Mainz Defender Leon Balogun Joins Super Eagles Walking Wounded
Published: April 22, 2018
Leon Balogun has joined the Super Eagles walking wounded and was unavailable for selection when Mainz 05 faced off with Augsburg at the WWK Arena on Sunday afternoon in a Bundesliga tie.This will certainly be bad news for Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr as he is also sweating on the fitness of three players he is pla...
Nigeria's Best Moses Impresses As Chelsea Set Up FA Cup Final Date With Man Utd
Published: April 22, 2018
Chelsea moved into the finals of the Emirates FA on Sunday afternoon after beating Southampton 2-0 in their semifinal meeting at Wembley.Victor Moses made his second FA Cup appearance for the Blues this season and was impressive while Argentine goalkeeper, Willy Caballero was also preferred in goal by Chelsea.Caballero...
Leicester City Loanee Ahmed Musa Saves CSKA Moscow From Defeat Again
Published: April 22, 2018
Ahmed Musa saved CSKA Moscow from defeat again after the capital outfit battled back from a goal down and scored twice in the second half to overcome Krasnodar 2-1 on game week 27 on Sunday afternoon.Exactly a week ago, the Leicester City loanee netted a crucial 78th minute equalizer as the Muscovites were forced to a ...
Manchester City's Nigerian Trio Miss Out On Premier League Winners Medal
Published: April 22, 2018
It is now one hundred percent confirmed that Manchester City's Nigerian trio in the shape of defender Tosin Adarabioyo, midfielder Tom Dele-Bashiru and striker Lukas Nmecha will miss out on Premier League winners' medals.City manager Pep Guardiola has announced his match day squad for this afternoon's league match agai...
Alex Iwobi Features As Arsenal Hit West Ham For Four
Published: April 22, 2018
Arsenal toppled Premier League opponents, West Ham 4-1 in their league game at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon, coming out top thanks to late onslaught in the five-goal thriller.Alex Iwobi made his 22nd Premier League appearance for Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, starring from the off.The Super Eagle nearly ...
Chelsea Loanee Tomori Sends Message To EFL: It's Not An Own Goal
Published: April 22, 2018
Chelsea loanee Fikayo Tomori has sent a message to the English Football League, informing the organizers of the Championship that Hull City's second goal against Bristol City on Saturday should be credited to him.There's still a debate over whether the England U21 international should be awarded the disputed goal as hi...
Nigerian Striker Scores Four Goals For Crystal Palace Youth Team Vs Millwall
Published: April 22, 2018
Crystal Palace U16 team demolished Millwall 5-1 on Saturday with young Nigerian striker Josh Ajayi putting in a Man of the Match performance.In the game featuring several U15 players for the Eagles, Ajayi, who can also be deployed as a wing-back and winger, tallied four goals.He debuted for Crystal Palace U18 team at t...
NFF Congratulates Former Chelsea Star, Nigeria Captain Mikel On 31st Birthday
Published: April 22, 2018
The Nigeria Football Federation on Sunday felicitated with Super Eagles captain John Mikel Obi who marks his 31st birthday today.Born to the family of Mr. Michael Obi in 1987, Mikel began his career in Jos, Plateau State albeit his father hails from Neni in Anambra State.The NFF on its twitter handle, @thenff wrote: "H...
Lewandowski Breaks Record: Top Ten Nigerian Goalscorers In Bundesliga History
Published: April 22, 2018
Bayern Munich's Poland captain Robert Lewandowski was on target against Hannover 96 in the 31st round of matches in the German Bundesliga.In doing so, the prolific striker became the highest non-German goalscorer of all time in the top flight for one club with 105 goals, breaking the record he jointly held with Claudio...
Details Of Chelsea Final Workout: Moses Excused From 5-A-Side, Extra Drills For Argentina GK
Published: April 21, 2018
Victor Moses was part of Chelsea's first-team players that reported for training on Saturday ahead of tomorrow's Emirates FA Cup semifinal showdown against Southampton at the National Stadium in London.The Nigeria international did not participate in the full workout as manager Antonio Conte did not want to over-task t...
World Cup-Bound GK Uzoho Concedes Three Goals For The First Time In Career
Published: April 21, 2018
Francis Uzoho was in goal as Real Club Deportivo Fabril were thrashed 3-1 at home by Celta de Vigo II in a Segunda B Group 1 game staged at Ciudad Deportiva de Abegondo - Campo 2 on Saturday evening.The Super Eagles goalkeeper will remember this game for the rest of his career as this is the first time he has conceded ...
Chelsea Loanee Fikayo Tomori Scores First Professional Goal But.....
Published: April 21, 2018
Chelsea loanee Fikayo Tomori faces an anxious wait to find out if he scored his first professional goal in Hull City's 5-5 draw with Bristol City in an EFL Championship clash at Ashton Gate on Saturday afternoon.A minute before the interval, the Tigers were trailing 2-1 and the coach made a tactical change, bringing on...
EPL Wrap: NFF Targets With Senior Games For England, Italy Make Liverpool, Watford 18
Published: April 21, 2018
In the lunch-time kick off, West Brom battled back from two goals down to claim a 2-2 draw against Liverpool in their Premier League clash at the Hawthorns on Saturday afternoon.Jurgen Klopp's side led earlier through Danny Ings 4th minute opener before Mohamed Salah struck his 31st league goal of the season to equal a...
Rohr's Favorite Player Troost-Ekong Is Demoted At Bursaspor Ahead Of World Cup
Published: April 21, 2018
Danger may be looming for the Super Eagles less than two months before their first game at the 2018 World Cup after one of the central defenders certain to be named in the starting line-up was demoted by his Turkish club.The player in question is none other than Bursaspor's William Troost-Ekong, who was named in the ma...
Super Eagles Top Striker Ighalo Scores Four Goals In Chinese Super League
Published: April 21, 2018
Odion Ighalo scored four well-taken goals for Changchun Yatai in their 5-2 win over Guizhou Hengfeng in a CSL encounter at the Guiyang Olympics Sports Center on Saturday afternoon.Prior to his latest class act, the former Watford striker has failed to find the back of the net for both club and country across five games...