Anichebe Comes Close To Scoring As Man Utd Seal Routine Win Over Sunderland
Published: April 09, 2017
Sunderland are doomed for relegation after they suffered a 3-0 loss at the hands of Manchester United in the English Premier League on Sunday afternoon at the Stadium of Light. The good news if you a Super Eagles faithful is Victor Anichebe made his first start for the Black Cats in four months, having fully recovered ...
Kayode In The Form Of His Life But Austria Vienna Suffer Third Loss In Eight Days
Published: April 09, 2017
Kayode Olanrewaju was on target on Saturday in the Austrian Bundesliga but his tenth league goal could not save Austria Vienna from losing to St. Polten in front of their own fans.The capital club are in crisis at the moment as that defeat against the relegation-threatened side was their third loss in a row in eight da...
Nigeria's Most Valuable Teenager Scores 17th Goal Of The Season
Published: April 09, 2017
Henry Onyekuru inspired Eupen to a 2-0 road win over Royal Excel Mouscron in the latest round of matches played in the Belgian First Division A. The attacker has been in scintillating form in recent weeks and opened the scoring at Stade Le Canonnier just after the half-hour mark, taking his tally to 17 goals in all com...
Fanendo Adi Becomes All-Time Leading Scorer In Portland Timbers History
Published: April 09, 2017
Fanendo Adi etched his name into Portland Timbers folklore when he hit target in his team's come-from-behind 3-1 win over Philadelphia Union in a Major League Soccer game at Talen Energy Stadium (Chester, Pennsylvania) on Sunday morning.Adi's goal in the 88th minute took his tally to 46 goals since his arrival at the T...
Promising Nigerian Strikers On Target For Southampton, Stoke City
Published: April 09, 2017
Young Nigerian striker Michael Obafemi was on target as Southampton were held to a 2-2 draw by West Brom in the U18 Premier League on Saturday afternoon.The Saints had trailed the opponents 2-1 at the end of the first half despite opening the scoring in the third minute.But Obafemi fired home from six yards in the 75th...
Unstoppable Chelsea Loanee Tammy Abraham Bags Brace Against Wolves
Published: April 09, 2017
Tammy Abraham netted twice in Bristol City's 3-1 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers in an EFL Championship clash at Ashton Gate on Saturday.The England U21 international doubled The Robins lead from the penalty spot in the 39th minute, then grabbed his second of the afternoon four minutes after the restart.Abraham sl...
EPL Wrap: Success, Okaka Start; Dele Scores; Moses Is Back; Iheanacho, Onomah, Kanu Subbed In
Published: April 08, 2017
Catch up on the performances of players of Nigerian descent in the English Premier League on Saturday, April 8.Dele Alli continues to impress for Tottenham Hotspur as they closed the gap on leaders Chelsea to four points following a 4-0 rout of Watford at White Hart Lane.The England midfielder lasted the distance and o...
Barcelona, Arsenal, Leicester City & Chelsea To Scout Nigerian Striker In Poland If........
Published: April 08, 2017
Uncapped Nigerian striker Daniel Chima will come under scrutiny on Sunday if he makes his Ekstraklasa debut for Legia Warsaw.Scouts from Chelsea, Arsenal, Leicester City and Barcelona will attend the league match between Polish champions Legia and Lech Poznań at INEA stadion (Poznań), starting from 1700 hours. Sampdo...
Manchester City Superkid Dele-Bashiru Scores Ndidi-Like Goal Against Chelsea
Published: April 08, 2017
Nigerian whizkid Tom Dele-Bashiru was on target in Manchester City’s 2-0 win over Chelsea in the U18 Premier League on Saturday afternoon at the Academy Stadium.The 17-year-old scored a brilliant goal for the Citizens in the 17th minute,  firing low into the bottom corner from 25 yards out. In their search for the e...
Mikel Misses First Game In China, Ideye Subbed In After Missing Two Training Sessions For Family Reasons
Published: April 08, 2017
Tianjin Teda were held to a goalless draw by newly promoted Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng in the Chinese Super League on Saturday.Tianjin Teda struggled without their influential skipper John Obi Mikel, who failed a late fitness test ahead of the contest at Guiyang Olympic Sports Center.Manager Jaime Pacheco was unsure of ...
Isaac Success In Line For First Watford Start In Six Months Against Tottenham
Published: April 08, 2017
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that Watford number ten Isaac Success is in line to make his first start for the Hornets when they make the short trip to London to face Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Saturday.Based on Watford’s last training session, everything indicates that manager Walter Mazzarri will...
NFF Set To Cap-Tie Chelsea, Arsenal Talents Aina, Akpom; Begin Processing Passports
Published: April 08, 2017
The Nigeria Football Federation have set the ball rolling to cap-tie Chelsea defender Ola Aina and Arsenal striker Chuba Akpom ahead of the Super Eagles African Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa on June 10.One of the requirements that must be satisfied before the applications of the London-born talents can ...
NFF Not Giving Up On Chase For Everton Starlet Lookman Until He Makes Competive Debut For England
Published: April 08, 2017
The Nigeria Football Federation have refused to throw in the towel in their pursuit of highly-rated Everton striker Ademola Lookman amid claims that he has committed his international future to England  ahead of Nigeria at senior level. The very experienced Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation, Bitrus...
Chelsea Nigerian Teen Sensation Takes Tally To 20 Goals With Brace Vs Sunderland
Published: April 08, 2017
Chelsea U23s have climbed to fourth on the Premier League 2 (Division 1) table following their 3-0 rout of Sunderland U23s at Stamford Bridge on Friday night. On 38 minutes, English-born Nigerian wonderkid Ike Ugbo doubled The Blues advantage with a diving header that found the back of the net.Five minutes after the in...
Arsenal Loanee Kelechi Nwakali Fires In Second Professional Goal
Published: April 08, 2017
Nigeria U20s skipper Kelechi Nwakali netted his second professional goal in MVV Maastricht’s 2-1 loss to Den Bosch in the Dutch Eerste Divisie on Friday night.The visitors were rewarded for their dominance when their number ten broke the deadlock with an stoppable shot in the 63rd minute after seeing his earlier effo...