Four Takeaways From Golden Eaglets U17 AFCON West Africa Zone B Qualifiers
Published: September 16, 2018
Nigeria's U-17 national team, the Golden Eaglets, braced all odds to qualify for the 2019 CAF U-17 Nations Cup in Tanzania after beating 3-1 on penalties (1-1 at regulation time).This means that the five time cadet champions stand the chance of representing Africa at next year's FIFA U-17 World Cup. Izuchukwu Okosi ...
Nigerian Striker Rinsola Babajide Scores And Assists In Liverpool Win Vs Durham
Published: September 16, 2018
Liverpool FC Women beat Durham Women FC 5-4 on penalties in the group stage of the Continental Tyres Cup on Sunday, with Nigerian striker Rinsola Babajide opening her goalscoring account for the season. Named in the starting line-up, Babajide set up the opening goal scored by Bradley-Auckland in the second minute bu...
Spanish Clubs Leganes, Elche Yet To Test Out Their Summer Signings Omeruo, Uzoho In The League
Published: September 16, 2018
Nigeria internationals Kenneth Omeruo and Francis Uzoho have yet to make their league debut for Leganes and Elche CF in La Liga and Segunda División respectively. On Sunday, September 16, the Chelsea loanee was a non-playing substitute as Leganes were beaten 1-0 by Villarreal on game week four in the Spanish topfli...
Golden Eaglets Back Home Tuesday, 2 Star Players Win Individual Awards, Coach Manu Working For Free
Published: September 16, 2018
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands players and officials of the Golden Eaglets are expected back in the country on Tuesday, September 18 after emerging champions of the WAFU-UFOA Zone B qualifiers for the 2019 Africa U17 Cup of Nations. Apart from the N1 million cash reward by the Chairman of the Technical Committee of ...
HNK Gorica Midfielder Iyayi Atiemwen Shines In Front Of Dortmund, Milan, Mainz & Parma Scouts
Published: September 16, 2018
Young Nigerian midfielder Iyayi Atiemwen made his seventh successive start in the Croatian topflight as his team, HNK Gorica, narrowly lost 1-0 to to leaders Dinamo Zagreb on Saturday afternoon. Without mentioning the identities of the players they were interested in, Sportske Novosti has informed that scouts from ...
Nigeria U17 Coach After Beating Ghana: Every Word On Golden Eaglets Pedigree, Ghana's Strength, CAF's Format
Published: September 16, 2018
Nigeria U17 coach Manu Garba faced the cameras in the wake of his side's 3-1 win on penalties against Ghana in the final of the WAFU-UFOA Zone B qualifiers for the 2019 Africa U17 Cup of Nations on Saturday. The 2013 FIFA U17 World Cup winning manager has criticized the Confederation of African Football over their n...
2 In 2: Mainz 05's Nigeria International Striker Anthony Ujah Gets His Groove Back
Published: September 16, 2018
Anthony Ujah's purple patch in the new season continued on Saturday after netting for his second consecutive game in the German Bundesliga as Mainz 05 came from behind to beat Augsburg 2-1 at the OPEL ARENA. The former Lillestrom hero returned to German football in the second half of last season in his bid to gatecr...
Exclusive: You Are Not Maradona, You Can Go - Club Africain Reject Gbolahan Salami Over Demands
Published: September 16, 2018
Allnigeriasoccer.com can exclusively report that Club Africain missed out on the deadline day signing of Nigeria international Gbolahan Salami contrary to reports that the striker's switch to the Tunisian Ligue 1 team is in the bag. Salami arrived in Tunisia few days ago for contract talks with Club Africain but the...
Manchester United Legend Ferdinand Urges U20 World Cup Golden Ball Winner To Dump Liverpool
Published: September 16, 2018
Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has advised England U21 star of Nigerian parentage, Dominic Solanke, to leave Liverpool due to his lack of first team opportunities. Solanke has been frozen out by manager Jürgen Klopp in the new season, so much so that he has not been considered for any match day squad after ...
Teenage Nigerian Striker Nieketien On Target For Israeli Club Maccabi Hadera
Published: September 16, 2018
Teenage Nigerian Striker Godfrey Nieketien was in an inspiring form for his clubside, Maccabi Hadera in the Israel Under-19 league today as he scored one of two goals to help his side to a 2-1 home victory over Maccabi Netanya. The aggressive 18-year-old grabbed the first of the two goals for his team on 42nd minute...
Ghana 1 Nigeria 1 (1-3 Pens) : Golden Eaglets Qualify For 2019 U17 AFCON In Tanzania
Published: September 15, 2018
Nigeria's Golden Eaglets have emerged winners of their WAFU Zone B U17 AFCON qualifiers after defeating Ghana 3-1 on penalties on Saturday evening following their 1-1 draw after regulation time.Nigeria beat Ivory Coast and hosts Republic of Niger in their last two games prior to this evening's showpiece staged at Stade...
Nigerian Exports: Ilori, Ebere Eze, Fela, Jaiyesimi & Oyeleke On Target For EFL Clubs
Published: September 15, 2018
Catch up on the Nigerian players that were on target for their respective English clubs on Saturday, September 15th.We start at the Deepdale Stadium in Preston where Reading ran out 3-2 winners over Preston North End in an EFL Championship thriller, with Portuguese-Nigerian defender, Tiago Ilori scoring his side's seco...
Umar Sadiq Makes Big Statement Over Rangers Future, Hails Liverpool Legend Steven Gerrard
Published: September 15, 2018
Former Nigeria U23 international Umar Sadiq on Saturday quelled the rumours of his intention of leaving Scottish Premiershiip top side Rangers in the January transfer window. Reports in some sections of the media have linked the beanpole forward with a winter departure from  his club managed by former Liverpool cap...
Chelsea Loanee Ugbo Opens His Goalscoring Account For Scunthorpe United
Published: September 15, 2018
Nigerian striker Ike Ugbo helped Scunthorpe United to beat AFC Wimbledon on game week eight in the EFL League One on Saturday afternoon at the Cherry Red Records Fans' Stadium. The Chelsea loanee started and was in action for 76 minutes before he was substituted, while  Funso Ojo and Adedeji Oshilaja put in a full ...
The Advice Victor Moses Gave To Young African Footballers From Four Countries
Published: September 15, 2018
Some of Africa's young footballers visited Chelsea this week and the players are from Ghana, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.Their visit is part of Chelsea's sponsorship deal with Shield and Rexona, the club's official personal care partners. The players met former Nigeria international Victor Moses, David Luiz an...