Official: Chelsea Announce Signing Of Highly-Rated Midfielder From Liverpool
Published: June 14, 2018
Through a statement published on their official website, Chelsea Ladies have announced that they have secured the services of highly-rated midfielder Sophie Ingle from Liverpool. Ingle, who can also be deployed as a defender, has put pen to paper on a two-year deal with the current FA WSL champions. She is return...
Norwegian Media Hails Eagles Stars : Ekong The Boss, Ighalo Fantastic Player, Mikel Experienced
Published: June 14, 2018
The largest commercial television broadcaster in Norway, TV 2, has previewed Group D of the World Cup, which contains Nigeria, Argentina, Croatia and Iceland, ahead of the opening matches on Saturday, June 16. Three important Super Eagles players set to start against Croatia in the shape of Odion Ighalo, John Obi Mi...
Super Eagles Training Session: Mikel, Ndidi, Ighalo Help Team Win Mini-Tournament
Published: June 14, 2018
The Super Eagles held their final training session on Thursday morning, before flying out to Kaliningrad, venue of their World Cup opener against Croatia. According to the Nigeria Football Federation, the training session started at 1015 hours; fans and journalists were allowed to feast their eyes on the Super Eagl...
Rakitić Fears Super Eagles Dangerous Players, Croatia Plan To Play With Four Strikers
Published: June 14, 2018
One of Croatia's top stars, Barcelona's Ivan Rakitić, is wary of the Nigeria team ahead of their World Cup opener in Kaliningrad on Saturday evening. For comparison sake, Croatia are in the same situation as the Super Eagles as they have not won an opening game at the World Cup since 1998, but the Barcelona midfiel...
Balogun, Moses, Iwobi, Iheanacho, Solanke Discover Premier League Opening Day Opponents
Published: June 14, 2018
The Premier League announced the schedule for the 2018-2019 campaign on Thursday morning, and there are some interesting match-ups involving players of Nigerian descent on the opening day, August 11, 2018. Super Eagles winger Alex Iwobi and Chuba Akpom will be hoping to be in the Arsenal squad for the visit of def...
Finidi Reveals The Best Position For Moses, Mikel Vs Croatia; Advises Rohr To Use Chelsea Formation
Published: June 14, 2018
1994 and 1998 World Cup star Finidi George has revealed the best positions for captain Obi Mikel and Victor Moses in Nigeria's World Cup opener against Croatia on Saturday, June 16. As things are now, Rohr prefers to play Mikel as the attacking midfielder or number ten, while Moses is the undisputed right winger and...
Victor Moses Warns Super Eagles Teammates : We Must Not Lose This First Game Vs Croatia
Published: June 14, 2018
Chelsea star Victor Moses has warned his Super Eagles teammates that they cannot afford to lose their World Cup opener against Croatia on Saturday, as the game might be their most defining one in the tournament. Moses started the Super Eagles friendlies against Serbia, England and Czech Republic which they lost, and...
Croatia Star Ivan Perisic Reveals The Reason Why He Respects Super Eagles
Published: June 14, 2018
Croatia's Inter Milan winger Ivan Perišić has presented his thoughts ahead of their World Cup opener against the Super Eagles. Perišić has revealed that Nigeria are a side to be reckoned with, having qualified for six of the last seven World Cups and four of the last six Olympic Games, however, he is targeting a...
Nigeria Fans Request To Carry Live Chicken To Kaliningrad Stadium Rejected
Published: June 13, 2018
Super Eagles supporters have not been granted permission to carry live chickens to the Kaliningrad Stadium, venue of  the national team's World Cup opener against Croatia on Saturday. It would be recalled that at South Africa 2010, Nigeria fans were turned away from Ellis Park in Johannesburg after demanding to t...
Feyenoord Striker At The Double As Nigeria U15s Thrash World Cup-Bound Falconets
Published: June 13, 2018
Feyenoord wonderkid Lateef Omidiji Jnr enhanced his growing reputation with a brace for the Nigeria U15s in their 6-2 rout of Nigeria Women's U20 national team in a friendly on Wednesday. Nigeria U17 squad and coaching staff commended Lateef after the game, tipped him to have a bright future and hailed him as the go...
Russia Coach : Argentina Depend On Messi, They Lost To Nigeria & Spain Without Barca Star
Published: June 13, 2018
Russian National Team boss Stanislav Cherchesov has opined that the Argentina squad depend so much on Lionel Messi, adding that they lost to Nigeria and Spain in pre-World Cup friendlies because of the absence of the Barcelona superstar. The Super Eagles came from two goals down to beat the two-time world champions ...
Official : Ex Arsenal, Liverpool Winger Ends Four-Year Spell With Chelsea
Published: June 13, 2018
Chelsea have announced on their official website that England international Gemma Davison has ended her four-year association with  FA WSL champions Chelsea Ladies following the end of her contract. The 31-year-old winger was credited with 14 goals in 78 appearances for the Blues and helped the club win five pieces...
Super Eagles Captain Obi Mikel : We Need To Continue To Work Hard
Published: June 13, 2018
Captain of the Nigeria National Team, Obi Mikel, has noted that they have stepped up their preparations for their World Cup opener against Croatia on Saturday evening under their guidance of Gernot Rohr. According to the former Chelsea star, he is satisfied with the training facilities at the Super Eagles base c...
Ex-Guinea, DRC Coach, Neveu : Rohr Will Learn Lessons From Losses To England & Czech
Published: June 13, 2018
Former Democratic Republic of Congo, Niger and Guinea coach, Patrice Neveu says Gernot Rohr will learn from the defeats suffered by the Super Eagles in their pre-World Cup friendlies and apply the lessons at the 2018 World Cup. The Super Eagles started their pre-World Cup friendlies by beating Argentina 4-2, followe...
Ebuehi Completes Full Training Morning Session, Accidentally Hit By Teammate
Published: June 13, 2018
Tyronne Ebuehi is still in line to make his competitive Nigeria debut when they take on Croatia on Saturday night after he completed the Super Eagles full training session on Wednesday morning, amid concerns over his well-being. The Benfica-bound right-back suffered a nose bleed after he was accidentally hit by anot...