stepped up their preparations for the return leg of their U23 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sudan with a training session in Asaba this morning. The players, who arrived in Asaba from Abuja on Saturday afternoon, departed their hotel to the sta...
West Ham's Ukraine Star Yarmolenko : We'll Play With Full Force Against Nigeria
Published: September 08, 2019
One of the most recognizable faces in the Ukrainian squad, Andriy Yarmolenko has said they cannot take Nigeria lightly when both teams face off at the Dnipro Arena on Tuesday, September 10. Ukraine have been spectacular since the start of the 2020 European Championship qualifiers, winning four of their five matches ...
Former Liverpool Kid Adekanye Scores Three Of Lazio's Seven Goals In Friendly
Published: September 08, 2019
Former Liverpool super kid Bobby Adekanye will fancy his own chances of making his professional debut for Lazio after the international break after netting a hat-trick for the Serie A outfit in a friendly on Saturday, September 7. Simone Inzaghi's boys faced Leonardo Menichini's Biancoceleste Primavera in a training...
Rangers' Aribo, Everton's Iwobi, Stoke's Etebo,15 Players Land In Dnipro Pre-Ukraine
Published: September 08, 2019
There is no going back on the decision of Rangers star Joe Aribo to commit his international future to Nigeria over England following his arrival at the Super Eagles camp in Dnipro. If the London-born central midfielder features against the Ukrainians as expected, he does not become cap-tied to Nigeria since it is n...