Injured Gent Winger Moses Simon Reacts After World Cup Omission
Published: June 02, 2018
Gent's Moses Simon was crestfallen after an injury ruled him out of the 2018 World Cup, but has sent a good luck message to his international teammates. Scans conducted in London on Thursday evening confirmed everyone's worst fears about his availability for the finals in Russia, with the winger ruled out of action ...
Troost-Ekong Reveals: Super Eagles Players Accepted Uzbek-Born Odemwingie More Than Me
Published: June 02, 2018
Bursaspor defender William Troost-Ekong has revealed that Super Eagles players accepted former West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie more than him, even though both players are of mixed-race. Odemwingie was born in Uzbekistan to a Nigerian father and Russia mother while Ekong was born in the Netherlands to a Nigerian f...
England Vs Nigeria Preview, Predictions & Head-To-Head
Published: June 02, 2018
With the World Cup set to kick off in just two-week time, England and Nigeria are set to grab the momentum by getting the results in the upcoming warm-up friendlies.Whilst Saturday’s tie at Wembley will be the first of two checks for the Three Lions, Nigeria have already been in action on Monday playing only a disapp...
Mikel Advises Southgate Chelsea's Loftus-Cheek Should Play As A Number 10 Vs Nigeria
Published: June 02, 2018
John Obi Mikel has advised England manager Gareth Southgate to deploy Ruben Loftus-Cheek in a number ten position when they face off with Nigeria in an international friendly at Wembley on Saturday evening. The Chelsea starlet is in line to earn his third cap against the Super Eagles, having impressed on his debut a...
Obi Mikel Lifts The Lid On His Chelsea Exit: I Left Because Of Antonio Conte
Published: June 02, 2018
John Obi Mikel has opened up about his exit from Chelsea in January 2017, saying he had to leave the club because of Italian manager Antonio Conte. The Nigeria skipper missed a large part of Chelsea's preseason training ahead of the start of the 2016-2017 campaign as he was with the Dream Team VI at the Olympic Game...
Victor Moses, Dele Alli & Three Other Bold Predictions For England Vs Nigeria Cracker
Published: June 02, 2018
As England welcome Nigeria to the famous footballing ground in London for their pre-World Cup friendly encounter tomorrow, it is fitting to pick out some certain things we could come to witness of the highly anticipated game.From the fall out of the activities of Friday afternoon at the Hive Stadium, 25 Super Eagles ar...
Rohr Informs Moses, Iwobi, Idowu, Obis, Uzoho, 5 Others They Will Start Vs England; Ndidi Update
Published: June 01, 2018
Allnigeriasoccer.com can exclusively report that Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr has already picked the eleven players that will start the eagerly anticipated pre-World Cup friendly against England on Saturday. Due to the inclement weather, the training that was scheduled to start at 1700 hours at Wembley had to be susp...
Feyenoord Prodigy Scores & Tallies Assist As Nigeria U15s Beat World Cup-Bound Falconets
Published: June 01, 2018
Feyenoord super kid Lateef Omidiji Jnr was on target and tallied an assist as Nigeria U15s beat World Cup-bound Nigeria Women's U20 team 2-1 in a friendly played in Abuja on Friday, June 1, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. The 14-year-old would have bagged a brace but saw a goal wrongly disallowed after opening the sco...
Tammy Abraham, Lukas Nmecha Instrumental As England U21 Thrash Qatar
Published: June 01, 2018
England continued their impressive run in the Toulon Tournament with a magnificent 4-0 victory over their last group opponents, Qatar at the Stade Parsemain on Friday evening. While Chelsea defender, Fikayo Tomori was among the substitutes for the game, the other two players of Nigerian descent who were in the young...
Thunderstorms Derail Super Eagles Last Workout Ahead Of England Friendly
Published: June 01, 2018
Nigeria's preparations for Saturday's international friendly against the Three Lions of England was on Friday hampered by the rain induced thunderstorms that rocked London and left the Wembley Stadium waterlogged. Nigeria head coach Gernot Rohr was sighted inspecting the stadium with some of his backroom staff and o...
Obi Mikel : It's Always A Pleasure To Captain Young, Motivated Super Eagles Team
Published: June 01, 2018
Tianjin Teda star John Obi Mikel says he is honoured to captain the Super Eagles team heading to the 2018 World Cup. The experienced midfielder was first appointed captain of the national team by interim coach Samson Siasia in March 2016 ahead of an African Cup of Nations qualifier against Egypt, replacing Ahmed Mus...
Rohr Explains Why Super Eagles Don't Need A Mohamed Salah In The Squad
Published: June 01, 2018
Manager Gernot Rohr has said that the Super Eagles don't need a Mohamed Salah before they perform well at the 2018 World Cup and has stressed that the unity in the team has been key to their success. The former Bayern Munich defender has repeatedly stated that there are no marquee players that can single-handedly de...
Official : Prolific Chelsea Striker Extends Contract Until 2021
Published: June 01, 2018
Chelsea Ladies' star striker, Fran Kirby has signed a new contract with the Blues to stay on till the end of the 2021 football season.Kirby, 24, was one of the best players in the Chelsea women set-up last season, scoring 25 goals in all competitions and also picked up the PFA Women's Player of The Year Award. "It's a...
Moses Simon Leaves Super Eagles World Cup Camp, Scan Confirms He's Out For 3 Weeks
Published: June 01, 2018
Moses Simon has been finally axed from Nigeria's preliminary World Cup squad after scans conducted in London confirmed that he will be out of action for three weeks. The Gent winger was at the Hive Stadium on Thursday and underwent a series of scans as his international teammates were sweating it out in their penult...
England Coach Names One Player Who Will Definitely Start Against Nigeria
Published: June 01, 2018
Manchester United's England midfielder Jesse Lingard will pick up his eleventh England cap when they face Nigeria in an international friendly on Saturday evening. Speaking at ongoing press conference on Friday afternoon, Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate has stressed that Lingard was not vying for a first team spot...