Arsenal 1 Newcastle 0: Iwobi Hobbles Off With Injury, German Scores Wonder Goal
Published: December 16, 2017
Arsenal beat Newcastle 1-0 in an English Premier League encounter on Saturday evening, with Alex Iwobi making the starting line-up for the London team.Arsene Wenger's men ended a worrying three-match winless run in the top-flight.Ozil riffled in a stunner with just 23 minutes played, pouncing on a poor clearance from L...
2018 Fifa U17 Women's World Cup Qualifier: Nigeria 0 Ethiopia 0
Published: December 16, 2017
The Flamingoes of Nigeria eliminated their Ethiopian counterparts from the 2018 FIFA U17 Women's World Cup qualifiers with an away goal aggregate victory. Nigeria secured an impressive 1-1 draw in the first leg in Addis Ababa, and were able to consolidate that gain at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium on Saturday. A 0-0 dr...
Leicester Coach Blames Red Card For Defeat, Ndidi Available To Face Man Utd Next Weekend
Published: December 16, 2017
Leicester City coach Claude Puel has blamed the dismissal of Wilfred Ndidi for his side's worst defeat of the season, a 3-0 loss to Crystal Palace at the King Power Stadium on Saturday. Trailing 2-0 at the interval, the Frenchman argued that they were trying to get back into the game when the Nigeria international rec...
Wilfred Ndidi Receives Birthday Card As Leicester City Lose To The Eagles
Published: December 16, 2017
Crystal Palace ended Leicester City's four-match unbeaten run in the Premier League in some style, thrashing the Foxes 3-0 at the King Power Stadium on Saturday afternoon.Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi, who is celebrating his 21st birthday today, made his 18th consecutive start in the English top-flight this ter...
Rostov Iceland International : Nigeria, Argentina, Croatia Have A Lot Of Players From Top Teams
Published: December 16, 2017
Rostov's Icelandic defender Sverrir Ingi Ingason has commented on the World Cup draw in which his country will battle Nigeria, Argentina and Croatia in the group stage.The 24-year-old acknowledged that Iceland were handed tough group stage opponents but is optimistic that they will qualify for the knockout rounds in th...
(Photo Confirmation) Talented Nigerian Midfielder Signs New Deal With Bournemouth
Published: December 16, 2017
Through a statement on their official website, English Premier League club Bournemouth have announced that talented Nigerian midfielder Nnamdi Ofoborh has signed his first professional contract.The 18-year-old will remain on the books of the Cherries until at least June 30, 2020, having put pen to paper on a fresh two-...
Nigeria Target Chuba Akpom Reaches Milestone For Arsenal Development Squad
Published: December 16, 2017
Nigeria Football Federation target Chuba Akpom reached a milestone when he was named in the starting line-up in Arsenal's 3-3 draw with Derby County in Premier League 2 on Friday evening.Akpom's appearance against the Rams was his 50th game for Arsenal's Development Team, which comprises the U21 and U23 squads.The Hale...
(Photo Confirmation) Chelsea First Signing Of Winter Transfer Window Visits Cobham
Published: December 16, 2017
Chelsea Ladies' first signing of the winter transfer window, Jonna Andersson, has visited Cobham, few weeks before the contract she has signed with the Blues will be activated.The Sweden international will be the fifth Scandinavian player on the books of Chelsea Ladies, joining fellow Swedes Magda Eriksson and Hedvig L...
Arsenal Interested In Highly-Rated Wolfsburg Nigerian Defender Uduokhai
Published: December 16, 2017
Highly-rated Wolfsburg defender of Nigerian descent Ohis Felix Uduokhai,20, is attracting genuine interest from English Premier League side Arsenal, according to reports.The electronic edition of The Mirror UK is reporting that manager Arsene Wenger is in the market for a center half in the January transfer window, wit...
Olympiakos Ban Ex-Nigeria Star Emmanuel Emenike From First-Team Training
Published: December 16, 2017
The future of former Nigeria international Emmanuel Emenike is up in the air, less than three weeks before the opening of the winter transfer market.According to gazzetta.gr, the Olympiakos striker is under orders to train alone even though he is not recovering from any injury.In all likelihood, Emenike is set to depar...
Canada Call-Up For Vancouver Whitecaps Lagos-Born Striker Teni Akindoju
Published: December 16, 2017
Vancouver Whitecaps striker Teni Akindoju has been called up to a training camp by the Canadian Soccer Association ahead of January's CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship in Trinidad and Tobago.Born in Lagos to Nigerian parents 16 years ago, Akindoju moved to Canada along with her parents when she was two months ol...
Nigerian Midfielder On Target As Chelsea Demolish Scunthorpe 4-0 In FA Youth Cup
Published: December 15, 2017
Chelsea U18s swept aside Scunthorpe 4-0 in the third round of the FA Youth Cup at the Ebbs Stadium, Aldershot, with Tariq Uwakwe starring from the off for the tournament holders.Hudson-Odoi gave the holders the lead after eight minutes of play, volleying in off a deflection.His second of the night would come deep into ...
Arsenal 3 Derby County 3 PL2 : Akpom On Target, Bola Goes 90, Omole Subbed In
Published: December 15, 2017
Young Nigerian striker Chuba Akpom was on target for Arsenal U23s in their 3-3 draw with Derby County U23s in the Premier League 2 on Friday evening.Derby County took the lead in the 11th minute through Charles Vernam whose shot got the better of Matt Macey in the Arsenal goal to open the scoring.Akpom was on hand to l...
(Photo Confirmation) Super Eagles Midfielder Henry Uche Joins AFC Leopards Kenya
Published: December 15, 2017
Allnigeriasoccer.com has been informed that Kenya Premier League powerhouse AFC Leopards have pulled off a transfer coup with the capture of the signature of Henry Uche from Shooting Stars.The out-of-favour Nigeria international has put pen to paper on a one-year deal with The Leopards.Few years ago, Uche was one of th...
Red-Hot Striker Ogbeche Reveals The Secret Behind His Goal Scoring Form
Published: December 15, 2017
Bartholomew Ogbeche has revealed the secret behind his goal-scoring form for Willem II in the Dutch Eredivisie, having recovered from a cruciate ligament injury, which had kept him on the sidelines for up to nine months.The Nigeria international has netted in each of his last five matches in the Dutch top-flight and wi...