Ex-PSG Whiz Ogbeche Fires 10-Minute Hat-Trick For Indian Super League Club
Published: October 18, 2018
Former Paris Saint-Germain and Nigeria wonderkid Bartholomew Ogbeche has already started firing on all cylinders following his move to Indian Super League club Northeast United FC. The experienced attacker arrived at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Thursday with one goal to his name which he scored on his debut agai...
South Africa Coach Baxter Reveals Gernot Rohr Warned Him Before Bafana Bafana Faced Seychelles
Published: October 18, 2018
South Africa National Team coach, Stuart Baxter, has stated that he received advice from Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr before Bafana Bafana tackled Seychelles in an Africa Cup of Nations tie on Tuesday, October 16. Nigeria's next opponents in Group E of the Africa Cup of Nations threw away their chance of topping t...
Super Eagles Defender Ola Aina Joins Torino Training After International Duty
Published: October 18, 2018
Torino have started their preparations for this weekend's trip to Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, where they will face Bologna on game week nine in the Italian Serie A. Torino have informed that Chelsea loanee Ola Aina has returned to the club after his international commitments with the Nigerian National Team. The right...
Official : England Defender Signs New Multi-Year Contract With Manchester United
Published: October 18, 2018
Through a press release, Manchester United have confirmed that England international Luke Shaw has committed his future to the club by penning a new contract. The new deal will keep the left back at Old Trafford until June 2023, with the option to extend for a further year. Speaking on the new contract, Shaw sai...
Leicester City Expect Super Eagles Stars Iheanacho, Ndidi To Report For Training Friday
Published: October 18, 2018
Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi were among eighteen Leicester City players called up for international duty in October 2018. Although the striker and midfielder did not attend training on Thursday morning, Foxes manager Claude Puel has revealed that the Nigeria duo will report for training on Friday. It means...
Ighalo Named To EA Sports FIFA Team Of The Week As Sub, Man Utd's Lukaku Picked As Striker
Published: October 18, 2018
Odion Ighalo's five goals for the Nigerian National Team during the international break did not go unnoticed outside Africa, with EA Sports FIFA 19 naming the Changchun Yatai striker in their Team of the Week 5, but as a substitute. As a result of his exploits against the Mediterranean Knights in Uyo and Sfax, Tunis...
Nigeria Coach Explains How He Picked Provisional Roster, Why AWCON-Winning Captain Was Dropped
Published: October 18, 2018
Nigeria women's national football team coach, Thomas Dennerby has explained why Rivers Angels star Evelyn Nwabuoku has been left out of the 48-woman provisional roster announced on Wednesday ahead of the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations. 29 home-based players and 19 foreign-based professionals have been called up, a...
Why Leicester City's Iheanacho Was Snubbed By Rohr In AFCON Qualifiers Vs Libya
Published: October 18, 2018
Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho was snubbed by Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr in the two recent games against Libya in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Iheanacho did not get any minutes on the pitch because former Watford striker Odion Ighalo was in a rich vein of form and not as a result of fitn...
Nigeria U20 Coach Aigbogun Explains What He Was Doing At Aiteo Cup Venues
Published: October 18, 2018
Flying Eagles coach Paul Aigbogun has explained that he attended some of the Aiteo Cup matches to scout players ahead of the resumption of camping for next year's Africa U20 Cup of Nations in Republic of Niger. The Flying Eagles qualified for the tournament after beating Guinea Bissau and Mauritania on aggregate. ...
Arsenal Coach Emery Invites Teenage Nigerian Left Back To Train With First Team
Published: October 18, 2018
Arsenal coach Unai Emery observed Nigerian left back Tolaji Bola,19,  at close quarters during the club's training session in Hertfordshire on Wednesday morning. With several Gunners international players yet to return to the club, including our own Alex Iwobi, Bola was called up to train with the first team, alon...
Colorado Rapids React To Reports Linking Super Eagles Striker With Move To MLS
Published: October 18, 2018
Major League Soccer team Colorado Rapids have dismissed speculation linking the club with a move for Super Eagles star Victor Anichebe. The 2008 Beijing Olympics silver medalist is presently a free agent after terminating his contract with Chinese side Beijing Enterprises after he was told “not to try” and enco...
Stoke City's Nigeria International Etebo Seals Image Rights Deal With Myron Topclass Sport Outfits
Published: October 17, 2018
Myron Topclass Sport Outfits has sealed exclusive image rights contract with Stoke city and Super Eagles midfielder Etebo Oghenekaro Peter. The outfit, through its representative Mr Endurance Iseri Ogbemudia who is a licensed Nigeria Football Federation intermediary, confirmed that a deal has been sealed with the midf...
Huddersfield Town Nigerian Star In A Race Against The Clock To Be Fit To Face Liverpool
Published: October 17, 2018
Huddersfield Town boss David Wagner is sweating on the fitness of Danish-born Nigerian midfielder Philip Billing, 22, ahead of their Premier League meeting with Liverpool on Saturday, October 20. The Terriers September Player of the Month was unable to play for Denmark's U21 national team against the Faroe Islands o...
Super Eagles Captain Vs Libya, Ahmed Musa Admits Games Were Not Easy
Published: October 17, 2018
Super Eagles captain against Libya, Ahmed Musa, has admitted that things were not easy for the national team despite picking up two wins and six points against the Mediterranean Knights. Musa has been one of the shining lights for the Super Eagles in their bid to qualify for their first Africa Cup of Nations since ...
Rohr Hails Libya Team: They Deserve To Qualify For 2019 AFCON
Published: October 17, 2018
Speaking at Tuesday evening's post-match press conference, Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr confessed that his team had a tough time in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier played in Sfax and the Mediterranean Knights deserve to qualify for the tournament in Cameroon. In contrast to the first leg in Uyo, which ended wi...