Abdullahi Shehu Ready To Challenge Ebuehi For Super Eagles FB Position
Published: December 02, 2016
Anorthosis Famagusta defender Abdullahi Shehu is confident that the widely reported call-up of Tyronne Ebuehi to the Super Eagles won’t affect his place in the team.Ebuehi, a Dutch-born wing-back of Nigerian descent, has been tipped to solve the right back problem in the Super Eagles but Shehu opined that his inc...
First Nigerian Footballer To Play At Arsenal Highbury Stadium Dies, Scored On Nigeria Debut Vs Ghana
Published: December 02, 2016
A prominent member of the second generation of Nigerian national football team, otherwise known as the Red Devils, who shook the continent of Africa in the late 50s, Dejo Fayemi is dead.The former striker who scored on his debut when Nigeria beat Ghana for the first time passed away in his sleep at his home located at ...
Barnet Star John Akinde Hoping To Follow In The Footsteps Of Victor Moses
Published: December 02, 2016
Nigerian striker John Akinde has been nominated for the PFA Fans’ Player of the Month in the Sky Bet League Two.The Barnet star is in the running for the award, which is voted for by fans, alongside Aaron Pierre (Wycombe Wanderers), Kyle Vassell (Blackpool), Liam Mandeville (Doncaster Rovers), Matt Godden (Steve...
Nigerian Midfielder Wilfred Out Until The New Year
Published: December 02, 2016
Former AC Milan midfielder Wilfred Osuji is set for another spell on the sidelines, according to reports in the Italian media. Parlandodisport.it says the Modena star will be in the treatment room until the new year after suffering an injury relapse.Osuji missed the first twelve games of the season in the Lega Pro due ...
Messi Stars As Rivers United Tame Albatex
Published: December 02, 2016
Best ‘Messi’ Deemua made a huge statement as one of the stars to watch with a superb all round display to inspire Rivers United to their second successive win at the 2016 Shehu Dikko Annual Football tournament in Kaduna.The midfielder was the conductor of the orchestra at the Ranchers Bees Stadium and was u...
English-Born Nigerian Striker, Messi & Neymar Fail To Make Cut As Fifa Announce Three Contenders For Puskas Award
Published: December 02, 2016
After being shortlisted among ten candidates, West Brom striker Hal Robson-Kanu has been omitted from the three-player shortlist for the FIFA Puskás Award.Marlone, Daniuska Rodriguez and Mohd Faiz Subri are the contenders for the prize of the best goal of the year.Robson-Kanu’s wonder goal while defending ...
Liverpool Coach Klopp Explains Why Sheyi Ojo Is Training With U23s
Published: December 02, 2016
England youth-teamer Sheyi Ojo will train with Liverpool U23 team in the coming weeks to keep up his fitness after recovering from a back injury he suffered during pre-season training with the first team.The Reds manager Jürgen Klopp has hinted that the exciting winger will play for the U23s to enable him get some...
Exclusive : Nigerian Club To Trouser N860 Million From Sale Of Wilfred Ndidi To Leicester Or Man Utd
Published: December 02, 2016
According to information gathered by allnigeriasoccer.com editorial staff, Nath Boys of Lagos will profit from the sale of Wilfred Ndidi to Leicester City or Manchester United in the winter transfer market.During negotiations with Racing Genk in January 2015, the Nigerian club inserted a ten percent sell-on clause into...
Iheanacho Will Not Join Tottenham In January Despite Arrival Of Gabriel Jesus
Published: December 02, 2016
Kelechi Iheanacho’s father, James Iheanacho, has dismissed speculation in the media that claimed that the Manchester City wonderkid could be heading to Tottenham Hotspur in the January transfer window. With the imminent arrival of Brazil international striker Gabriel Jesus from Palmeiras in January, it is being s...
Cameroon Midfielder : We Prepared For Six Months To Face Nigeria
Published: December 02, 2016
Danish-based midfielder Augustine Ejangue has expressed confidence that the Indomitable Lioness will defeat the Super Falcons when both teams clash in the final of the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations on Saturday.The Fortuna Hjørring star is sure Cameroon will win their first title because they are playing at ho...
Watford To Make Late Call On Success As Striker Resumes Full Training
Published: December 02, 2016
Isaac Success could figure against West Brom in a Premier League match at The Hawthorns on Saturday, December 3 as the striker has resumed full training with the Hornets. The former Granada starlet’s last appearance in a competitive fixture for the Hornets was against Middlesbrough, before a hamstring injury rule...
Victor Moses Frustrated To Join Liverpool, Stoke City, West Ham On Loan
Published: December 02, 2016
Super Eagles star Victor Moses has admitted that he was frustrated being farmed out on loan in three consecutive seasons. The Chelsea wing-back spent the whole of the 2013-2014 season on loan at Liverpool for the first time in his professional career, before another season-long loan spell with Stoke City, then West Ham...
Toronto Starlet Akinola Scores, Bags Assist, Wins Penalty As USA U17s Hammer Portugal 7-1
Published: December 02, 2016
Toronto FC striker Ayomide Akinola was on target as United States U17s registered an impressive 7-1 win over Portugal at the13th annual Nike International Friendlies at Premier Sports Campus Stadium Field on Wednesday.The 16-year-old won a penalty for the Americans which was converted by Andrew Carleton in the eighth m...
Nigeria GK Ikeme Suffers Another Injury Blow Vs Queens Park Rangers
Published: December 01, 2016
Carl Ikeme had to be substituted in the closing minutes of Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 win at Queens Park Rangers on Thursday night after suffering an injury.The Super Eagles glovesman limped off the pitch with an undisclosed injury in the 83rd minute and is set to undergo tests to determine the severity of his latest ...
Former Real Madrid Midfielder Adepoju, Barcelona Star Amuneke Disagree On El Clasico Winner
Published: December 01, 2016
Former Real Madrid midfielder Mutiu Adepoju and ex-Barcelona winger Emmanuel Amuneke have shared their thoughts and impressions on the expectations of soccer lovers in Saturday’s El Clásico match in Spain.Adepoju, who was on the books of Real Madrid from 1989 to 1992, opined that with the approach of the Z...