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...
EPL Wrap: Moses, Iwobi, Amos & Solanke Missing; Iheanacho Assists; Ndidi & Billing Go 90; Success In 18
Published: September 15, 2018
A round-up of Nigerian players that were in action for their respective clubs in the English Premier League on Saturday, September 15th. Nigerian players with dual nationalities and have played competitively for the senior national teams of other countries have been omitted.In the early kickoff at Wembley, Liverpool...
Super Eagles Striker Ighalo Three Goals Shy Of Equaling His Best Scoring Record In A Single Season
Published: September 15, 2018
Nigeria international Odion Ighalo has been literally unstoppable since returning to his Chinese club Changchun Yatai after representing the national team at the 2018 World Cup. The former Watford star took his tally for the season to 17 goals after fining the net in his team's 3-0 rout of Guizhou Zhicheng on match ...
Super Eagles Defender Explains Why He Picked The Number 5 Shirt At Udinese
Published: September 15, 2018
William Troost-Ekong has explained why he picked the number five shirt at Udinese after joining the Italian club on a four-year contract in the summer transfer window. The central defender wore the number 16, 15, 12 and 5 during his time with the youth team of Tottenham Hotspur and played with the number four kit at...
Rohr Receives The Best News Possible From Torino On Chelsea Loanee Ola Aina
Published: September 15, 2018
Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr has received the best news possible from Torino few weeks before he announces a roster for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Libya. Torino coach Walter Mazzarri has included Chelsea loanee Ola Aina in a 22-man traveling squad for tomorrow's Serie A game against Udines...
Gabon Make Audacious Move For Manchester United Linked Zinedine Zidane
Published: September 15, 2018
The Gabonese Football Federation are looking for a new national team coach after recently parting company with José Antonio Camacho following a poor run of results in recent matches. Gabon Actu, citing Gabonese Football Federation (FEGAFOOT) and the Ministry of Sports officials, has reported that former Real Madrid...
Liberia Vs Nigeria : Ex-Chelsea Striker Weah Not The Oldest Player To Feature In A Game Between 'Two Countries'
Published: September 15, 2018
Former Chelsea star George Weah presumably entered into the history books when he started Liberia's 2-1 loss to Nigeria on Tuesday, September 11, thus becoming the oldest international footballer at the age of 51 years, but the record might not be ratified as a world record by FIFA. As previously reported by allnig...
First Nigerian Born In 2000 To Play In Premier League Nets Winner For Southampton U23
Published: September 15, 2018
Southampton U23s manager, Rahdi Jaïdi took time to laud the character of his side after they made it seven games unbeaten into the new season with a 1-0 victory over Newcastle United on Friday evening, thanks to a goal from young Nigerian striker, Michael Obafemi.Obafemi raced through the hosts backline 34 minutes int...
Tottenham Hotspur's Nigerian Midfielder Not In Contention To Face Liverpool
Published: September 15, 2018
Nigerian midfielder Luke Amos is not in contention to make his second competitive appearance for Tottenham Hotspur when they face Liverpool in the Premier League this afternoon. Amos skippered Spurs U23 side as they recorded a 2-0 win over Manchester City in the Premier League 2 on Friday, which effectively rules hi...
Troost-Ekong Reveals Two Super Eagles Players That Will Do Well In Italian Serie A
Published: September 15, 2018
Udinese summer signing William Troost-Ekong has tipped international teammate, Torino's Ola Aina to be a success in the Serie A and has revealed that Super Eagles captain Obi Mikel has the qualities to play for all the top teams in Italy. The central defender is expected to recover from injury to make his fourth str...